NORWAY — The Western Foothills Land Trust and local Nordic ski enthusiasts will host a Bill Koch League introduction and ski meet at 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, at Roberts Farm. Youth Nordic Ski Day will have coaching, games and fun activities followed by races. The program is for skiers ages 5 to 14. A parent […]
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Pupils, produce and … pigs
NORWAY — Combine a half-dozen middle school students, a pumpkin and garlic harvest and three runaway pigs, and you’ll find an exciting afternoon at Roberts Farm Preserve. Students from Kim Carson’s class at Oxford Hills Middle School were on hand Friday to continue harvesting the vegetables grown on the farm which are used to supplement […]
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Farmers’ barns and gates open Sunday
STATE — Farmers across the state are opening barn doors to the public on Sunday, July 27, for the 25th annual Maine Open Farm Day. The bounty of the farmer’s table will be matched by the number of farms — close to 90 from all 16 counties — holding open house for consumers to learn about […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Roberts Farm descendants visit Norway property
NORWAY — The great-granddaughter of John Roberts, Maine’s commissioner of agriculture from 1913-1918 and former owner of the Pike Roberts House, recently toured the historic farmhouse for the first time since shortly after World War II. Lee Dassler of the Western Maine Foothills Land Trust, which oversees the site and the restoration of the 1823 […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Roberts Farm offers shares in agriculture program
NORWAY — With several feet of snow on the ground and more winter storms on the way, fresh summer vegetables may be the last thing on most people’s minds. But staff at SAD 17’s outdoor classroom at Roberts Farm are already planning for the summer’s bounty, and ramping up its efforts to share with the community […]
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Grant will help Trust re-roof historic Norway farmhouse
NORWAY — The Western Foothills Land Trust has received emergency funding to reroof the historic Roberts farmhouse. Lee Dassler of the Land Trust said the Morton Kelly Charitable Trust has granted the Western Foothills Land Trust $5,000 toward a new roof on the farmhouse on Roberts Road. Dassler said the asphalt shingles will be replaced […]
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Land Trust to offer Nordic walking
NORWAY/BUCKFIELD — Lee Dassler will lead a series of three approximately 2-mile Nordic walking programs on Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. on area preserves. Nordic walking is an energized form of walking with Nordic ski poles. Beyond the obvious benefits of walking outdoors, the poles provide diagonal stability and resonance to upper body chest and […]