EUSTIS-STRATTON — The villages of Eustis and Stratton in the western mountains will celebrate all things winter on Friday through Sunday, Feb. 8 to 10, at the Polar Blast Celebration. Family events will include cardboard sled slide, fireworks, ice skating, chili chowder contest, silent auction, music, dancing and the largest event: Saturday’s snowmobile radar run […]
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Raymond woman injured in snowmobile crash
RANGELEY — A Raymond woman injured her leg Friday morning when a snowmobile she was on rear-ended another on ITS 84 in Oquossoc village, Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service said. Jennifer Hall, 42, was on the back of a snowmobile driven by her husband, David Hall, 61, of Raymond. A friend, Daniel […]
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Man and 2 girls survive after snowmobile goes through ice
A man from Mount Desert Island and two girls “narrowly escaped with their lives” Wednesday night after their snowmobile went through the ice on Long Pond in Southwest Harbor. Eli Strauss, 43, and his daughter, 12-year-old Julia Strauss, were rescued along with 12-year-old Jolie Beal, said Cpl. John MacDonald, spokesman for the Maine Warden Service, […]
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Nostalgic for the ol' Ski-Doo
There was a day when Ski-Doo was simply a generic name for a snowmobile. Early on, as I recall, Ski-Doo was the only game in town. In the early 1960s you went “ski-dooing,” not snowmobiling. The machines were the invention of Canadian Joseph-Armand Bombardier. Although the inventor worked many years trying to come up with […]
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Snowmobile crash investigated in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Police are investigating a Monday evening hit-and-run crash in which a snowmobile was demolished on Lisbon Street. Investigators said that at about 5:30 p.m. Monday, Denis Belanger, 66, of Lewiston was trying to cross Lisbon Street after riding off a trail when he was struck by a vehicle being driven into the city. […]
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Backyard tryout
Tim Whitney launches over a snowbank behind his home on Newbury Street in Auburn on Wednesday afternoon as he and his friends take turns on the machine. “As soon as we have the other machine fixed, we’re going out to Sabattus to ride the trails,” Whitney said. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Testing the ice on Sabattus Pond
Emily Robinson and her husband, Lance, head out onto the ice on Sabattus Pond on Tuesday. The Robinsons operate a guide service and were testing the ice before taking clients ice fishing. Emily said they just got back from guiding clients in Saskatchewan, where the temperature dipped to minus 43 degrees, making recent low temperatures […]
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North Carolina man killed in snowmobile rollover near Rockwood
ROCKWOOD — Maine Game Wardens say a North Carolina man has become the first snowmobile fatality of the season. Wardens say the body of 55-year-old Willard L. Hartsock, of Old Fort, was found early Wednesday near Rockwood, on a trail in Taunton and Raynham Academy Grant. Wardens began searching after being alerted at 9 p.m. Tuesday that Hartsock hadn’t returned […]
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Snowmobile trails need too much work, but clubs have too few volunteers
The snowmobile industry is one that drives the winter economy, and is “built on the backs of volunteers,” according to Maine Snowmobile Association Executive Director Bob Meyers. Unfortunately, year after year, though the member base of local clubs may grow, the number of those willing to volunteer to maintain the 14,000 miles of trails in the […]
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Woman killed after snowmobile crashes into trees in Somerset County
PARLIN POND TWP. (AP) — Authorities say a Massachusetts woman died after her snowmobile drifted and crashed into several trees while crossing a trail on a Maine pond. Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife said 45-year-old Karen L. Pillman, of Wilmington, was leading a group of snowmobilers crossing a connector trail on Parlin Pond […]