Guidelines on the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife website state that ice needs to be at least 4 inches thick for safe foot travel and at least 5 inches thick to support snowmobiles or ATVs. This season, there are very few places that meet this criteria for being on any lake or pond […]

In picking the subject matter and thoughts about this week’s blog, sadly the subtitle “And wear a warm hat and gloves” is a prudent suggestion, at least for this week approaching. This weekend here in the Maine Lakes Region we are experiencing the coldest temperatures we have experienced so far this winter, and it would […]

While many of us find no pleasure that our New England Patriots are going to be watching the big game on TV just like many of us, no one can deny some other odd happenings for this week. What was supposed to be a nuisance 1 to 3 inches of snow on Friday, turned into […]

Those of you “from away” might not be as familiar with this as those of us born and bred here, however a normal trip around the sun in these parts contains Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.. And Mud season. Our fifth season is a very real thing, and it varies in duration in direct correlation with […]

The Full Moon starts the last final week of January 2016 on the 24th, and if you participate in the summer Beach To Beacon race in Cape Elizabeth annually – started by our Olympic champion Joan Benoit Samuelson – you only have six weeks before sign up on March 10-11.  Just a reminder as this […]

Do you have Monday January 18th off as a paid Holiday from work? Since none of the (3) winning Powerball tickets were sold in this region I expect it is business as usual for most of us this coming week.  I would like you to absorb the following quote from Dr. King as I suggest […]

I am starting this blog this weekend here in the Maine Lakes Region with more Powerball Mania around me than I have ever seen before! Everywhere I go these days – in line at the grocery store, visits to local convenience stores – and especially on social media it is certainly the talk of the […]

This week be careful with your morning commute as area schools are back in session.  Most college students do not seem to be traveling back until the Martin Luther King Monday observance mid-month, which appears to be a common consensus this year. Just a quick reminder that many businesses – along with the Banks and […]