PARIS — Paris River Park, 1 Paris Hill Road, is being developed for recreational use by Paris residents and visitors. An informational kiosk will soon be on site with maps and information regarding paddling the Little Androscoggin. Restroom facilities are available. Recreation opportunities here will include picnicing, fishing, kayaking and canoing or wildlife watching. Monthly […]
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Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine offers kayaking classes in Norway
Paddlers practice basic kayaking skills taught by Sarah Carter, coordinator for 5210 Let’s Go of Oxford County, and assisted by Sherri Otterson, coordinator for the Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine. Kayaking for Wellness begins Saturday, July 21, and continues Saturdays through the end of August. The class meets from 9 to 11 a.m. at […]
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Racing rapids on the Androscoggin River
Kayaks and canoes navigate the rapids on the Androscoggin River during the 3rd Annual Androscoggin Land Trust Canoe & Kayak River Race on Saturday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
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Race again launches on morning of Brewfest
AUBURN — The Androscoggin Land Trust will hold its third annual Canoe & Kayak River Race on Saturday, June 23, before the kickoff of the annual Great Falls Brewfest that afternoon. The race will take off at 9 a.m. from Festival Plaza boat launch on Main Street in Auburn. Participants have three course options to choose from […]
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James Rockwell Garner
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — James “Jim” Rockwell Garner, 75, formerly of Portland, passed away peacefully wednesday, Jan. 3, in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was born in Barre, Vt. on Oct. 21, 1942, the son of Dr. William C. Garner and Edith (Harris) Garner. Jim joined the Navy in 1961, where he served on the USS John C. Calhoun […]
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Source to Sea Trekkers invited to paddle after hours
AUBURN — The Androscoggin Land Trust will host a night of twilight paddling as a leg of the Androscoggin River Watershed Council’s Source to Sea Trek. The Paddle After Hours event will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3. Paddlers will leave Auburn’s Festival Plaza boat launch at 5:30 p.m. for a […]
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River trip, golf ball drop added to Dixfield festival
DIXFIELD — The 38th annual Dixfield Main Street Outdoor Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, rain or shine, planning committee Chairwoman Deb Morang said. The Outdoor Market began around 30 years ago, under the direction of Norine Clarke and her late husband, Ralph. Dozens of crafters, service agencies, […]
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Fryeburg Police rescue stranded campers on Saco River
FRYEBURG — Police on Thursday conducted their second river rescue in three days, helping three woman and a dog stranded when the Saco River rose unexpectedly and swept their canoe away. Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin said in a news release that dispatchers received a distress call from a 21-year-old woman around 7:15 a.m. that she […]
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Outdoors in Maine: The old red canoe
As I recall it was about 10 years ago when state regulators were having a hissy fit about people permanently stashing their old canoes along the shores of Maine’s remote wild trout ponds. I suppose they had a point, though the sight of old canoes chained to trees next to a pond’s put-in never gave me […]