A beautiful summer day in Lovell. Nothing unusual about that at the end of August except for the hum of generators throughout town. Lovell Village is in good shape (if only I had a shower in the office) but numerous sections of town are without power. Wires and poles were taken down by falling trees. Thankfully, I haven't seen any damaged [...]

A beautiful summer day in Lovell. Nothing unusual about that at the end of August except for the hum of generators throughout town. Lovell Village is in good shape (if only I had a shower in the office) but numerous sections of town are without power. Wires and poles were taken down by falling trees. Thankfully, I haven't seen any damaged [...]

Talk about disruption! I was on Milfoil duty at the Narrows Boat Landing from 4-5 pm. Normally, that would be an easy shift but with Irene coming, boats were being taken out of the lake. And as you can see from the photo, the [...]

Talk about disruption! I was on Milfoil duty at the Narrows Boat Landing from 4-5 pm. Normally, that would be an easy shift but with Irene coming, boats were being taken out of the lake. And as you can see from the photo, the [...]

Last night's drive from Lovell to Harrison was quite an adventure. Rain was coming down in buckets, the wind was whipping, lighting and thunder were everywhere and the National Weather Service kept interrupting the radio program with dire warnings for western Maine. I figured that there was no way the race was going to be run.

I was [...]

Last night's drive from Lovell to Harrison was quite an adventure. Rain was coming down in buckets, the wind was whipping, lighting and thunder were everywhere and the National Weather Service kept interrupting the radio program with dire warnings for western Maine. I figured that there was no way the race was going to be run.

I was [...]

Drove by the Moose Pond Snowman this afternoon and although the ice is melting rapidly, he seems determined to hang in there. Despite his resolve I'm not sure that he will be standing much longer. He looks so happy there, I just don't have the heart to tell him that he will be swimming [...]

Drove by the Moose Pond Snowman this afternoon and although the ice is melting rapidly, he seems determined to hang in there. Despite his resolve I'm not sure that he will be standing much longer. He looks so happy there, I just don't have the heart to tell him that he will be swimming [...]

I'm not sure who makes the final determination for the official ice-out date every year but it is an annual event that helps to mark the passage from winter to spring. Maine's Department of Conservation says that ice-out is "...to be when you can navigate unimpeded from one end of the water body to the other. There may still be ice in [...]

I'm not sure who makes the final determination for the official ice-out date every year but it is an annual event that helps to mark the passage from winter to spring. Maine's Department of Conservation says that ice-out is "...to be when you can navigate unimpeded from one end of the water body to the other. There may still be ice in [...]