'Feathers Over Freeport: A Birdwatching Weekend' lured visitors to the state park in Pownal, where up to 1,800 hawks might pass over the mountain at the height of the season.
'Feathers Over Freeport: A Birdwatching Weekend' lured visitors to the state park in Pownal, where up to 1,800 hawks might pass over the mountain at the height of the season.
A month after the Freeport Town Council asked the Conservation Commission to search for a compromise that would allow a planned Hedgehog Mountain bike trail system to move forward, the commission unanimously decided Tuesday evening that it would not amend its recommended prohibition on bikes on the mountain's summit.
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The popularity of birding seems to be soaring, and there are plenty of places to do it around southern Maine, including at weekly events and annual festivals.