Take a chance to win a custom bike and support Berwick library
Fosters Daily Democrat
BERWICK, Maine - The Berwick Library Association is holding a drawing with the prize being the winner’s choice of a custom-built Mountain Bike or a custom-built Fat Bike.
Tickets are $5 each or five tickets for $20 and are available at the library and at public events in town. Only 500 tickets will be sold, and the drawing will beheld on May 12.
The bikes will be on display and tickets will be available at the Hackmatack Farm Store, 538 School Street, Berwick, on Saturday, May 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and at Corner Point Brewery, 1 Sullivan Street, Berwick, on Sunday, May 2, beginning at 2 p,m.
Peak District bike hires ready for scenic cycles
Here s a list of places families and friends can hire bikes from
Picture: Maura Teager
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While walking along the Monsal trail back last summer, Maura Teager captured this view across the valley floor. (Image: Maura Teager)
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Day or night, a winter wonderland awaits
By Brion O Connor Globe Correspondent,Updated December 23, 2020, 5:01 p.m.
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Boston Outdoor School instructor Tom DeMello guides a night hike through Breakheart Reservation in Saugus.Nathan Klima for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Thereâs an anonymous adage circulating on social media that proclaims: âIf you choose not to find joy in the snow, you will have less joy in your life but still the same amount of snow.â
Itâs popular because its true, especially these days, as we deal with the looming uncertainties of the pandemic.
âWith everything happening in the world right now, people cooped up in their homes have found a new appreciation for the outdoors and realize how lucky we are to have the opportunity to go out and enjoy the wilderness,â said Thomas DeMello, an instructor at Boston Outdoor School based near Breakheart Reservation in Saugus. âAt some point, we all felt like a bird i