Monthly Archives: May 2014

Remarkable landowner relations study and recommendations ignored for last 11 years

In 2002, responding to a flood of complaints from private landowners about ATV riders, the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine conducted a nationwide study of landowner relations issues and solutions, and issued a report and recommendations in 2003. Despite the advocacy of many groups and individuals, those recommendations were never implemented. The Executive Summary of the […]

Remarkable landowner relations study and recommendations ignored for last 11 years

In 2002, responding to a flood of complaints from private landowners about ATV riders, the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine conducted a nationwide study of landowner relations issues and solutions, and issued a report and recommendations in 2003. Despite the advocacy of many groups and individuals, those recommendations were never implemented. The Executive Summary of the […]

Man kills neighbor over Lyme disease

  If you needed any encouragement to stop feeding deer, this might be it. An angry and distressed Minneapolis man shot and killed his neighbor, thinking he’d gotten Lyme disease from the deer his neighbor was feeding in the yard. Neil Zumberge also wounded the neighbor’s girlfriend. Zumberge’s son was arrested the day before, accused […]

Doiron packs plot into The Bone Orchard

Author Paul Doiron is packing more and more plot into his novels. After publishing four very popular award-winning novels, Paul left his job as managing editor of Down East magazine to focus all of his attention on writing. That decision appears to be paying off. Paul’s new book, The Bone Orchard, scheduled for publication by […]