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Virtual race marks 100th anniversary of Acadia peaks, Millinocket library

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Virtually climb 26 Acadia peaks, run the MDI and Millinocket Marathons and scale Maine’s highest mountain in a new Acadia to Katahdin Virtual Race that begins Aug. 2, to help raise funds for Friends of Acadia, Millinocket Memorial Library and Our Katahdin. The race celebrates the 100th anniversary of Acadia becoming the first eastern national park and the related effort of renaming mountains, such as Cadillac, as well as of the Millinocket library. Get a chance to earn a lobster or moose-themed medal, keep up with family and friends who join and log miles no matter where they are in the world, and see a virtual tour of parts of Maine you may not have seen in real life yet. Sign up now: https://racery.com/r/acadia-virtual-races/

Cadillac to Katahdin virtual race with medals connects long-lost friends

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As Gregory Emerson of Topsham strolled through a local ArtWalk this summer, logging miles for a virtual race to benefit Acadia and Katahdin area charities, he struck up a conversation with an artisan whose wood carvings of freshwater fish he particularly admired. “I quickly realized it was a college buddy, Ray Chase, from Rumford, Maine,” […]

Virtual race helps keep doors of Millinocket library open, trails of Acadia in shape

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When Millinocket Memorial Library was on the brink of being closed forever in 2015, with the old mill city’s financial troubles, Margie King and others stepped up to raise $30,000 and volunteer to keep the doors open. Now, King’s still stepping up – literally and virtually – to benefit her beloved community institution. In between volunteer shifts at the library, helping to shelve books and staff the front desk, she’s walking around Millinocket to log miles in the first-ever Cadillac to Katahdin Virtual Run, to help raise funds for the library and 2 other nonprofits, Our Katahdin and Friends of Acadia.

Acadia, Millinocket fans join forces for Cadillac to Katahdin virtual race 2017

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Jessica Jourdain was only 4 when she moved away from Millinocket, but her heart and mind never left. Now, she’s lining up for the first-ever Cadillac to Katahdin Virtual Run that’s just begun, and running the real-life Millinocket Half Marathon in December, to help raise funds for her struggling hometown. Judy Lackey took early retirement […]

Ties that bind Acadia and new Maine Woods national monument

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BAR HARBOR – Pulled up to town at 1:30 a.m. Thursday, because we just had to be in Acadia on the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, to celebrate the park and the new Maine Woods national monument inspired by it. As we hiked the trails of Acadia throughout the day, wishing strangers “Happy […]

Q&A with Lucas St. Clair on proposed Maine Woods national monument

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Lucas St. Clair answers questions about the proposed Maine Woods National Monument in the Katahdin region, in advance of the June 1 hearing at 2 p.m. by the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, at the East Millinocket Town Office. Link to committee memo and hearing livestream at top of post.