~ Sports & Outdoors ~

11:30 a.m. Round 1-18 holes;

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch, raffles, prizes; 12:30-2:30 p.m. Round 2-18 holes.

Frozen Farm Doubles 2023 is a two round, best shot format, “bring-your-own partner” doubles tournament to benefit the Ryan Home Project. The home provides stable housing for unaccompanied youth in North Berwick, Berwick, and Lebanon. The organization believes that supporting youth in their home communities is the best way to help them feel connected and cared for. The project strives to create the passion and momentum in other communities to help them create their own version of safe housing. For more information, visit www.theryanhomeproject.org.

Player divisions and entry fees are: $70 per team for amateur and mixed; $50 per team for novice; $90 per team for mixed pro open. Online registration closes March 3 at 8 p.m. To register, visit www.discgolfscene. com/tournaments/Frozen_ Farm_Doubles_2023/register.

New Funding for Acadia Maintenance Facility

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The National Park Service has provided a grant of $32,680,126 to construct a new maintenance complex for Acadia National Park. Nickerson & O’Day, Inc., of Brewer, received the contract to construct the facility. The funding was awarded through the Great American Outdoors Act.

“Acadia is one of our state’s most precious treasures and home to critical wildlife habitat. It is our collective responsibility to preserve its stunning natural beauty,” said Senators Angus King and Susan Collins, in a joint statement. “This funding will make significant improvements to park infrastructure, helping National Park Service employees tackle maintenance projects that are necessary to protect Acadia for the benefit of current and future generations.

The Great American Outdoors Act was designed to invest in the future of America’s natural wonders – and over the last three years it has done exactly that.”

The new fixed-function maintenance operations complex will be constructed at Acadia National Park’s McFarland Hill headquarters. The site is approximately ten acres in size with a 27,000 square foot building and outbuildings. Work tasks include demolishing and relocating more than 20,000 square feet of unsound park structures. The new maintenance functions include shops, storage, equipment support spaces, restrooms, locker rooms, offices, workspaces, break rooms, conference rooms, utility support spaces, a fuel station, vehicle storage, employee/staff parking, and a wash bay. The facility has been designed to meet current building code, fire code, accessibility code, and climate change compliance guidelines.

In August 2020, the Great American Outdoors Act, introduced and negotiated by King and cosponsored by Collins, was signed into law. The legislation provides full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and addresses the deferred maintenance backlogs at state and national parks, wildlife refuges, and forest lands. For more information, visit www.doi.gov/gaoa.