9245-R2_MSA_January2026_Newsletter

MSA Club News

run well once we got the bugs out of it. We have our collective fingers crossed that we will get through the season without any major problems. The second picture is of our new logo. This will be on our T-shirts and sweatshirts. That’s all the news for now from Ragged Lake. David Smith, Reporter

for our bonfire! For the free dinner we will be serving Roasted Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Stuffing, Peas, Cranberry Sauce, Rolls, Assorted Desserts, Drinks. Please join us for a fun event for the whole family! The 53 rd annual Dysart’s Pine Tree Camp Celebrity Egg Ride is almost here! This is a fundraiser for Pine Tree Society’s Pine Tree Camp where children and adults with developmental and physical disabilities experience freedom and life-changing experiences through barrier-free access to the outdoors. The schedule of events as follows: Thursday January 29 th 4:00pm: WABI TV live telethon and spaghetti dinner at Dysart’s in Hermon. Friday January 30 th 6:00pm: Carmel Electric live auction at Morgan Hill Event Center in Hermon. Saturday January 31 st 9:30am: Riders “egg-up” at Dysart’s in Hermon, ride to our club and back to Dysart’s. Sunday February 1 st 12:00: Radar Run For Fun at Penobscot Snowmobile Club 795 Bog Road, Hermon. Our kitchen will be open all weekend with a portion of the proceeds going to Pine Tree Camp. Our club president Andy, and his grandson Austin are two of the riders this year. They are having a friendly competition to see who raises the most in donations. See them and other riders, as well as ways to donate on The Pine Tree Camp facebook page. This will be a fun weekend for a great cause. We meet the 1 st and 3 rd Wednesday of the month at 6pm. Please feel free to join us anytime! Our clubhouse is available for rent for gatherings of 40-50. We have two bathrooms, full kitchen, and plenty of parking. The cost is $150.00 and includes membership. Please call Chuck at 207-478-8280 for information. For current information and activities at the club check out our Sled Hermon Facebook page or call Andy at 207-852-8214. See you soon! Morning Glory Diner, (207) 647-9606 Muddy River Signs, (207) 647-3011 Noble House Inn, (207) 647-3733 Noble K9, (207) 693-5504 Nouria, (207) 393-7559 O’Berg Insurance & Real Estate Agency, (207) 647-5551 Players Sports Bar, Portland Street Auto & Body, (207) 647-8134 AP Mechanical, (207) 380-7410 D & M Marine, (207) 563-2490 Hanley Construction Inc, (207) 677-2207 JM Reilly Well Drillling, (207) 563-3930 King Ro Markets, (207) 529-5380 M&M Foster Inc, (207) 380-4217 The Bottom Line, (207) 563-5313 BROWNFIELD Heart & Hand Inc, (207) 935-1125 Timber Creek Kennel Adventures, LLC Voldspan Technoligies, (508) 932-2630 Woodland Acres Campground, (207) 935-2529 BRUNSWICK Hunter HVAC, Ouellet Construction, (207) 522-8445 Pat’s Pizza BUCKFIELD Johnson Excavation, (207) 388-2960 Meadowbrook Motors, (207) 357-3600 Old School Property Management, LLC Power House Auto LLC, (207) 647-2573 Rocci Plumbing & Heating, (207) 647-3940 Rolfe Corporation, (207) 647-9500 BRISTOL Maine Only, (207) 803-8015 Maine Street Graphics, (207) 647-5115 Mainly Melts, (603) 667-6011

to 6:00 PM, 796-5027. NON-Ethanol Gas. Always remember, for food, drink, supplies, and fun, “You can’t go wrong at The Pine Tree Store.” LODGING: Call 796-5027, Les, Brinda, or a store worker. RAGGED RIDERS T2R13 Piscataquis County, ME Well, I must say that there hasn’t been much activity with the club lately, mostly just hoping for snow. I would imagine that as you read this you have all recovered from the New Year’s parties. Memberships are coming in slowly, but we are about where we were last year at this time. I plan to be at camp after Christmas and hope to get the trail across the lake marked out with small trees. The water got so low last year we had to stick them in the mud. The pictures attached are of the “new” groomer. It is a 1989 Formatic. It seems to

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type gloves, and hand your itinerary to a friend. Trail 507 will not be groomed this winter season. Another club is not grooming to the dam, so it is felt, what sense would it make for GLSC too. This could change, but just in case, be ready to travel on a not groomed 507 Trail. NEXT MEETING: The second Wednesday of every month, 6 pm, at the GLS Fire Station. SIGNAGE: This is a big topic with Maine Dept of Agriculture/Snowmobile Division. Correct signage is major and should give you all kinds of information related to direction, restaurants, lodging, safety, bridge crossing, and more. So, gather some friends. Plan a lunch. Let Les know days ahead of time, that your group will be available for work. TREE WORK: Les says “All trails are fine at this moment, but we need brushing.” By the time you read this, I bet trees will be down, blocking trails. If you and others want to work your chain saw and heavy loppers, plan it ahead of time with Les. GROOMER TESTING: Les didn’t touch on the subject of members taken the Maine Trail Groomer Test. I’m sure he is planning and it will be brought up at the next meeting. Thank you everyone for taking the time to read about our snowmobile club and our special little town. Please ride our trails and make our town your town, and stop by on your snowmobile adventure. I guarantee you will be back. mikeremillard42@gmail.com Please take the time to cut out the below lines of information and pack it away with your registration and insurance info. You never know. RESCUE HELOCOPTER LANDING PAD: Located at the second Elsemore Landing sign, near Pocumcus Lake. GPS: N 45° 10.14’, W 67° 53.79’. HELP NEEDED: Call 796-5027, Les, Brinda, or a store worker. TRAIL PROBLEM: Call 796-5027, Les. He will solve the problem. PINE TREE STORE: Hours 7:00 AM ABBOT Herrick Excavation, Inc, (207) 343-1694 Killam Builders, (207) 997-3364 Moosehead Trail Home, (207) 876-2322 Spacious Skies Balsam Woods, (207) 876-2731 ACTON Onyx Corporation ALEXANDER Lawrence Lord & Sons Inc Well Drilling, (207) 454-2612 ALFRED Champion Auto Body, (207) 985-7445 Daney’s Auto, (207) 324-2245 Violette’s Sealcoating, (207) 247-4963 ALLAGASH North Shore Logging Inc, (207) 436-5224 Ron Bragg Carpentry Inc, (207) 570-4215 Tylor Kelly Camps ALLIANCE, OH Heaven on the River Cabin, (330) 446-0157 ALNA Ames Supply, (207) 882-7710 Dighton Home Construction Inc, (207) 350-3706 Downeast Landscaping, Inc, (207) 882-9663 Laid Back Lumber, (207) 380-7761 The Alna Store, (207) 586-5515 W Shorey Carpentry, (207) 882-6106 ANDOVER Alternative Sprinkler Fire Protection, (207) 838-8930 Mills Market, (207) 392-3061 Steve Swasey, Inc, (207) 392-3556 Western Maine Supply, (207) 824-2139 ANSON Barron Mountain Guide Service, (207) 614-4370 Bennett Hill Services, (207) 424-0776 Buzzies, (207) 696-0009 Casey’s Market, (207) 696-8829 Central Maine Powersports, (207) 689-2345 Chase Toys, Inc, (207) 948-5729 Hight Chevrolet-Buic-Buick-GMC, Inc, (207) 708-8044 Huff Powersports, (207) 487-3338 ARUNDEL Thomas and Lord Builders, (207) 467-3688 ASHLAND Acadia Federal Credit Union, (855) 692-2234 Al’s Claude Bouque Construction, (207) 251-3671 Dead River Company, Driscoll Diesel, (207) 435-4599 Gateway Trading Post, (207) 435-6890 Howes Lodging, (207) 227-8474 Mountain Grooming Equipment, (802) 496-3536

PENOBSCOT sc Hermon, ME Happy New Year Everyone!

December brought lots of activity to the club. We entered a float in the Bangor Rotary Festival of Lights parade on December 6th. If you were there, you saw our brightly decorated new Kubota tractor with our youngest member, 6-year-old Charlee, along with long-time member Julie riding in the cab. Charlee said of her first parade participation...”I could see lots of kids and lots of people from the tractor. I found my friend!” Thank you to Chuck, Dave, and Andrew for decorating and thanks to Dysart’s for hauling the tractor for us! Our December 17 th meeting was a potluck (every 3 rd Wednesday is potluck). We enjoyed Shepherd’s Pie, Turkey Pot Pie, Bacon/ Ranch Cabbage Salad, Mexican Dip, and Gingerbread Cookies. We have our new updated local trail maps printed and available for you the clubhouse. We held our annual fundraiser winning drawing on December 20th from Bangor Motor Sports in Bangor. The WINNER of either a brand-new Ski-Doo MXZ 600 Sport snowmobile or a new Can Am Outlander 500 ATV was Rachelle Cobb of Hermon!!! (as of this printing, she hadn’t decided which!) Congratulations Rachelle! Thank you for your support and thanks to all who purchased a raffle ticket. We greatly appreciate it. We will be offering a FREE COMMUNITY DINNER on Saturday, January 24th from 12-4pm, as well as a Bonfire Social hosted by Evan, our Bonfire Master! Feel free to drop off your Christmas tree anytime, we will have a place for you to put them and will use them Clearfield Lawn & Landscape, (610) 960-5127 Durkee & Sons Inc, Plumbing Heating Propane, (207) 542-4335 Greater Houlton Chamber of Commerce, (207) 532-4216 Hyser Trucking Inc, (717) 514-1755 Plunkett Pond Cabins, (207) 561-0274 RC Logging Supplies, (207) 532-0167 Sherman Self Storage, (207) 365-4021 BENTON Dixon’s Country Market, (207) 453-9547 BERWICK Points North Home Inspection, (978) 504-9050 BETHEL Lowell’s Saw Shop, (207) 824-2811 Mahoosuc Land Trust BIDDEFORD Pierson’s Nursery, (207) 499-2912 Taylor Rental, (207) 282-5104 BINGHAM 201 Powersports, (207) 372-3773 Huff Powersports, (207) 487-3330 Jimmy’s Market, (207) 672-5528 Northwoods Glamping, (207) 323-0771 BLAINE BD Grass & Sons LLC, (207) 768-9005 Scovil Building Supply Inc, (207) 425-3192 BOWDOINHAM Colonial Hardwoods, (207) 666-3069 Kennebego Lake Camps INC O’Farrell Energy, (207) 844-7800 BOWERBANK Steve Gallupe Builder, (207) 343-1013 BRADFORD Mike’s Big Rig Repair, (207) 327-2232 TM&K Partners, (203) 929-2547 BRADLEY PS Currier & Son Construction Inc, (207) 827-5797 BREWER Bradstreet Lawn & Garden, (207) 989-8676 Chris Downs Computer Room, (207) 217-2534 Cowan’s Service Station Inc, (207) 989-5330 Enbridge - M&N Operating Co, (207) 650-4085 Lindsco Equipment, (207) 989-1441 Maine Roots Property Maintenance, (207) 290-1432 Twin City Tire & Service, (207) 989-8473 BRIDGTON Ace Hardware & Rental, (207) 647-3342 Black Horse Tavern, (207) 329-8845 Brill Lumber Company , INC, (207) 647-3776 Campfire Grill, (207) 803-2255 Canuvo, (207) 647-2711 Chalmers Insurance Group, (207) 803-2624 JP Gallinari Electric, (207) 647-9435 Knight’s Recreational LLC, (207) 831-0189 Laird’s Family Tire & Service, (207) 647-2471 Lake Region Fiberglass, (207) 749-9676 Long Lake Marina, (207) 647-3030 Macdonald Motors, Inc, (207) 647-3304 Coastline Marketing, (207) 431-8147 D Robinson Trucking, (207) 399-3136 Foster Camps, (207) 672-3703 Outback Auto, (207) 649-8874 BENEDICTA Baxter’s Place, (207) 290-4119 Benedicta Grain Co LLC, (207) 267-0403

MSA Business Members Support Maine’s Snowmobile Trails Thank them by using their services

Points North Lodging, (207) 266-6805 Ride North Recreation, (207) 532-4381 The Sign Shed, (207) 435-6476 ATHENS Cedar Mill Farm & Cabins, (207) 654-2195 Cipp’s Power Line Construction, (207) 399-4985 Linkletter & Sons Inc, (207) 654-2301 ATKINSON JD Brawn Inc - Snow’s Saw Shop AUBURN Auburn Concrete, (207) 777-7100 Butch Craig & Son Forklifts, (207) 576-3016 Electrical Systems Of Maine, Inc, (207) 783-7126 Gee & Bee Sporting Goods, (207) 784-4933 Gipper’s Sports Grill, (207) 786-0715 Larrabee Farm, LLC, (207) 753-0831 Pat’s Pizza, (207) 784-8221 Poisson & Sons Auto Care Inc, (207) 782-9144 RJS Construction AUBURN, NH Mark Wall, (603) 831-0958 AUGUSTA C&S Market, (207) 816-1715 Keller Insurance Agency, (207) 623-3344 Lovejoy Dental Center, (207) 437-2100 North Country Harley-Davidson/Ski-Doo, (207) 622-7994 Twins Country Store, (207) 626-0015 BANGOR Bagley & Bragdon PA, (207) 942-3728 Bangor MotorSports, (207) 942-4444 Fred Martin Carpentry, (207) 944-3606 Harvey Trailers, (207) 942-5081 Multi Management Group, (207) 990-2099 Pray’s Auto Sales, (207) 990-2171 Rice Legal Services LLC, (207) 579-6318 Taylor Events & Equipment Rental, (207) 974-3097 Triathlete Sports, (207) 990-2013 Whited Ford Truck Center, (207) 404-4449 BATH Plant’s Seafood, (207) 841-5565 BELFAST Bowen’s Pizzeria & Deli, (207) 338-2242 Bryant Property Management, (207) 322-2847 Flagg’s Hydraulics, (207) 322-6518 Grindle & Son Firewood, (207) 322-1452 Jim’s Burner Service, Inc, (207) 338-4207 Morrill Millworks, (207) 930-5236 Sled Tech, (207) 691-4927 Total Property Care, (207) 338-0892 Young’s Lobster Pound, (207) 338-1160 Young’s Lobster Pound, (207) 624-1030 BELGRADE David Stevens Excavation, (207) 314-0314 Fortier Agency/State Farm Insurance, (207) 873-1101 Kevin E Hawes Construction, (207) 495-3412

RE Lowell Lumber, (207) 336-2901 Strong Propane, (207) 810-3433 Tilton’s Market Inc, (207) 336-2191 BUCKSPORT Carrier’s Mainely Lobster, (207) 469-1011 Coastal Marine Survey, (207) 469-5908 Ed’s Automotive, (207) 469-7554

Enbridge - M&N Operating Company, (207) 737-8249 Gene Bass Cash Fuel & Contractor, (207) 469-2373

Gray’s Lawn Care, (207) 991-1995 Island Pool & Spa, (207) 469-6004

Marine & Power Consultant, (207) 469-5157 Outback Towing - Tire & Lube, (207) 469-3700 R. W. Builders, (207) 479-2019 Stone Artisans, (207) 249-3040 Strong Home 207 Two Rivers Realty, LLC, (207) 469-9930 Wight’s Orchard, (207) 469-3773 BURLINGTON Nicatous Lodge, (207) 313-1564 BURNT HILLS, NY Rotating Technologies, (518) 384-1123 BUXTON Buxton Mini Mart, (207) 929-8877 Ian’s Mobile Repair, Realtor Bean Group, (207) 632-0511 Rick Emery & Sons Electric, (207) 807-1907

Northern Maine Diesel, (207) 551-0634 P & T Guide Service, (207) 435-6852 P&T Guide Service, (207) 551-5701 P&T Guide Service, (207) 435-6832

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