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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!TOWNSHIP 3, RANGE 8, Maine -- Maine sportsmen were outraged when Roxanne Quimby, the conservation-minded founder of Burt's Bees cosmetics, bought up tens of thousands of acres of Maine's fabled North Woods -- and had the audacity to forbid hunters, loggers, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles on the expanses. Quimby confronted the hornet's nest she'd stirred up head-on -- calling one of her sharpest critics, George Smith, then-executive director of the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine. Smith couldn't believe his ears. The back-to-the-earth advocate who made millions with her eco-friendly line ...
Malia Obama will soon be going to overnight camp, for the first time. Malia, who turned 12 on July 4, is enjoying a long Maine weekend, hanging out with her family at a pool and playing some tennis. But sometime between sightseeing at Acadia National Park and an expected August vacation at Martha's Vineyard, Malia will be off to camp -- location, so far undisclosed, a secret that may be guarded as close as details of Chelsea Clinton's wedding. The source on the Malia camp plan is at the highest levels of government -- President Obama. On Thursday, he told NBC's Chuck Todd that Malia, his ...
The First Family flew to Maine on Friday for a weekend of biking, hiking and taking in the beautiful views of Acadia National Park, located on Mount Desert Island. President Obama flew into Bar Harbor Airport with First Lady Michelle Obama, Malia and Sasha on a smaller Gulf Stream jet, instead of a larger Air Force 1. A group of staffers, and Bo, the Obama dog, arrived on a second Gulf Stream. The day: The family jumped into vacation activities, heading to Acadia National Park where they pedaled away on a 90 minute bike ride. They headed to the top of Cadillac Mountain -- the highest point ...
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