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FROMTOPDELANEYSTEVENSLETSRUN.COMMEAGHANMAURICECOURTESYPHOTOJONMIKELBERRYPARDO-WWW.FLICKR.COMYSNP J U LY A U G U S T 2 0 1 5 2 3 Good news If youve ever dreamed of owning your own desert the Desert of Maine is for sale. What was once fertile farmland in the late 19th century is now 40 acres of ancient glacial sand exposed through over-farming and overgrazing. The new owner will have to shell out sub- stantially more than the 300 price tag entrepreneur Henry Goldrup paid in 1925 for the abandoned land which now includes a buttery garden barn mu- seum and campground. Narrated tram rides transport visitors into a desolate landscape out of David Leans Lawrence of Arabia but the surrounding pine treesand gift shopare a reminder that this is in fact Freeport. Becca Cario Canada may have curling but since the early 20th cen- tury Maine can boast a classic sport of the finest kind. On summer weekends racing lobster boats hit speeds north of 70 mphbut why A little piece of plastic on the mantle is nice but its the bragging rights says Trav- is Otis of Searsport reigning champion of Diesel Class H. Becca Carifio It looks as if Ben True is headed for the World Track and Field Championships that open August 22 in Bei- jing. To qualify the Greely High graduate 29 came in second after Ryan Hill in the 5000-meter race at the USATF outdoor championships in Or- egon in June with a time of 135109. Dartmouth-grad True also a Nordic ski racer in college has won national competitions in races from 1500 to 5000 meters. He was the rst U.S. nisher twice in world cross-country events. MaineClassics DesertBed 749000 749000 749000 749000 749000 749000 749000 Tried and TrueDockside Market Flowers from our garden today says Ursu- la Wilmot as her husband Warren eases their Market Boat against the dock at Chebeague Island Boatyard. Also on board this floating farm stand baguettes sticky buns and crois- sants fromStandardBakingbabycarrotssev- eral varieties of kale new potatoes and fresh- picked strawberries. Coolers hold fresh meat and eggs. Goods are sourced from local farms. The Wilmots have been serving Chebeague Cliff and Bustins since 2010. Theres one other farm stand on Chebeague but no shortage of demand for fresh goods. Well probably sell out of just about everything today says Ursula. She ties up at Chebeague from 10 to 1045 a.m. Saturdays through September 5. SPLIT INFINITUDE Maybe it wasnt quite a 1-in-50-million shot for a rare harle- quin lobster to be pulled up a few weeks ago in Scarborough as reported on the news cycles. Dr. Robert C. Bayer of the Lob- ster Institute at the University of Maine in Orono says. We see various color morph lobsters on a pretty regular basis. Calico lobsters based on my own observation often have an underlying bacterial infection of some type. Rooster Tails