ShareIllegal fires and fire pits are not only an eyesore, but represent a real potential hazard to the woods.Last spring, after a month or so of taking walks and hikes close to home, I started venturing farther afield in my Downeast neighborhood. Used to finding next to no one on the normally quiet preserve trails of Hancock and Washington counties, I was surprised to discover people everywhere, no matter the location, day of the week or time of day.Discarded masks were a signature items of trash along trails this past year.It shouldn’t have been so surprising, I guess, because for anyone...…ShareIllegal fires and fire pits are not only an eyesore, but represent a real potential hazard to the woods.Last spring, after a month or so of taking walks and hikes close to home, I started venturing farther afield in my Downeast neighborhood. Used to finding next to no one on the normally quiet preserve trails of Hancock and Washington counties, I was surprised to discover people everywhere, no matter the location, day of the week or time of day.Discarded masks were a signature items of trash along trails this past year.It shouldn’t have been so surprising, I guess, because for anyone...WW…

ShareJapan’s Daiya Seto posing with his medal at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea in 2019, was suspended by the Japan Swimming Federation for the rest of the year after a gossip magazine published evidence that he was having an extramarital affair.The Japan Swimming Federation has suspended Daiya Seto, one of the world’s top swimmers, for the rest of the year after a gossip magazine published evidence that he was having an extramarital affair.Seto, who won a bronze medal in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2016 Rio Olympics and is the current world champion in...…ShareJapan’s Daiya Seto posing with his medal at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea in 2019, was suspended by the Japan Swimming Federation for the rest of the year after a gossip magazine published evidence that he was having an extramarital affair.The Japan Swimming Federation has suspended Daiya Seto, one of the world’s top swimmers, for the rest of the year after a gossip magazine published evidence that he was having an extramarital affair.Seto, who won a bronze medal in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2016 Rio Olympics and is the current world champion in...WW…