BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 4, 2021
Strolling couples stop, hands on hips, staring at the dizzy array of blazing wildflowers. Dogs pause, sniffing the blossom-scented air. Bees hover, then settle on tempting blooms. Overhead, red-winged blackbirds flit and sing while a small herd of turtles sun themselves on a pair of exposed rocks in the pond. It’s late spring and Capisic Pond Park is showing off. The 18-acre parcel is only three miles from downtown — and just a few yards from bustling Brighton Avenue — but it feels like a world away from the city. Here, nature rules, by human design.