PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 26, 2023
So far this winter, Pineland Farm’s Outdoor Recreation Center in New Gloucester has been open for skiing on only about 33 days, well behind pace of the 80 ski days in a typical season. Last winter, Pineland had just 47 days of skiing. Winter is late this year, said Matt Sabasteanski, director, “but it’s here now.” On Sebago Lake, the ice fishing derby scheduled for Feb. 18-19 was called off due to a lack of ice. “The ice conditions are pathetic, at best,” Lt. Jason Luce of the Maine Warden Service said on Feb. 18. “Obviously we’ve had an unusually warm winter. Sebago Lake has no ice.” A storm forecast for Tuesday could deliver up to 6 inches of snow, with more possibly to come later in the week.