Castine clears out woods near its village to avoid another wildfire

Castine clears out woods near its village to avoid another wildfire

A firebreak project in Castine cleared more than 1,000 feet of brush abutting the village center over the weekend, just a few miles from the site of a wildfire that burned along the forest floor for multiple days earlier this summer. While Saturday’s event was planned months before, the fire and Maine’s ongoing drought made the clearing in Witherle Woods “even more timely and pertinent,” according to Mike Kersula, a regional stewardship manager …