Monthly Archives: May 2010

Riding the rail in Maine

If you’re going to visit Maine, but only the very southern tip, you might take note of the following information. It comes from today’s trivia question on DownEast.com.

Where in the world would you find a cable car from Dunedin, New Zealand?

Answer:

At the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport. Founded in 1939, the museum has more than 250 vehicles and is the largest museum of mass transit and electric street trolleys in the world.

This looks like fun, actually, and I wouldn’t mind making this a part of my next visit to Maine. Here is a link to the museum’s website: http://www.trolleymuseum.org/

‘Warrior of Warriors’ honored at funeral | The Morning Sentinel, Waterville, ME

‘Warrior of Warriors’ honored at funeral | The Morning Sentinel, Waterville, ME

Memories of a fallen hero | The Morning Sentinel

Maine organic farmers launch grain mill | Lewiston Sun Journal

Maine organic farmers launch grain mill | Lewiston Sun Journal

In search of pirate treasure on a Maine island

Tales of buried treasure have sparked the imagination of young and old for centuries. The high-seas adventure of boarding a ship or fending off marauders, the clink of clashing cutlasses and the boom of canons, it all stirs excitement in most of us.

Maine’s coast is a tough, rough, rugged fortress of surf-honed granite. It has been a favorite place frequented by pirates, smugglers, bootleggers, and drug mules.

So here is today’s trivia question from DownEast.com about buried treasure.

Trivia

On what island is Captain Kidd’s treasure reportedly buried?

Answer:

Jewell Island in Casco Bay is most commonly mentioned as the pirate’s hiding place, but before he was hanged he gave his wife a piece of paper with the numbers 44-10-66-18, which have been interpreted as the latitude and longitude of Deer Isle. Richmond Island and Squirrel Island have also been mentioned.

If you aren’t a Cool Moose, you’re just not trying

Here is the Cool Moose logo on a hat given to me by my sister for my birthday.

This is the back side of the hat. Bridgton is east of where my sister and her family live in Western Maine.

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For some reason that still escapes me, I wore a hate yesterday that my sister got me for my birthday.
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Or it might have been Christmas.
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I joked on Facebook yesterday: “Keith Michaud is wearing a cap that has a moose on the front. The antlers spell out “Cool Moose.” And Keith is not at all embarrassed. … Well, perhaps a little.”
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A former coworker – who happened to have the intelligence and presence of mind to marry a Maine girl – shot back: “rock that with pride!” So here is a photo of the front “Cool Moose” logo – sorry about the sharpness; still learning the new camera. And a photo of the back. Bridgton is a town to the east of where my sister and family live in Western Maine.
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Coffeehouse observation No. 128

In an apparent salute to past technology, a guy on the empresso patio is playing Pacman on a laptop. What next? iPong?

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Coffeehouse observation No. 127

I am at the coffeehouse and am wearing a cap that has a moose on the front. The antlers spell out “Cool Moose.” And I am not at all embarrassed. … Well, perhaps a little.

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Employer: Detainee from Maine said he knew bomb suspect | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

Employer: Detainee said he knew bomb suspect | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram.

New law clears way for all Maine children to be vaccinated | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

New state law clears way for all children to be vaccinated | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram.

Coffeehouse observation No. 126

A woman just sat down at the table next to me. Tattoos on her shoulder and both her cheeks are pierced. Is that something new? She is the second woman in about a week and a half who has come into the coffeehouse with studs in her cheeks. Oh, and the one today is wearing a yellow strapless top that she keeps having to, um, adjust.

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State revenues exceeded estimates again | Maine Public Broadcasting Network

State revenues exceeded estimates again | Maine Public Broadcasting Network

Maine GOP apologizes for convention incident | Bangor Daily News

Maine GOP apologizes for convention incident – Bangor Daily News.

Maine soldiers make Bangor stop before deployment | Bangor Daily News

Maine soldiers make Bangor stop before deployment – Bangor Daily News.

Salmon released in Branch Lake for first time in a decade | Bangor Daily News

Salmon released in Branch Lake for first time in a decade – Bangor Daily News.

Get thee to Westbrook: Fancy a bit of the Bard? | Portland Press Herald

Acorn Productions hosts Shakespeare Festival

this weekend and next at Riverbank Park

If you fell asleep in English class when your teacher made you read “Macbeth,” well, fie upon thee.

Away, I say.

Get thee hence to Westbrook’s Riverbank Park, where methinks you’ll find redemption at the Westbrook Shakespeare Festival. This weekend and next, the Naked Shakespeare company, presented by Acorn Productions, will hold outdoor performances of “As You Like It” and “Romeo and Juliet” in the park.

But soft! There is more, my liege.

The plays are free (verily, donations will be accepted), and will include a musical prologue featuring a guitar and mandolin playing music contemporary to Shakespeare.

The audience is welcome to bring a picnic or buy a boxed dinner from Blue Burrito, which is preparing food especially for the event. Other local restaurants, including Portland Pie Co. and the Frog and Turtle, will be offering specials afterward.

Click on the link for the rest of this story by Meredith Goad in the Portland Press Herald.

Call it class struggle: How politics went too far at a Maine school | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

[I’d like to say I’m surprised by the so-called adults who showed extremely bad manners while they were very temporary guests in the classroom in question, but more often than not, politicians take the low road. — KM]

Nemitz: Call it class struggle: How politics went too far at a Maine school | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

Energy week’s second wind | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

Energy week’s second wind | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram.

Coffeehouse observation No. 125

I am at the coffeehouse sitting next to a gray-haired woman with “U.S. Census Bureau” on her briefcase. She’s fumbling around attempting to text on her cell phone and not doing a particularly good job at it. I sure hope she’s better counting than she is texting.

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Coffeehouse observation No. 124

Arrived at the coffeehouse early for a change. Still didn’t help me get done what I wanted to get done. Need more coffee.

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Frost hits Maine’s berry and apple crops | Bangor Daily News

Frost hits Maine’s berry and apple crops | Bangor Daily News

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