Scenic byways great for views of foliage | Bangor Daily News
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Posted in Environment, Maine, Outdoors, Politics and government
Tagged Allagash, Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Blackwoods Scenic Byway, Down East Sunrise Trail, foilage, La Route Culturelle de la Vallee St-Jean, Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, Rangeley Lakes Region, scenic byways, scenic landscapes, Schoodic Scenic Byway, St. John Valley Cultural Byway
Posted in Law and Order, Maine
Tagged burns, fire, flames, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, immmolation, Longfellow Square, Maine, Maine Medical Center, Portland
SOUTH THOMASTON, Maine — Two lobstermen helped to rescue a man and woman Sunday afternoon after their SUV plunged into the water near the South Thomaston Public Landing.
“We were tying up our skiff and heard a horrendous crash,” said Rolf Winters of South Thomaston. “We looked up and saw the car flying through the air.”
According to Knox County sheriff’s Deputy Matt Elwell, Frank Rankin, 77, of Camden had been driving through South Thomaston with passenger Ruth Duff, 85, also of Camden, at about 1:45 p.m. when his foot went numb. Rankin pulled in to the town landing and tried to hit the brake, but accidentally hit the accelerator instead and plunged over the stone wall and into the Weskeag River.
Winters, a retired volunteer firefighter for South Thomaston, said that he and his son Kurt Winters, 31, were 15 feet or so away when the silver Dodge Durango hit the water nose-first.
“It was airborne right in front of our eyes,” he said. “It really went down fast.”
Click for the rest of the story by Abigail Curtis in the Bangor Daily News.
WOOFMINSTER AMATEUR DOG SHOW
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 2, 1 to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Camp Ketcha, Scarborough
HOW MUCH: $10 adults, $5 kids and dogs
FOOD OPTIONS: Free dog treats. For humans there will be a homemade bake sale and drinks for sale.
PARKING: Camp Ketcha has ample free parking.
DON’T MISS: Doggie limbo
KID-FRIENDLY FACTOR: Great. Color Me Mine will have a paint-your-own pottery area to create dog bowls and picture frames. Face painting and a coloring area will also be offered for little humans.
BENEFITS: Planet Dog Foundation, a (501)k nonprofit, sponsors this event to raise money for service dog programs in Maine.
IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER: Rain or shine
MORE INFO:
Posted in Entertainment, Maine
Tagged Camp Ketcha, canine, dogs, Planet Dog Foundation, Scarborough
L.L. Bean chairman to receive The Bowdoin Prize | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram.
Posted in Education and Schools, Maine, Outdoors
Tagged Bowdoin College, Brunswick, L.L. Bean, Leon A. Gorman, The Bowdoin Prize
Posted in Maine, Politics and government
Tagged Afghanistan, Aroostook County, Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office, Bethesda, Maine State Police, Marine, motorcycle escort, National Naval Medical Center, Patriot Guard Freedom Riders, Shayne M. Hathaway, tour of duty, Washburn, Washburn Police and Fire departments
IF YOU GO
What: Maine Lobster Chef of the Year Competition
When: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 22
Where: Ocean View Room at Ocean Gateway, Portland
How much: $55
More info: www.HarvestOnTheHarbor.com
Metal began flaking off the glowing orange steel as it cooled. The student wrenched the bar sideways around a spiral jig until it faded to gray and creaked in protest.
“Cool,” said Hannah Grenier, 22, of Oxford Hills, as she walked back to the forge with a half-completed steel spiral.
“She thinks it’s cool,” said blacksmith Robert Adams, 75, of Winterport. “The end result will be cool. For now, it’s hot.”
University of Maine sculpture students and passersby gathered around a forge and three anvils Sept. 17 as guest artisan Adams led a blacksmith workshop on the creation of steel crosses and spirals he refers to as scrolls. They set up shop by the sculpture building in the Collins Center of the Arts parking lot.
As he instructed Grenier in completing her scroll, he asked for another volunteer to start heating metal in the forge.
“I like them to make stuff,” Adams said. “That’s how you remember.”
Click for the rest of the story by Aislinn Sarnacki in the Bangor Daily News.
Letters From Away 