maine
Picking Potatoes in Northern Maine
The Library of Congress has a new photostream on photo-sharing site Flickr. This particular image struck close to home. The caption is “Children gathering potatoes on a large farm, vicinity of Caribou, Aroostook County, Me. Schools do not open until the potatoes are harvested.” I grew up in the neighboring and superior-in-every-way town of […]
Only in Maine - Deer hit by bike explodes into oncoming car
The Bangor Daily News reported on a recent car accident in Maine in which a deer was hit by a motorcycle and then careened into the windshield of an oncoming car driven by Addie Gilman (no relation):
Keating said much of the deer’s entrails penetrated the car’s interior, covering Gilman with blood and other matter. “She […]
Moose
My friend Shaun captured this footage of a Bull Moose they encountered in White Mountain National Forest on their way to Montreal. This part is priceless:
The moose was unbelievably relaxed, just browsing along as we all snapped photos and watched him. I took the camera and creeped down into the woods with him to get […]
Nordic Ski Championships in Presque Isle, Maine
Bangor Daily News/Kate Collins
Having grown up in Northern Maine and now living in Texas I get to do a little bit of explaining from time to time. First, is that yes, people actually live up there. I don’t know why they do either, but they do. Second, yes we did have running water. Indoor bathrooms […]
Route 1 North, Presque Isle, Maine
It’s been almost a decade - the postcard I just got for my 10 year reunion confirms this - yet I still cannot get the following song lyrics out of my head:
Star City, Presque Isle
Star City, Mile for Mile
North-east Corner of America
Star of Maine, Presque Isle
I’ve been thinking about my home town today, which made […]
At least it’s warm here…
Every now and then I get nostalgic for Maine. Then I get an e-mail like this from my Dad -
Associated Press: The Nation’s Weather
By WEATHER UNDERGROUND 11.08.06, 5:03 AM ET
Cold, wet weather was expected to continue Wednesday across the North and West.
Rain was forecast again for the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, with flooding possible […]
Northern Forest Canoe Trail: From Adirondack Park, NY to Fort Kent, Maine
Work has been completed on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, a water route from northern Maine through the Adirondack Park in New York. The 740-mile trail includes 347 in Maine, notably the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Penobscot River and Rangeley Lakes.
The Magnificent Obsession of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail
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From Maine
Two moose on main street in Presque Isle last week. From a friend in Maine, via my grandmother.
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Long-Scorned in Maine, French Has Renaissance
NY Times Long-Scorned in Maine, French Has Renaissance
Frederick Levesque was just a child in Old Town, Me., when teachers told him to become Fred Bishop, changing his name to its English translation to conceal that he was French-American.
Cleo Ouellette’s school in Frenchville made her write “I will not speak French” over and over if she […]