3 Northeastern weekend escapes Nov 7, 2009
In Maine, a lobster-roll lunch can precede an afternoon of blueberry picking and Skee-Ball by the boardwalk ... Travel ideas for Maine, New York's Hudson River Valley and Virginia ... () -- Enjoy the seaside charms of southern Maine, antiquing in the Hudson River Valley and Virginia's emerging wine country. (CNN)
America's coolest small towns Oct 20, 2009
ROCKLAND, MAINE (pop ... You'll find just enough sophistication to balance the saltiness of mid-coast Maine in Rockland, where regional mainstays are reinvented every day ... After honing her skills working for Perry Ellis in New York City, Beth Bowley was lured back to Maine four years ago. (CNN)
Haunted by spirits - and memories Oct 11, 2009
The keris opens a door to the past, when the twins were children, happy and inseparable, playing pirates in their father s boat near their home in Castine, Maine. Anonymous messages appear on Maeve s office door. (Boston Globe)
Sept. 18: Travel Briefs Oct 9, 2009
Online, Conde Nast Traveler has more information on five other parks: Acadia in Maine, Grand Canyon in Arizona, Denali in Alaska, the Rockies in Colorado and Volcanoes in Hawaii ... Coastal Living magazine is recommending 10 road trips with beautiful views of oceans, beaches, lakes and bays, from Alaska to Maine to Mexico ... U.S. 1 in Maine, from Acadia National Park east to the West Quoddy Lighthouse in Lubec, Maine, one of the easternmost points in the U.S.. (Carroll County Times, MD)
If youve seen one, you havent necessarily seen them all (2) Oct 4, 2009
After graduating from SUNY Oswego in 1994, home is now Bar Harbor, Maine. I return each year to visit family and this year we attended the Country Cabins first flea market were sent for Aug. 29 and 30. (Oswego Palladium-Times, NY)
Selma Koss Holtz; collector with a contagious love of art, people Sep 24, 2009
She was born in Auburn, Maine, daughter of Joseph Koss, a Russian immigrant who started out as a fruit peddler and worked his way to ownership of shoe factories in northern Maine ... The marriage ended 14 years later, their son said, but they remained close friends ... While Mrs. Holtz worked with a number of museums, she maintained close ties to the end with the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Maine, and her expertise and research is recognized in a number of its catalogues, among them,... (Boston Globe)
Fanfare and fireworks planned for Town Night and Town Day Sep 24, 2009
Enjoyed by all ages, they've played the Hard Rock Boston, Hampton Beach, NH, Higher Ground, Vermont, Six Flags Amusement Park, Vermont state parks, camps, and numerous fairs in Vermont, Maine and Massachusetts, including the Topsfield Fair on Oct. 8. Arlington American Legion Post 39. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Sampler for Sept. 24 Sep 24, 2009
The Maine Lobster Traps ice cream was a big hit at the Biz 2 Biz Showcase and Business After Hours held recently at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel by the Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce ... James Fahey of Washington Street was working at Rowe s Grocery Store Irving Dakin was working for the Boston & Maine railroad. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Homer 'boat museum' owners had big plans for Spit property Sep 12, 2009
Bob Cousins, who with his family now lives mostly in Maine, describes a litany of conflicts over land use with the state and city but says he's trying to cooperate with a new, more understanding city administration. Still, he says, the Spit is not the place for Disney-style tourist development. (Anchorage Daily News)
Newfields library gets $25K gift Sep 1, 2009
They have fantastic food (love their burgers and their salads) and great beer. The atmostphere is perfect for. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
UP FOR AIR: Refrigerator magnets get a reprieve Aug 20, 2009
Then came the photos, which would take up an entire living room wall if I had to relocate them: doggies, past and present; great family stuff, Maine stuff, my entire 70th birthday party, a great Ann Kilam poster, and two hand-drawn cards depicting nothing important but are fantastic, and a few unmentionables including an older lady flipping the bird from her convertible. Suddenly the Red Sox season seemed easy to deal with, so I gave my old fridge a loving pat on the way out of the kitchen and... (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Design, Play and Trade Personalized Cards With the Duelist On Demand Program Aug 20, 2009
Each 10-card Duelist On Demand Pack is available for $12 USD (plus applicable taxes) for purchase in the United States only (excluding Maine residents). About the Free Realms Trading Card Game. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Eliot home destroyed in blaze Aug 13, 2009
The food is very disappointing and very over priced for (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Get ready for a National Night Out on the town Jul 31, 2009
Kaybar took home six trophies at the U.S. Police Canine Association in Falmouth, Maine a couple of weeks ago. In addition to their tracking skills, Kaybar and Tom were also featured in an episode of the Animal Planet Channel s Dogs 101 last year. (Amesbury News, MA)
Big events for August Jul 28, 2009
Aug. 7-9: Maine Antiques Festival, Union, 207-221-3108, maineantiquefest ... Aug. 14-16: Machias Wild Blueberry Festival, Machias, Maine, 207-2556665, machiasblueberry. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Facing the stillness Jul 28, 2009
Courtesy photo Barbara Luccock sheds a tear for her late husband, Robert, at her log cabin in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, in 2007 ... The film follows Luccock as she returns to Boothbay Harbor, Maine, the place where she met and fell in love with her husband, the Rev. Doctor Robert Luccock ... In 1962, they moved to Wellesley, where they lived until 2002, when they moved to a retirement community in Maine. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Letters to the Magazine editor Jul 12, 2009
Ann Liburt / Jefferson, Maine. Style on a Budget I enjoyed Regina Cole s Home Cheap Home (June 14) very much. (Boston Globe)
10 North Shore sights to target this summer Jul 12, 2009
Haul onto the rocks Maybe it s the 400-year-old bedrock granite or the clear-day view that runs from Crane Beach in Ipswich north to Mount Agamenticus in Maine. Then, too, there is the history of seafarers rounding the rocky point of Cape Ann. (Boston Globe)
MARSHFIELD AROUND TOWN: You can support playground Jul 3, 2009
BODNAR EXHIBITS IN MAINE. The Pastel Painters of Maine, PPOM, recently hosted its 10th international juried exhibition, For Pastels Only, at the Saco Museum ... This exhibition and sale displayed works of pastel artists from Maine and beyond, including a piece by Christine Bodnar of Marshfield. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Yoko Ono wins legal battle with Mass. company Jul 1, 2009
World Wide first sued Ono last year after she blocked the company from screening 3 Days in the Life, a two-hour film culled from the footage, at a private school in Maine. The company said it had bought the video in 2000 from Ono s previous husband, Anthony Cox, who shot the film in February 1970. (Boston Globe)
Designer Jeffrey Delvy takes mixing to the max Jun 25, 2009
Most of his decor came from antique shops in Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Last week, Delvy gave us a tour of his petite pied-a-terre and some of his favorite pieces. (Boston Globe)
- From the desk of: 0 Jun 17, 2009
In a Maine restaurant: Open seven days a week and weekends. When this sign is under water, this road is impassable. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Treasure seekers set up shop Jun 5, 2009
After Columbus, the group disperses around the country, some setting up in Maine, other crews will be in Arkansas, Massachusetts and Illinois. The Great Treasure Hunt remains in Columbus through Saturday, operating 9 a.m.-6 p.m. today-Friday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. (Fremont Tribune, NE)
It hurts to say it, but it was time for Tom Glavine to go Jun 4, 2009
7:17 pm June 3, 2009, by Mark Bradley. Turner Field, 7:01 p.m.: See if you can find the guy in a Glavine jersey. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
JOHN CHAPPELL: NORTH NOTES NOTEBOOK: Hiking: Robbins Plans to Mark Trail Day May 29, 2009
Someday, Koonce and others in northern Moore County picture setting out on Bear Creek Trail to cross the wide land on foot, westward over the plains, through the Smoky Mountains and up to Maine, even north to Alaska. Their new trails around the Robbins area are already proving even more popular than Koonce and the others imagined, bringing new visitors almost every weekend. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Family fun, great summer savings in ski country May 26, 2009
There's a Park Silly Market every Sunday selling everything from fresh sushi to lobsters flown in from Maine to antiques. Everything is recycled, too. (CNN)
A Cook's Collection Apr 28, 2009
Lydia Shire, a chef who owns the restaurants Scampo and Locke-Ober in Boston and Blue Sky in York, Maine, loves the colorful light-filled kitchen in her 1847 Weston home, and she loves everything in it. There's the red Chambers stove from the 1940s that "makes chocolate cake better than any modern one could" and the old English butcher block. (Boston Globe)
Citizen's Canes Apr 28, 2009
Grozier sent the canes to 700 towns in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Maine. The publisher excluded cities from the list of recipients. (Boston Globe)
The CENTSABLES: Financial Literacy Project Launches On Multi-Media Platform Apr 15, 2009
Maine State Credit Union was the first financial institution in the country to license this program ... Normand Dubreuil, president of Maine State Credit Union stated, "It was an easy decision for us. The CENTSABLES program reinforces our commitment to support and enhance our members' financial lives. The appeal of these characters to kids, the creativity of the concept, the quality and variety of promotional materials, make this the most effective kids' financial literacy program I have come... (PR Newswire)
Hagglers gain the upper hand in a downbeat economy Mar 16, 2009
Last fall, Marlene Allen, who owns a pair of high-end shoe stores called Stiletto in Portsmouth, N.H., and Portland, Maine, felt the fiscal repercussions of aggressive hagglers: Though she sold all her inventory, she made no money. "It was rough, really rough. And unfair," Allen says. (USA Today -- Life)
Gardner Museum recalls art heist as 19th anniversary nears Mar 14, 2009
Last month, the FBI searched the attics, basements, and crawl spaces of houses in Maine and Dedham, after a prison inmate said that a long-deceased friend was involved in the heist and may have stashed the artwork at one of the residences. Again, they were dead ends. (Boston Globe)
Teen fires shots at deputy Mar 4, 2009
Over the last three decades, the murder rate in states like Iowa, Maine, and North Dakota have averaged 1. 4 per 100,000 population, which is one tenth that of states like Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, or Mississippi, whose murder rates average 16. (L Observateur, LA)
For struggling Newbury church, weather vane a gift from above Feb 25, 2009
The collector, Raymond Egan of Maine, told Haverington that the weather vane was of significant value, perhaps even a one-of-a-kind sliver of American art history. On a preliminary estimate, Egan told her he believed it could fetch at least a quarter of a million dollars. (Boston Globe)
Tight Squeeze Feb 22, 2009
When Angus MacLeod was 12 years old, his family moved from Maine to the scenic Scottish Highlands to discover their roots. For almost a year, the foursome took up residence in a tiny walled-in gardener's cottage on the grounds of historic Brodie Castle. (Boston Globe)
Weekend in Newport, R.I. Feb 19, 2009
The top wine bar-steakhouse on the waterfront, 22 Bowen s Wharf, offers dozens of wines by the glass, prime steaks priced to $50, and 2- to 3-pound fresh Maine lobsters at market price. 22 Bowens Wharf, 401-841-8884. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Georgia 7th most religious state, poll says Feb 19, 2009
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Family threatened in 1.7m Lowry raid, court told Feb 18, 2009
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GOP tries to restore image of fiscal discipline Feb 17, 2009
Three moderate GOP senators broke ranks Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and voted with Democrats. . (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Portsmouth area community calendar Feb 17, 2009
n NARFE: (National Active And Retired Federal Employees Association), Agamenticus Chapter No. 590, will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 at the Aspinquid Lodge, 101 Long Sands Road, York, Maine ... n "Take It Outside": and join the Kittery Recreation Department and Maine State Conservation Department, Bureau of Parks and Lands and enjoy our very own State Park Fort McClary from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 ... Fort McClary is located on Route 103 in Kittery Point, Maine. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Movie Sweepstakes: Are You A Winner? Feb 8, 2009
Ora Freeman, Gorham, Maine. Get Smart' Contest Avril Baker, Oakland, Calif. (KERO 23, CA)
NH senator eyed as boon in commerce post Feb 7, 2009
Anybody from a coastal state or New England certainly would have a better understanding of our industry than, say, somebody from New Mexico, said Maine fishing boat owner James Odlin. President Barack Obama nominated Gregg, a Republican, for Commerce after his original choice, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, withdrew from contention. (Boston Herald)
