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Wit & Wisdom of Maine Maine HumorI was traveling through the town of Industry (motto: Somewhat Less Industrious Than Our Name Might Indicate)…  Maine MediaOnly one winner: For some time, Matthew Stone of the Kennebec Journal has been doing solid work covering…
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Everything You Need to Know Today7/29 1:57 PM New Hampshire's push to replace the bridge linking Portsmouth and Kittery is punctuated by falling debris. 7/27 12:48 PM The right to go topless is back in the news. This time the place is Ogunquit, and the bare chests belong to men. 7/27 12:30 PM South Portland's landmark Red's Dairy Freeze, damaged by fire in June, is slated for demolition. 7/25 7:41 AM The Downeast Scenic Railroad, a restored passenger train, is chugging down the tracks in Ellsworth. 7/23 3:48 PM You'll never guess what some bloggers are saying about Obama's stop at a Bar Harbor ice cream shop.
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For the friends who have everything. Most newlyweds don’t start married life by adopting a new member of the family, much less two or three. But the latest way-cool wedding gift for couples who already have everything else they need is a set of adoption papers — for a puffin from Maine’s own Eastern Egg Rock.
“We’ve seen a lot of people giving them as wedding gifts lately,” says Debbie Wood of the National Audubon Society’s Adopt-a-Puffin program, which benefits ornithologist Stephen W. Kress’ seabird restoration effort, Project Puffin.
Dispatches from Down East
August 6-8 is the Maine Fairy Festival at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. It's a truly wonderful event with thoughtful and fun programs like fairy house building, a fairy photo workshop, a parade of fairies by the Shoestring Theater, book signings, and a beautiful setting. Last year I took my children (then 1 1/2 and 4 1/2) and they had the most magical time. And that's why, when the CMBG asked Down East if we wanted to build a fairy house for this year's fairy house competition, I jumped at the chance.
We assembled a crack group of Down Easties, gathered materials from the woods, the beach, the farm, and then last week, we set to building.
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