The Editors
Should the Waldo-Hancock Bridge go up in smoke?
Submitted by Down East on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 8:52pm.
We've heard all sorts of proposals for the old Waldo-Hancock Bridge, that increasingly rusty suspension bridge standing beside the spiffy new Penobscot Narrows Bridge over the Penobscot River between Prospect and Verona. Bikeway, pedestrian walk, solar and tidal power center - all those ideas surfaced and disappeared again.
Now the Department of Homeland Security has come up with a proposal that sounds as if it should have an April Fool's Day dateline on it. DHS wants to blow the thing
Maine's Secret Places
Submitted by Down East on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 4:09pm.A few weeks ago George Smith, executive director of the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine and a columnist for the daily Kennebec Journal in Augusta, wrote a column bemoaning an article in Down East that focused on his hometown of Mount Vernon. "Down East magazine has ruined my summer," he declared. We had not only discovered his quiet, uncrowded, quaint village, but we had also told our readership
Is Maine Going Beige?
Submitted by Down East on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 9:28pm.
USA Today and The Boston Globe both picked up the tiff that is going on in Rockland over Rock City Coffee Roasters odoriferous roasting facility. A neighbor filed a complaint with the city, which eventually determined that the roasting smell was in violation of Rockland's odor
A Maine McDreamy Gives Back
Submitted by Down East on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 12:17pm.
Seattle Grace's favorite brain surgeon on the ABC hit series Grey's Anatomy just became the favorite of another hospital: the one where he was born, and the one where he is helping to launch the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing.
The Portland Press Herald reported today that the popular TV actor, also known for his film rolls such as Ronald in the 1987 hit Can't Buy Me
The Portland Press Herald reported today that the popular TV actor, also known for his film rolls such as Ronald in the 1987 hit Can't Buy Me
Blue Sunday
Submitted by Down East on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 7:12am.February 8, 2008
When I was growing up, our lives in Maine were still affected somewhat by the "Blue Laws," those Puritan creations that banned us from performing such vital activities as buying booze, shopping for pickup trucks, and blasting ducks and deer on Sundays. Over the past few years we've seen many of those blue laws disappear (though the restrictions on hunting and car-sales remain, a perhaps not
A State of Security
Submitted by Down East on Thu, 02/07/2008 - 11:08am.February 7, 2008
My mother always said that one of the reasons she loved living in the Northeast was the lack of natural disasters. In the aftermath of the tornadoes that have ravaged the South, killing more than fifty people, I am once again reminded of nature's fury. Californian wildfires, hurricane Katrina, avalanches in the Northwest, flooding in Nevada… the news is constantly covering these tragic events and the damage they cause, both to the land and the people.
Maine
Lesson Lost
Submitted by Down East on Mon, 01/21/2008 - 1:41pm.
January 21, 2008
The magic of the Internet is, of course, the amount of information it puts at our fingertips and the level of interactivity it encourages. For people with a legitimate interest and need to access data and communicate with others, the Web is a godsend. Unfortunately, for some it's also a way to lower the level of any interaction to that of, say, late-night barroom humor. Take, for instance, the report
The magic of the Internet is, of course, the amount of information it puts at our fingertips and the level of interactivity it encourages. For people with a legitimate interest and need to access data and communicate with others, the Web is a godsend. Unfortunately, for some it's also a way to lower the level of any interaction to that of, say, late-night barroom humor. Take, for instance, the report
A Patriotic Planet
Submitted by Down East on Mon, 01/21/2008 - 12:23pm.
January 21, 2008
While Tom Brady and his fellow Patriots marched on to 18-0, and Brett Favre and his Packers fought a losing battle against the New York Giants, I was reminded of another losing battle courtesy of Scott Pelley on CBS, one that apparently had 41 million fewer fans tuning in (See TV Ratings) on this frigid night of football. Though it might seem like unlikely timing (the thermometer
While Tom Brady and his fellow Patriots marched on to 18-0, and Brett Favre and his Packers fought a losing battle against the New York Giants, I was reminded of another losing battle courtesy of Scott Pelley on CBS, one that apparently had 41 million fewer fans tuning in (See TV Ratings) on this frigid night of football. Though it might seem like unlikely timing (the thermometer
The Depths of Depravity
Submitted by Down East on Sat, 01/19/2008 - 8:32pm.January 19, 2008
The lengths to which people will go when they feel passionately about something never ceases to amaze me. Shortly after I wrote an article in our December issue about the Worcester Wreath Company's annual trek to Arlington National Cemetery to deliver Christmas wreaths, we were inundated with calls from people wanting to watch the parade of wreaths. At least one of the readers
The Maine-Morocco Connection
Submitted by Down East on Thu, 01/17/2008 - 4:23pm.
January 17, 2008
Say what you will about the Atlantic since its move from Boston to Washington, D.C., (and I could say a lot) it still manages the clever moment. Case in point is associate editor Matt Yglesais's revised map of the United States, which renames the states to match countries with similar GDPs.
Sure, there's a certain "Huh?" factor - Oklahoma is compared to the Philippines, for example. But it's illuminating
Say what you will about the Atlantic since its move from Boston to Washington, D.C., (and I could say a lot) it still manages the clever moment. Case in point is associate editor Matt Yglesais's revised map of the United States, which renames the states to match countries with similar GDPs.
Sure, there's a certain "Huh?" factor - Oklahoma is compared to the Philippines, for example. But it's illuminating
