L’autre jour on parlais comment on peut rencontrer du monde du Maine, du comté d’Aroostook et surtout de la Vallée Saint-Jean, pas mal partout au États-Unis. Ca m’a arrivé moi itou. J’étais a l’airport de Boston, tard dans la soirée. Ca d’vais être en 1968. J’étais habillé en soldat. Y avais un taxi parké en […]
It’s natural for genealogists to want to share what they learn with other family members. Sadly, many younger relatives aren’t interested. They find genealogy boring. This can lead to disappointment on the part of the enthusiastic genealogist in the family and the fear that all your work will die with you.
A humble man is immensely powerful. Through humbleness and humility he demonstrates the beauty and joy to be found in the simplest of ideas. He learns that through home, all learn more about the world.
Ice harvesting on the stream, brooks, lakes, ponds and rivers of Maine in the days before modern day refrigeration techniques was the norm. People used the large blocks of ice to keep food cold. In addition, before the invention of refrigerated trailers and cargo containers, ice was also used to transport frozen food.
A teacher’s light is like a lighthouse beacon, illuminating the darkness to what might not be seen, guiding and directing sailors through fierce and unyielding storms. The light does not only show a person the way, but it can positively change the path they’re traveling.
The following is from the Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library’s local history books.
These library rules were established June 22, 1908, as handwritten original Library Board of Trustees meeting minutes.
Paul McCartney avais une chanson qui s’appelais “Junk” pi y a une ligne dans la chanson qui ma toujours resté dans l’âme: “Buy, buy says the junk in the yard …” Des fois qu’on dirais que nous en avons jamais assez. Ont passe une partis d’ not’e vie en courant après le gros pot d’or […]
The opioid epidemic continues to claim the lives of far too many people in our state and throughout the country. In 2022, an estimated 716 Mainers died from drug overdoses, taking an extraordinary toll on families and communities.
It should be fairly obvious that flying and drinking heavily do not mix. As such, many early pilots would request a less than full shot of liquor, or a “short snort.” Long before aviation became federally regulated, pilots jokingly began calling each other “short snorters.”
If you have been to Eastern Maine Medical Center now that the renovations are complete, you have more than likely seen the lovely registration and visitor center.
