Mar 11 2008
Only in Maine
Ha ha ha ha. Portland is a little more gentrified than this, but Windsor is only 65 miles from here. Keep going north from there and things get even more interesting…
Archive for March, 2008
Mar 07 2008
Helping a Brother in Need
Bill Kapoun is a fraternity brother (though I’ve never met him, and he’s not part of my chapter) who recently suffered horrific burns in a apartment fire in Korea, where he was teaching English to children. The school where he was working did not provide any medical insurance for him and the bills for his treatment are astronomical. If you can spare something to help defray his costs, it may literally mean the difference between life and death for this young man.
Update: Sadly, Brother Kapoun succumbed to his injuries on March 9, 2008. Our thoughts and prayers are with Bill’s family.
Mar 06 2008
Cinque Terre hosts Food & Beer Festival to Benefit FBES
Cinque Terre will usher in the first signs of spring on Sunday, March 16th when it holds its First Annual “Eco Appetito – Good Eating for a Good Earth” event at its Portland restaurant, located at 36 Wharf Street. Scheduled for 1:00 – 4:00 pm, the festive Eco Appetito event will showcase abundant samples of local Maine food and beverages from dozens of producers. Most notably, guests will enjoy hand-crafted beer selections from Portland’s Allagash Brewing Company and the debut of Maine Oat & Maple Beer, brewed by Peak Organic Brewing Company.
The open house event, expected to draw a capacity crowd, will benefit the “Food for Thought” program, offered at Ferry Beach Ecology School (FBES) in Saco, Maine. The innovative program at the school’s coastal campus teaches the value of eating naturally grown and organic food, and how to live and eat sustainably.
DETAILS:
What: Eco Appetito – Good Eating for a Good Earth
Where: Cinque Terre, 36 Wharf Street, Portland
When: Sunday, March 16th 1:00 – 4:00 pm
How (much): $50 per person. All proceeds will benefit the Ferry Beach Ecology School and its “Food for Thought” program.
To purchase tickets or locate additional event information, visit www.fbes.org or call Maggie Daigle at (207) 671-0643.
To learn more about the Ferry Beach Ecology School and its acclaimed programs and offerings, visit www.fbes.org.
Mar 03 2008
Mainers Dig Out After Another Storm
CNN.com just featured an abridged video from the following local news story: WCSH6.com – Mainers Dig Out After Another Storm Unfortunately, WCSH doesn’t appear to publish embed information for their videos, so I couldn’t include the video directly on here, but the following picture should help give you an idea of what it’s like outside:
According to the report in the story linked above, Portland is up to just a hair shy of 8′ for the season, and as a southern coastal city, we don’t have it nearly as bad as others in the state. I’m thankful I don’t live out in Cornish:
Ten-plus foot snow banks is not a happy thought. I was having trouble tossing the snow over the six footer in front of our house this weekend. Spring is officially less than three weeks away—it can’t come fast enough as far as I’m concerned.