| Comment | Author | Location | Date |
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| Happy New Years to you all!! Been away for 25 years! This is my home page and check in every day! Looks like it is raining tongight! How weird compared to years ago it was always white. Still have lots of family up there, Irelands, Robertsons and Beaulieus | Karen Costello Beauleiu | Powder Springs GA | 12-31-2004 |
| Thank you Mona b from easton. I attended college with her and wondered what happened to her. | DeWitt | Greensboro, NC | 12-31-2004 |
| LCD
Memories are like diamonds, they last forever.
Pax Arch | Arch | | 12-31-2004 |
| LCD...I'm honored. A great New Year's afternoon message..... | DG | PI | 12-31-2004 |
| DG
I am glad that they are useful, they are 1935 edition maps.
Pax Arch | Arch | | 12-31-2004 |
| Arch,
That was just to cute. Dick and I could write a book and I would have to say it would be good reading material. We had great times so many years ago but the memories will last forever. He is a terrific person that I let fly away but he will always have a special place in my heart as being a wonderful friend.
DG,
How was that without really saying anything?????? One could only imagin. Off to work for half a day. Happy New Year to All
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | PA | 12-31-2004 |
| LCD....we can't reminisce, at least in the public forum, because Arch is peeking. I thought I asked viewers not to look at our private messages. Can't trust anyone these days..
Arch...I received the CD with local maps. It's better than you think; has many old rural schools located. What year? Many thanks.....dg | DG | PI | 12-31-2004 |
| HMMMM
Pax Arch | Arch | | 12-30-2004 |
| Okay, DD, since you and the others are closing your eyes to our little private remembrances, then LCD and I will continue to reminisce...but don't peek! | DG | PI | 12-30-2004 |
| Althea Guiggey was a friend and neighbor, lived on the cross rd. in Crouseville, she married bill Walker from Ashland and moved to the Bangor area. | mona b | easton | 12-30-2004 |
| Cheryl Just type news papers in your browser and you can find the link. :D | NC | Silver Springs | 12-30-2004 |
| DG, LCD, PAC. We are not reading all of these private morsels. We are passing right over them. So please continue with your flashbacks and memories. | DD | Back Home | 12-30-2004 |
| does anyone have the e-mail address for the Portland paper? | cheryl | | 12-30-2004 |
| DG,
You guys came down on a Sunday because we were at the lake and Mae made me go to the house in Fort Kent with her to meet you so Mom wouldn't find out what we were up to. I was asleep on the couch and afraid to look up since my hair was long and a mess. You're not the only one with flashbacks.....
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | PA | 12-30-2004 |
| And girls have a knack of blocking out the not-so-good looking ones (boys) and remembering the good-looking ones. :p
Like Andy Packard who was on the basketball team. We thought he was sooooo cute! He is much younger than you, DG. And where were you when I was in high school? Oh, yes, 8 years years ahead of me. :D | pac | | 12-30-2004 |
| LCD.....I can't remember if I mentioned this before, but I was at your house once in Fort Kent, perhaps in 1962. Think I was with Ronnie Fowler. Did he ever date May? Imagine us talking over old times in a public forum...for all to read. | DG | PI | 12-30-2004 |
| LCD.....Guys have a knack for blocking out the ugly ones (girls) and remembering the pretty ones..that's how I remember. Her hair was as black as yours. | DG | PI | 12-30-2004 |
| To Paul Libby..I was reading about that on the Bangor News and that certainly does put Fort Kent, Maine in the news.
Good events for sure and good news!
HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. | PAC | Nashville, TN | 12-30-2004 |
| DG,
You have a good memory. I can't even remember what I looked like in 63, other then my natural hair color was black. How it turned blond over the years is a mystery???? You did a good job getting things back together. I knew you could do it. How much kicking did you have to do?
Paul Libby,
Hope you enjoy your day in Fort Kent. I grew up on Plesant St. Take a look when you go by 3 Plesant St. First white house on the right after you climb the little hill. It brings back alot of good memories each time we drive by in the summer when we go to Eagle Lake for vacation. Glad we won out. They did such a terrific job last time and the lights in town were beautiful. We actully made it on CNN News. It was really great and my family will be there as well.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 12-30-2004 |
| Berchie Cosins, I think you use to stop in Sherman at Tom's. I remenber Floyd and Alden, You guys trained the 11-7 girls, Ha. Hope all is well with you. Happy New Year. | Louise Butcher | Jacksonville, Fl. | 12-29-2004 |
| We found some wonderful warm, sunny weather in Miami for Christmas, and was welcomed back by several inches of snow on our return home - just a reminder of why I need to make plans to go somewhere else for the winter. I had a patient in today from Australia - said it is summer there now and January and February are their best months. Sounds like that could work its way into my plan!! ;-)
Best wishes to all for a new year that is truly happy. | Myrna Condon | Southeastern Mass | 12-29-2004 |
| DG
It is working now, must have known what was coming. That disc was put in the snail mail Monday morning, hope it is something you can use.
Pax Arch | Arch | | 12-29-2004 |
| Oh, oh....forgot to kick the videocam. Will attempt to remember tomorrow morning. Sorry.
LCD....had someone in the office yesterday who looked just like you did in 1963. I kept looking at her...nice looking. | DG | PI | 12-29-2004 |
| Well, Fort Kent, "the little town that could" is having another World Class biathalon meet this week. It is very little notice to those who enjoy skiing and shooting. The event, World Team Trials, was to be held in Lake Placid, NY. But the recent storm brought them rain and we got the snow. So again Fort Kent, Maine, comes through. The events are only until Friday, Dec 31. It is a morning event, so get here early.
I have my media pass so my camera will be busy.
In March the International Paralympics Biathalon will happen here.
Come and see what this is all about | Paul Libby | St Fancis, Maine | 12-29-2004 |
| VH continues to make me laugh...great sense of humor! Good way to end the day before I go home. :-) | pac | warmer Nashville | 12-29-2004 |
| Vern H
Yes it has warmed up here also, supposed to rain a little and then get colder for the work week ahead. I am on vacation so I guess the cold weather can wait until the 3rd.
You said spring has sprung and it reminded me of an old ditty my Dad used to come up with every spring,"Spring has sprung and the grass has riz, quick tell me where my fish pole is"
Pax Arch ;-) | Arch | | 12-29-2004 |
| Arch,
Spring has sprung. Warm (70*) and wet (humidity 88%)here.
Waldo,
I am glad that your travel was w/o problems. This time of year can be tricky across the North tier.
Thank you for asking about the "KB's" Christmas. The KB was pretty "understanding" about my generousity and selection of presents. She even bought me a book, "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus". I thought, "How nice," since I am in the Space business. I have carefully placed it on the shelf right next to another one of her presents, The Reader's Digest, "Home Repair Book." I will read them both some day.
Regards,
Vern | vh | Houston | 12-29-2004 |
| DG must be going to kick that camera 1:30 Central. ;-)
Pax Arch | Arch | | 12-29-2004 |
| DG,
What's up? It's 27 degrees out there. Did the camera not like the warm air???? Hope you had a nice Christmas. We had a great time in CT. Was nice to get away from Pa for a few days. Hailee met nine new cousins and loved all of them. Catch you on line soon.
Linda
Happy New Year to all you sweet people on the Crown of Maine!!!!!!! | LCD | PA | 12-29-2004 |
| Gonna kick the N. Main webcam around 1:30........... | DG | PI | 12-29-2004 |
| Yeah, the N. Main cam does appear to be down. I've got a call in to Dr. Graves to kick it :-) | Webmaster | | 12-29-2004 |
| Great site! I sure am homesick! Y'all have an awesome new year! :-) | Debbie Hobson Bird | Falls Church, Virginia | 12-29-2004 |
| NO PICTURE HERE EATHER. :mad: :confused: | NC | | 12-28-2004 |
| OOOPS
It's only the N. Main cam I can't get. :confused:
Pax Arch | Arch | | 12-28-2004 |
| Hmmm
Anyone else having trouble accessing the cameras? Must be froze up.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 12-28-2004 |
| Its nice to see pictures of back home. | joann Powell | Greencastle Pa 17225 | 12-28-2004 |
| I'm looking for a person by the name of Althea Guiggy who used to live on the Washburn Road. She attended Normal School (now UMPI) in 1949. The last time I saw her, she lived in Ashland. Anyone knowing her whereabouts or knowledge of her, I'd appreciate hearing from them. | DeWitt | | 12-28-2004 |
| Dick, your pictures arrived this date, and I thank you. I'll forward a couple (after I've made copies) to my brother Jerre so he can give them to our mother. Again, thank you. And if I can ever do anything for you, you know you'll just have to ask! | DeWitt C. Fillmore | Greensboro, NC | 12-28-2004 |
| Heard from Ron McPherson today. There is only one siding called Parkhurst Siding..what I'm trying to say here is like he said (which I knew also) that when spoken people tend to leave the hurst off which comes out sounding like Parkersiding instead of Parkhurst Siding.
Whew... Ok, folks, that's all. | PAC | Nashville, TN | 12-28-2004 |
| Oh, puleeeze, Waldo! Just kidding...I know you are! (about the broom, frying pan and door mats). :-) couldn't resist | member | | 12-28-2004 |
| Look out,Maine; we're here to stay!
The trip from Oregon was uneventful, with the exception of some slushy travelling in Michigan.
We're enjoying our new home in Vassalboro (-just northeast of Augusta, for the geographically challenged...) and will feel even more at-home when the rest of our "stuff" catches up with us, -maybe this weekend.
Vern, I've just got to ask, how did the KB take to the exotic gifts you got her for Christmas? It seems like a broom, frying pan, and door mats should be enough to keep a gal happy for quite a while! | Waldo LIbby | Vassalboro, ME | 12-28-2004 |
| I've been thinking, maybe there is another siding up there called Parkers Siding besides Parkhurst Siding. Anyone know? Maybe Ron McPherson knows. This is in reference to what Steve Weaver put on here the other day, just got to thinking about this (but I have only heard of Parkhurst Siding). | pac | Nashville, TN | 12-28-2004 |
| Hello to everyone from the land down under(Adelaide South Australia).Just a short note to wish ya all a happy and safe New Year.Sure could use some of the snow down this way.Things are a little hot down here.DG hi up there how is everyone.Still trying to get dad on here.He doesn't think he is going to recognise anybody.Crazy aye.I guess i am going to have to give him a swift kick for ya. Hahaha
Must go so all the best to everyone
Byebye for now Davo | David Thibodeau | South Australia | 12-28-2004 |
| Love checking the webcams! Will be moving to Maine in the next year. | Jim and Tish | Apple Valley, CA | 12-27-2004 |
| Steve Weaver
Are you any relation to William (Brownie) Weaver?
Peace Arch | Arch | | 12-27-2004 |
| ;-) God surely make Maine. We come up to the county quite often. My husband is from Easton. | Rosetta Fuller | Conroe, Tx | 12-27-2004 |
| Steve Weaver..I do not know you, but I lived on the Parkhurst Siding Road until age 19 and I probably do not know your relatives there now. To Berchie who drove for Cole's Express, as I recall, I think Don Blanchard drove for them for a few years. He lived on the Fort Road. I was friends with his daughter Donna, who is married to CK Keegan, Jr. I miss Presque Isle. | Pam Ashley Campbell (PAC) | Nashville, TN | 12-27-2004 |
| Brrrrrrrr! is it ever cold here. 18 when i go to bed. 18 when I get up. 3 inches of that white stuff to shovel this morning. hope I dont see anymore of it. My blood has been thinned to florida temps and will never come back to this level again. Merry Christmas to all. | dickdelong` | | 12-27-2004 |
| Born there in Caribou, came to Mass when I was 2 (ooooh, long time ago)
Come back every year as often as possible to visit family.
Love the way of life, and will return someday!! | Shirley Langley | Massachusetts | 12-27-2004 |
| Hi Presque Isle!!! It's been awhile from the last time I looked at the cam. I hope all of you had a great Christmas and an even better New Year. | jeff | kansas | 12-27-2004 |
| DD,
Hapy Holidays to all of you. Hope you had a good Christmas and not freezing to death..... We just got back from Ct and had a great time. Have a safe trip back and catch up with you in FL.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 12-27-2004 |
| Keeping up with Fred Edgecomb | Kermit D Williamson | Clinton N. C. | 12-27-2004 |
| CC
Tell your Dad (DD) we, Mikki and I return the Seasons Greetings and wish him a safe trip back home.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 12-26-2004 |
| To All: Dad, Dick DeLong, is here with me in Scarborough for the week. His computer is down so I'm signing on to Say "Merry Christmas" and "Happy & Healthy New Year". He'll be back in FL on Wednesday.
NC: Claudette would have guessed Red Delano too - she remembers the ski tow. | Carol (DeLong) Claflin | Scarborough, ME | 12-26-2004 |
| I WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A SAFE AND HEATHY NEW YEAR!!!STEVE | Steve Weaver | WEstbrook,ME | 12-25-2004 |
| I lived in Presque Isle from 1945-1959.I lived on Elizabeth St.My relatives live at Parkersiding. I enjoy this site, but I don't recognize any of the names except Meredith Libby. I'd love to hear from someone that might remember me. County people are the greatest. Steve | Steve Weaver | Westbrook,ME | 12-25-2004 |
| Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our friends on Crown of Maine.
Peace on Earth and God Bless
Arch and Mikki :D | Arch | | 12-25-2004 |
| I wanted to wish everyone in my home town a blessed season. Best wishes and keep warm, from Idaho-ho-ho | Joy Nightingale Courtney | Kuna, Idaho | 12-25-2004 |
| Merry Christmas to all.. It is 29 at 10:41am CT. and we had sleet...oh WOW.. later maybe a flurie or two...at least it is nice and cold for Christmas.
God Bless you all :-) --oh Mandeville is in the Southern part of Louisiana...near New Orleans for the ones whom are not familiar with the cities... | Sarah | Mandeville, La. | 12-25-2004 |
| Merry Christmas everyone!! A cool 20 degrees here in West Virginia. :-) | carolyn craig calldarelli | parkersburg, WV | 12-25-2004 |
| A special "thanks" to all who sent the semi-white Christams to Houston. It snowed about a quarter of an inch this evening. Just enouch to sprinkle a white frosting on the great outdoors.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Vern Hall | vh | Houston | 12-24-2004 |
| To All of our Friends
Mikki & I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year. God Bless you one & all.
Peace on Earth Arch & Mikki | Arch | Joshua, TX | 12-24-2004 |
| I am from Mapleton and all that I know about the Park is what I read in the history of Quaggy Joe. There it sez that it was "Red". :confused: | N C | S S | 12-24-2004 |
| Wrong! The first park ranger was Walter L. Fillmore, my father. Red Delano was the 2nd park ranger - full time. My father was the absolute first, and even tho he didn't wear a uniform like Red, he did have a badge. I know because my brother, Walter, and I used to go skiing at Quoggy Jo after the WPA finished the ski slopes. My father used to operate the sled that broght the skiers up to a certain level. I realize that it was a "loaded" question when I put it on this web site, because I wanted to see who remembered Quoggy Jo as a ski resort.
And I thank you Neal Clark from Florida. May I ask what class you were in ... and did you go to PIHS? | DeWitt C. Fillmore | Greensboro, NC | 12-24-2004 |
| Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year. The first Ranger at Quaggy Joe St. Park was Linwood Red Delano. :D | Neil Clark | Silver Springs FL. | 12-24-2004 |
| Berchie Cosins
Cecil Dickinson was my wifes Father and she tells me that her Dad knew you real well. His wife Lucy is living with us here in Texas.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Pax Arch & Mikki
Alan F and Mikki Archer | Arch | Joshua, TX | 12-24-2004 |
| I worked for Coles Express for many years and was wondering if there were any other drivers out there.I drove the Presque Isle to Bangor run for years. | Berchie Cosins | Stuart Fl. | 12-24-2004 |
| I wish the cam was on the opposite side of Main St. Then we could see all of the folk who go into the Northeastland Hotel or the restaurant in the morning. Does anyone know who was the first park ranger at Quoggy Jo Nat. Park? | DeWitt | Greensboro, NC | 12-24-2004 |
| I love this website, I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, God Bless everyone.
Connie | Connie | Ironton,Ohio | 12-24-2004 |
| MERY CHRISTMAS TO ALL......can you beleive this we are at 28* at 11:10 Ct.time. Where did your Snow go? Wish we had a little. I don't know how far the temp. got last night. But this is cold for the deep South. I love it. :D | Sarah | Mandeville, La. | 12-24-2004 |
| guest that was a nice writing. I think I know you. :0) | jane | - | 12-24-2004 |
| Peace on Earth
Pax Arch and Mikki | Arch | | 12-24-2004 |
| Arch,
Houston is 39 and PQI is 47, AND snow is predicted for Christmas day. Freezing to d-e-a-t-h. It will be 70 by Monday and we will all have colds. But it is a refreshing change. Christmas is usually pretty warm. I watched it snowing in Dallas this AM.
Keep your powder dry.
Vh | Vh | Houston | 12-23-2004 |
| Hey Vern H
It's winter here, 28F and getting colder, 15F colder than Aroostook.
Pax Arch | Arch | Colder n U R | 12-23-2004 |
| Here's PAC and DG as we were in Oct. of this year. | DG | PI | 12-23-2004 |
| Here's a message for all of us. Two women were in the audience of a well-known motivational speaker who was talking about happiness in life. Life just happened to be wonderful where he was from. After the talk, the first woman came up and asked about the people where he's from. She wanted to know what they are like. He asked her what they are like where she's from? She stated that they are rude, arrogant, obnoxious, etc., etc. And he commented that that's what she would find where he's from. The first lady left and the next one came. She had the same question and he asked the same question back to her. What are they like where you are from? Her reply was that they are friendly, caring, polite and kind. Well, he said, that's the way that you will find them here.
We find what we look for.
Merry Christmas to all. | guest | | 12-23-2004 |
| Double Brrrr
16F here this frosty morn.
Pax Arch | Arch | Colder Here, TX | 12-23-2004 |
| Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope 2005 is extra special for everyone.
My brother,Waldo, and his wife are in the process of driving across country (from Oregon to Maine). They hope to arrive in the mid-Maine area on Christmas day. Needless to say, all us Libbys are so glad to have him on this side of the country. I'm guessing that they are in the snowy area about now, near Ill. Let's pray them across the country.
It's warm and foggy here on the coast this morning. Tenlee is right, no snow for Santa to land on this year. Rats!
Have a great holiday,
Meredith | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta, Me. | 12-23-2004 |
| My opinion in regards to "friendly" and "not so friendly" people is that you find both everywhere. Unfortunately, our world has gotten so busy and so fast-paced, many people don't even realize they are rude or unfriendly, but just forget to 'stop and smell the coffee'. I've lived all over the state of Maine, and have found the same to be true even here in our awesome state. I also find that on the coast of Maine, many "old timers" aren't quick to welcome "those from away", but sometimes with a little extra effort on your part, they do accept you.
Anyway, I am proud to be from Presque Isle (lived there 21 years) and am VERY proud to be from and still reside in Maine. I am extremely partial to the coast of Maine now (living here for 26 years), but no matter how you look at it, Maine is for sure unique and special!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you! We are 45 degrees here on the coast at 2:00 a.m. on Thursday morning, and it looks like it will be warmer tomorrow. The snow we did have is gone, and we will not have a white Christmas. But you can bet at our Christmas Eve party, we will still sing about a White Christmas (just like the ones I always had in P.I.) | Tenlee (Blanchard) DiPierro | Westport Island, ME | 12-23-2004 |
| PAC, you were talking about Southern hospitality and I found that after 2 1/2 years in Kentucky there were some nice people but alot of mean spirited ones also. I have been in West Virginia for 6 months and have yet to find someone that is the slighest bit inconsiderate. I find all the people here, in this large city, to be jovial, kind and just plain nice. I don't find any disgruntled people behind cash registers and eveyone I talk to has been almost humble in their response to me. At first I couldn't figure it out but these mountain people have been the most gracious people I have ever met. I am so glad that I have decided to make this my home. Hopefully, I won't be the 'bad apple' in the bunch!! Everyone have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! | carolyn craig caldarelli | parkersburg, WV | 12-22-2004 |
| Arch, the picture seems ok now.
Thanks for all the warm wishes from everyone. They are much appreciated! Merry Christmas! | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 12-22-2004 |
| Webmaster
Looks like you will have to delete that one, sorry.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 12-22-2004 |
| Hmm Crazy weather, it is 2F colder here than in PI.
PAC
You are right about Aroostook County, but there is the old saying that goes something like "You can't go home again" and it is true also.
Peace Arch | Arch | Colder Here, TX | 12-22-2004 |
| Hi Donna (cousin of mine),
Yes, this is a great website for sure!
Got your e-mail, thank you! So that is where you live, in Florida. I was wondering.
On a lighter note from my previous comments, Merry Christmas to everyone and a blessed New Year, and I hope we don't get the "black ice" this year..makes for treacherous road conditions. :eek: | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, TN | 12-22-2004 |
| Arch..I've often thought that these southerners should try going up to Maine to get some manners, but the Mainers wouldn't have them for long, they'd boot em back to the south in a hurry! My sister's friend from Austin said he thinks Nashville is a small country town compared to Austin! Nashville is really a cool place, the tourists come here EVERY day and they bring in tons of money to Nashville. Yeah, I guess you're right about the Big City Syndrome thing, but still.... and the funny thing is when I discuss this with some of them, they agree!! They know they are rude, they tell me that, BUT they don't do anything to change it. Do ya suppose they don't like us transplants? Probably. PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE is still the best place to live and AROOSTOOK COUNTY!! | PAC | Nashville, TN | 12-22-2004 |
| Would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas,especially those of you who frequently write in this guest book. You all seem like wonderful people and make it a pleasure to read your notes when I peek in on Aroostook County through the webcam. An extra special greeting to the webmaster for this site. Through this guestbook I found Three cousins, PAC, BAS and JC. Thank You and a Happy New Year to everyone...... | Donna | Southeast Florida [for 27 yrs. | 12-22-2004 |
| PAC
I think what you are not taking into consideration is that it is not a lack of "Southern Hospitality" as it is Big City syndrome. We see the same exact thing here in the D/FW Metroplex, but when you get out in the country (we live 40min outside Ft, Worth)things go back to normal. We, Mik and I both work in Ft. Worth and notice the same thing every day and are real glad to get back to the country. Air conditioning changed the South for the worse I sometimes think. Without the accents taken into concideration, it isn't any different now than NYC, Boston, Chicago or Detroit etc. Just my opoinion. Pax Arch | Arch | | 12-22-2004 |
| Oh, before I forget... I have lived in Nashville, TN for 14 years now and I just have to say this. There is no such think as southern hospitality. Growing up in Maine, when I thought of the south, I thought "southern hospitality".
Well, let me tell you, there is none here. I have observed over the 14 years:
rude people, very stressed people, always in a hurry and going nowhere fast people..I mean where are they going? To a fire or what? So, I just slow down and take it easy. The faster they drive, the slower I drive. And they LOVE going through red lights. So, I flash my lights at them like I'm a cop.
And, they hate using turn signals, they are just too lazy to do that. Oh, that is another thing about these southerners..they are very lazy. Ok, I've said what I wanted to say. I have met a few nice southern people, but overall, the people here are very rude and they rarely smile or laugh..it is so sad, but me... I'm still laughing and having a good time.
:-) | PAC | Nashville,TN | 12-22-2004 |
| Instead of snow here in the winter, it rains. :-(
I love the things Arch puts on here. :-)
DG...yes, I think Peggy took those pics.
OK, onto the guestbook they go! :D | PAC | rainy, dreary Nashville | 12-22-2004 |
| Brrrrr
30F with sleet and snow and cold wind.
Vern H
Any warmer down there?
Pax Arch | Arch | Sleet n Snowy TX | 12-22-2004 |
| PAC....
Received the photos today...they're great photos of us. Who took 'em.. Peggy? Must have been. Yes, cute we are...very. Thursday I'll post the photo so the viewers can see us. Remember... Thursday. | DG | PI | 12-21-2004 |
| Arch,
Truth be known... I'm re-gifting. Last year, I received a Dollar Store gift certificate from the same neighbor who loaned me the Christmas tree this year. Being parsimonious in nature, I saved it. Now, my bride will get feet relief for Christmas.
vh | vh | HOU | 12-21-2004 |
| It lookes oold | Trevor Collishaw | North of England | 12-21-2004 |
| Vern H
It just struck me, you must have a good job being able to shop at Dollar stores and get new stuff. I am only a poor underpaid welder and have to frequent yard sales and Casa de Empeno's (pawn shop for those that dont speak Spanish) to get mine done. The pawn shops around here start lawaways at Thanksgiving like all the good stores do.
Peace and Seasons Greetings Arch | Arch | wrong side o' the tracks | 12-21-2004 |
| Vern H
Sounds as if you are ready for the big day, a new broom eh, I hope the KB don't think it is a left over from another Holiday gone by or it will become a weapon. If y'all havn't tried the Whoopie Pies yet Mikki forgot to add (cook at 350F for 8-10 mins) for the cookies and I will add Pig Out!!!!! ;-)
Pax Arch | Arch | | 12-21-2004 |
| To All:
I am almost ready for the big day. I have to wrap some things for the Kitchen Boss (KB). The new broom will be a challenge, both to wrap and to hide under the small tree that is on loan from the neighbor’s front yard. There is a risk with such presents as it could be used as a weapon. I did get her a new frying pan as a couple of the existing ones are losing the non-stick coating. Is it safe to ingest that stuff? This year, due to the unseasonable cold Texas weather, I am addressing the kitchen floor/barefoot problem. I went to the Dollar Store and picked up three “Welcome” doormats. She will be able to put one each in front of the stove, sink and ‘frig. Hope she likes them.
Arch, we are on the warm side of the front. I BBQ'ed on the patio last night, temp 68 at 7:00 PM. It is 61 now but on the decline. Stay warm.
A Merry Christmas to all.
vh | Vern | Houston, TX | 12-21-2004 |
| BRRRR
I see you are cold there this morning, 1F. Our cold is sneaking down from Canada. It is supposed to be the coldest weather we have had so far this season. They forcast down into the teens with sleet and a few snow flakes to go with it.
Pax Arch | Arch | Joshua,TX | 12-21-2004 |
| Thanks for the webcams. Now I can see for myself how nice Presque Isle is . My brother David has told me that for 25 years. Now I can have a white Christmas in Houston by just going online. I will keep an eye on you all.
Blessings from Texas,
Floyd | Floyd Privette | Tomball, Texas | 12-21-2004 |
| Happy holidays to all. Signing off here tonite and flying north tomorrow on Delta. Will sign on tomorrow nite from southern maine. I sure hope its warmer than it is here in florida tonite. it is 36 at 8;15 and dropping fast. suppose to be mid twentys by morning. | dick deLong | brooksville, fl | 12-20-2004 |
| :-) What are lovely web site you have, I wish each and everyone of you a Merry Christmas, and a Joyous and Safe NewYear. :-) | Barbara(burlock) Peano | Upper Peninsula of Michigan | 12-20-2004 |
| RLG
If I attempt to describe a Whoopie Pie to a Texan, I tell them it is a round Devil Dog. That way they comprende. These ones have a different cookie recipe than most, they dont dry out as fast as most do.
Pax Arch | Arch | Sunny TX | 12-20-2004 |
| Seven on line - lets have a party. I agree with Vern, angle great! But your the boss Webmaster. Arch, I was tempted to email you about those woopie pies. My brother once won a trip from a contest at his Dale Carnegie class. The instructor was from Stockholm and the question was what is a whoopie pie? | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 12-20-2004 |
| Vern, nope. I think I accidently moved it yesterday. I'm gonna try and put it back the way it was :)
And to James Knowles, I think you are referring to the Crown Weather Website (which links to some of our images). www.crownweather.com | Webmaster | | 12-20-2004 |
| Webmaster,
New scenic Webcam angle??? Love the snow-banks.
vh | vh | | 12-20-2004 |
| Thank you very much for your site. Through the last huricane season your site has kept all of us here in Key West well informed of hurricane conditions and updated forcasts.It has been a pleasure to find your site and use the resources that you provide. Again many thanks and keep up the good work. | James Knowles | Key West Florida | 12-20-2004 |
| MMMMMMMM GOOD
Whoopie Pies a cooking, yum! :p
Pax Arch | Arch | | 12-19-2004 |
| Greetings from Kansas. I thought we were cold :D | Jay Stewart | | 12-19-2004 |
| LCD....Reckon DD and I got your attention. In any case, we missed you and glad you're back... | DG | PI | 12-18-2004 |
| Happy Holidays to all in the County.
:-) | Mike Swartz | Kennesaw, Ga. | 12-18-2004 |
| DG & DD,
Did anyone ever tell you two never in love only in lust????? I should be so lucky. Just busy getting ready for the Holidays. I'll talk to you both when I get out of work and have a day off tomorow, even from shopping. All Shopped out.
LCD | LCD | PA | 12-18-2004 |
| It is a sunny 32 degrees, expecting about 40 by noon. Brrr. a cold 4 degrees in PI. | DeWitt | Greensboro, NC | 12-18-2004 |
| Arch,
Message (and recipe) received. Thank you and especially, please thank Mikki for me. I have a commitment from my kitchen boss to give it a whirl tomorrow.
Our eldest son IS an Aggie (class of 2001) AND he plays tennis. I'll not mention your "special rackets" or he may consider making you an offer.
I once told my number one son that the small (replica) display tents in the Sears Sporting Goods department where called "pup tents" and that he should go ask his mom to buy one. That way we could take our new puppy camping with us. He did and it was then that I knew then that he was headed for Aggie Land. It was also at this point that I learned that the kitchen boss did not appreciate some of my humor. Two very valuable lessons.
Thanks again,
Vh | vh | | 12-17-2004 |
| Vern H
I have a set of beaver tail snow shoes here, they are about 4ft long and I tell these Texans that they are Aggie tennis rackets. ;-)
Pax Arch | Arch | | 12-17-2004 |
| Vern H
The whoopie pie recipe is in your in box. Enjoy
Pax Arch :D | Arch | over the hill | 12-17-2004 |
| To Roland Cyr from Concord, NH. Did you at one time, a million years ago, live on the Caribou road, about half way to Caribou? Just curious. | Carolyn Craig Caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 12-17-2004 |
| DG.... I told her all I knew about it. | dd | | 12-17-2004 |
| DD.....Oh, oh.... we'll have to keep an eye on her (LCD). Suppose she needs our advice? | DG | PI | 12-17-2004 |
| DG Lcd may have fallen in love. I just have a hunch!!!!!! | dick delong | fl | 12-17-2004 |
| DeWitt....I figured on plan A anyway. Will copy the photos this weekend.
Where in H E Double Hockey Sticks is LCD? | DG | PI | 12-17-2004 |
| take care everyone. | roland cyr | Concord, NH | 12-17-2004 |
| JC,
I went to the LL Bean outlet in Queenstown, Maryland last week. I was searching for sustainable warmth. They had a pair of snow shoes for sale and I thought about you. In out family room here, I have a pair of bearpaws (small snow shoes) that my parents bought for me from Roy's Army and Navy (on State Street) for Christmas in 1960. Sooo anytime it snows here... I am ready.
I'll look for your note.
Regards,
Vern | vh | Houston | 12-17-2004 |
| Oh my! The snow is coming down so hard right now(3:00PM)...I hope we get several inches! | JC | PI | 12-17-2004 |
| Those whoopie pies bring back memories, my Mom used to make them all the time when my siblings and I were kids. We'd come home from school and she would be making donuts or whoopie pies or something to snack on with a big glass of milk, those were the days, wish those days were still here. Connie | Connie | | 12-17-2004 |
| :-) :-) | BERCHIE COUSINS | STUART FL. | 12-17-2004 |
| HMMM
Warm and snow in the same sentence now if that isn't an oxymoron I dont what is. ;-)
Pax Arch | Arch | Not Snowing, TX | 12-17-2004 |
| Arch: Thanks for the tip, but it didn't work. Dick, I think we're back to plan A. And we ain't got no snow! Ms. Conant (English teadher PIHS) would turn over in her grave with the double negatives. | DeWitt | 30 degree Greensboro, NC | 12-17-2004 |
| Vh...I have a WP recipe I've been planning on sending to you...I'll get it right out! You should be here this morning - it's lightly snowing and it's warm - 22! | JC | PI | 12-17-2004 |
| Hey Arch,
Was this picture of the WP taken like just before you put them in the overnight express to me?
No eh... How about the recipe?
Regards,
Vern | vh | Burrrrville, TX. | 12-16-2004 |
| Hey Vern H
Is it time for the Whoopie Pie recipe yet? With PB filling just to be different. It would be neat to add food coloring to small batches of the filling and have holiday colors.
Pax Arch | Arch | lost in space | 12-16-2004 |
| Lorrie,
I knew a Lorrie whose father was a plumber who moved from the county to the Phoenix/Scottsdale area, circa 1970. Any relation to you?
vh | Vh | Houston | 12-16-2004 |
| Good morning
To Danny Nelson, my heart goes out to you and to all families who are involved in these kinds of situations. When parents are against each other and children are caught in the middle, it's a no win situation for all involved. Hopefully, by your reaching out in this way, your message will reach your children and there will be a reconciliation. Let's hope and pray that happens. What a wonderful Christmas gift that would be, for that is truly what Christmas is all about. | Brenda Ashley Segura (BAS) | Austin, TX | 12-16-2004 |
| I am the father of Jessica Amber(21) & rik David (19) Nelson of the Presque Isle area.
If anybody knows them, please pass on this message and let them know their father DOES Love Them despite what their mother has told them since she took them 14 years ago. | Danny Nelson | USA | 12-15-2004 |
| Mid 70s here in the Valley of the Sun..baking Christmas cookies in this wonderful weather...see that you have snow...stay warm! ;-) | Lorrie | Arizona | 12-15-2004 |
| BAS
It was 21F here this morning. Supposed to be colder Sun or Mon.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 12-15-2004 |
| DEWITT
If you have an IBM compatible computer with Windows all you have to do is right click on the photo and click on save picture as and then make sure you check where it is being filed, usually in My Photos.
Pax Arch | Arch | | 12-15-2004 |
| Dick, either size, but probably 8x10 will have the most clarity. My address is: PO Box 29484, Greensboro, NC 27429. But take your time, it's not something you have to do instantly. Christmas, etc. By the way I said Skippy Carr, it should have been Skippy Carroll. Back in my day, we referred to Skippy as both Carr and Carroll. Thanks, Dick, I really appreciate your sending me those pictures. | DeWitt | Greensboro, NC | 12-15-2004 |
| LCD....I exposed myself as a 5 year old a few days ago. I'd give a king's ransom to see one of your very early pictures in Fort Kent . I'm betting your viewing audience would like that, too. Just joking about the king's ransom, by the way. | DG | PI | 12-15-2004 |
| DeWitt....I'd be glad to make copies of your mother for you. 5x7's or 8x10's? Need your address... | DG | PI | 12-15-2004 |
| It's very cold here right now, as the cold snap has blanketed this area as well. People often say to me, "you're from Maine, you should be used to the cold." Afraid not - never did get used to it, and still don't like it. I'm looking forward to going to Florida a week from tomorrow, and I'm hoping it warms up a little there. At any rate, it will be warmer than New England is now!
Peace to all & Happy Holidays!! :-) | Myrna Condon | Southeastern Massachusetts | 12-15-2004 |
| Just spoke with my mother-in-law in Melbourne, FL. It was 67 and she was freezing! It's very sunny and 8 here - wish I weren't working so I could go home to go snow-shoeing - today would be great for that activity and you wouldn't even have to pile the clothes on because there is no wind and it is so sunny. It just depends on what you're used to. | JC | Sunny PI | 12-15-2004 |
| To continue with the weather report from the sunny south I had 1/4 in of ice on the bird bath when I checked it about 8AM. It is now 44 with a good stiff breeze at 11AM. The breeze feels like it is coming right off Haystack Mt. or beyond. | Dick DeLong | Brooksville Fl. | 12-15-2004 |
| To keep up with the weather reports,it was 37 here this morning and is up to 45 now at 10:20. The sun is bright and beautiful but the wind is blowing so it is very cold. Supposed by to be back up to a high of 68 by Thursday then they are saying only up to 48 on Monday. That is unheard of here. I don't mind because it never lasts long. I remember Mrs. Fillmore when she taught at Zippel. She was such a sweet person. | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Daytona Beach, Florida | 12-15-2004 |
| Oh,,,,Vern..great picture of the cold weather in Houston. I wondered if you were getting this cold air?
Arch...how cold did it get in Joshua?
The radio station that I listen to has a report from Nashville on the music scene there, about three times a week. He's on right now and says that it's 17 there this morning. PAC, have you taken your coat off yet? | BAS | | 12-15-2004 |
| Good morning everyone,,,,,just to check in with a weather report.....it does get cold in TX......'twas in the lower 20's this morning, now up to 33 at 9 a.m.
I think I"m the only one who likes it! | Brenda Ashley Segura (BAS) | frozen TX | 12-15-2004 |
| To Dick Graves: Dick I sure would love to get a copy of your pictures of Mom (Marion Fillmore); post office shot and at school. If there is a way to get these pictures off the internet I'd like to know how. | DeWitt | Greensboro, NC Temp. 23 above | 12-15-2004 |
| J-Cee thanks for the steer on WEGP...
It was sooo cold here this morning... that my "Parrot Head" antenna ball traded in his Hawaiian print shirt for a parka. It was sad to see his little beak protruding from under the fur lined hood.
vh | vh | Far from Margaritaville | 12-15-2004 |
| Very Nice ;-) | David Chandler | Presque Isle | 12-15-2004 |
| this is great :eek: | Shawn | NH | 12-14-2004 |
| PAC...I'd be happy to make you a copy of Dana Street's shop from 1960. A 5x7 or even an 8x10. Your wish is my command... | DG | PI | 12-14-2004 |
| Thought of more to say about Norman Rockwell exhibit. I was disappointed that more people did not go; I think it was here about 4 months. It was very well done and I'm sure a lot of work went into it. Of course I do not know how many people went to see it, but not enough; maybe up North it will do better. | pac | | 12-14-2004 |
| DG..I'll have to put my thinking cap on, remember when I asked you to put Dana Street's store on there? You did, and I just kept looking at it over and over because I remember going in there and Dad worked there a few winters. Reminiscing sure is fun! | pac | | 12-14-2004 |
| PAC.....I have 100's and 100's of old Presque Isle photos. Anything you want to see from years past? | DG | PI | 12-14-2004 |
| VH...you asked once about WEGP. Go to WEGP.net | JC | Snowy Aroostook County | 12-14-2004 |
| Postings 2431 and 2432 are very interesting, indeed. DG....you must have tons of old pictures and you must spend a lot of your time on this type of thing. It's all very interesting. | PAC | | 12-14-2004 |
| DG & PAC,
There is a NR Museum in Rutland, Vermont. Well worth the stop if you are in the neighborhood.
vh | vh | A-way | 12-14-2004 |
| DG..I hadn't heard that about NR's originals, half of them? My goodness, I hope not. Steven Spielberg has several I heard. I think the exhibit was going on to Boston after it left Nashville or it may get to Boston eventually. They did not get the attendance they had hoped for here. I have liked his work for a long time. He was brilliant! Really, what is it going to take for people to really wake up and see the light? | PAC | cold and sunny Nashville | 12-14-2004 |
| PAC.....I understand that somewhere around 1/2 of all NR's originals can not be accounted for. True? NR's work simply escalate in worth every minute. Was snubbed by critics for years...now highly regarded. | DG | PI | 12-14-2004 |
| Good Morning ya'll,
J-Cee..or maybe that piano teacher's name was Blaylock. Oh, how I remember that triangular-shaped wooden thing she used when teaching; she was strict. I think Brenda took some lessons from her.
VH..speaking of Norman Rockwell, the Opryland Hotel here had the NR exhibit here for several months - I went twice and I have a big book of his paintings.
Plus, they had one of his original paintings on display at the exhibit. He was awesome!! | PAC | feels like Maine Nashville | 12-14-2004 |
| PAC - I remember the other piano teacher as being Mrs. Blakley. Her home was on Sherwin Street right next door to where Judy Griffin lives now. On another note, we enjoyed a lovely Christmas Concert at State Street Baptist on Sunday night put on by Margaret (Johnson) Wright and Jill (Flannery) Boyd. Wish you could have joined us! | JC | Beautiful Aroostook County | 12-14-2004 |
| missing good old presque isle | james r. dow | virginia beach, va | 12-14-2004 |
| Sandra A. Beck....why don't you reveal yourself and tell the viewers just who you are and where you grew up. Not all details are necessary.
Arch....thanks for the tip, however, I was unable to come up with anything. You don't suppose you'd find that USGA information for me and forward it to me at RAG111@webtv.net. Many thanks.... | DG | PI | 12-14-2004 |
| Bob, was PQI your first PCS after basic and tech schools? Depending on where you had grown up, it might have been a slight culture shock to you, but most folks assigned there seemed to like it a lot. More than ten years after your era I was assigned to Loring for a while. (PQI was HOR.) It was amusing to observe new arrivals coming on base, complaining their heads off because "It should be declared a remote tour;" "There's nothing interesting to do around here, -no place to shop...," ad infinitum. Within three months, you couldn't have talked them into leaving for a lot of the reasons you mentioned.
Art Linkletter was right: "People are funny."
I hope you enjoyed your years at PQI. What kind of work did you do. (Or would you have to kill me if you told me? -a la Tom Cruise in "Top Gun") | Waldo Libby | Oregon now, Maine soon | 12-13-2004 |
| The snow is beautiful and it really makes Main Street look like the Christmas from my childhood. It's almost like having a Norman Rockwell painting for free.
I wonder if school will be late opening in the morning...
vh
vh | vh | Houston | 12-13-2004 |
| love maine we have spent many wonderful vacations in the state. :D | Kimila S Jones | | 12-13-2004 |
| Terrific. My home town right before my eyes. | Sandra Beck | Lincoln, ME | 12-13-2004 |
| DG
I forgot to tell you that you need a high speed cable or dsl internet connection for these maps, they average 2MB per section.
Peace on Earth Arch | Arch | Cooold, TX | 12-13-2004 |
| DG
I dont know if it will help on your research on the old one room schools but if you want a map with the schools listed as of 1935, put Historical Presque Isle maps into your browser and click on the Historical USGS maps link.
Hope this helps.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 12-13-2004 |
| Wow - it looks like a lot of snow piled up in front of the camera. Just how much snow did northern Aroostook get? | Myrna Condon | | 12-13-2004 |
| The other piano teacher that you speak of , Pam, was a Mrs. Blalock. She was not a teacher in the public schools.
I love history and have enjoyed reading all of this info that has been on here the last couple of days. Most of it is before my time in school, but never the less, it is still very interesting to me. I graduated from PIHS in '67. My father, Arthur "Jack" Ashley went to the rural school on the Parkhurst Siding Road. I think he graduated from PIHS in '48, so, Mr. Fillmore, you may know him. Pam, was it '47 or '48? Everytime we drove by that rural school, Nan pointed it out to us that Dad went to that "one room" schoolhouse. | BAS | | 12-13-2004 |
| Bob did you know Cecil Burnette or John Chaney when you were stationed at PI base? | SB | | 12-13-2004 |
| I love the new view of south main! And the scenic view is just beautiful! :-)
Wish I was there. | pac | | 12-13-2004 |
| Oooooh Weeeeeeeee.. snow in my hometown!
Lots to read today on here, I'll catch up later. I took piano lessons from Doris Andrews - she had a lovely house too. I remember well the recital. BAS, do you remember that other piano teacher, not Olivia Scott (Arnold Scott's mother) but the other one? Help. | PAC | | 12-13-2004 |
| I used to be stationed at the Air Base in PQI; 1954-57.
Sure enjoyed the fishing there and the girls, especially down Mars Hill way.
Couldn't get over the potatoe harvest, the Mic-Mac indians and old one-eye.
Quite a time in my life. | Bob Tucker | Lake Havasu City, AZ | 12-13-2004 |
| Re: Rural Schools..
Most of the old country schools had been shut down by 1949, but one that I know of (Chapman Road) was still operating into the at least the late '50's. At the turn of the century there were 22 rural schools in the Presque Isle area. One by one they were closed (many burned). I'm tracking down the site of all those 22....some still stand, refurbished as private homes. Maysville School (Caribou Road...just a few miles south of the Hayford School) ) hasn't been used as a school for many years, but was utilized as a grange hall 'til 1988. Maysville School/Grange had a devastating fire this last spring and is likely to be razed in the near future.... | DG | PI | 12-13-2004 |
| Being only seven years old at the time, I don't remember a whole lot of the details around us one-room-rural-school kids beginning to attend school in town, but I do remember that the year was 1949 for those of us who had been attending the Merritt School at the intersection of Burlock Road and the Fort Road. Did they close all the rural schools in one year, or was it a sequential action that took a few years to accomplish? | Waldo Libby | Oregon... for one more week | 12-13-2004 |
| I don't know what year the 7th and 8th grade part of the High School opened (referring to DeWitt's letter)but in 1948
I went into the 8th grade and wanted to go to the 'town' school. I went to the Hayford school on the Caribou road. Mr. Andrews who was the superintendent told my mother that the schools were too crowded and that I couldn't go. So she told him that she didn't think she could board the Hayford school teacher anymore either as she had done for years. I went to the town school that year. The Hayford school burned down that year so the others got to go too. | Carolyn Craig Caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 12-12-2004 |
| John Hone, Claudette says Hi to both you and Jerry Fillmore, classmates fr 57PIHS, It has been said that until you publish you will never amount to a darn, so you go John. | dick delong | Brooksville Fl | 12-12-2004 |
| Graduate of PIHS in 1957 and I was a good friend of Jere Fillmore and knew his Mother, Marion, quite well. She would provide us snacks at the Dyer Street house (which, as I recall, was set back away from the street). At one point Jere and I were inseperable. He, along with Dave Ballard, Dale Therriault, Frank Moran,Duane Hjulstrom,Stan Knox and I formed a group we called the "Deacons." Does anyone remeber?
Let me make a pitch to you all out there. I've been writing a book on my grandfather's Opera House called the Presque Isle Opera House (not to be confused with the Perry Opera House). Dick Graves has been a tremendous help to me and has provided many photos, ticket, and an old playbill. I am looking for anything that involves the old theater. If you have something, to include a recollection which you might have, or anything at all, I would be most appreciative and would return it to you after I have made a copy. The PI Opera House was located on Main Street at the foot of Hall Street. The two brick buildings to the South (where City Drug and Mackin's once occupied) were, at one time, owned (and built) by my grandfather and was known as the Hone Block. No one today uses that reference. So, if you have anything on those two buildings I would love to see it. Thanks for your help. | John Hone | Laurel, Maryland | 12-12-2004 |
| I would like to comment on about when students were sent into PI from the one-room schools system. When the gym was built extemding the old high school building, the floor above the gym was used for the 7th & 8th grades. That is when busing began and the one-room schools closed ... and I would estimate the time to be about 1944. Frank Cunningham was principal of both the Junior high and high school. Edith Fairweather transferred from the Training school(?) and she was a big woman. She physically threw Skippy Carr out of her room. Skippy went on to be one of the outstanding businessmen of PI, and I understand that his son has taken over the auto dealership that Skippy took over from the Escovitz. Basil Escovitz was in my class in HS graduating in 1948. Another outstanding member of our class was Katherine Cook -daughter of Sidney Cook). Sidney (Cook's Florist) broadcast (WAGM) all of the Wildcat basketball games, and Kay married Bill Blackwell, who became a medical doctor. Kay (a widow)lives in Houlton. Sorry, didn't mean to write a book. | DeWitt C. Fillmore | Greensboro, NC. | 12-12-2004 |
| Sorry, I failed to point out that Marion is the second from the left in the front row...Note that the Post Office was also used as a Civil Defense air raid shelter in the '40's..... | DG | PI | 12-12-2004 |
| Here'e Marion Fillmore when she worked at the Post Office. Photo is around 1945 just a few years before she began teaching. If she was born in 1908 or so, then in this photo she's in her late 30's. Marion is in the top 10 most unforgettable and notable teachers to have taught in the P.I. school system. She taught piano lessons into her early 90's and also played in small get-together musical groups as she did 4 years ago at the P.I. Historical Society's annual (not so annual now) pie/ice cream social. I have a video of her playing along with the others. She never missed a beat...... | DG | PI | 12-12-2004 |
| Viewers..
Here's the 1947 photo of Marion Fillmore's first teaching job......Training School. She's in the upper left corner (obvious) and I'm in the lower right. In a moment I'll have another photo of Marion Fillmore when she worked at the Post Office perhaps in 1945 or so. Sorry, DeWitt, I was under the impression your mother taught first in the rural school system like Ernestine McKay.... | DG | PI | 12-12-2004 |
| This messge is really a P.S. to my last message. For those readers who knew my mother and would like to send my mother, Marion D. Fillmore a Xmas card, the address is: c/o Ms. Addie Hoyt, 17 Stone Street, Danielson, CT.06239. I'm sure she'll really appreciate a card. However don't expect a card in return since Marion has dementia really bad. She has all of her facalities; however, just very forgetful. | DeWitt C. Fillmore | Greensboro, NC | 12-12-2004 |
| I've been reading the comments posted in this here web site, and the answer to all of your questions is yes. Marion DeWitt Fillmore did live on Dyer St. and taught both piano and organ. Yes, both of her homes are now sold, and she lives with my sister Addie Louise Hoyt, who lost her husband this spring to pancreatic cancer. My brother Jerre also lives in CT about 5 miles from my sister Addie. No, mother's first teaching job was at the Training School just as Dick said; however, before that she (mother) worked at the PI post office. My first cousin (Carole Mears) is the daughter for Marion's sister, Louise DeWitt Phipps, and my sister Addie Louise was named after Marion's sister Louise and Addie O'Donnell who used to live on Main St. by the Catholic Church.
I hope the above clears up all the confusion as to Marion DeWitt Fillmore. | DeWitt C. Fillmore | Greensboro, NC | 12-12-2004 |
| Was Marion Fillmore also the piano teacher that lived on the lower end of Dyer Street? If so, I took piano lessons from her 100 years ago! lol | tenlee | | 12-12-2004 |
| Carol Mears...
I didn't realize that Marion had moved to be with her daughter, Addy,in Conn. Reckon we don't know ech other and I haven't met DeWitt either. I have scanned his book in the library. I knew Jerre back in high school...was a good friend of Johnny Hone with whom I'm in touch often via e-mail. Did you graduate from PIHS? If so, what year?....I have all yearbooks. Dick Graves ('60).... | DG | PI | 12-11-2004 |
| Speaking of Marion Fillmore....I was in her first class at Training School in 1947. Although she had taught in rural schools years before, she entered the city's system in 1947. I have a large, poster-size, framed black and white photo of Marion and her first class (sub-primary or kindergarten) hanging on my office wall; many have viewed it through the years. Her desk is in the back and the students face away toward the front of the classroom. I recall clearly the moment the photo light went off....the photographer, Ernest Pancsofar, stood on a ladder in the hallway right outside the classroom. Eva Zippel was principal then and a few years later Ernestine McKay took her place. I visited with Marion a few years ago at her home on Dyer. I'd be happy to post that 1947 photo on crownofmaine. I'm in the photo with hands folded sitting there as angelic as any cute 5 year old kid could be. | DG | PI | 12-11-2004 |
| My cousin told me about your website. My aunt, Marion Fillmore, lived in Presque Isle and just recently moved to her daughters in CT at 97. My mother was born in Presque Isle. I've been there several times. | Carole Mears | California | 12-11-2004 |
| Hi DeWitt, glad you are interested in joining! I've emailed you the instructions. Thanks. | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 12-11-2004 |
| I wanted to join as a member, but your system is so convoluted that I have no idea how to subscribe. Can you e-mail me and tell me how much it costs to be a member and how to pay for it with a credit card.? | DeWitt | Greensboro, NC | 12-11-2004 |
| I have 4 books I've written at the Turner Community Library. If anyone wants to know what it was like growing up during the Depression until about 1950 will find it in Reflections, my first book. | DeWitt C. Fillmore | Greensboro, NC | 12-11-2004 |
| Just want to say hello to all my friends in Presque Isle. I'm a graduate of PIHS in 1948. | DeWitt C. Fillmore | Greensboro, NC 27410 | 12-11-2004 |
| Hello Robert C
How is the weather down in Bgr?
Peace on Earth
Arch & Mikki | Arch | | 12-11-2004 |
| I enjoy your website very much. Keep up the good work! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. | Robert R. Crawford | Bradley, Maine 04411 | 12-11-2004 |
| i love the snow ;-) | pam giles | | 12-10-2004 |
| DD
I was in the class of 61,didnt graduate until the Army got after me in 63. I remember Jerry Condon as a youngster but If I saw him today I would not recognise him, as I have a very poor memory for faces. Of course I knew Pudge well as we were about the same age and also he went with one of my neighbors for quite a while.
Myrna
Brent Archer is my cousin, one of Leonard Archers boys.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 12-10-2004 |
| We live in Dartmouth, Ma. which is right between Fall River and New Bedford (of Moby Dick fame). I work in Fall River, and Jerry works in Pawtucket, R.I. We often go to Attleboro to dinner or to shop, as they have a nice shopping mall and many other stores clustered nearby.
Marilynn, who is the oldest of Jerry's siblings, lives in N.H., and Pudge lives in rural Bangor. Jerry is about 3 years younger than Pudge.
We haven't been back to Mapleton Daze or the alumni banquet for several years - always seems to be something going on. We are away more traveling now, and we are quite involved in our martial arts training - which we started after we turned 50 a few years back. | Myrna Condon | Southeastern Mass | 12-10-2004 |
| Ramp Festival - now I've heard of everything! :eek: BAS, Nashville has more of the real 4 seasons than Austin does, as you know, but remember it WAS 6 degrees that time I landed there a few years ago!! Ah, nice refreshing, healthy Maine weather! | pac | | 12-10-2004 |
| Myrna Condon. What town in Southeastern M ass?? My daughter lives in Attleboro. Married a Attleboro native. | dick delong | Brooksville fl | 12-10-2004 |
| Arch --- you are so right and I had forgot Myrna Hughes. she was younger. What class was you in?? Myrna Condon---- I did not remember Jerry but did know Marilyn and Pudge. dick | dick delong | | 12-10-2004 |
| It was record hot in Austin yesterday for the date......81*. But, I want to wear my winter clothes!
A lady in my office from the East Coast brought in Whoopie pies today! Whoopieeeee! She puts peanut butter in her filling. I'd never had them that way and they are delicious! | BAS | Austin, Tx | 12-10-2004 |
| FYI, we've posted a time-lapse movie of the
Dec. 8 snowstorm for anyone that missed it. There's links to it on both the S. and N. Main st. cams. | Webmaster | PI | 12-10-2004 |
| Arch - I am originally from Westfield, and married Jerry Condon 40 years ago. He is from W. Chapman and we recognize many of the names mentioned here. He was in the last class that graduated from Mapleton High School in 1963. His siblings are Marilynn, Myron (Pudge), Vernon and Kevin.
On another note, my nephew, Frank Kinney (class '74 or '75) was very good friends with an Archer - I think Brent. Any relation? | Myrna Condon | Southeastern Mass | 12-10-2004 |
| DD
Dads house on the W. Chapman road is where the Hughes lived untill they moved to Houlton. Oh, and if I remember right there was another girl, Myrna?
Peace Arch | Arch | Sunny, TX | 12-09-2004 |
| Ramps are a wild onion that have a terrible smell, but in WV they even have Ramp Festivals. I did eat them, and the smell stays with you for a few days. Mention them to a native West Virginian and he/she will know about them. | BAS | Austin, TX | 12-09-2004 |
| The scenic view is very beautiful with the white snow. I remember well how it glistens under a full moon - it brings back memories of heading off to the skating rink - which was a flooded potato field in my village. What fun!
I just finished raking outside - we have lots of oaks that drop leaves late - and am feeling grateful for the 50 degree sunshiny mild day that allowed me to do that. ;-) | Myrna Condon | Southeastern Mass | 12-09-2004 |
| Carolyn, I remember a Jan Peabody from school, she graduated in 59 and the Fred
Putnam was in the class of 60 I think. I got my yearbook out and was looking in it.You're not that much older than me. | Connie | | 12-09-2004 |
| Dick, I worked for DHS, retiring in 2002 to get married to a Kentucky guy. Wonderful man who wanted to live here in WV so we moved and were here 3 and 1/2 mos and he died. Sure do miss him.
Connie, I grad. from PI in 1952 so am much older than you. Do you remember Jan Peabody/Stillwell? Paula Scott? Fred Putnam? I only know the people I worked with.... :-(
BAS, Sorry haven't been here long enough to know about 'ramps?' We are about 50 miles due west of Clarksburg. | Carolyn Craig Caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 12-09-2004 |
| The scenic cam view is pretty today! I miss snowmobiling, skiing and skating.
But, I do work right beside the Centennial Sportsplex here where there is indoor ice skating and swimming. There are a few indoor ice rinks here; well, I guess so - the Nashville Predators ice hockey, NHL, which I have not been to yet. A Canadian doctor I used to work for plays on a hockey team here. J-Cee, time to get your skis out and waxed, eh? and your snowshoes.... | pac | | 12-09-2004 |
| Yes, Carolyn, the cold weather is much different in the south, damp and it goes go right thru you, it is very uncomfortable to say the least. And, the black ice is really treacherous. Much worse than in Maine, scary. I have experienced that here, not fun. In the winter time here, it rains instead of snows, like today. It poured buckets here yesterday morning at 4:30, very heavy rain. | PAC | Nashville, TN | 12-09-2004 |
| We were in a couple of classes together , she was a real nice person, don't know for sure where they went, heard they went to Connecticut,was a long time ago | Connie | | 12-09-2004 |
| Connie. I dated her a little in the mid or early 50s. Have never seen her since. | DD | | 12-09-2004 |
| I graduated with a Joanne Gray , she married a Freddie Murphy. | Connie | Ohio | 12-09-2004 |
| Connie. No relation to those delongs. My people were all from the PI area. We do have the right leanne hughes toner. We are cousins, a couple of times removed, but never the less cousins. How about a joanne Gray from Hodgen or out in that area, Class of 57. | DD | | 12-09-2004 |
| Dick, I forgot but are yo related to Leon and Alvin Delong? | Connie | Ohio | 12-09-2004 |
| Hi Dick, I knew a Leanne Hughes , she graduated in 57, she married a Toner from Hodgdon. I have had ramps, never ate them I couldn't get past the smell. | Connie | Ohio | 12-09-2004 |
| Carolyn, I've been to Clarksburg, but it's been years. Some of the scenery in WV is just beautiful. Like PAC says....all states have their beauty. What can you tell us about "ramps"?? | BAS | | 12-09-2004 |
| Hi connie. Did you know Reggie and Leanne Hughes? I think they would have been in your class. Older Brother Wayne, and older sister Patty. They a re cousins. They came from Mapleton and was in my class in earlier years. | dick delong | Brooksville fl | 12-09-2004 |
| CCC ------- What dept. did you work for? Claudette worked for Head start for 18 yrs in Dyer Brook but used to attend a lot of meetings with different depts. I had 27 yrs with the maine forest service in Island Falls. Claudette was Class of 57 PIHS. Dick | dick delong | Fl | 12-09-2004 |
| Hi Carolyn, I graduated in 58 from Houlton High , I have a cousin Laureen Bither who is the tax assessor in Houlton, my husband was stationed at Loring and was friends with Omar Doodie from up there. I'm trying to remember other people, it's been so long. | Connie | Ohio | 12-09-2004 |
| Hi Connie, I worked for the State of Maine almost 23 years and Caribou was my homebase but I worked the Fort Kent and Houlton offices too. Bet we know some of the same people. ;-) | Carolyn Craig Caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 12-09-2004 |
| Carolyn, I used to read your enteries in the guest book when you lived in Kentucky, I see you live in WV now, you are right about the cold in this part of the country it goes right through you, it is so damp. I'm from Houlton about 44 years ago. | Connie | Ohio | 12-09-2004 |
| I have to chuckle at some of the mail...talking about the cold in the south. I lived in Kentucky last winter and I thought I would freeze to death! I kept turning the heat up and my husband thought I was crazy. Now this winter in WV it's just the same!! It seems to be a damp cold that goes right thru you. The weather up the County is different somehow, its dryer and one can tolerate alot more of it, or I could. However, the snow kind of gets to me now and I guess I like not having it around. | Carolyn Craig Caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 12-09-2004 |
| Wow, 70 in Austin today! Well, it was real nice and warm here 2 days ago too, it felt great. Yes, even Dr. Dillard who is a native Nashvillian says that Mainers are hardy people, he has been to Camden and loved it. And, he has moose stuff in his house! A lot of people here have dreams of going to Maine and New England, they've told me that. | pac | | 12-09-2004 |
| PAC......some of the ladies on my office do the same thing....heaters going under their desks in the summer. But that has stopped.....the building super came by and took all of the heaters away. Most Aroostakans are pretty hardy when it comes to the weather. I mean, we had to be....growing up in the country and waiting for the school bus on those dreadfully cold mornings. We just handled it, we didn't know much about it being any different anywhere else and we knew that we weren't going anywhere else, at least during our childhood anyway. When your family makes its living off the land, you stay where the good land is, there never was a thought of moving elsewhere.
Also, I'd like to say this.....I know that Christmas is in the heart, but the snow and colder weather sure add something really nice that is missing here in Austin, TX! | BAS | Austin at 70* | 12-09-2004 |
| Hi ya'll....well, here's one for ya.
They wear scarves over their faces here when it gets "cold". Yup, one of my neighbors all bundled up with a scarf over her face, but she may have been coming down with the flu or something, but they do "freeze" here if it gets 60 or below. My husband and I used to get a kick out of the weatherman when he would say that it was going to be "dangerously cold" tonight. Oh, stop misbehavin. Some of the ladies in my office use heaters under their desks in July and August and that's the truth. | pac | undercover cop town now | 12-09-2004 |
| Derek,
Hey, it's great to see you on the site. How is Michigan? I missed seeing you this summer. Stephen and family were there too. We've got to plan a time to be in PI at the same time.
The well traveled roads are all bare here on the coast but driveways and less traveled roads are pretty slushy and slippery. I remember some really deep slushy roads in PI. But they'd be plowed quickly and cleared in no time. Aroostook really knows how to take care of the roads in the winter. I remember the big Oskosh that would plow the roads way back in the 50's and 60's. Phil Wood was the driver. All of us Libbys would be waving to him from about 4 or 5 windows. He'd beep at all of us. We thought it was the greatest thing. Ah, the winter memories! Since we were at the end of the Burlock Rd., he'd plow the circular driveway so the bus could get through. The driveway went around the house. We were rather lucky to have some of the yard plowed by that awesome machine! :D | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta | 12-08-2004 |
| DG Thanks a bunch. We copied down the poem. If the article names the occasion or, and the people present it would be nice to see it. I was the occasion of my first, I suspect. Claudette | CD | | 12-08-2004 |
| Claudette D....
I've been away for a week which explains my very slow response. Yes, that poem was written by your great-grandfather, ARG. It was subsequently published in the July 1938 issue of the Star-Herald. If you'd like, I'd be happy to send you a copy of that article.....dg | DG | PI | 12-08-2004 |
| ha!ha! we've got some comedians today......that's good! I needed the laugh.
I agree that the ice is much worse than the snow, I'd take the snow too. We had an "ice day" here last yr and the city came to a standstill. School was called off for the day, but of course, we had to make it up, which everyone hates to do. Vern's statement reminded me of one day last week when a person came into my office dressed for the North Pole. I looked at my computer and it was in the 60's. I couldn't believe it, but I guess he was very cold. I just spoke to someone in my office who has NEVER seen snow and she's in her 30's. | BAS | no snow Austin | 12-08-2004 |
| VH... are you serious? No way. Very punny!
BAS,
You have just got to meet Jaydia. She talks so cute - country/southern and for a 4-year-old, it's a sound to be herd, I mean, heard. :p | pac | | 12-08-2004 |
| Derek Boyd from Mich.Are you realted to the Boyds from Mars Hill?My Mom"s maiden name is Boyd. | Floyd Cousinsf | Stuart Fl. | 12-08-2004 |
| I really enjoy the webcams. When I get homesick, Presque Isle is only a click away! | Derek Boyd | DeWitt, Michigan | 12-08-2004 |
| JCEE,
Please share this little know fact with the Science Department... NASA recently sent a number of Holsteins into orbit for experimental purposes. It was called the herd shot round the world.
Was that a groan?
VH | vh | Houston | 12-08-2004 |
| I love to check the weather, news and topics you are discussing almost everyday. I'd love to have the snow you guys are getting. Better yet, I'd love to be in Maine! It's one of the most beautiful places I have been. Stay warm. | Michelle | Dayton, Ohio | 12-08-2004 |
| My sentiments exactly VH in reference to your latest comment. Same here. ;-) | pac | nashville | 12-08-2004 |
| Paul, Di & Buffy.... I live a little south of you and yes, it has been terrible traveling all day with the tiny bit of snow, then the sleet and freezing rain. However, I'd MUCH rather have the P.I. snow! We learned to drive in that, and you have a little control. This stuff is way beyond your control driving, and even though it melts off quicker, I think the snow is much more enjoyable, and also insulates your house! I miss all the snow. I moved to southern Maine in 1979, and could not believe the difference on the coast. So much more ice (and fog) and I'll take the snow anyday!
Happy Holidays everyone! | Tenlee | Westport Island, ME | 12-08-2004 |
| Love the snow!
There is just a "light dusting" on Main Street as I write this. In Houston, the same "dusting" would bring on a State of Emergency, schools would be closed and solitary souls, clad in layers upon layers of clothes, would "brave" the great outdoors. Oh, if they only knew.
vh | vh | Houston | 12-07-2004 |
| Tuesday evening and its an Icy Rain here on the mid-coast at 9pm. If you get a foot of snow, keep it right up in the County thank you very much!
We're not thrilled living with the ice/sleet storms down here in the winter months, but it sure melts off quicker than County Snowbanks!
Happy Winter everyone back home!! | Paul,Di,&Buffy | Damarsicotta,Maine | 12-07-2004 |
| I love looking at the snow. I love the memories of PI. But now that I have been away for alomost 30 years( I can't believe it) I don't think I can take the cold. But what I do tell people in the south is that we had fun skiing, snow mobiling, etc. Believe it or not it is warmer when ther is snow on the ground! Down here the cold just eats you up and there is not a bit of fun. Everyone stays inside! | Karen Costello Beaulieu | Powder Springs GA | 12-07-2004 |
| :D Pax Arch | Arch | No Snow, TX | 12-07-2004 |
| 12" of snow is pretty, but not to have to deal with, shovel, etc. I like the Nashville weather much better, and we do get the 4 seasons here. | PAC | Nashville, TN | 12-07-2004 |
| This is one of the times I am grateful I do not live in Aroostook any more - 12" of snow coming, and I notice it is 10 degrees. This morning when I checked, it was 4 below. Brrrrr!! We are getting a little rain, but it is 54 degrees right now. I love Aroostook at potato blossom time, but have a low tolerance for the weather there now. We're heading to Miami for Christmas - 80 degrees on Christmas day sounds just fine to me. :-) | Myrna Condon | Southeast Massachusetts | 12-07-2004 |
| We're supposed to get close to 12" of snow starting tonight (Tuesday evening) and through the day Wednesday! And possibly some sleet and freezing rain as well. Yuck! | Webmaster | PI | 12-07-2004 |
| Kent Nightingale, Hey, great to hear from someone else in my class. How have you been? I haven't heard of another reunion but I can't wait to go. I have gone to every one and they just keep getting better, it's so great to see everyone again. I'll let you know if I hear any news. It seems like we should be having a 35th in 2006.
Does anyone know where I can order personal checks with potato field pictures on them? When working at the town clerk's office in Southington CT, someone bought a vital record with one. I wrote down the company's name but seem to have lost it. I sure did see a lot of people connected to The County, in this neck of the woods or -burbs, while working in that office. | Harriet (Libby) Bitar | Southingotn CT | 12-07-2004 |
| Great weather here. It rained buckets at 4:30 this AM, torrential rain. I think it's about 62. Amazing for December 7th! I had a delightful drive to work this AM, no interstate for me;
drove thru downtown Nashville. Awesome place! We had some Maine-like weather though last week and will probably get more, but that's OK with me. | PAC | warm and balmy Nashville | 12-07-2004 |
| Thanks Steve. Great gift ideas for sure! (and yeah, I think my dad is a sweetie)
Debbie Hobson Bird, are you by chance Ralph and Mae's daughter? | Tenlee (Blanchard) DiPierro | Westport Island, ME | 12-06-2004 |
| Tenlee,
Thanks for the comment, wait till mid january till the new catalog comes out with new styles
Yes we Know your Father .....Great Guy
he does some handcrafted Items for us ......the web site is in the works
but just call for anything till then
764-3833 | Steve | Presque Isle | 12-06-2004 |
| Thanks Arch. I put the site in my favorites and will wait for the site. They have awesome stuff. | Tenlee | westport island, ME | 12-06-2004 |
| TENLEE
I dont know if they have a catalog now but they did 3 yrs ago.
Peace Arch
Their web page is coming soon cushmansembroidery.com :confused: | Arch | High Water, TX | 12-06-2004 |
| Merry Christmas, Presque Isle!
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May He make His face to shine upon you!
Remember to celebrate THE Son! | Debbie Hobson Bird | Falls Church, Virginia | 12-06-2004 |
| Webmaster,
Thanks for the great job on the "time-lapse" movies. I was Christmas shopping and missed the event.
Seeing what is not in a picture is sometimes difficult. Does anyone know when the parking meters were removed from Main St.?
Vh | Vh | Houston | 12-06-2004 |
| Speaking of the Light Parade, we've posted a time-lapsed movie of it on the S. Main webcam page for anyone who may have missed it. Not the best quality, but it will give you some idea of what it was like :) | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 12-06-2004 |
| Good Morning,
CJ, Check out the temp in Maine... Burrrr,however looks nice and sunny. We are getting our first snow fall this afternoon.They call for 1 to 3 then turning to rain with 52 tomorow. At least the shovel won't come out this time. Glad you made it home and had a good time. We are going to Conn for Xmas and I will touch base with Margie Derosier. She is only a few miles from my sister in law. I'm at the office so catch you later.
LCD | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 12-06-2004 |
| often vaction in maine, thinking of retirement there. found your site surfing for cams in the area. look at it daily to check weather. | Thomas Takacs | Groveville, NJ | 12-05-2004 |
| often vaction in maine, thinking of retirement there. | Thomas Takacs | Grvoeville, NJ | 12-05-2004 |
| wish I was there :-) | Roger Powers | | 12-05-2004 |
| steve
does Cushman's have a web site or a catalog?
also, my dad was here and we went out to dinner and started talking about the awesome shirt I got from Cushman's. He knows you very well. Ted Blanchard is his name. | Tenlee (Blanchard) DiPierro | Westport Island, ME 04578 | 12-05-2004 |
| Thats because unless your a paid member you only get to see "time lapsed" pictures of it so it doesnt make good watching. :-) Hope everyoen enjoyed it though, I'm sure it was very nice. Happy holidays! :p | guest | Maine | 12-05-2004 |
| 58% of 235 people said they were going to watch the light parade on cam. When I turned to the cam there were four people watching. Later there were two watching. So much for statistics. Nice to see the cam in PI. Keep up the good work. | Sharron | Wilkesbarre, PA | 12-05-2004 |
| Cheryl,
I sent out the sweatshirt you ordered the very next day......Hope you like it
Thanks again for the order
From all @ Cushmans in Presque Isle | Steve | Presque Isle | 12-04-2004 |
| This is too cool. It is great. | Kathy Cole | Presque Isle | 12-04-2004 |
| LJH....WELCOME to the Crown; so glad you joined us! Have missed you!
LCD and LJH...we made it back to Florida after spending Thanksgiving (a week) in Colorado. It was cold and snowy which I didn't like, but it surely was great having the holiday with family and our grandkids! The return trip was long and tiring, and it's SOoooooooo nice to be back to our own digs!
Arch...you're most welcome; I thought it was the neighborly thing to do! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Florida | 12-04-2004 |
| This is our second home away from home. Great shopping. We visit often and have friends living there and Caribou. :-) ;-) keep up the good work. And we'll be seeing you in 2 weeks... | Wayne Vicaire | Listuguj, Quebec | 12-04-2004 |
| What happened, everyone fall off the edge of the world? Too quiet out there, yall plotting something up. :p
Peace Arch | Arch | we aint in Kansas, Toto | 12-03-2004 |
| PAC, yes, the scenic webcam is located at my personal residence. :-) | Webmaster | | 12-02-2004 |
| I think PI has changed quite a lot since the 1950's; in fact, I saw evidence of that when I was there this past October. I noticed some progess and growth. It's a beautiful place. Change is a good thing, it is inevitable. But, then again, the saying, The more things change, the more they seem to stay the same - that was penned by a 1967 classmate, Cooper I think his name was.
Go Presque Isle! Webmaster: Do you live out there by the scenic webcam? :-) | PAC | Nashville, TN | 12-02-2004 |
| Hi folks. Was just sitting here laughing to myself at the post left by DeWitt Fillmore--about Presque Isle not changing since the 1950's. Maybe that could by why a steady influx of people, especially of the younger generations, keep leaving there (such as myself.) Limited good wage jobs, entertainment, etc. It's too bad--but the exodus seems to keep happening year after year... :-( | Amy (Dube) Cyr | Lewiston, Maine | 12-02-2004 |
| Good morning......someone mentioned Cushman's. A couple of yrs ago I bought t-shirts, sweatshirts and tote bags from them. It's the tote bags that I really like and use the most. I bought a large one and several medium sized ones and I use them alot. They have a book full of embroidery designs. I like anything with potatoes or potato fields and barns. I also bought the silver potato basket necklace which I wear alot. I think it also comes in gold at a much higher price. They are great to do business with. | Brenda Ashley Segura | Austin, TX | 12-02-2004 |
| Hi all, it is 9:54AM central time and the Scenic Cam shows night time. I click to get current Picture and it was dark dark dark..... :-( are you'all having a problem? Hope to be able to see it later working. We get cool here at times 42* this morning... :-)
Thanks... I check this every day.... | Sarah | Mandeville, La. | 12-02-2004 |
| Hello Everyone,
My second attempt to check into the website, scanned the latest and I haven't made it there yet...Oh, so many fond memories from the 40's - 60's...miss the small town, wonderful folk, serene , peaceful place I still call home...In response to the "Condon" gentleman looking for graduates from Mapleton High...My Mother was a Condon, graduated around 1940....maybe you know one another...will be checking in this wonderful site now and then....Bless all of you and have a wonderful holiday....Hello to DG...this is LJH, sure enjoyed that Blueberry Pie and our visit at your last class reunion with my Sis....XO
LJH | Linna McPherson Howard | Sparks, Nevada | 12-01-2004 |
| Awesome Cheryl and Connie! They have many styles, colors, designs and prices. Hope you'll be happy with your purchase. I just love mine! | Tenlee | westport island, me | 12-01-2004 |
| I love the shirt Tenlee, thank you so much and Mona thanks for the phone number, I'm going to order one, maybe two. Again thanks.
Connie | Connie | Ohio | 12-01-2004 |
| a canadian friend sended me here to visit ,was nice | rudy | paris france | 12-01-2004 |
| I just called and ordered a shirt. It is so neat. Thanks for the great idea. | cheryl | fl. | 12-01-2004 |
| Had to peek in to see the snow. Can't believe how dark it is so early. Tenlee, Cute shirt. | Linda Coury DuMont | Pa | 12-01-2004 |
| As of about 2 pm I'd say we had about 3 inches of snow here in Presque Isle. | Webmaster | PI, ME | 12-01-2004 |
| PAC...Wiscasset is not far from Aunt Dee. | JC | PI | 12-01-2004 |
| Tenlee..ok, 1 hr north of Portland, I'll find it on the map. A very good friend of mine lives in Scarborough and I hope to visit there in 2005. All of Maine is beautiful, actually all of New England. | pac | | 12-01-2004 |
| Just wanted to know how much snow you had on the ground. | Linda (Jacques) Montalto | | 12-01-2004 |
| Just wanted to know how much snow you had on the ground. | Linda (Jacques) Montalto | | 12-01-2004 |
| PAC, Westport Island is a little east of Wiscasset. Do you know where Wiscasset is? We are about 1 hour north of Portland. (about 5 hours south of Presque Isle). | tenlee | westport island ME | 12-01-2004 |
| I keep forgetting to mention the snow in the county today. It's gorgeous and I miss it. :eek: | pac | | 12-01-2004 |
| Tenlee..where exactly is Westport Island? | pac | | 12-01-2004 |
| PAC, I saw the items you are talking about in the mall. They are so cute! I love the little "picking gloves". | tenlee | westport island me | 12-01-2004 |
| Connie, I did email you and hopefully you got the photos. Cutest shirt I've ever seen!
We are getting rain today (thankfully). I'm still not ready for snow! | tenlee | westport island Me | 12-01-2004 |
| Connie, Cushmans has a store at 5 Maple and one in the mall, phone for 5 Maple is:764 3833, called Cushmans Embroidery.
Rebecca, good to hear from you. Friday I go to Ft Kent for a partial knee replacement, not looking forward to it much, but we have to do things we don't like sometimes. It was great having tenlee here a few days, and tim Horton's is my home away from home, go there 5 or 6 times a week and visit.
Take care all and have a great Holiday season. | Mona B | Easton | 12-01-2004 |
| I love these web cams... | John Fekete | Waretown, NJ | 12-01-2004 |
| Hello everyone,
Colder here now, but I love it. What a way to kick off December; I'm right in my element now. When I'm scraping frost off the windshield, well, that's me. I try to tell some of these southerners that the cold weather is actually healthy for them, but they find that hard to believe. Tenlee, I got the cutest thing at the craft fair at the forum in October; I have it hanging in my kitchen; it has a potato barrel, picking gloves with a Maine pin stuck in it, and a sack of potatoes, also another little potato basket thing with the gloves on it, so cute. | PAC | cold and beautiful Nashville | 12-01-2004 |
| Tenlee, I would appreciate it so much, as I said before I love anything from Maine. We were up last fall and couldn't find anything that nice, I guess we weren't looking in the right place, Again thanks, Connie | Connie | Ohio | 12-01-2004 |
| Regarding P.I. changing, I left in 1979 and I am shocked at the changes and the growth each time I go back! I attended Cunningham Jr. High School when McDonald's opened, and for quite some time that was the only fast food in P.I. Now the mall, so many restaurants, the forum, and let's not forget Tim Horton's! Oh My! I did coffee with my mom and 2 of my sisters over Thanksgiving, and what an awesome social time! Everyone knows everyone, and they are all so fun to meet up and chat with! I was raised in P.I. and remember well that Zayre or Weinbergs were about the only two choices for clothes shopping. On my potato picking budget, guess where I went? LOL | tenlee | westport island, me | 12-01-2004 |
| Connie, the store was Cushman's. They have potato themes, fiddleheads, moose.... and they are all beautifully done. I can email you a photo of mine if you want me to. I just LOVE IT! | tenlee | westport island ME | 12-01-2004 |
| Tenlee, I read your message about the shirt you got at the mall, could you tell me what store you bought it from.
I'm from Houlton originally, live in Ohio for 44 years, got relatives in the county, if I knew what store you got it from,I could get them to buy me one.
I like anything from Maine, thanks so much, Connie | Connie | Ohio | 12-01-2004 |
| Happy Holiday Mona, I was thinking of calling you - had not seen you on the site for a bit - hoping all is well.
I think PI has changed alot! I believe I was a Sophmore in high school when Mc D's opened! Yikes | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 11-30-2004 |
| I would say Presque Isle has changed a great deal since the 50's. It sure doesn't look the same to me, we had no mall, no fast food places and only one or two small resturants, no indoor pool, no forum ect, ect. | mona b | easton | 11-30-2004 |
| Ed B,
Phil was THE person I was hoping to see at the 30th reunion and he was there!
And he looked so good. What a thrill!
Great time we had at the 30th, better than the 20th. Oh my, the 40th will be in 2008! Hard to believe. He probably thinks I fell off the face of the earth again; I must send him a Christmas greeting. | PAC | Nashville | 11-30-2004 |
| Hi DeWitt Fillmore, I was in Addie's class of '52 and my sister, Marilyn, was in your class. I had such a crush on you when I was in HS but of course, you as a Senior, didn't even know me, a Freshman!! Marilyn lives in Hawaii. Just wanted to say hi. | Carolyn Craig Caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 11-30-2004 |
| Nice to see a picture or two of PI! It has been a long time since I have visited...What has changed during the past 12 years? | Suzanne Hussey Mandy | | 11-30-2004 |
| Just seeing what Presque Isle looked like again. Hasn't changed since the 1950s. | DeWitt C. Fillmore | Greensboro, NC | 11-30-2004 |
| PAC...I haven't seen Phil Sirois in at least 30 years, had no idea he was so close by. I did get to PI during Thanksgiving but other than that have been busy at work. Still got a few of those pickles left but there goin' fast | ed bonenfant | Trenton, Me | 11-30-2004 |
| Had a wonderful Thanksgiving in P.I. but it sure was COLD and WINDY! I forgot about that, and didn't really bring appropriate clothes! What WAS I thinking? Oh well, it was great to be with 2 of my 3 sisters, and spend time with my mom and my dad. Oh the memories! I bought the greatest shirt at the mall! It has Aroostook County on it, and the most beautiful embroidered potato barrel, potato basket and pototoes on it! Ya Hoo! It made my trip! lol It truly is amazing the difference in temperature from the southern Maine coast, to the northern maine potato fields!
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! | tenlee | westport island, me | 11-30-2004 |
| Joyce Anderson.. I just got confirmation that my mail to you at your e-mail address was undeliverable, same thing that happened before. :-( | PAC | Nashville, TN | 11-29-2004 |
| Ed B - whatcha up to these days? I wonder if Phil Sirois has seen this website. He lives in Cape Elizabeth last time I knew. Nice place. | pac | | 11-29-2004 |
| Joyce,
Yes, I got your messages. I have just been too busy since my trip to Maine.
Trying to settle down now, but it's not that easy. Yes, I had a blast up there!
We will talk very soon, like tonight or anytime. Would love to talk with you. | PAC | | 11-29-2004 |
| PAC
I tried calling you last weekend. Left two messages. Did you get them? Am I getting the right number? Will try again this week. Thanks for the BD wish. Am anxious to talk to you. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Say hi to Brenda and Judy for me. | Joyce Anderson | Scarborough, ME | 11-29-2004 |
| VH,
Oui, I agree. My grandmother made us lots of mittens, hats, scarves and socks.
She never sat idle, was always working.
She told me that's all she ever knew was hard work. She lived to be 89 and Gramp lived to 91; he was cutting weeds down by the road in his 80's with a hand sithe. Amazing! Got your great e-mail today; thanks, will try and reply this afternoon. | pac | Nashville, TN | 11-29-2004 |
| PAC,
It is 80 here and the humidity makes it feel like 84. Uck. I have a LL Bean parker that I bought in 1991. Most of the time it holds down a hanger in the back of my closet and only gets work when I go North.
I also have mittens made by my mother when I was in Jr. High. They match a long gone red and black plaid hunting jacket. Fond memories of warmth.
Regards,
V | VH | Houston | 11-29-2004 |
| As for me, I still like the cold weather.
The natives here are "freezing" while I think it feels great! Believe me, it is not that cold here at all yet. It is very nice in fact. What will they do when it dips down a little farther? Hibernate for the winter, I reckon. | PAC | cool and nice Nashville | 11-29-2004 |
| I am the father of Jessica Amber & Erik David Nelson who live in the Presque Isle area.
Just checking in to see what Presque Isle looks like now. | Dan Nelson | | 11-28-2004 |
| Arch
You ain't alone with that thought.
LCD | Linda Coury DuMont | PA | 11-28-2004 |
| DD
I have been here all along, just been "sandbagging" a lot.
When I think of all the old timers that have gone on it serves to remind me that I am one of the oldtimers now! Jeez, perish the thought!!! ;-)
Pax Arch | Arch | Downright Cold, TX | 11-27-2004 |
| DG. Must have been her Greatgrandfather, ARG. | DD | Fl | 11-27-2004 |
| LCD, JMT, DG, DD, NC and PAC....visiting our son and his family here in Colorado Springs. We had a wonderful holiday; hope all of you did also! It's beautiful out here, however, the cold weather leaves something to be desired.....20 degrees is not my cup of tea! Will be glad to get back to the Florida sun next weekend. | C-J McHugh Lougee | Florida (visiting CO) | 11-27-2004 |
| Panic Attack???? Is this for future use once we get yhe first snowstorm??? :p | guest | Maine | 11-27-2004 |
| DG,
Where do you come up with all this sweet information? What did they write about sweet little Buzzy???
DD,
Hope you are enjoying the sunshine. It is going to be in the 50's Sunday. Hope I can get the guys up in time to put the outside lights up before daylight ends. I know I will be up by one to watch my Eagles. Have a good weekend everyone.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Pa | 11-27-2004 |
| DD...
Her grandfather wrote it. More next weekend..... | DG | PI | 11-27-2004 |
| DG Must have been in celebration of her first birthday. She dosen't remember it. Who wrote it? | DD | Fl | 11-27-2004 |
| DD...
Hint: the poem was written in July 1938. Does that help? | DG | PI | 11-26-2004 |
| DG No one here seems to regonize it. Should She?? | DD | | 11-26-2004 |
| Hi P.I.:
Great to be back in the great state of Maine.
Class of '71' When is the next reunion?
Happy holidays! | Kent Nightingale | Minot, Me. | 11-26-2004 |
| DD...
Passen Sie auf, bitte! Here's a little poem from the past; read it and see if perhaps someone in your family recognizes it:
We present you today with a nice little crib
It's from people who love you and this is no fib
And we hope you will rest like a bird in its nest
For, of all of darling babies, you're the sweetest and best | DG | PI | 11-26-2004 |
| Good job arch. and welcome back. I knew you dad well and often think of all the oldtimers that have gone on over the years. I think he was in my mom and dads class. Class of 35. | dick delong | | 11-26-2004 |
| HI All
W.R. Wright put Aroostook County Real Estate Guide into your browser and it should list all the agents in "The County"
Peace Arch | Arch | Sunny Texas | 11-26-2004 |
| My best to everyone.....
looking for RE agent in PQI | W.R. Wright | Las Vegas, NV | 11-26-2004 |
| Hello, from Sunny Florida. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. | Judy Decker Binzel | Tampa Bay Area, Florida | 11-26-2004 |
| graduated 1988 Presque Isle | john Nelson | Barre Vermont | 11-25-2004 |
| Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Believe it or not Mike Swartz and I live 5 miles from each other. Can't believe we live so close to each other. Got together several times and hopefully many more! | Karen Costello Beaulieu | Powder Springs GA | 11-25-2004 |
| Hi JFC how is every thing with you? Happy Thanksgiving to all. Those were nice hats made of Burlap I think. :D | N CLARK | Silver Springs FL | 11-25-2004 |
| Good morning Mr Baird. Greetings from just over the ridge in Brooksville. Welcome aboard the crown of maine. Did you notice that the window reflection disappeared when the office lites were turned off after 5 last nite? Heavy thundershowers here last nite. did you get any? Have a good one. | dick delong | brooksville fl | 11-25-2004 |
| Happy Thanksgiving Greetings from chilly San Antonio, TX. It's not as cold today, but yesterday morning was 48 with a windchill that felt as tho it was in the 20's.There's no wind today. I'm at my daughter's with all of the family and I should be in the kitchen right now. I'll get there as soon as I finish this cup of coffee, First things first!
To those who are traveling, I wish you a safe trip and a happy holiday and to everyone else Happy Thanksgiving. Also, a special Holiday Hello to my Maine friends in TX......Arch, Marion and Vern and sister PAC in Nashville and sister J-Cee in PI. | Brenda Ashley Segura | Home of the Spurs | 11-25-2004 |
| I enjoy looking at the web cam picutres, but the one from Main Street looks like a reflection on a window, and is not at all clear. All around good job though. :-) | Richard W. Baird | Leesburg, FL | 11-24-2004 |
| Hello to J F condon. CLass of 57 here. Dick | dick delong | Fl | 11-24-2004 |
| Happy Thanksgiving to all.
v. | Vern | Houston | 11-24-2004 |
| Wishing all country friends and families a Happy Thanksgiving! | mike swartz | Kennesaw, Ga | 11-24-2004 |
| A resident of the Chapman area until 1986. Any graduates of Mapleton High School year of 1948 out there? | J.F.Condon | Alabama | 11-24-2004 |
| N.Clark
I saw the same three you were looking at and did you see the Aroostook sign they were holding. Very neat hats, didn't you think?
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Pa | 11-24-2004 |
| DD, I went to HS with Doreen Hussey who lived on the farm that I earlier described. (behind Wal-mart's). Her father, Arthur Hussey was killed in a truck accident, but I'm not sure what year...maybe '48-49, when we were either Freshman or Soph. Later they built that house that is still standing, I think its blue beside Walmart's and it was a showcase in its day. But I'm sure they built it before we got out of HS in 1952. I have no idea what they did with the farm after that. | Carolyn Craig Caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 11-24-2004 |
| DG and CCC, Claudette may be having second thoughts about Allie Cole ownng that farm. She didnt know that I was putting on the web in print for everyone to see. So, this is what she knows for sure. Allie cole sent Lowell Sherwood up from Bangor to run the tire distruborship. Gardiner Warren who was Allies son in law , who lived on Dyer St. kept riding horses in that Barn and Claudette used to go there and ride and also that Allies big show teams used to stay there when they were in town. So putting all together she thought that Coles owned the place, but probably somebody was just renting it during that time. One of her greatest memories of coles in Presque Isle Was when the world of mirth came to town and coles used to move them from the RR station up to the fairground. Her dad who was manager would set her in one of the trucks with one of the drivers and she would ride back and forth as they moved the midway in. It was a big production. | Dick DeLong | FLorida | 11-24-2004 |
| Who were the Potato Heads from Aroostook Co. that were on the TODAY SHOW on Tuesday? :confused: | N CLARK | Silver Springs FL | 11-24-2004 |
| DG,
There was an aged pacer named Casimir Camotion who paced in 1:48.3. I'd be happy just owning one of those. Fat Chance.... Look up USTA and it gives you all the latest. | LCD | PA | 11-24-2004 |
| I remember a house with a driveway right along side the VFW. My dad Jr. had a close friend who lived there in the early 70's I believe by the name of Jimmy Gardner...is that the same house you all are talking about?? :-) | Carma | Hollis Center, Maine | 11-23-2004 |
| Heading for P.I. in the morning. Its been a couple of years, so I'm a bit anxious. My kids have always noticed the clear, blue sky, and beautiful sunsets. It is truly God's Country.
Everyone have a Blessed Thanksgiving, and be safe! :-) | Tenlee (Blanchard) DiPierro | Westport Island, ME | 11-23-2004 |
| DG,
You and DD are so right about those great songs way back when. My favorite was "You Are My Destiney". Remember that one? Johnny Angel was also a great one. We spent many a night at Buzzy Shields house playing tunes. I can't believe I never met DD other then on line. I'll get back to you with the horse info after I make a phone call in the morning. I believe it is faster then 53. I let you know who it was and how fast they went. Had to be a pacer.
LCD | LCD | Pa | 11-23-2004 |
| So Claudette babysat for Teddy S., eh. I can't remember that Teddy had a sibling. Now...Allie Cole. The Sherwood place was part of the Hussey farm; how do we get Allie Cole in the mix? The farmhand's home was behind my office on the other side. Tell you what I'll do....I'll post a 1956 aerial photo of the farm which includes my office when it was the Red Rooster. You'll see the empty wasteland that became the property of Wal-Mart for more than a fistful of bucks. | DG | PI | 11-23-2004 |
| DG and CCC. Lowell Sherwood anmd family lived in the house just about behind Where your building is now. That was the Allie Cole farm and Allie used to keep his show horses in that big barn when they came to Aroostook. My wife Claudette Shields used to babysit for the sherwoods when Teddy and his brother were young and her dad worked for coles express. | Dick DeLong | florida | 11-23-2004 |
| DG Nc is another one of those Mapleton boys that have been around for ever. All the talk about the armory brings back a lot of memories for the mapleton students in the 50's. our high school burned in Feburary of 56 and the PI armory became our Gym for home basketball games as well as practices. About that same time the dances started there as well. I remember well the revolving glass globe hanging over the dance floor. What music. | Dick DeLong | Florida | 11-23-2004 |
| I enjoy reading about the Armory, Red Rooster Rest., doughnut shop, etc. Well, I remember mostly when there wasn't anything there! Hussey's house sat out back in the field, (not their new house),about where the food portion of Wal-Mart is now. After you crossed the bridge and got past the potato houses, there was nothing until you got to the top of the hill and went down into town. Seems like yesterday! We lived on the Maysville road, well the old one, which was right on the Caribou border. Now they call the Mill Road, Maysville Road. Boy it gets complicated!! :D | Carolyn Craig Caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 11-23-2004 |
| Now, JC...
Don't know who JC is either. I do know that I don't know what's going on at the Braden Theatre. There's been lots of nothing going there for a few years.....looks like hell, but better than it did. The theatre opened its doors in 1950 just 4 years after the State Theatre. Everyone knows the theatre was named after a locally famous horse, John R. Braden. His best time was 2:02 and a piece, which in today's market, is a bit average. I recall back not so long ago that during the fair, fast horses were doing 2:09 or so. I believe the record time for a pacer is 1:53 (?)......LCD Please correct my ignorance on pacer and trotter records. | DG | PI | 11-23-2004 |
| JC..
JC, huh? No clue who you are, but do know that you are right about the Red Rooster Restaurant being in my building in the mid '50's. It was until perhaps 1959 when it became a donut shop called the Spudnut. But the building was originally erected for a furniture store in 1946. It failed in the early '50's then became the Red Rooster. So, who's NC? | DG | PI | 11-23-2004 |
| DG..tis very strange that I cannot find those pics. When I am home Thursday, I will scrounge around and hopefully dig em up....hehehe. | pac | | 11-23-2004 |
| Looks like a nice day in the County.Can anyone give me a web site for the High School Basketball?In the County? | Floyd Cousins | | 11-23-2004 |
| Well, I thought DG's office was previously the VFW. Wow, what an improvement! I went to the VFW a few times; I went to the armory to a wedding reception one time, but I don't recall going there for dances in the 60's, maybe once or twice. I do remember going to some at the rec center. I'm sure the 50's and early 60's were the heydays or haydays.... :D I did go dancing one time in Penn Yan, NY to the moose club, yeah, that's right, the Moose Club -- had a huge dance floor. | PAC | Nashville, TN | 11-23-2004 |
| Back before Dicks office was the VFW if I remember corectly it was the RED ROOSTER Restaurant. | NC | S SPRINGS FL | 11-23-2004 |
| DG...do you know what's going on on the 2nd floor of the Braden Theater? I just drove by there a few minutes ago and it looks like there's some remodeling going on...large new windows, etc... | JC | PI | 11-23-2004 |
| LCD....
Loved the Armory story. Betcha your future husband simply couldn't believe he'd lost the bet. That was like waving a red flag in front of a bull and was magnetic (your momentary rejection) to him. That was 1962 (?). I truly enjoy those old stories. What songs played that night at the Armory....Peppermint Twist, Duke of Earl, Johnny Angel, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Soldier Boy? Perhaps all of the above.. | DG | PI | 11-23-2004 |
| DG,
The Armory days brought back a lot of flashbacks....That was were I met my husband. Charlie DeLong came up to me and said the guy he was standing with bet him ten bucks I would dance with him and he would drive me to the Pizz Hut after the dance. Charlie asked me to say no and he would give me five. I took the five went to the Pizza House with Diane Bouchard and sat with both fools as it was. History after that.
CJ,
Happy you get to visit with the grandkids and get out of cooking. Have a good one.
Dick DeLong,
Happy Turkey to you and your wife. Enjoy the warm weather since you will be on your way north once again for Xmas.
To all on the Crown Of Maine. Happy Turkey and for those who are driving. Be careful and stay safe.
LCD | Linda Coury DuMont | Pa | 11-23-2004 |
| Hi All
C-J
Thanks for your thoughts and also for the article from the old Alma Mater. It is worded differently than the BDN so it is great to have it.
Waldo
You are welcome and congratulations on the sale of your property. I know you all are looking forward to moving back to God's Country.
Mikki and I hope that everyone has a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving.
Arch and Mikki | Arch | In the rain | 11-22-2004 |
| Waldo...congrats on your upcoming sale; hope the deal is to your satisfaction and you're on the road to ME quickly and safely!
LCD...fairly quiet down here, finishing up the "clean-up" from all the repair people. Heading off to CO Springs for Thanksgiving with our Special Forces son and his family; we're very anxious to see our four "grandbabies"!
Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving everyone! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Florida | 11-22-2004 |
| Readers..
By the way, I'm researching and making a list of people who have lived most of their lives in Presque Isle and lived to be 100 or more. Anyone out there in crownofmaineland know of anyone fitting that description? I have a list of about 10 verifiable thus far. The list, when complete, will appear in a local P.I. history book probably appearing on the shelves in '06. This will be just one small portion of the book. Each 100+ entry will have a small profile accompanying it... | DG | PI | 11-22-2004 |
| Readers...
Yes, the north Main St. video cam sits in the window (new window) of the old VFW building right across from the P.I. Armory. It was the VFW for about 40 years 'til sometime in the mid 1990's when they (the VF people) moved across town to the facilities on Parsons St. In early 1998 I purchased the building..it had been devastated by frozen pipes and was in shambles. My property on Main St. which housed my old office was taken over by eminent domain in order to widen Main St. and I was cast out into the cold. Luckily the VFW building was for sale and I scooped it up, stripped the inside (floors, walls, etc.) and made it my new office. The video cam faces north in the Aroostook River Bridge direction.
Those of you who are 55 or older, please recall the Saturday night dances during the school year at the Armory; Elvis P, Johnny Mathis, Ink Spots, Bobby Ridell, Ever(e)ly Bros., Bill Haley, and many others. My favorite song from those Armory years was Johnny Mathis' "A Certain Smile"....gives me goose bumps every time I hear it. | DG | PI | 11-22-2004 |
| Waldo, sure hope the sale all goes well! We want you back in Maine! You've been missed at the "early Thanksgiving celebrations" for sure!
I'll be home for Thanksgiving this year (P.I.) and other than the long drive and colder temps, I am anxious. It has been a couple of years since I've been home, so it will be great I'm sure!
Everyone out there, Mainer or not, please have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving! | tenlee (blanchard) dipierro | westport island, maine | 11-22-2004 |
| Arch,
Thanks for explaining that part of "the big city." I'd known the N. Main webcam was located at DG's building, but it took a while to realize just which intersection that is. I was out there briefly in late July, -only a matter of minutes and no time to really explore things. In fact, until you explained about the Aroostook Mall, I didn't know it existed. -Guess I'll have to check that whole area out in the next few months. We should have ample opportunity soon: we just found a buyer for our place in Forest Grove and should be on the road in a month or so, heading for Vassalboro. :-) We'll have reasons for going to PQI occasionally but may wait until spring. | Waldo Libby | Oregon | 11-22-2004 |
| Waldo
The entrance to the Aroostook Mall is + - 100 yds on the opposite side of Main from the entrance to the old Mammoth Mart (now Mardens). Mardens is a place that handles close outs and manufacturers overruns, store closures and etc.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 11-21-2004 |
| Waldo
The camera is on the opposite side of Main and less than 30ft north of the entrance to the Armory and then as you can see in the cam there is one of the entrances to Wally World. About 200 yards North from that is the old Mammoth Mart and Red & White? and from that another 400 yards to the river. Now about 50 or a 100 yards from that on the east side of Main St. is the entrance to the new Aroostook Mall built along the river. If this really confuses you, look at that area in Terraserver and there it is. Peace Arch | Arch | | 11-21-2004 |
| Hi Pam, I never did get your e-mail. Make sure that you have 3 "c"'s in it plus it is net instead of com. But thanks for writing anyway! :-( | Carolyn Craig Caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 11-21-2004 |
| Joy, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who initially had trouble figuring out where the North-Main web cam is located. (I assume that's what you're referring to.) For the longest time, I thought the camera was aimed southwest across that intersection near where Zayre's used to be. The Coca-Cola bottling plant would have been nearby.
-Turns out it's the better part of a mile further out from the center of town and is aimed northeast (sorta') across the intersection leading to a fair-sized shopping mall that's been built near the top of the hill before you cross the Aroostook River heading for Caribou. (Gack! No wonder I flunked English Composition!)
There's a lot more detail that could be given to the explanation, and I'll step aside for others to finish it. -Maybe someone who can use 1983 points of reference.
Where are you located now? | Waldo Libby | Oregon | 11-21-2004 |
| WALMART? what happened to Zayre's Its been a while since 1983. Nothing looks familiar, what intersection is this? thanks Joy | joy (nightingale) courtney | | 11-20-2004 |
| BAS
Hi, yes we are home! It was great to get back to the County but the cold and snow there only reminded the both of us why we left back in 78. The only way that we would move back is to be Snowbirds, go to the County in May and leave in September for home here in Texas.
Pax Arch | Arch | Baja Oklahoma | 11-20-2004 |
| Hi Carolyn..I just sent you e-mail.
Jeanne Tolley...sorry I have not written lately, have been very busy.. will do soon.
Donna.. will write ASAP.. going to hair appt. now. | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville,TN | 11-20-2004 |
| I hope everyone will have a Happy Thanksgiving Day. I remember the scents and odors of the day on the farm so many years ago. When you all get my age, you look back at all the many memories and blessings. Every holiday was such a big deal! There was usually snow on that day and while the turkey cooked, Dad would take his gun and go up back in the woods to see if he could find a deer (hoping he wouldn't!) Guess it was just fun tramping thru the woods! I am so very thankful for all the rich blessings I have in this country. | Carolyn Craig Caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 11-19-2004 |
| BAS....nicely said. And, Marc Libby, I finally read all that you wrote and it was wonderful! Everyone, have a happy, safe weekend. :-) | PAC | Nashville, TN | 11-19-2004 |
| Hello everyone....In this last week we've had torrential rain, flooding, and hundreds of road closings, but now it's 70's and sunny and quite nice. Some schools closed or started late, but my district went ahead as scheduled. We only close for ice and we'd close for snow if we ever had any. We got some last yr, one day, and by noon it was gone and it was a Saturday!
Arch.....I'm so glad you got home safely (TX is "home" right?)Now that you're home, tell us, could you go back to long winters permanently? I do think that the first snows are beautiful and hopefully some day I can be there for that, but, 5-6 months of snow and cold is just too much. It's nice to go out in Jan and Feb here and just take a light jacket and not have to put on boots and all of the other accessories. Winter definitely has its beauty tho and I do miss alot that comes with winter.
To the Colonel: Where in the great state of TX do you call home? I've been gone from Maine since the 70's, I had to look up to see where Albion is.....I didn't have a clue....I see it's Kennebec County and East of Waterville ..a small community of about 2000. Of course, we all know Houlton. About a year ago, Maine's Downeast Magazine had one of Houlton's historic homes on it's cover. (a huge yellow home) It was a winter scene and it was beautiful.....you know, one of those sunny, clear days where the snow glistens and everything is so bright, you just have to wear sunglasses!
Welcome to Crown of Maine. | Brenda Ashley Segura (BAS) | balmy Austin, TX | 11-19-2004 |
| DG,
That is correct. Had the photos, misplaced your address; found your address, misplaced the photos! Coming your way one of these days soon I hope.
Should be next week.
VH,
I have decided after 14 years that Nashville, TN is a great place to live.
I drive right thru the heart of Nashville every AM and PM now every day and it's like driving on a country road compared to the interstates. The interstates are too dangerous and with all the construction that has been going on for literally years; it's like aren't they ever going to finish with I-65 and Briley Parkway - that is very dangerous.
Nope, I'm taking the other way and it's really nice. I get to see everything in downtown Nashville; lots of new places going in on Broadway and famous 2nd Avenue. | PAC | Nashville, Tennessee | 11-19-2004 |
| Where did all the snow go???? Looks like a nice warm day in the 40's. Nice change.
We hit 60 today, wish it would stay like that all winter but only in my dreams.
CJ what is happening in FL? Are you cooking the bird this year or do you get to sit with your feet up and relaxed??? In my family we do one thing. RESERVATIONS. Things are still very different with Cory still in Iraq. You know that feeling. Hope everyone has a Happy Turkey Day.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 11-19-2004 |
| I was born in Houlton,Maine raised in Albion,Maine just dropped in to say Hello | Col; D. Harold Crosby | TEXAS | 11-19-2004 |
| Good Morning All
Got my computer back up and running. We are back on the Ranch and are recuperating from the drastic change in the weather.
VH
Are you sure you were not in commo in the Army? From your Blackberry, thats great!!!
Pax Arch | Arch | El Rancho Pelon | 11-19-2004 |
| Bas, pac, j-cee
Hello for chilly ca. I was able to get to com from my hand-held Blackberry. I hope that this works.
Arch,
I guess that you're back on the rtanch.
Fly home tomorrow. Boy am I ready.
Vh | vh | sunnyvale, ca | 11-18-2004 |
| Bas, pac, j-cee
Hello for chilly ca. I was able to get to com from my hand-held Blackberry. I hope that this works.
Arch,
I guess that you're back on the rtanch.
Fly home tomorrow. Boy am I ready.
Vh | vh | sunnyvale, ca | 11-18-2004 |
| PAC..
In the winter months the office interior is reflected because it's dark outside. The reflection disappears when we shut down and go home.... | DG | PI | 11-18-2004 |
| dg...I think your eyeglass display can be seen reflecting on the webcam...
purty snow on the scenic cam :-) | pac | Nashveeeele | 11-18-2004 |
| HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOYCE CARROLL ANDERSON
who lives in Scarborough, Maine --
class of 1968 -- PIHS | PAC | Music City USA | 11-18-2004 |
| Hi PAC! I'm just about ready to go out and brave the chilly November weather we're having today. It's been real sunny though up until about an hour ago. | J-CEE | PI | 11-17-2004 |
| Hello J-Cee, this is your sister in Nashville. :D | PAC | | 11-17-2004 |
| Hi ya'll,
I see it's a bit chilly in the county today, but looks like it'll warm up some over the next few days. It's nice here in Nashville these days; 70's over the past weekend and mid-60's this week, supposed to be 67 tomorrow and today is beautiful! Hi ya, Marc. Thanks again to you for telling me about this website.
Have a good one. | PAC | warm and nice Nashville | 11-17-2004 |
| Arch, nice to see you folks returned safetly!
Marc, you are a doll, all so nicely said. You and I have chatted before and I appreciate the time you spent sharing then and also your most recent postings during my vacation away from the site. | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 11-17-2004 |
| Good Morning all you Crown People. We are looking for another 60 degree day which is a great time to start putting the Xmas lights up while we have the warm stuff. It's not going to last long.
Arch, Glad to hear you made it back home and that was a wonderful picture of your Mom and Dad. They looked so sweet together. Hope you are both feeling better.
CJ Nice to hear you are getting company. Must be that things are getting done with the house. Did you change your mind about leaving?
Hope everyone has a great day.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 11-17-2004 |
| Hey Marc glad to hear about your job. Terrys sister Cindy lives in Portland. My brother Jim works for a law firm there. And I am sure there is alot of people from the county there. Sure wish I could see the play. My brother and his wife are going. Heading to PA on Friday my cousin died from a heart attack was a complete shock to our family. :-( | Karen Costello Beaulieu | Powder Springs GA | 11-17-2004 |
| hey Karen.. I called Pam on her birthday.. yes, I got a job offer doing mortgages for Wells Fargo based in Portland, but I can do mortgages anywhere in the US... still miss Phoenix. and, as I write this,I am in Phoenix for a meeting. things are going great!! Sorry if my previous words were a bit long, but this site really means a lot to me, as well as everyone.. when I saw the play "Almost, Maine" a few weeks ago, there was mention of Ma Dudley's... there was a nostalgic sigh from about a quarter of the audience!! we really come from a special place!!! | marc libby | today, phoenix | 11-17-2004 |
| DG...just wanted to let you know that a wonderful, dear old friend of ours will be joining us here shortly..........care to guess who she is?!! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Florida | 11-17-2004 |
| Just finished reading Marc L novel.It brought back memories long forgotten.Great job Marc!Visit the web site a couple of times a week just to feel close to home.Looks like P.I. has grown some since I was back there.Enjoy what you have up there it's been over 10 years since I left and I still miss it some.Some names I recognize and can picture others I can't.But you all are Mainers and that is good enough for me.
TAKE CARE | Steve Hewitt | Seattle Washington | 11-16-2004 |
| PAC, Dunkin Donuts is in the back of the Exxon Food Trend across from Caroll's AutoSales. It opened up there a couple years ago. | Webmaster | PI, ME | 11-16-2004 |
| Where is Dunkin Donuts in Presque Isle?
Is there one there? Or has Tim Horton's replaced it? Just responding to the day's question. | PAC | back at work | 11-16-2004 |
| Hi All
We made it here last night at 6:30 pm. With the 35 deg. temperature change we both are sick as all get out this morning. :rolleyes:
Peace Arch | Arch | Home on the Range | 11-16-2004 |
| Nice comments Marc (you sure got some nice replies!) I was wondering if when someone from PI signs on (females) if they might put their maiden name too. I'm sure I know more people signing in here but don't recognize married names. That would be cool.
I enjoy this site and try to check it daily. | Tenlee (Blanchard)DiPierro | PI Class of 1976 | 11-15-2004 |
| Dain Kelly Who is that mapleton Gal living in Illinois. I left mapleton in 1960 but still call it home. There are several of us on this site. | Dick deLong | Brooksville Fl | 11-15-2004 |
| Thanks Marc,
This website is a refreshing place to transport us back home. Even though I know few of the writers it makes me feel good to see the correspondence among all of us.
I know how it feels to be away from home, we all do. But this site opens the door and we can almost smell the Apple pies cooking in Mum's oven. | Paul Libby | St. Francis, ME | 11-15-2004 |
| :-)My wife is a Mapleton expatriate.
PQI is always of interest to us. | Dain Kelly | Marseilles, Illinois | 11-15-2004 |
| I enjoy the eye on P.I. | Darlene J. Rand | Newark, NY | 11-15-2004 |
| One more thing......most of us probably feel that way and it's wonderful to connect with people, anytime during the day, who are scattered all across this country and who know exactly what you are talking about when you say "Parkhurst Siding, or Burlock Road, or Sleepy Hollow or Bus #8, or "tooling Main",.....those of us who live elsewhere and who live in large metropolitan areas are surrounded by strangers all day long, but not when you pause and go to COM. I love being able to do it anytime I want to. | BAS | | 11-15-2004 |
| Hi Gail, It sure is nice to see you on here! Say "hi" to Duane. We've had snow on the ground since Nov. 5th when we had our first storm. | JC | Presque Isle | 11-15-2004 |
| I agree with Marc........there are very few people who write in the Guest Book whom I actually "know", face to face, but that's not really important. As Marc says, what matters is that we all have a common interest, and thats "sharing our County" remembrances.
Certainly it's possible to accomplish that thru this great medium that we've been afforded. There are many folks across the country who check in here on a daily basis, but are afraid to make comments because of one reason or another.
Please People....wherever you are, when you find us, leave a note to say hello, or share one of your fond county remembrances.
A special hello to LCD, DG, DD, PAC, WL, and CM....and everyone! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Florida | 11-15-2004 |
| Marc......Thank you...I appreciate your comments and I agree with you. You said it so well. Vern said one time "I may be far from the "hollow", but the "hollow's" not far from me. I'm ;sure that most of us feel that way about "home". Brenda | BAS | Austin, TX | 11-15-2004 |
| Hi Harriet! I thought you were a member of our 'traveling circus.' Vern, if she wasn't, who the heck was? And, thanks for reminding me that I had a sense of humor...I thought I'd lost it!--Especially now that the cold dark winter is settling in. Yes, it was great running into you at the Folk Festival...just think how odd that
actually was since we were only 2 of about 130,000 people there that day! To those of you 'from here' who have are now 'from away' I want you to know -- that those of us who have remained here have tried our best to preserve the things you remember as being 'home.' For instance, the hard work of the Historical Society has 'saved' the old fire/police station (it was destined to be a public parking lot) but now the plan is to turn it into a museum. Dick Graves was a major force in that project -- thank you Dick! | Norma (Jandreau) McEntee | Presque Isle, Maine | 11-15-2004 |
| Hey Marc well said! Are you living in Portland now? Pam was wondering where you were. Also did you know our 30th(UGH) Class reunion might be July 16th 2005. If you haven't heard from anyone about it you need to get a hold of Carolyn Footer Doyen. Nice seeing your words back on the web site. ;-) | Karen Costello Beaulieu | Powder Springs GA | 11-15-2004 |
| Marc,
Well said! Thanks! | WL | Oregon | 11-15-2004 |
| Hi Gail and Dwayne . Greetings from across town. Claudette says hello to Dwayne. | dick delong | West of Brooksville Fl | 11-14-2004 |
| :-) hope there is no snow on the ground yet. nice in florida, 84 today. | gail cleaves | brooksville, fl | 11-14-2004 |
| sorry for the long comments.. felt chatty !!!( it wouldnt let me post this long thing as one piece)
---Part 1 There was a comment made by an anonymous guest(# 2181)that "you all talk to the same people, answer the same people's questions, just like in the high school clicks. Do you not realize that there are others out there talking on this web site? Do you not care?"--I would like to address that...---What I find amazing and touching about this website is that I have been put in contact with people I haven't talked to in decades, or people that I did know of, but never had,took, or made the opportunity to get to know them when we all lived in Presque Isle..Due to this website, I have read wonderful, nostalgic and heartfelt comments of memories of Presque Isle. | marc libby | | 11-14-2004 |
| Part 2 Many times, I have smiled when there is mention of a person that I haven’t thought of in years. Sometimes, I have responded personally to the author or publicly commented to this website with my banal comments of what memories their words have trigged in my 46 yr old mind. I may have not known the authors of these messages as a child in Presque Isle, but I feel a wonderful sense of common ground now that I have met them later in life. Perhaps while growing up, I felt there was nothing in common with those that are writing. There may have been what at that time seemed social, financial, or relational "clicks" that I was not a part of..or, I just didn’t interact with those people. In reality, it was really that we didn’t have or take the opportunity to get to know each other as we lived in the same town. Perhaps many of the postings are between people who have not spoken with each other for many years or decades. Through the postings on this website, many of us are continuing friendships that were developed as children, and now are gloriously celebrated as adults with much affection. | marc libby | | 11-14-2004 |
| Part 3As people from The County, we share in common the same childhood roots, whether we had indoor plumbing or not. whether we thought we had nothing because we only had a wood stove to heat our frozen homes, and now, nostalgically, remember the wonderful smell and sense of home that a wood stove brings to us, regardless if we live in Texas, Maine, or Fiji..We remember the smell of snow, the sound it made under our boots, as we sit stuck on a freeway in Phoenix while our car's air conditioning decides to gasp it last freon breath in the middle of a 116 degree day July. Or that we read about the passing or illness of a Presque Isle resident, and pass on condolences and words of kindness to the family. Reading the postings and memories of "Do you remember this or that" or "Where is that person now?" , as well as other comments has for me triggered a wonderful memory of a much less complicated life, and the people and surroundings of that time. | marc libby | portland maine | 11-14-2004 |
| Part 4 So, we, as having lived in or having Presque Isle connections, all share a common history, which, if you compare it to those of many others in America, was extremely unique.. many of us grew up picking potatoes as children, and maybe that was the only money we had to buy our clothes for the school year.. many of us may have had what might have been seemingly easy lives to others in such a small town, but life is an equalizer, and in the Divine Order of life, we all have had lessons in humility, forgiveness, love, and overcoming our hurts, and truly creating ourselves as God directs, as we step up to the plate to swing our bats at life. everyone learns different life lessons, and maybe a lesson we have learned in life allows us to reach out to our fellow man and say words of encouragement or kindness, right at the most needed time.. | marc libby | | 11-14-2004 |
| Part 5 I have seen countless postings to and from each member of this Presque Isle group, sent with that same fondness, reverence and new found common ground with people that, perhaps as children we didn’t know, but now as adults, realize the common ground and experiences, and feel that the interactions from Home are comforting, healing, and come from the heart. My thoughts on what makes a "click" is some sort of group that develops because of similar backgrounds, or common interest. So, anonymous commenter # 2181, you, as a current or past resident of Presque Isle also belongs to that click.. Celebrate it! | marc libby | | 11-14-2004 |
| BRRRR
Good Morning All! It must be time for me to migrate south for the winter, 18F here this morning. We have seen a huge flock of geese and ducks in a field in Mapleton and 6 or 7 deer off the end of the runway down in PI. Not much to look forward to for weather in N Texas next week, showers and thunder storms but it will be good to get home.
Amy C
Things have not changed much here as far as the slipping and sliding are concerned. I had to repair and reposition my sister-in-laws mail box 2 days after we got here. Someone had gotten it coming up the UP the hill. But now the first snow is past it wont be bad until the first rain and freeze and then lookout.
Peace Arch | Arch | Sleepy Hollow | 11-14-2004 |
| I was born in Maine, moved to Florida when I was about 12, but I visited Presque Isle for an overnight visit on July 13th, about 25 years ago. By the way the weather conditions that day was raining and cold (at least to a FL girl like me) I was 40 degrees. | Judy Decker Binzel | Florida | 11-14-2004 |
| I REALLY want to see Maine. It is on my wish list of places to visit!!! | Marilyn Masters | Baton Rouge, La. | 11-13-2004 |
| The name of the store across the street from the high school was called Buzzy's back in the late 70's early 80's and then renamed Still Buzzy's. Is the store still there? Last time I was there they had put a fence around the high school. :D | guest | | 11-13-2004 |
| Norma and Vern, I was in Glenna Smith's speech class and do not remember going on a "do not smoke" outing to elementary schools. I do remember how fun those classes were, though. We put on plays for the whole school to see us make monkeys our of ourselves. Good for the soul. I know that Scott Berry and Bob Graves were two of the people in my class. Norma, Vern is right. Anyone who was /is lucky to know you understands how fun you were/are to be around. I was so great to see you at the National Folk Festival in Bangor this past summer.
Sarah (Sally), You said for all to "say prayers for (your) nephew Mike Bradley". Did I miss something? You said he is a fireman. What happened?Bill Gerrish (Linda C. Dumont's brother-in-law) taught, or tried to teach me in Zippel School. He was a young and fun teacher who had just attended school with my older sister, Letitia. We all liked him.
Gus's store, across from the High School and a local hang-out for some, was named Gus's when I arrived at the HS in 1968.
Richard Eselby, the Air Force member stationed at PI for 3 years: It's good to hear from you. I don't remember hearing your name while I lived there, but I went to school and to church with so many Air Force kids and families and I wonder where they all are now. Some of the last names were McNally, Hulton, Whittle, Hagburg and Morgan. | Harriet (Libby) Bitar | Southington, CT | 11-13-2004 |
| Yo brad, what is up my homey. I can seeeee you! hehehehe | JVJ | | 11-12-2004 |
| Hello from southern Maine all. Just sitting here watching the spitting snow from out my office window and wondering how much we'll get. Probably not as much as you all up in Aroostook last weekend.
Arch--your mentions occasionally of Condon Hill brings back winter memories for sure. I grew up in Mapleton and went down that hill sideways in my car a few times in snowy weather.
Anyway, a big hello to all up in the P.I./Mapleton area. Anyone on here who might recognize my name, drop me a line sometime. | Amy (Dube) Cyr | Lewiston, Maine | 11-12-2004 |
| Nice to meet you Pam. Aunt Evelyn was my Dad's sister and she and Uncle Edward were also my godparents. I moved from Caribou in the late 50's and haven't seen the cousins in years. Della and I began writing to each other after Aunt Evelyn passed away. Then one day there was no answer to my letter. It was months later that I found out why, from another uncle. My visits to Caribou have been rare, about every 20 years. Yes Pam, it is a small world. Wait a minute, I think we are 2nd cousins. It surely is a small world and thanks so much to the people who make these sites and guestbooks available....lets keep in touch.........Donna | Donna | Florida | 11-12-2004 |
| Sorry, Donna, I missed your comment on 2169. Yes, his name is Delwood Damboise and he is still practicing dentistry. It's a small world after all, it's a small, small world (you know that song).
:-) | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, TN | 11-12-2004 |
| Good Morning Austin
BAS, Thank you for your thoughts of Dad. We are enjoying the cold but enough is enough. We, the Mrs. and I remember why we left Maine and to sum it up in one word, COLD. You and Vern are right about the snow, I always said that it squeaked but crunch is close enough. I tell those Texans about it and they look at me like Huh! so I remind them about the old Coke ad with the polar bears in it. If you remember right, the snow crunched in it. That ad agency was right on the ball.
When I looked out over Mapleton as a kid I would look at the smoke from the chimneys and try to guess how cold it was by how low or high the the temperature inversion was. If the smoke went up quite a ways and then flattened out it was a ways below zero but if it only went up a short way then flattened out then Katy bar the door cause it was colder than all getout. Hopefully we can get on our way before it snows any more.
Pax Arch | Arch | Aroostook | 11-12-2004 |
| Hi PAC,
I'm assuming that you missed my note to you yesterday. You can find it at record #2169.......Donna | Donna | Florida | 11-12-2004 |
| Good morning from Austin, TX. It's a chilly 45* here this morning. Some people say that "winter has arrived"ha!
Arch, you'll come back to warmer weather than you've had in the last week, but hopefully we're going to feel some cooler weather now for awhile. Have a safe trip back to TX.I'm sure it was good to be in "the Hollow" and to see some people you probably hadn't seen in awhile. Again, my sympathy in the loss of your father.
VH, yes, you do "paint a picture" with your words.......I can see the smoke, now, coming from the chimneys into the frigid air. It's a Christmas card scene. When I was in elementary (back in the 50's)the boots we wore zipped up the front and had a little ring of fur around the top. And yes, they "crunched" against the hard snow. We had to walk down a long driveway to get on the bus.....Bus #8....CJ knows this well. And our bus driver's name was Glen. Nan (my grandmother) knit our mittens and hats. We knew how to dress for cold weather. People here freeze when it's cold, but they don't dress for it. We had to wear skirts and/or dresses to school, but we wore "leggings" underneath. They were quite heavy things, probably wool, but they were warm. Our classrooms even had "coat closets" and in the winter they were sure full of each child's winter stuff. We probably spent quite a bit of time putting all of that stuff on and then taking it off once we got to school. | BAS | | 11-12-2004 |
| We come every year to snowmobile, great riding, nice place! Use web cam to check snow. Thanks for the cam. Bob | R Miller | Saratoga NY | 11-12-2004 |
| Yes, the site growing, thanks to all of you! As for Chuck Johnston, he used to own that little store on Academy st. you mentioned. It used to be called "Chuck's" (in the 70's I think). He then sold it after which it was Gus's, then Gus's Daughter's, then Home Town Variety and now it's back in the ownership of Chuck and called Chuck's. I think this history is correct....DG can correct me if it isn't! Chuck's is also the cheapest place to buy Houlton Farm's Milk in Presque Isle. I stop there often. | Webmaster | | 11-12-2004 |
| PAC, was DG talking about Chuck Johnston who graduated in 1972? DG, wasn't his sister Mary? I think she went out with Donnie Kierstead when he and Jerry were in HS. | Jeanne Tolley | | 11-12-2004 |
| DG,
Did your father-in-law really work for NASA?
Vern | Vern | | 11-12-2004 |
| Good Friday everyone,
Oh, this website is growing! thanks to our wonderful webmaster and all of you who make it what it is! Join in and have fun! Hey, DG, I remembered on my drive home yesterday what I wanted to ask you -- who is Chuck Johnston, whom you mentioned to me while I was there? Does he run the old Gus's grocery on Academy Street, thereafter called Gus's daughter's? Fill us in on this friend of yours. :-) Oh, and what about those electrifying bowling games? I went to the bowling alley here last night and had a ball! | PAC | Capitol of Tennessee | 11-12-2004 |
| to the one stationed at Presque Isle airforce base, when were you stationed there? | c | | 11-12-2004 |
| JC thanks. My sister (gail lyford) and my mom (mona blanchard) both emailed me the same info (although not about them not taking appointments!) Thanks for the info! Hopefully, it will work out!
Appreciate the info. | tenlee | westport island, me | 11-12-2004 |
| this amazes me. you all talk to the same people, answer the same people's questions, just like in the high school clicks. Do you not realize that there are others out there talking on this web site? Do you not care? Why is it the same people talk to the same people, and never acknowledge anyone else? This is why the web site doesn't grow. Just my 2 cents.
As for the man (can't remember his name now) that served in the armed services way back when and was stationed in P.I. surely there is someone out there that cares. I care, but am too young to remember you. | guest | | 11-12-2004 |
| Vern H
You have painted a picture with your words that has brought back many a fond memory of as you aptly put it an uncomplicated time. One of sneaking a ride behind someones car on tobbogan or a set of bobsleds, of handsledding under the moonlight or making a slide in the schoolyard by smuggling out water and then stomping those half moon furniture glides with those three prongs on them into the soles of your shoes and skating all recess. One of my favorite things was the snow fence behind Dads house, we would dig 5 or 6 ft dia holes down to the ground in front of them after the drifts were high and then connect the holes with tunnels,crazy now that I think about it but we at least were not getting into trouble. Of not waiting till the snow was even half gone before building your own kite and tying it to the snow fence and sitting in school looking out the window watching it fly instead of studying.
I better quit before I wear out my typing finger here. Oh, as far as the wood smoke is concerned, we burned 6 or 7 cords of wood a winter and it was my job to split it and throw and pile it in the celler if Dad didnt have the money to by it all split.
Memories are forever
Peace Arch
PS. We have 30 min. CD of Ebs latest Christmas songs. | Arch | actually over the hill | 11-11-2004 |
| Arch,
Thanks for the update on the Hollow.
As I am sure that you remember, in the 50's, most folks in the Hollow burned wood to heat their homes. While waiting for the school bus at the end of the driveway, I would "enjoy" the cold crisp County morning. When the pressure was high and the wind calm, the smoke would climb straight up from the chimneys, piercing the deep blue sky. The fields were covered by a blanket of bleached white snow. I shifted from one foot to the other to keep warm and I could hear the snow "crunch" under the sole of my rubber buckle-up boots. The smell of wood smoke was unmistakable.
My father would feed the chickadees "day old" bread crumbs and yelled at the thieving Blue Jays. They didn't seem to listen. I returned home once in the 80's and the scene repeated itself, only this time the bus did not stop and the bird feeder was empty.
Eb Lovely was our bus driver and he would sing to keep his restless cargo quiet. He could yodel with the best of them. It was an uncomplicated time.
I hope that "y'all" have a safe trip back to Texas. It is warm here.
Ah yes, Texas, "Never have so many been so proud of so little."
Regards,
Vern | Vh | Far South | 11-11-2004 |
| PAC
What really makes this snow even tolerable is my favorite place, Tim Hortons. It has got D(r)unken Donuts beat by a mile. A great place for the older set to go and chat. Soooo when I get old thats where Im gonna hang out. :rolleyes:
Peace Arch | Arch | | 11-11-2004 |
| Hi PAC
Yes the weather that you had would have been preferable but it isnt bad here. It is great to be here in Aroostook, if we were anywhere else but you would hear me complaining out there in Nashville.
Pax Arch | Arch | halfway up the hill | 11-11-2004 |
| dg...well, that just made me LOL. They're probably wondering here what just got into me. Oh well, they don't have much of a sense of humor here. I seriously need to think of moving back to the county. People here just don't like to smile and they are so stressed. I bet the physicians here make a killin'
because of it, you know, the stressed out lifestyle. I noticed that when I first moved here and I see it all the time. I should be an undercover cop (in a way I am). :D :p :cool: I'll probably remember what I was going to ask you on my way home, which is where I am headed now. | pac | | 11-11-2004 |
| PAC...
I'm waiting for you to think of what you were thinking and forgot.......... | DG | PAC | 11-11-2004 |
| DG...driving to work this AM, I was going to ask you something on here, but I cannot remember now what it was. I better get a move on and get those photos in the mail to you. | pac | | 11-11-2004 |
| Hi Arch,
Isn't it great to be in Aroostook County? but I know you would have liked the weather much better like when I was there. Oh, well, weather is weather. I like snow, rain, sun, whatever. Webmaster, the webcams look great today.
:-) | PAC | Nashville, TN | 11-11-2004 |
| Hi Jeanne,
I'm in Lake Park, Palm Beach County. | Donna | Florida | 11-11-2004 |
| Vern
As I said a while ago, there are no potato houses in the Hollow, there is a U-Store place about where the last potato house stood there on the right hand side going towards PI. Almost directly accross from where Corrows used to live.
Pax Arch | Arch | | 11-11-2004 |
| Donna-Where are you in FLorida? | Jeanne Tolley | Daytona Beach | 11-11-2004 |
| Hi pac,
I often peek in on Northern Maine, from Florida, through PI's webcams and occasionally read the friendly notes you all write to each other. Always enjoy when someone writes of by-gone times in "The County." Yesterday you wrote about your uncle in Portland. I Have a cousin in Portland who matches up with what you wrote. Probably just a coincidence but, might his name be Delwood?............Donna | Donna | Florida | 11-11-2004 |
| BRRRRR
Cold on my bald head, looks like rain and snow off and on for the rest of the week :-(
Peace Arch | Arch | Sleepy Hollow | 11-11-2004 |
| Tenlee, There are several nail places, but the first one that comes to mind is Nail City at the mall because I go there. Be prepared to spend the entire day or at least half the day as they don't take appointments. You just sign in and they take you when they can.
V,
I'll definitely need some of that warm Texas air come January when it could be 50 below! In the meantime, I love this pre-winter weather. So far, today doesn't look as nice as yesterday, but there is still hope for some sunshine. It's only 8:30AM. | JC | PI | 11-11-2004 |
| Can any of you P.I. folks tell me if there is a Nail Salon in Presque Isle or Caribou? I have my nails done twice a month (my only pampering) and I'm going to be in P.I. for Thanksgiving, and thought it would be nice for my sisters and my mom and me to all go have our nails done together. I've looked for web sites, but haven't found any.
Thanks in advance! :-) | tenlee | westport island, me | 11-11-2004 |
| Paul, might that have been Orion's belt you saw this morning in the western sky? -Three fairly bright stars in a row, etc. Orion would have been in that direction at the time you mentioned.
I THINK the Southern Cross is visible only from the southern hemisphere, but having grown up with me, you're aware of the reliability factor of anything I say.
10 degrees, huh? "Sure hope the frost didn't kill the turnips!" | Waldo Libby | Oregon | 11-11-2004 |
| We are originally from Easton and Crouseville. The US Navy has taken us away and it's nice to see the kind of weather we are not missing while being stationed in Florida. | Bruce & Sonya Robbins | | 11-10-2004 |
| Speaking of the Northern Lights, this early morning before I got into the truck to go to work in Fort Kent, I saw the Southern Cross in the western sky. The Northern Lights were all over the sky and even pulsating big bands of light. On the Eastern hoizon was the Cresant Moon with Jupiter and Venus poised above it.
We have very clear skies with no street lights to dim the heavenly view.
It was also 10 degrees. And that is this morning's view of Northern Maine. | Paul Libby | | 11-10-2004 |
| VH: Cool Springs is somewhat out of my normal stomping grouds; however, I've heard that Cool Springs Galleria is a beautiful mall; Faith Hill shops there on Wednesdays. That area of Nashville is beautiful; Franklin and Brentwood are beautiful too (that's where the stars live and some of the docs I work for also live in that area (Williamson County). I really think you would like Nashville. I love it now, but of course, I will always miss Aroostook County. Just think, if you move here, then I'll get to see ya. :-) | PAC | Nashville, TN | 11-10-2004 |
| Hi JC
Yes it was beautiful today. We are here until Monday morning. As I said it is a great break from the heat, it was 73 degrees there in Fort Worth today. But the weather is going to change for the worse there after today, 50s and 60s with cold rain.
:-( Peace Arch | Arch | | 11-10-2004 |
| PAC,
Tell me a note on Cool Springs, TN. It was mentioned as a great place to consider for retirement. What do you know about the place???
vb | vh | Houston | 11-10-2004 |
| Linda, I did have Bill Gerrish in school, but I can't remember what for. He was such a nice guy and always smiling. | Jeanne Tolley | | 11-10-2004 |
| JC,
It's 79 degrees and feels like 83. I have dug out the jars that you sent to me last summer containing cool County air. Today, I am filling all of the jars with warm, gentle, breezes off from the Gulf. They should arrive next week. Use only in case of emergency. Refills are free.
We're a little short on Northern Lights here. Any chance that you can send an evening full?
v | Vh | HOU | 11-10-2004 |
| Arch - if you were still here today you must have thought it was a beautiful day - I know, I know it only got up to 32, but the blue sky and sunshine was wonderful, huh?! | JC | PI | 11-10-2004 |
| Jeanne,
I'll have to ask my sister what her name was bacause she went back to see her several times and they bacame good friends. Were you in school when my brother-in-law was at the High School? His name is Bill Gerrish. He taught for many years at different schools.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | PA | 11-10-2004 |
| Wow, now that really is a something. I think I remember the girl you are talking about. I can't remember her name, but I think she hung around with Debbie and Carla Lynch, who lived next door to me on Allen Street. | Jeanne Tolley | | 11-10-2004 |
| Jeanne,
My youngest sister lives in Coconut Creek Fl. Went to the Dentist Office to get her teeth cleaned and was talking to the girl who said she was from Maine. When the conversation continued, it turned out to be the kid that lived next door to us on Barton St. She was Bob Hayden's daughter who I use to babysit. Small world huh!!!!!
Linda | LCD | PA | 11-10-2004 |
| Linda, That reminds me--when Kara and Andy Marino came down a couple weeks ago, they took a cab from the airport because I was working. They got to talking to the cab driver and he was from Eagle Lake! We had a good laugh about that. What a small world. | Jeanne Tolley | Sunny Florida | 11-10-2004 |
| DG,
Last night on our local news they claimed the coldest spot today would be Eagle Lake Maine. Got a kick out of hearing the name in Pa. Looks like you just have a few flakes left but seems a tad on the chilly side. That time of year huh.
Dick DeLong,
Ment to get back to you sooner. Happy you made it back to Fl ok. Can't say I feel sorry for you in the warm weather. Enjoy it for all of us snow bird up here.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 11-10-2004 |
| Can you believe I didn't even watch the CMA award show last nite? I was too tired and went to bed at 6:30! Don't know who the big winners were, but that Keith Urban (from Australia) is a nice guy I think. Maybe he won, don't know yet. And, Martina McBride has a new song which I have not heard yet called
"God's Will" about a boy named Will, bet that's a great song! She's got some fantastic songs. She was on with Alan Jackson at the concert I went to back in May. Marc, so you've been in Portland - cool. We used to go there, our grandparents lived there and our uncle who's a dentist lives in Falmouth. They moved there from Caribou many years ago.
We thought it was so cool to go to Old Orchard Beach. Phil Sirois from my class lives in Cape Elizabeth. He used to go to Africa to film the gorillas and he has done a documentary on them, he sent it to me. He was THE person I wanted to see at my 30th class reunion and sure enuf, he was there! gotta get to work now....later.... | pac | | 11-10-2004 |
| Good morning everyone,
Guess I'll stay in Nashville; when you get a little too much stress in your life, you tend to get these wild ideas about moving, etc. I am going to stay in Music City USA. I like it here and I work at probably the best hospital right now in Nashville, Centennial Medical Center. It is beautiful and growing, they have just recently built on and I am going to take pictures. And, I must say that the drivers were good this AM. :-) | PAC | cool and beautiful Nashville | 11-10-2004 |
| Hi Vern
Send us a care package soonest!!
Really this is a nice break from all that heat, we could have done without all the snow but we cant have all we want. As far as the potato houses go, most of the small farmers have been gone for years and mechanization has changed the way the rest of them farm. Those old houses were fire traps and needless to say older than the hills. Now the biggest % of spuds are shipped by truck.
Peace Arch | Arch | Crown of Maine | 11-10-2004 |
| PAC, my wife, a former medical-records coder says you might be able to find companies needing transcriptionists working from home via their computers and the internet. Thus, you could live wherever you want, as long as you can get a good broadband connection. You probably have already seen those job listings, if you subscribe to the trade magazine, "Advance."
Good luck! | Waldo Libby | Oregon | 11-10-2004 |
| Ok, J-Cee and DG, you've got until the first of February to find me a good medical transcription job up there. :-)
My apt. lease is up then, well actually the first of March. I'm serious. :cool: Guess I need to start looking at the Star Herald and the Aroostook Republican. | pac | | 11-09-2004 |
| Where have I been? Just real busy at work these past 2 days. Hey, DG, what about all those 8 dollar an hour jobs in the county you mentioned? No,seriously, I would need more than that. Kinda thinking today of maybe moving back there; been talking to J-Cee today about this. If I could get a job doing what I do, then I'll start packing.
:-) | PAC | beautiful Nashville | 11-09-2004 |
| Webmaster, thanks for the explanation about the scenic web-cam. -Guess I'll just have to use some common sense and quit trying to look at things in the middle of the night, huh?
Thanks for hosting this web site, by the way. You're doing a great job! | Waldo Libby | Oregon | 11-09-2004 |
| Arch,
I'll send you some warm weather. This is the time of year to be here. 70s/50s. Right now 72.
No potato houses at Brenen siding??? What's the story?
Vern | Vh | Houston | 11-09-2004 |
| Goodness Me
Is it this cold here all the time?
:p Peace Arch | Arch | | 11-09-2004 |
| Norma,
Fantastic to hear from you. The school trips... Ah yes, that truly was great acting! Mr. Ladner would have been sooo proud of us. I am at a loss to remember our touring partners though. What I DO remember is your laughter. No matter what, you made everyone laugh and feel great. What great memories, thanks.
V. | vhall | Sunny Houston | 11-08-2004 |
| I really enjoy looking at your web site.I really like the picture of the old court house.I was born there in 1956 and three weeks later the new hodpital open.I now live down in Stuart FL.I really miss the County,but I am now disabled and not able to travel back there any more.The last there my wife who is from Houlton rented a 4 wheel drive and went up to Ashland down thru the woods.It was so nice.Keep up the good work. | Floyd Cousins | Stuart Fl. | 11-08-2004 |
| I just had to say 'Hi' to Vern Hall. Vern, do you remember in high school -- Dan Ladner's speech class -- we used to go around to the elementary schools and do a program about the dangers of smoking?...It was great fun! But I smoked at the time -- and I couldn't wait to get out of the school building...so I could smoke all the way over and back...Was it Harriet Libby and Rick Frazier that went with us? | Norma (Jandreau) McEntee | Presque Isle, Maine | 11-08-2004 |
| Waldo, the Last Six Images are the last 6 hourly images available to subscribers. Ie, the last 6 hours, not the last 36 hours. Although with it getting dark around 5 pm now, it does seem like we have 36 hours of darkness. Yuck! :-( | Webmaster | | 11-08-2004 |
| No problem here I get three pictures of each day and night. :confused: | NC | S SPRINGS FL | 11-08-2004 |
| Kim, "Almost Maine" will be playing at the Portland Stage Company on Forest Ave. through Nov. 21st. See it if you get the chance! We have about 75 students from PIHS going to see it on Nov. 18th. | JC | PI | 11-08-2004 |
| All right, where's the complaint department? ;-)
Webmaster, the legend above the scenic-cam picture says it's image is updated every six hours, and it would seem that viewing the last six images would offer samples of roughly the last 36 hours, and at least a couple of those ought to be daytime shots. When I try that from my humble dial-up connection, I get six copies of the same night-time picture. -Tried it this time at about 0050 EST Monday. I know it's not dark all the time in PI this time of year, unless things have changed a lot since I moved away.
Thanks for checking it out! | Waldo Libby | Oregon | 11-08-2004 |
| -Saw some reports on the web from points east that the northern lights were putting on quite a show tonight. -Went outside to check it out, but it was starting to get foggy around the horizon, and I didn't see anything. Did any of you have a decent display at your place? We used to see them often from the farm on the Burlock Road, but have yet to see them in Oregon.
Maybe we'll be able to watch the "show" from our place in Vassalboro, once we move after selling our house in Oregon. -Got a few nibbles, but haven't been able to set the hook yet. | Waldo Libby | Forest Grove, OR | 11-08-2004 |
| Almost, Maine is at Portland Stage Company.. on Forest Ave. tickets around $30 each. | marc libby | portland maine | 11-07-2004 |
| Marc Libby, Do you know how much longer the "Almost Maine" play will be in Portland? Which theatre? I would love to see it. | Kim Carroll Murchison | Scarborough, ME | 11-07-2004 |
| Sure love to see your Snow. It looks so pretty. We were just up in P.I. for a few days to see my family. At that time the weather was perfect. Please say Prayers for my Nephew Mike Bradley (one of your findest Fireman.)His Mother Gloria Grant is my Sister.
This ia a wonderful site and I look every day to see what your weather is. Today here it is 75* a pleasant day just 5 degrees to warm...
Thank you for having this site..
Sarah :-) | Sarah (Sally) | Mandeville, La. | 11-07-2004 |
| I agree with my little brother, "Almost Maine" is worth seeing. The only thing that was missing is how we say "rate here" for " right here". We'll have to remind John Cariani of that. ;-) I'd love to see the play done at the Caribou Performing Arts Center. Bravo to another good County Boy! We have a lot of smart County people out there!
It sounds like we need to pull out our woolies! It's that time of year again! | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta, Me. | 11-07-2004 |
| Great site. Hope to visit in person someday! | Brenda Kunkel | Burlington - Skagit Valley WA | 11-07-2004 |
| Nice wenbsite | Rodney | Newburgh,Maine | 11-07-2004 |
| Hey... I just saw "Almost, Maine" tonight with my sister Meredith and a friend.. what a cute, touching play.. and the mention of Ma Dudley's almost brought a tear to my eye.. anyone with PI roots in portland should see it before it goes to NYC..the house manager said that half of the opening night's audience was from Presque Isle. and, it was REALLY good to see the Kelley sisters and family there!! I havent seen Becky since High School.. great writing, touching.. sweet.. kind of like a Cathie Pellitier book on stage.. in case anyone hasnt read her stuff, "The Funeral Makers" is a MUST read for county residents.. or those who moved away.. sweet, touching book.. all o f her writing is. she is from the Allagash area as a child. | marc libby | portland maine | 11-06-2004 |
| Former Air Force Memeber who was in PI for 31/2 years. | Richard H Eselby | Orlando, FL | 11-06-2004 |
| Arch..
Help yourself to a "Peeping Tom" act, we're pretty loose around the office. Ask PAC, right? The camera is so high, though, you need a ladder....there's one PAC and I used right inside the main door on the west side (Wal*Mart side). Help yourself if the office is open.... | DG | PI | 11-06-2004 |
| DG
Sure would appreciate it. Been by your office several times and thought I might climb up on your planter or whatever it is under your window and say Howdy to the world but the Mrs. said she wouldnt bail me out for being a peeping tom so I guess I wont try it. ;-)
Peace Arch | Arch | | 11-05-2004 |
| PAC
All you have to do is type(Maine hazecam net) into internet explorer or what ever and let her rip. After the page comes up click on either of the top two links, after that comes up then click on PI and after that comes up click on high res. I tried to cut and paste the link so you could copy it down but this guest book wouldnt take for some reason???
Peace Arch | Arch | | 11-05-2004 |
| Viewers..
Actually, the message before should say "front yard", not backyard (dah). Note that "front yard" is a two-word word only....backyard can be both. I just looked it up in Webster's.... | DG | PI | 11-05-2004 |
| Looks like a winter wonderland already! Your storm sure is a lot prettier than ours have been. The scenic cam looks like a postcard. Pretty to look at.... | yeehawma | SUNNY Florida | 11-05-2004 |
| Hey, Otie...
Here's a shot for you and the other viewers to show what you're NOT missing. Didn't stay dry today...very slushy. Here's my backyard today, however, in California, they're not called "backyards"....what do they call 'em?
Arch and PAC..
If'n I can remind mself tomorrow morning when I go in to work, I'll change the angle of the camera just a smidge and include a corner of Horten's. We'll try it for a spell. | DG | PI | 11-05-2004 |
| Hey webmaster, time to change the clock? The time just said 6:41 and it is 2:41 here in CA. My compliments on your fine work with this whole setup. Hey D.G. you staying dry? Sunny and warm here. | Otis Clair | Wonder Valley, CA | 11-05-2004 |
| Arch, I am not a computer wizard like you are, how do I do that? I'm sure I can figure it out. Ok, I'll try. I only can do this at work, not at home. :o | pac | | 11-05-2004 |
| PAC
Ooops disregard that last and put Maine haze cam net in your browser and click on the PI link and then click on the high resolution link ENJOY a full screen view. The 8 am pic is up, I didnt try the 3pm one it is slow sometimes on thast one. :D
Pax Arch | Arch | | 11-05-2004 |
| PAC
Use this link and click on the high resolution bar for a view of the snow. hazecam.net/micmac.html#
Pax Arch | Arch | Snow,Snow &more etc | 11-05-2004 |
| yeah, I agree with Arch on the camera angle - to get Tim Horton's in, that would be cool. I've been lookin at the snow - it's so pretty. I miss it. | PAC | | 11-05-2004 |
| Hi All
We have about 3in of wet snow here about halfway up Condon Hill in Sleepy Hollow. Very large flakes last night and all morning, now the flakes have gotten smaller and the snow has lightened up but it is still snowing. It is forcasted to snow until early Monday morning.
Things are a little hectic here now but we have had a chance to go to Governors and the obligatory (for me anyway) to Tim Hortons.
Aside to DG
DG after I get back to Tejas you could swing that camera just a smidgen to the west so we can see Tims place.
Vern H
I didnt notice 2 yrs ago when I was here but now there are no potato houses in the Hollow. That marks the passing of an era, HMMM feeling a little old. I hope it is just the old arthritis kicking up and not old age, wait dont the two usually go hand in hand? ;-)
Pax Arch & Mikki | Arch | Snow Country | 11-05-2004 |
| how much snow?
vh | Vern | | 11-05-2004 |
| Arch,
My sincere sympathy to you and your family on the loss of your father.
And, there is beautiful snow while you're there. :-( :-) | PAC | beautiful Nashville, TN | 11-05-2004 |
| I agree with guests 2103 and 2104. Of course, we can talk about politics on here; there's politics in just about everything, if not everything, and I'm not shy. Used to be in high school, but not now. :-) Hey, DG, how much snow has fallen in beautiful PI? Also, I think we should respect whoever is President of the USA; ya don't have to like him, but respect is good. :-) It's a tough job and someone has to step up to the plate. Happy Friday everyone! | PAC | | 11-05-2004 |
| I want to say thanks for maintaining the web cam.I'm enjoying watching it snow up your way.Cloudy and windy where I am---but no snow yet. :-) | Former Aroostookite | Central Maine | 11-05-2004 |
| Cool site. | Roland Cyr | | 11-05-2004 |
| Ahh, Snow!! It looks beautiful to me. Of course I might feel differently if I were there and had to contend with it , but somehow, I don't think so; I think I would love it as much as I used to all the years I lived in the County.
Arch, you know how much I loved your dad. My thoughts have been with you and all of his family these past several days. | Marian | Houston, Tx | 11-05-2004 |
| Imagine my surprise when I looked at the Scenic Cam this morning! It brings back alot of memories. It looks great to me, but, it's easy to say, because I"m not in it and I don't have to shovel it.I wouldn't mind it for awhile, I just wouldn't want several months of it.
Vern: Take a look at COM and get out that hat!
Arch: I offer my sympathy to you and your family. Yes, you took the snow with you! | BAS | much cooler Austin, TX | 11-05-2004 |
| Live in NH and Also have property In PI ...
The cam helps us to see the local weather
Thanks
Bob and Heidi Jordan | Bob Jordan | Epping NH / Chapman Rd P.I. | 11-05-2004 |
| Thanks for all of your thoughts we appreciate them a lot.
Arch and Mikki and the family.
Peace Arch | Arch | County | 11-05-2004 |
| Hmmm
1st snow, dont you know I would have to be here in it. It snowed 8-10in up in the Pan Handle Tuesday and Wednesday so I guess you could say I brought it with me.
:confused:
Peace Arch | Arch | Snow Country(The County) | 11-05-2004 |
| politics should be able to be talked about. nobody has to agree with anyone else, but in America you have the freedom of choice. if people can't disagree without arguing, that is their problem! | guest | | 11-04-2004 |
| To viewer: I agree with you, but we aren't supposed to talk politics on here.
It's too much of a divider of people. It's hard to keep quiet though. | guest | | 11-04-2004 |
| Arch,
Our thoughts are with you.
Regards,
Vern | Vern Hall | Houston, TX | 11-04-2004 |
| Yes, Clarence Archer is Arche's farther. | NC | S SPRINGS | 11-04-2004 |
| BAS
Send the e-mail to my work e-mail, please.
V | Vern H | Beautiful Houston | 11-04-2004 |
| Congratulations to President George W. Bush on his re-election! | viewer | | 11-04-2004 |
| v....check your e-mail.
Maybe you could have used that Maine hat here this a.m......it was 39*!! That hat has a name. Do you have a winter LL Bean catalog? I'm sure it's warm and I'd have something on my head if I were in a Maine winter. Like you, I'd love to live in Maine for a few months each year in the future, but unlike you, I'd stay for at least the first snow. It's too beautiful to miss.
I read the obituary in the BDN for Clarence Archer. Is he Arch's father? I didn't see any family member's names. | BAS | Austin, Tx | 11-04-2004 |
| My Condolences to Arch on the loss of his farther. :-( | NC | S SPRINGS FL | 11-04-2004 |
| BAS,
What do I call my hat? Ugly but warm...
v | Vh | Hou-brrr-ston | 11-03-2004 |
| PAC thanks for the reply. We will resume our chat on that when I return. Husband and I are leaving for Curacao tomorrow. Snowing like crazy here! Now he wants to stay to snowmachine! Go figure :-) | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 11-03-2004 |
| V....I have to say that it is kind of funny to see people in fleece jackets and scarves and temps in the 50's. What if it got to the 20's??? They'd hibernate and say they should cancel school. PAC came to visit several years ago during the Christmas holidays. The nite I picked her up at the Austin airport was one of our coldest.....it was 6*. imagine her disappointment. She was looking for the 70's.......but she did get some of that while she was here. Vern, don't put on an LL Bean scarf yet and definitely don't put on one of those funny Maine hats with the "flaps". What do you call those hats anyway? | BAS | Austin, TX | 11-03-2004 |
| Okay, maybe it's not really freezing per se. But it is chilly (64) and the clouds do look like snow. Tonight, I will venture into the closet and seek out the LL Bean garb. Who knows... my stockin' hat and wool mittens may come in handy. Amarillo got 8 1/2 inches of snow yesterday.
I love this weather.
vh :-) | Vern H | Freezing Houston | 11-03-2004 |
| Jeanne, I just sent you mail! No, Ron and his Dad do not farm their land anymore, but they still own it I think.
It is really sad what has happened to the Ashley farm. It was beautiful when we lived there, so we have those wonderful memories and that is important.
At one time, I wished I could have gone back there and lived on the farm. Oh well, I am quite content with my life the way it is now. Hey ya'll, come visit Nashville. | PAC | AJ's town | 11-03-2004 |
| I am jealous that some of you are cooling off. It is still in the mid to high 80's here. But the weather man says a cold front is coming on Friday and it is only going to be 76! Some cold front, huh? It will be in the low 60's at night and to me those are perfect temps. PAC-do the McPhersons not have their farm anymore? | Jeanne Tolley | Daytona Beach | 11-03-2004 |
| Rebecca: Ron McPherson is my age - 54.
He's really somethin'. J-Cee and I had so much fun with him that day riding around the farms out there in Parkhurst Siding, and the weather was absolutely perfect! He and his Dad used to have Robert D. McPherson & Son Country Club Farm on their potato house, since it was right next to the golf course. Nashville has turned colder too! Some of the girls here use their heaters in July and August!! :eek: | PAC | Music City | 11-03-2004 |
| BAS....I haven't gone far...you did ask me about moving back to PI...It won't be because the job would take me back or that I could retire now, but to keep my sanity I look forward to finding a way. I do like to shot first and figure the rest out later. | ed bonenfant | Trenton, Me | 11-03-2004 |
| There was snow in TX yesterday! I hear that Amarillo got 7 inches.....wow. Arch, did you get snow where you are? It's around 50 here this morning and windy and some people around here think it's sooooo cold. Not me, I love it, I've been waiting for this. Just a couple of days ago we were in the 90's and sweltering.
E.B.......where are you? | BAS | Austin | 11-03-2004 |
| Thanks PAC! Bob's parents are my Great Aunt and Uncle - both deceased now. I remember going to PI to visit them with other cousins. Ronnie was older than I am by a couple years I think. Sorry I had you girls older than me when I referred to you all being my Aunt and Uncle's ages - they are 5 or 6 years older than me only. | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 11-02-2004 |
| Viewers..
Anyone out there in viewerland desire that I move the N. Maine camera to a new angle? Give me a few suggestions and I'll see if they're feasible.......dg | DG | PI | 11-02-2004 |
| Glad you like the new angle. The camera was temporarily moved off the window sill it was on due to some halloween decorations being placed in the window and obstructing the view. It has been duck-taped (good ol Aroostook ingenuity) to an adjacent pipe providing the angle you see now. We hope to fix up something more permanent with the same angle soon. Thanks! | Webmaster | PI, ME | 11-02-2004 |
| You know who I really wanted to see, but didn't get the chance to? Billy Clark; I especially wanted to see him because he was a friend of Dad's and they were in the same school grade; Vera McPherson was in that class also (Ron McPherson's mother), maiden name Bishop. I would have liked to had more time to look thru all the yearbooks, especially the older ones, like the 40's and 50's, but I would enjoy looking at all of them.
J-Cee has them right handy. Vern, we have been having summer-like weather here as well. I bet you would like Nashville.
:-) | pac | | 11-02-2004 |
| Rebecca, yes, Ron McPherson's Dad's name is Robert, but of course, we all called him Bob. Glad to see you back on here.
Yes, he was one of the "regulars" who came to our farm house just about every morning until my grandmother finally put a stop to it. :-) And, they smoked so much the air was just white with smoke, you could cut it with a knife, so she finally said, "No more", I think she told them to go elsewhere, but I don't think they did unless it was to the barn. | pac | Nashville, TN | 11-02-2004 |
| Webmaster,
I like the "new" camera angle on South Main. Well done. Now we can see who's riding up and down Main on Friday nights... :-)
Thanks for the great work on the site.
Vern | Vern h | vhall4@houston.rr.com | 11-02-2004 |
| PAC, do you know Ron McPherson's Dad's name? | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 11-02-2004 |
| BAS, of course I vividly remember the Halloween parties at the PS sunday school bldg; they were great fun! Yes, we dressed up but I don't remember exactly now our costumes. I remember one year Evelyne and Lona dressed up in men's union suits (long underwear). They were good parties - bobbing for apples, donuts and cider, remember fishing behind the piano (Ron McPherson reminded me of that). And the food! I was soooo scared to go upstairs to the spook room.
That Sunday school bldg in Parkhurst Siding looks exactly the same. Carter's store is gone, sure looks funny without it. The railroad tracks are gone too in Parkhurst Siding down by the potato house. I remember walking on them with Gramp to get little fish to take back and put in the pond and picking up those rocks with the shiny specks in them, some were pink-colored. Our pond is all grown up to weeds now. Ron seems to know a lot of history; it's very interesting. | pac | Nashville, TN | 11-02-2004 |
| Just tuned in since last Friday, sure is a lot to read..just got started. Arch,
Mom & Dad's little Maine souvenir place is NOT MY Mom & Dad's; that's what the place is called. :-) | PAC | Nashville, TN | 11-02-2004 |
| They were POT LUCK Dinners........I can't type too well this morning! | C-J | Kissimmee | 11-01-2004 |
| DG...no, I wasn't aware of it. However, I do remember seeing the PI Country Club being built across from Buzzell's place. We had to go by there to get to town. BAS and PAC might remember it being built, next to Ronnie's, though they're much younger than I.
BAS...yes, there used to be some holiday parties down at the PS Sunday School and the Helping Hand Club (to which our mothers belonged) used to put on those great put luck dinners. Soooo many years ago.... | C-J | Kissimmee | 11-01-2004 |
| cj...
Did you know that the Keith Condon and the Bob Woodworth farms on the Houlton Road were first considerations for the planned P.I. Country Club 9-hole golf course back in May of 1957. Also considered was the Don Giberson farm on the Caribou Road. Eventually, though, the Country Club purchased 80 acres of the Harry Buzzell farm out on the Fort Road to do the job. Betcha knew this already......dg | DG | PI | 11-01-2004 |
| I learned something new tonite reading COM. I did not know that FL even grew potatoes. I would have thought it was too hot there. I'm a farmer's daughter and I never knew they tested seed potatoes in FL. I guess I wasn't paying attention to any of that stuff when I was growing up.
My grandchildren had Halloween festivities tonite in 80 degree weather. Do any readers remember doing it with snow underfoot? Since we lived in the country, my grandmother took us around in the car. I also remember going down to the Parkhurst Siding Sunday School Building for Halloween parties. Does anyone else remember those parties? I must have dressed up, but I can't recall any costume that I ever wore. I'm sure that we must have made our own costumes. Judy and Pam: Do you recall "dressing up"? | BAS | Austin, TX | 11-01-2004 |
| You are all right to some degree. The Homestead area is where the State of Maine has there farm for testing there seed. Hastings is where you see all the Potatoes. they are in full blume in April. :D | N C | S SPRINGS FL | 10-31-2004 |
| Vern
NC is right, a lot of the best seed does come from WC Doyen and Sons. For years and years a lot of the research on potatos was done in Fla. Because of all those
miles of separation from all the potato diseases in the county. Also they could grow a couple crops a year so the research got along that much faster. I dont know how much is done there now.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 10-31-2004 |
| I thought potato country in Fl was in the Homestead area. I must be wrong.
Just got back from Ptld. For any of you that will be in Maine now through Nov. 21 - you definitely need to see John Carianni's "Almost Maine". It was wonderful and the theater was lovely (Portland Stage Company - small and intimate) - the weather, however, wasn't! | JC | PI | 10-31-2004 |
| Vern A lot of the seed for those potatoes come from W C Doyen Farms in Mapleton. They have in the past aneyway. ;-) | N C | S SPRINGS | 10-31-2004 |
| Dick,
No to Ted William's museum. Our friends want us to move there so they are in the sell mode from the time that we arrive. I have seen every model home north of Tampa and some of them twice. We are still 5-6 years out from the "first" retirement though.
We drove from Beverly Hills over to St. Augustine and discovered Florida's potato (no "e") belt. We rounded a corner and there, next to a machine shed, was a Red & White (and rust)International Potato Harvester. I looked around and there were fields and fields of potatoes. I could not believe my eyes. To my relief there were not any "pickers" baskets piled up.
The next time I'm over your way, we'll get together.
Regards,
Vern | Vern | Houston, TX | 10-31-2004 |
| DD...nice to hear from you and glad you made it back safely. Hope there's no more hurricanes between now and November 30th to scare you out and away!!
LCD and JMT...we finally, FINALLY, have things back in order; watch for separate emails. | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee | 10-31-2004 |
| vern. Beverly Hills is Ted Williams country. Have you ever been to his musuem? He lived there in a development. Its about 25 miles north. We ought to get together next trip and talk over old times in Brennan siding and Mapleton. dick | dick delong | Brooksville fl | 10-30-2004 |
| Hi DD,
Glad to hear from you and hope you had a nice trip to FL. When I get home I will get you back to your old screen name on my computer. Talk to you over the week end.
Linda | LCD | PA | 10-30-2004 |
| DG,
Glad that you're back. I was in CA for a week two weeks ago so I understand your withdrawal. While there a fellow worker let me on his laptop during a break in the meeting. I typed in "COM" and got a quick fix.
Brooksville, eh??? A close friend lives in Beverly Hills. We vist a couple of times a year. Nice area.
It's almost 9:00 PM and the temp is 79 and it feels like (heat index) 85. You can drink the air, yuck. Come on winter..
Vh | Vern | Muggy and Hot | 10-29-2004 |
| Hi Dick D
Great to have you back again.
PAC
The Mrs and I bought souveneirs there at your folks place the last time we were up north.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 10-29-2004 |
| hello to nc, cj, pac jc Gc, arch, vern the wild one from wilkes barre and cheryl and all others greetings from brooksville. I have been off line for a week and have been suffering withdrawal. Note new address. To vern, arch and nc you got the sidings of Brennan and walker right and go sox. | dick delong | brooksville Fl | 10-29-2004 |
| I like how you have cameras around Presqu Isle. | Andrew Tarbox | North Main ST | 10-29-2004 |
| BAS, Mom and Dad's gift place on the Caribou Rd is just a wee tiny place, probably has been there for years. There is a big metal moose out front. I wanted the lady to take my picture with it but she was afraid of cutting my head off. :D
Anyway, I got a few cute Maine things there, the best stuff I got there..hehe :-) gotta go to a meeting | pac woman | | 10-29-2004 |
| what in the world is that on S. Main, must be readjusting the webcam. OK.
Baa ya'll. | pac | | 10-29-2004 |
| I would say that Tim Horton's is pretty much that kind of place. I could have gone there every day and probably saw people I know, but I was busy doing other things too :-) I did stop at Mom and Dad's little gift place on the Caribou Rd, boy I wore that Caribou Rd out!! Anyway, getting back to coffee, they have just replaced the sno-cone place here in Hermitage with a coffee hut - looks like a little log cabin just down the road apiece from my place. It took me 2 hours to get to work yesterday AM - there was a horrible wreck on I-40, it was shut down. I feel so bad for the family who lost that boy. People just need to slow down and pay attention. I heard that the young man who was killed was not paying attention and he slammed into a tractor-trailer, it must have been horribly bad. Like Christopher Reeve said, "you have to stay focused on what you're doing in the moment". An accident can happen in a split-second. I have come close sooooooo many times; it's not my time to go yet. Have a Happy and Safe Halloween everyone. | pac | | 10-29-2004 |
| Something got me to wondering.....I visited a little town in AR recently called Mtn View...pop.about 1500. We went to a local restaurant and the people were very friendly. The waitress pointed out the owner and said "oh yeah, he's over there at that table....we call it the "liar's table"!. I noticed that many local people came in and out, they'd sit for a cup of coffee and chit-chat and leave. Of course, everyone knew each other in such a small community like this. I liked it....this idea of "community". Is there someplace in PQI like this? I know that people see each other at Tim Hortons. Dad used to go to Shirley and Harold's. I've never been there. Does it still exist? What about the Hotel Coffee Shop?
PAC used to like to go to Dunkin Donuts when it was on Maine St, huh Pam? Could Governor's be considered a place like that. I know that anytime that I'm home, I always see someone that I know there. I rarely see anyone that I know anywhere I go in Austin. Just wonderin'. | BAS | | 10-29-2004 |
| Hi from Perth WA ....this is a wonderful site.....I have been looking for a webcam of Bangor (I have a close friend who lives there...I supose this is as good enough.. | Alixandria | Perth Western Australia | 10-29-2004 |
| dg...boy, are you going to be surprised.
;-) | PAC | warm nashville | 10-29-2004 |
| To all you x-mainers - you should have been here today - it was just a gorgeous day - actually it's been the best fall ever - too bad you all couldn't have been here.
Roger - did you know any Cleaves boys from the Class of '57? Do you have a '55 yearbook? If not, I'd be happy to make copies for you. | JCEE | PI | 10-28-2004 |
| PAC.....would love an old photograph. I promise to return it if it's an original.
Ed B.....Gary Moreau, Alden Rathbun, Roger Thibodeau and I continued to bowl up to about 5 years ago. Alden, of course, didn't bowl with us at the Astrobowl. We had electrifying fun over a period of years at the alley. Finally, one of the wives decided her husband shoudn't be bowling for fun and we had to quit, because we needed all four to bowl against each other (2 against 2). Yes, we bowled for bucks. Electrifying it was. I miss it a lot. | DG | PI | 10-28-2004 |
| It's 82* in Austin this afternoon and it feels like 102*. It's because of the humidity. I'd rather be in Maine.....oh well.....maybe someday.
E.B. ......you mentioned that you'd be moving back to Aroostook County..did I read that correctly? Is your job taking you there, or are you taking early retirement? Where does Dan P. live now?
You mentioned that you'd only been to one Class Reunion.....me too, and it was the 20th.....Hopefully, I'll get to the 40th. (Did I really say 40th??)I'm not in touch with any of our classmates on a regular basis, but I always see Diane and Alexis when I go home. It's always so good to see them. We just pick right up where we left off.
PAC......you said you can get anything in Nashville......have you ever had a "Chicago Style Hotdog"? I'd never heard of them until we visited there and I got one in a little out of the way place near the Wildhorse. Speaking of not being able to get things in certain places.....Diet Coke with Lime is "real big" here. I like it alot. On a recent trip to Arkansas, many convenience stores had never heard of it, but one manager came right out of her office when she heard me ask for it and of course I had to say "Texas has it"! She said "well we sell Diet Coke and we sell limes" so just mix the two". Now that's aiming to please the customer. I tried it, it's just not the same.....so don't be dying any hotdogs red!ha! | BAS | Austin | 10-28-2004 |
| DG: Think I'll send you a photograph, since you're into old photos. :-) | pac | Nashville | 10-28-2004 |
| Congrats to the Bo-Sox and their fans. I am pretty sure that the lunar eclipse had something to do with lifting the curse. At least that is the story that the stellar community is spreading.
vh | Vern Hall | Humid Houston | 10-28-2004 |
| Can't believe I missed the game last nite. Congratulations to the Red Sox! I remember the Johnson's in Parkhurst Siding loved the Red Sox, as did most everyone up there. I got the USA TODAY.
:-) | PAC | Nashville, TN | 10-28-2004 |
| I'll be at Copperfields and City Hall tomorrow in Boston if I can get in. TESSIE! :cool: | Bill S. | Red Sox Nation | 10-28-2004 |
| D. Wilcox...if it isn't too much trouble I would enjoy the picture of T-Bone..I didn't think there would be anyone that would remember ....I wonder what state of repair it is in these days...Doc G...yes I knew Michael was in Bar Harbor, my daughter recently visited with him. I sure do remember the bowling days, as I recall my very poor average helped us put together a strong team. | ed bonenfant | Trenton, Me | 10-28-2004 |
| Enjoy hearing from Mainer's and ex-Mainers although not many from my age group PIHS class 1955 | Roger Powers | western Maryland | 10-28-2004 |
| Front Page of Boston.com 10-28-04
Red Sox complete sweep, win first Series in 86 years
(By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Staff)
While church bells rang in small New England towns and horns honked on the crowded streets of the Hub, the 2004 Red Sox last night won the 100th World Series, completing a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 3-0 victory on the strength of seven innings of three-hit pitching by Derek Lowe. | Darrin McGlinn | Boston, Massachusetts | 10-28-2004 |
| Hi everyone in Presque Isle! I really enjoy the web cam! I grew up in Presque Isle, and attended the high school for a short time, so I have many wonderful memories! My maiden name is Kathy Stackpole, and I would love to hear from anyone from back home! Take care! | Kathy Foster | Ky | 10-28-2004 |
| Austin, TX loves the Red Sox...Congratulations!! | BAS | Austin, TX | 10-28-2004 |
| I love the webcams! Webmaster, you done good! (I mean you have done a good job) with all of this. Hi, BAS. You got mail! :-) | pac | | 10-27-2004 |
| dg....that is correct, at least not the real red hot dogs like you can get there; the dyed ones of course, but aren't they all dyed.. like you said earlier. I haven't eaten hardly any since leaving Maine. By the way tho, you can get just about anything in Nashville.
It's a great town; been here 14 yrs finally have found a new way to work and back without driving the interstate. The first 10 yrs I did not have to drive on the interstate, but now I work downtown Nashville, and I love it.
J-Cee, you and Bill just have to come here since you both like country music so much. BAS, looking forward to your visit too.
:-) | pac | | 10-27-2004 |
| ED B that camp you hunted at in Squ Pan with Steve Reynolds was owened by his father and my granfather Joe Gagnon, it was called T-BONE. I have a painting of it hanging over my fireplace, I can shot you a E-Mail of it. | Dane Wilcox | Wichita Kansas | 10-27-2004 |
| PAC...
Yup, mixed you up with BAS. Yet, somehow, I believe you can't purchase red hot dogs in Nashville, right? | DG | PI | 10-27-2004 |
| CJ-I think it was probably 1988. We were all there, but Bobby, Jerry, Al, Amy and I stayed those cute little cabins, Hinckley's Dreamwood Court. I love that place. At the time, Bobby was returning from living for 4 years in England, mum and dad took their motor home up there so Al, Amy and I flew up with Jerry so that we could have a big family reunion. It was Amy's first airplane trip at 15 months old. I am so glad to have those memories. Are your headaches back?
DG-Yes, Mike Donahue and LeaRae still are in Bar Harbor. I thought they had a business there, but I asked around couldn't find out. I just love that town and going to Maine isn't complete until we visit there. | Jeanne Tolley | The World's Most Famous Beach | 10-27-2004 |
| JMT..I accidentally deleted all of my emails yesterday, so could you please email me again..did you happen to save that last one you sent me? :-( | pac | volunteer state | 10-27-2004 |
| dg...did I say anything about red hot dogs? I did take a look-see on the Bangor Daily. You must've got me mixed up with someone else on here, eh? I did not have time to do everything while in Maine, so no red hot dogs, but I did have a lobster roll at Vickie's Pizza. I wanted the whole lobstah, but not enuf time. Next time, hopefully. :D :-) | pac | Music City USA | 10-27-2004 |
| JMT...the Barcadia Campground was a lovely camping area. We'd drive up from CT and meet mom and kip there for a long weekend of camping. On one of our last trips to BH, Jerry and Bobby were with your folks, so we had a nice chance to catch up on news, etc. I can't honestly remember what year that was either; my CRS has kicked in again since the two nerve block injections I had yesterday! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 10-27-2004 |
| Eddie B....
I have son #2 (Michael) in Bar Harbor who owns an antique shop on Albert Meadow. Go see him one day and tell him you're from P.I. and you and I use to bowl together (way back in 197 something). Also, doesn't Mike Donahue live down there somewhere? Dick G..... | DG | PI | 10-26-2004 |
| PAC..
So, is it true...red hot dogs are only available in Maine? I'll betcha dollars to donuts that the only difference between the red ones and the others is dye #2....dg | DG | PI | 10-26-2004 |
| Yes, that's right, where the smash hits are born. Oh, speaking of hits, AJ (Alan Jackson) had a big party at his house Sunday nite, but neither Dr. Taylor or I was invited; not fair, as I am one of AJ's biggest fans and Dr. Taylor lives just 2 doors away from AJ. You ought to check out AJ's latest CD. It's great, but then again, I'm a huge Alan Jackson fan. He's the best thing that ever happened to country music since the late 80's. I knew he was going to be a big superstar when I heard his song, "Here in the Real World". I predicted he was going to go to the top and he surely has.
:-) | pac | Smashville, TN | 10-26-2004 |
| Jeanne, yes Doc Bonenfant is my Dad. Rick Carter and Steve Reynolds where a year or two behind me in school, I did know Rick's brother Tom probably a little better than Rick. Much later on Steve Reynolds and I with others did a lot of hunting in the fall in the Sqa Pan area, he had a great old log camp in by the Maine Public Service dam, great times. | ed bonenfant | Trenton, Me | 10-26-2004 |
| Duhhhh..I meant, you don't get either here in Austin. | BAS | | 10-26-2004 |
| To all of those who are "away", check out www.bangordailynews.com
the front page today has a picture of a bunch of red hotdogs! and the story is very interesting also. When I go home, one of the very first things that I do is go to Winnie's for a red hotdog and grilled bun. You don't get wither here in Austin. | BAS | Austin, TX (too far from home) | 10-26-2004 |
| When I was a teenager and mum and dad had a travel trailer, we camped alot at the Barcadia campground. We always went to the Trenton Lobster Pound to be lobster and steamed clams. I really miss that. Ed Bonenfant, are you Dr. Bonenfant's son? If so, I never knew that second 'n' was in your name. Did Rick Carter and Steve Reynolds graduate with you. Rick is my cousin and I was just thinking about him the other day and wondering how he is. | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Daytona Beach | 10-26-2004 |
| BAS....yes if you have been to BAR Harbor, then you have been thru Trenton. I hardly hear from anyone from our '67 class, which is, I'm sure my fault as much as any bodies, as I have missed all the reunions but the first. I do talk to my old rommmate, Danny Patterson. I get to PQI more often these days as I have a new 8 month old grandson there, as well as my youngest daughter and her husband, and both of my parents. All a lot of reasons to make the 3 1/2 hr trip even more often...I hope to move back relatively soon.. | Ed Bonenfant | Trenton, Me | 10-25-2004 |
| BAS
The world keeps getting smaller and smaller. I sure do remember the County Times, the guy that was the boss Carl Hall, the guy that run the ad dept Harold Brown was and is a lifelong friend of mine and the camera man Jim Boyles is my cousin all left Northeast Publishing to go down there. There were probably more but those are the ones I remember. The ad guy Harold would call me if they had a national ad that didnt come in and I would sneak him a copy and vice versa. Man if I had ever been caught I probably would have been working there myself. They never stood a snowballs chance in ---- of making it cause there were enough papers as it were. And all of them were and are owned by the BDN and they have very deep pockets when it comes to competition.
I had to stop and think, Frank Knight if I remember right had an artifical leg. That was a long time ago but I still tell every one that by vocation I am a welder but by avocation I am a printer, I still miss it but wouldnt go back for love or money. The pressure was more than I would ever put up with again.
Small world Peace Arch | Arch | | 10-25-2004 |
| EB..After I wrote that last nite, I did a search on the web for Trenton. I found a nice site with some great coastal pictures. It looks like it's very beautiful there. Do you get a lot of summer traffic? By car, is it the only way to Bar Harbor?. I didn't think I'd ever been to Trenton, but on the map it looks as tho if you go to Bar Harbor, you have to go thru Trenton. I went to Bar Harbor in my childhood and also in my twenties before I left Maine, so then, I guess I"ve been thru Trenton. I would love to live in a small community again. Austin's too big...no "community" here. Do you ever hear from anyone from the Class of 67? Do you ever go to PQI? | BAS | | 10-25-2004 |
| Bill
The Eagles aren't to shabby so far. Six for Six and still going. They never fall apart until they get in the play off. OH Well.....
LCD | Linda Coury DuMont | Pa | 10-25-2004 |
| Its nice to be a New England sports fan
these days. Red Sox and Patriots rule.
:D | Bill S. | | 10-25-2004 |
| There is a Walker's Siding Snowmobile Club. I don't know how active they are. I was in Waldo County yesterday (Unity, Thorndike, Liberty, etc.)which is about 4 hours southwest of PI about an hour from Bangor...anyhow, the leaves are still very pretty there - mainly yellow. Leaves have passed though from PI to Bangor on I-95...now it's the "waiting game" until the first snow! | J-Cee | Far north | 10-25-2004 |
| BAS..Trenton is a small residential area between Ellswoth and Mount Desert Island. I think with a population of about 1500, and because it is so close to Ells. there really is no downtown so to speak. A lot of nice property mostly along the water and mostly occupied by people from away that are trying real hard to make it like their home town, real tiresome stuff. I'm a banker and got here in 1988 when Casco Northern Bank (Bank of Boston)was starting to exit the State and I had no desire to leave Maine. | ed bonenfant | Trenton, Me | 10-25-2004 |
| VH....does "South of the Lake" mean that the Houston area got lots of rain over the wkend as Austin did, or does it have something to do with Clear Lake, as in Clear Lake, TX?
Town Lake goes right thru the city of Austin and so it is the dividing line for North and South, however it's not really a lake, it is a river and so I would tell someone from North Austin that I live South of the "river". When my family moved to Austin back in '85, the relator was telling us about the neighborhood where we bought our home and she said "oh, by the way, your neighbors are "from up North". Well, you know that I was thinking of "up North" as in North of the Mason Dixon Line. As it turned out, she meant "North of the river". :confused:
I really like The Riverwalk in SA, but I agree with you, it gets too crowded.
Let's talk about Maine.
EB.....tell us about Trenton, what goes on there and what do you do there? I've never been there, but then again, since I left Maine in my 20's, there's plenty of places in Maine that I've not visited. | BAS | | 10-25-2004 |
| Arch...yes, it is a small world and the internet and COM has made it much smaller. Sam and Earl Turner are my great-uncles. My grandmother was Pearl Turner Ashley and they are/were her brothers. Earl Turner is the only living Turner sibling now. Mont Turner (another brother) died in Florida this past year. I last saw Earl, Charlotte and Rena 5 yrs ago this month. Gosh, time flies, especially as we get older.
How long ago were you at the Star Herald? Do you remember when a newspaper from Texas, The County Times, came into PI? It was in the mid 70's. I went to work for them and tried my hand in the ad dep't. If my memory is serving me well, a man named Frank Knight was showing me the ropes of selling newspaper ads. They sent me out to Caribou to call on Sleepers. It didn't take me long at all to find out that career was NOT for me! When the County Times packed up and went back to TX where they came from, well, I was feeling adventurous,and in my mid twenties, so I packed up and went to TX with them and that's the story of how I got to TX........so far from PQI.....way too far away from home.
I do know Jim Berry at the Star Herald because he married a classmate of mine.....Laurie Sawyer. Jim was a yr or two ahead of me in school. | BAS | Cooled off Austin | 10-25-2004 |
| Hi Vern
Yes I know all about the strong back thing. I have shoveled my share of spuds so I know exactly what you mean. No, I lived 3 houses from the corner of the Chapman Rd and Main St. (163). I shoveled potatoes in the Hollow in 67 for Junior Haines. By then we were using a Bobcat, now that was easy.
Most of my potato house work was done for the Turners, David, Vinal and Travers and Winfield Sawyer, Not to forget John Carter . Every time you would stab a potato with that 10 string banjo he would come and shake it in your face and say "young man you just cost me another nickel"
Peace Arch | Arch | | 10-24-2004 |
| Arch,
The name of the siding was Brennen, I think. I have spent my share of time on the old potato house row packing for Clayton Black and others. A strong back and an extremely weak mind were the required tools of the trade. As it turned out, it was a good "life" experience as was growing up in the county.
Just Back from San Antonio... How many people can fit on the "River Walk"? Answer: All of them and they were all there last night.
West Chapman... Far from Elra Buck's farm?
Regards,
Vern | Vern Hall | South of the Lake | 10-24-2004 |
| RBS...
You're as elusive as a flea in a spider hole. Locate yourself and show your face. RAG | DG | PI | 10-24-2004 |
| nice webcam i like to view your town after i view houltons webcame.
tkx :rolleyes: | doug | dallas tx | 10-24-2004 |
| Just lookin in on my home town. | Robert roux | Winder Georgia | 10-24-2004 |
| Hi all any 0ne that likes halloween check out. www.sjv.net/halloween :eek: | N C | S S | 10-23-2004 |
| Thats what I thought but wasnt sure.
Arch | Arch | | 10-23-2004 |
| Squapan :-) | N CLARK | S S | 10-23-2004 |
| Neil C
Where is Walker Siding?
Peace Arch | Arch | | 10-23-2004 |
| I remember that name buy i wont give it away. :D | N CLARK | S SPRINGS | 10-23-2004 |
| Vern
A little trivia, what RR siding was Sleepy hollow on?
Peace Arch :confused: | Arch | | 10-23-2004 |
| BAS
Small world, I was a neighbor to Earl and Charlotte on West Chapman for years and after 1968 we moved just up around the corner and was next door neighbors with Sam and Rena. My Grandmothers old house was between Sams and the dairy bar and We lived in the house next to Sam going up the hill.
Sleepy Hollow is at the bottom of the first big hill (Condon) as you go from PI to Mapleton.
I have never worked for NASA or JPL, I just read a whole lot. I worked for the old Shalek Bag Co. and then The Star Herald in the ad dept for over 10 years and the decided that I didnt want to fight the snow and cold for the rest of my life. The last 7 months I worked for the Star Herald I had only a couple days off. The rest was anywhere from 12 to 16 hr days. We had a big insert for Red and White that covered parts of Maine, NH, VT and Connecticut. We printed I think 7 papers and that insert. A lot of overnighters jeez now that I think about it, that was a lot of work.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 10-23-2004 |
| VH and Arch, thanks for explaining JPL. Sounds very involved, complicated yet interesting. I'd never heard of it. Arch, was your career with NASA or JPL?
"Sleepy Hollow Vern" where exactly is Sleepy Hollow? Is it near the Hall residence in Mapleton? This Parkhurst Sider doesn't know all of those Mapleton landmarks, but I know "the Siding" or "the Corner" (Flo's).
Marian, how are you tonite? (actually it's morning, I'm up very late tonite)
Aren't you from Mapleton? When I was growing up we went thru Mapleton often to get to my great grandparents place in Castle Hill. I had a great uncle in Mapleton.....two actually, Earl Turner and his wife Charlotte (who still live there) and Sam Turner and his wife Rena. Sam is now deceased, but Rena still lives there. I remember going to a little dairy freeze snack bar right near where they both live. I didn't know Arch was your cousin. How did you both happen to come to TX, if you don't mind my asking. | BAS | rainy & cooler Austin | 10-23-2004 |
| HI All
Vern I appreciate the kind words but you were misinformed, as I have been called an old curmudgeon for a long time.
You are right about not being far from The Hollow, memories are forever.
Hi Marian
Be careful, they might hold that against you. ;-)
Peace Arch | Arch | Texas | 10-22-2004 |
| I won spelling bees in school, but you'd never know it. The word is "hear" not "here". My fingers fly fast on these keys. | BAS | | 10-22-2004 |
| "haa....y'all" That's Southern talk for "hi you guys"
PAC, I'll bet that you here more Southern drawl there in "Mashville" than we do here in Austin. Most of the people in Austin aren't from here. They are from "Up North" or foreign countries.
Ed, I must say, you do love pickles, eh?
Marion, it was really nice to hear from you again. Just get on here and talk and maybe it will help you with the homesickness, but you probably just need a trip back home.
Vern, the grapevine is long and quick. It can go from PI to Nashville to TX in a matter of seconds!!"Baa..y'all". | BAS | too hot Austin (90)"haa y'all | 10-22-2004 |
| One more thing before I leave for the weekend - do you know what the 4 southern food groups are? Dr. Wahl just told me (and he is german) and not really southern, he's from Kansas - they are sugar, flour, salt and grease, as in
Chess Pie. Purely unhealthy for ya. I don't even eat that. I never heard of it till I moved here. (By the way, I'm sure Dr. Wahl would never eat that stuff). He's slim and trim. Baa. That is bye in southern talk. | pac | | 10-22-2004 |
| I'm laughing my head off here - Ed, you are hilarious! VH, you can do it! Just like the Nike commerical - Just do it!
Oh, I was thinking of the gymnastics coach who said, "You can do it". :D | PAC | AJ's hometown now | 10-22-2004 |
| PAC....oh yes the pickles are ready to eat, and believe me I'm starting to whittle away at them....3 crock pots each about five gallons, that should get me to XMAS..... | Ed Bonenfant | Trneton, Me | 10-22-2004 |
| PAC
Oh that grapevine. Yes, I do like the warmth. And I don't mid the heat in shorter (than here) periods. That is, if I had it my way... I'd live in Maine and in League City. Maine, June through October and Texas the balance. I routinely travel to DC and in the winter there is way too much "winter" there for me. As a compromise, I began to look farther south and have bagun to focus at northern Alabama. (Closer to you, tee-hee) There is much to consider and a little while longer (five years) to look.
Enjoy,
Vh | Vh | Far South | 10-22-2004 |
| yep that's right - Mashville, halloweens coming. Hey, Ed Bonenfant, didja ever get those pickles made? My son's b-day is on election day this year - oooohweee!
Bye ya'll. Been thinking about you today, J-Cee. | pac | Mashville | 10-22-2004 |
| VH, I heard thru the grapevine that you kinda liked that hot Texas weather; oh oh, someone might have got their wires crossed. :p It's nice here in Nashville, so I'm getting 2 falls. The trees outside my apt are turning orange and they're beautiful. :-) | PAC | | 10-22-2004 |
| J-Cee,
Portland sounds like a great trip. Send me an e-mail and tell me what "Almost Maine" is all about, please.
Do you ever attend any of the plays at UMPI? I heard that they have a great Drama Department. Plus the drive is a little shorter.
Tomorrow, it is San Antonio for us. A quiet escape for the weekend. We made the reservations when the weather was expected to be colder. No such luck.
Can you send me a jar of crisp, clear, cool, county air? Then all I will need is for Paul Libby to send me a jar of freezing Allagash river water. Then I truly would be sent.
Enjoy.
Vh :-) | Vern H | In the heat | 10-22-2004 |
| Don't know what I did to take up so much room in my last posting. Whatever it was, I apologize to you all.. :rolleyes: | Marian | same place as always | 10-22-2004 |
| Vern, Arch is all the things you said and more. He is my cousin, I am proud to say.
Brenda, It is I, Marian, I was feeling particularly homesick the last time I wrote in this guestbook, hence the Homesick Mainer reference.
:-) :-) :-) | Marian | | 10-22-2004 |
| BAS,
Arch is a gentleman and a scholar. He is also very generous. Arch is right in that JPL is managed by Cal Tech University and is one of NASA's (12) Centers. They are responsible for developing, managing and operating all deep space satellites. Goddard Space Center, at Greenbelt Mayland, is the home for "near earth" and space craft (except for Shuttle and Space Station). Those space craft that conduct scientific experiements toward the earth and Johnson Space Center, is the home for human space flight. I worked at Goddard for nine years, JSC for fourteen and who knows where next. True Arch, it is a long way (in time) from the "Hollow" but the hollow is not far from me. If you know what I mean???
I was in Austin on Monday... at the airport (6:45 a.m), preparing to bounce my way farther west. I flew Southwest Airlines which is always an experience. The guy who sat next to me from Austin to Las Vegas was conducting an experiment. He had eaten untold amounts of garlic and it now testing to see just how many folks he could make ill with the odor oooze escaping from every pour. Fortunately for me, I once dated an Italian girl and all I had to do was just closed my eyes and think of her. Life IS great.
PAC - got your note in the snail mail today. A Great surprise, thanks.
Enough trouble for now.
vh | Vern H | Hazy, Hot, & Humid Houston | 10-22-2004 |
| BAS...harvest has been over for two weeks - best harvest ever - no rian for 21 straight days and no early morning frosts. Farmers must be very happy. | JCEE | PI | 10-22-2004 |
| Vern...we've had a great week despite the early am frosts and lo temps and the week-end is supposed to be dry so that's great news for those of us who still have fall clean-up to do. I was wondering where you were. The girls and I (Brandy and Laura) are going to the "big city" of Portland next week-end. Kristen will drive up fm Providence to meet us - going to see John Carianni's "Almost Maine" at the Portland Stage Company. In fact, he's at PIHS today to speak with English and drama students. It's exciting because many of them saw him on Broadway last spring in "Fiddler on the Roof". | JCEE | PI | 10-22-2004 |
| BAS
JPL stands for Jet Propulsion Labratories, part of NASA. Just about all the probes that NASA has sent up are controlled by JPL. So our own Sleepy Hollow Vern has a very good job to have to travel between Houston and Pasadena California.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 10-22-2004 |
| VH, Arch.....what is JPL????? I don't get it.
Joshua, TX.....that's it. I'd forgotten. I was sorta near there last Friday....stayed overnite in Sherman, TX on my way back from the Ozarks in AR. It was a great Fall trip. More about that later.
Vern, don't you have a funny potato pickin' story for us like you did last year? You can really tell it! P-l-e-a-s-e....
Is Harvest still going on? I was at a great Farmer's Mkt in downtown Dallas last Sat morning. You wouldn't believe it...it's right in the middle of Downtown amidst the skyscrapers and all...it must take up 2-3 city blocks, it's huge. Arch, have you been there? There were thousands of pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks, bales of hay, scarecrows, squash and everything else that says Fall. Only the temperature didn't cooperate. It was about 90* :-( Too hot this time of year for this Mainer. | BAS | hot, humid, Austin, TX | 10-21-2004 |
| Hi Folks
I just thought about a website for those of you that are skygazers for satellites or the spacestation. Put (Heavens Above) into your browser and try it out. GR8
Peace Arch | Arch | | 10-21-2004 |
| Hi B.A.S
I am here in an unincorporated area about 35 mi. south west of Fort Worth. The closest town is Godley but my mail address is Joshua so I lay claim to Joshua.
I am glad you said Space Man Vern, I made the connection between JPL and NASA and was gonna make a remark about a rocket scientist but I wont :D .
Peace Arch | Arch | North of Vern H | 10-21-2004 |
| To Homesick Mainer......tell us more......like what's your name and did you graduate from PIHS and if so, what year? There are other transplanted Mainers in the great state of TX......like Arch up North of here (I forget the town...tell us again, Arch) and Spaceman/former potato picker Vern Hall who is also in Houston and Marion, whom I haven't seen on here in a long time, I think she lives in Houston....so tell us more if you'd like. | Brenda Ashley Segura | Austin, TX | 10-21-2004 |
| J-Cee,
"Hi" from JPL, Pasadena, CA. Rain, flooding and mudslides... Yuck. Looks as though that you are having a great day.
Vh | Vern Hall | | 10-20-2004 |
| I come in here every day, to look at what the web cams are showing, and to read the guestbook. I love this site! It is the next best thing to being in the area. Thanks, Webmaster.
To everyone living in the State of Maine, never forget how wonderful your state is, from The County to the coast. :-) | A Homesick Mainer | Houston, Tx | 10-20-2004 |
| I love this guestbook; I just had to say it again! I'm still "flying high" from being in PI. :D Hey, BAS, where are you? | pac | Music City USA | 10-20-2004 |
| Great PAC. Just wanted to be sure. Sometimes we have problems that we don't know about til we mention to someone something about an e-mail we sent and find out the recipient didn't receive it. Very frustrating! Glad you got it and I'll look forward to hearing from you. | Jeanne Tolley | | 10-20-2004 |
| :eek: :-) ;-) :mad: :confused: :-) :rolleyes: :cool: This stuff is awesome. | Jeff Curtis | Mapleton Maine | 10-20-2004 |
| Jeanne, yes I got your email and I appreciate it very much. I have been very busy at work since I got back from PI; as you may have noticed, I have not been on the guestbook much upon my return, but hopefully soon will return to "normal". Other people here have been on vacation also, but things are settling down again. I will respond ASAP. :-) | PAC | Nashville, TN | 10-20-2004 |
| Folks, apparently there was some type of vandalism problem on Main St last night or early this morning (Oct. 20). I had the PI Police ask me if our webcams archive any images that might be helpful to them. Unfortunately, they don't. I thought I'd post this message incase anyone was on the S. Main webcam between 3 and 6 am this morning and might have noticed anything that might help them. If so, I'd recommend you contact them directly. Thanks! :-) | Webmaster | PI, ME | 10-20-2004 |
| CJ & PAC, Just checking to see if you got the e-mails I sent to your personal e-mails. I want to be sure that our system is working properly.
Thanks,
Jeanne | Jeanne Tolley | Daytona Beach | 10-20-2004 |
| DD...do have a safe trip!
DG...will remind her (again) to get in touch with you!!
LCD...not a chance!! | C-J Lougee | Florida | 10-20-2004 |
| PAC
I wish I were an internet wizard, I am just a curious internet wanderer.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 10-19-2004 |
| LCD has it righr, we leave scarborough on friday, leave Attleboro, mass on sunday and should arrive in Brooksville, Fl, on Tues the 26th about noon, if all goes according to plan. | dick delong | Scarborough me | 10-19-2004 |
| Hello to all. The only way I have of reading the guestbook is to sign in. With out signing in I am stuck on Message No 1835 from amy. Once I sign in I can read all up to date once then its lost again. Anybody got any idea what is wrong?? Is it my machine or elswhere?? Answer direct to me as I cant read your answer on the guestbook. Thanks Dick | dick delong | Scarborough me | 10-19-2004 |
| I sure would have liked to hear the Libby's singing. I'm sure it was very inspirational. | pac | TN | 10-19-2004 |
| Arch, you must be an internet wizard :cool: | PAC | TN | 10-19-2004 |
| cj...
Haven't seen or heard from your mother, but sure would like to. | DG | PI | 10-19-2004 |
| CJ,
Nice to hear from you. Maybe you'll love your new screen house and want to stay another year. I believe DD is leaving on Thurs. Not home yet. He is stopping in Mass for a visit on the way through. We probably won't hear from him for awhile.
LCD | Linda Coury DuMont | Pa | 10-19-2004 |
| DD...you must be settled back in Fla since your computer is up and running! Welcome back.
DG...did my mother contact you about supplying information re: the old, one room schoolhouses in the PI area?
Waldo...good luck in your selling and moving back to Maine!
LCD and JMT...repairs continue; the pool/screen house is done and looks so nice! The inside should be finished up this week, Lord willing. | C-J McHugh Lougee | Florida | 10-19-2004 |
| Waldo
If you like satellite photos, run (earth.esa.int/images/) through Google and then click on Enviasat Earth Images.
Peace Arch
:D | Arch | | 10-18-2004 |
| Hi all
Waldo, as the old saying goes, if the shoe fits, wear it and in my case it fits all too well.
Jeff
I figured it was on the base because of the old military style buildings to the left side of the pic.I thought that was the tower on the base in the west side of the scenic cam pic, Hmmm the old long term memory works part of the time at least. ;-) Peace Arch | Arch | Tejas | 10-18-2004 |
| Arch, that's OK, I don't mind the attention, and I completely understand the short-term-memory thing. (Now that wasn't very nice, was it?) :p | Waldo L | Oregon | 10-18-2004 |
| just checking in | dick delong | | 10-18-2004 |
| It looks like the PI Hazecam is located at the Micmac building on the base, overlooking NMTC. If you look closely, you can see the Scenic cam off in the distance! | Webmaster | | 10-18-2004 |
| Arch, it is indeed Jeff, not Jim. No biggie. As for the Haze cam, I've seen the one in Acadia but didn't know there was one in PI. As soon as hazecam.net starts working again, I'll see if I can give you a location! | Webmaster | | 10-18-2004 |
| OOOOOPS
It was Dick D not Waldo L.
:confused: :confused:
Peace Arch | Arch | | 10-18-2004 |
| Webmaster
I called you Jim and Waldo L calls you Jeff, so If I have been calling you by the wrong name, I apologize. I used to work with a Jim Clark wayyyyyy back when Shalek (SP?) Bag Co. was still in business. :confused:
Peace Arch | Arch | | 10-18-2004 |
| Class of 1980 PIHS. Live in Georgia now. | paul robinson | atlanta, ga | 10-18-2004 |
| Webmaster
Jim have you seen the PI Haze web cam yet? If you have not seen it yet go to hazecam.net and tell me where the cam is located. Im guessing up on the base but I cant figure out if it is looking at the airport or the old NMVTI area ????????????
Peace Arch Thanx | Arch | I keep forgetting | 10-18-2004 |
| webmaster, Jeff. I have been having trouble for several days viewing the guestbook beyond 1835 unless I make an entry then I can view it up to date. Does that sound like a malfunction on my end or yours?? | dick delong | Scarborough me | 10-18-2004 |
| My feet still haven't completely touched back to the ground yet from being in PI.
So glad I went, it motivated me and got me out of the rut I was in. I think it's great that Lowe's and Home Depot are coming to PI, but I wonder why both. I think it's because they go together everywhere now,like there twins or something. :D It will bring in jobs and that's progress. I think people will really like those stores there, especially Lowes. A huge Bed,Bath and Beyond store is going up right across from my apt. complex where K-Mart used to be. Hello, J-Cee and everyone. | PAC | Nashville, TN | 10-18-2004 |
| Waldo, I checked the listing for your house. Very nice. You should have no problem selling it. Can't wait to have all 9 Libby's at next year's Thanksgiving. I met your daughter. She is very sweet! :-) | Tenlee | Westport Island, ME | 10-18-2004 |
| Yes, Slopes officially opened Oct 15. It's quite a place. Their home made beer and desserts are especially good :-) | Webmaster | PI | 10-18-2004 |
| I just visited Presque Isle. I didn't know about Slopes at the time. Are they already open? | craig Stouffer | Camp Hill, PA | 10-18-2004 |
| :confused: Why did you put cameras in presquile to watch people? | Jade Anderson | Stockholm, ME | 10-18-2004 |
| That terraserver.com site is really fun to use. Like Arch says, it will give you either aerial photos (sometimes satellite shots for certain parts of the country) or topographical maps. Another way of selecting a starting point is to enter the latitude and longitude, or "lat/long," as we erstwhile intrepid aviators would say. (Oh, gag!) About the only downside is that with a lowly dial-up connection it takes a while to download data, but it's worth it.
Tenlee, -wish I could have been there, too. I'm hearing from all quarters that the early Thanksgiving bash was lots of fun. We'll be able to attend such things regularly, once we move to our new place in Vassalboro. -Gotta sell the place in Oregon first. Check out www.1860Thatcher.com . | Waldo Libby | Oregon | 10-18-2004 |
| Where is the scenic webcam located? | Cheryl | Millinocket | 10-17-2004 |
| Robert
When you get to the web page you will see that the US stops at about Pennsylvania, look to he upper left and click on the compass rose and shift it to the east. You can callup either photos or maps. The maps probably be easier the first time to find your way around. Click on the approximate area of the State or States and have fun.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 10-17-2004 |
| Here I am, way down here next to Fort Worth.
Robert, Try (TerraServer) and you will have what you need.
Peace Arch | Arch | Baja Oklahoma | 10-17-2004 |
| WHERE IS ARCH??????????? | dick delong | Scarborough me | 10-17-2004 |
| would anyone know a good web site that i could find satilite photos from the sky of the county thanks :confused: | Robert | nc | 10-17-2004 |
| Had a WONDERFUL visit with 8 of the 9 Libby's today. I have a couple of questions. Why don't any of them age and why haven't they made a CD? They sing like angels, and they all look the same as when I met them 40+ years ago! Oh, and their offspring are all great singers too!
Thanks again "Libby's" for including my husband and me in your Early Thanksgiving! What an awesome time we had! | Tenlee | Westport Island, ME | 10-17-2004 |
| I love the photo of the tree at Mantle Lake. I have some nice memories of the park! | Michelle | Dayton, Ohio | 10-16-2004 |
| Nice to see home town, been on road for 4 weeks now. | Bart Smith | Saginaw MI | 10-16-2004 |
| CJ,
Sounds like things are moving right along and it is almost safe to say things should be Hurricane Free for this year. One can only hope at least. Had to put a jacket on this morning for work. I hate to think of that miserable white stuff that could land at anytime. It was fun as a kid but not when you have to go out in the cold with the dog and then to work waiting for the car to warm up. It's down to 52 today.
LCD | LCD | PA | 10-16-2004 |
| Jeff (and Gerald)...great picture and thanks for sharing another bit of "home" for us folks away.
LCD(and JMT)..the inside repairs seem to be taking forever with ceilings, sheet rock, insulation (yes, they do insulate these Florida houses!!), tiles, taping, painting, etc. The screen enclosure around the pool will be finished in the next couple of days so, at least, we'll have our pool and deck back for enjoyment. Please God, no more hurricanes or tornadoes!! | C-J Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 10-16-2004 |
| Jeff,
Such a beautiful picture. We are getting wet in Pa. They call for snow in the upper elevations on Sunday and our trees have not yet changed colors. I really miss this time of year in Maine. It looks absolutly picture painted. Thanks.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Pa | 10-15-2004 |
| That tree is near the gates at Mantle Lake Park in Presque Isle. It was a great year for bright colors! | Webmaster | | 10-15-2004 |
| Wow! Whose yard is that spectacular red maple in? Thanks for showing us. | Waldo Libby | Oregon, -for a few more weeks | 10-15-2004 |
| Some Fall color, courtesy of Gerald Clark. | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 10-15-2004 |
| I can see from the raindrops on the camera that it's raining in PI. It's not raining here, just overcast and damp. It's not a great outside day, but a good day to take oneself to the mall for some pampering, which is what I did. I try to do what I tell my patients to do, and take some time for myself.......and that makes for a good day off!! ;-) | Myrna Condon | SE Mass | 10-15-2004 |
| Dick Delong,
Have a safe journey home if I don't talk to you on line before you leave. Catch up with you when you reconnect in Florida. Stay well and safe.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | WB, Pa | 10-15-2004 |
| Hi to all from OZ | Dane Wilcox | Wichita, Kansas | 10-15-2004 |
| Thanks Amy. Still is very lonely without Al tho but of course the kids do help. I just talked with your mother and she said they were on their way down to your place tomorrow. Have fun and again thank you. | Carolyn Craig Caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 10-14-2004 |
| Hi Carolyn,
Just wanted to send condolences on the loss of your husband. At least, thankfully, you are nearby to Cara, Shannon and Ian and his little boy. It's good you have family down there during this time.
Once again, sorry about your loss. | Amy (Dube) Cyr | Lewiston, Maine | 10-14-2004 |
| Vern, I picked up a maple leaf but didn't have any wax paper available at the time on the bike path.
:-) so I threw it down and said to heck with it. My mother used to put leaves between this really good waxed paper,then put a string on the top, it was the neatest thing, then she would send them to the grandkids. Yes, I covered everything that I wanted to do except I missed the moose on the way back to Bangor, was looking to the right instead of to the left, otherwise I would have seen it. I drank coffee this AM from my "Potato Pickers Special" mug. | PAC | Nashville, TN | 10-14-2004 |
| LCD We plan to leave here a week from tomorrow, the 22nd. a couple of days in Attleboro Mass. Should arrive in Brooksville about the 26th if all goes well. We will be thinking about you all in the north country suffering along with the old farmers almanac. Its been a great fall in Maine. | dick delong | Scarborough me | 10-14-2004 |
| It's actually beautiful here today - it must be more than 51. I just got back from doing school errands and it's quite warm - just a beautiful fall day. Leaves are still very pretty in some areas. | J-CEE | PI | 10-14-2004 |
| Hi DG,
Mission accomplished. Thanks again. I guess she won't be moving much for a month or so. They keep her on drugs and try to make her as comfortable as possible until the fracture heals. The flowers should put a smile on her face.
Dick Delong,
You should be getting ready to head south soon. When are you leaving?
CJ
How is the work going on the house? Getting things back to normal I hope. Did you have a change of heart yet? Looks a little cool in Maine today. We are still in the 60's but having a rainy day. Yuk, guess I'll spend my day off at the Mall.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 10-14-2004 |
| Hi, Mona. I wasn't being smart. I guess I was being dumb. I don't know much about potato fields and thought that might be a machine of some kind. Do machines usually do the picking now for people? | Betty | Milo | 10-13-2004 |
| Carolyn, I am so sorry to hear about your husband. Please accept my deepest sympathy, we'll have to get together with Alice at Tim Hortons some morning.
From Milo, what I was suppose to write was potatoe pickers. Picking the old fashion way. | Mona | Easton | 10-13-2004 |
| PAC,
Welcome back. Thanks for the webcam appearances. You certainly are the poster child for the Energizer bunny. It sounds as though you covered everything that you wanted to do. It made me feel great just because you were having such a great time.
So you're staying in Nashville... for now. You could do alot worse, huh?
The leaves had begun to turn in Maryland on Monday before we left but it only served to make me homesick. I don't suppose you pressed an Aroostook County maple leaf between wax paper, did you?
vh | Vern Hall | | 10-13-2004 |
| I would love to live in Aroostook County again, but I am going to stay here and keep my job, my sons live here as well.
It would be very hard to say goodbye to them and move back up there. You always miss your kids no matter what age they are. I have made a few big moves from state to state, so now I am going to stay put. I have been here 14 years. My husband was diagnosed with lung cancer a few months after I moved here and he passed away 10 yrs ago. Good luck to you Carolyn. We will be thinking of you in the days ahead. | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, TN | 10-13-2004 |
| Hi everyone...again. Thanks to PAC and J-Cee, I have the name of the realtor. I will write you girls separately. Thanks Meredith and Waldo and all for your words of sympathy. I still can't believe that Al is gone. He loved this place so much. We bought a house built in 1925 and completely renovated it. Now I am here alone and not liking it one bit! So at 71, I will start over again in the County. Guess God isn't finished with the ol' gal yet!! Thanks again. Carolyn | Carolyn Craig Caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 10-12-2004 |
| Carolyn, Wow, I'm so sorry to hear about your loss of your husband. I don't blame you for wanting to go back home. I hope you can find a decent place. I know the prices are much better up there than they are in this neck of the woods. I wish you were going to be around this area on this Saturday, Oct. 16. Us Libbys are having an early Thankgiving in Yarmouth. I'd love to have you join us. Next year for sure! We hope that all 9 of us will be around by then. We've dubbed lots of others as "Libbys" as well. It's going to be a nice full house with lots of food, fun, and singing. Keep us posted on what you find in Aroostook.
Meredith | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta | 10-12-2004 |
| Go to www.mainerec.com and click on real estate- It gives you a link to every real estate agent here in the County :-) | Caribou | | 10-12-2004 |
| We check in on the County nightly as my husband is from Monticello and we lived up their for years before moving back to Oklahoma and it is nice to be able to browse and see where we used to live. Like your camera | Jan Palmer | Luther, Oklahoma | 10-12-2004 |
| Carolyn, I'm so sorry to hear of your loss!
It looks like Judy is going to look up that Crestmont Circle realtor for you, so this next information may be redundant. My wife and I found the house we eventually bought in Vassalboro by searching on the web. One of the better resources turned out to be www.Realtor.com . I don't know if realtors around PI link to that or not, but a lot of them in southern Maine certainly do.
If we ever get moved to our new house, we'll have to have you stop by for a visit. We plan to have space to put up guests.
Wishing you the very best! -Waldo | Waldo Libby | Oregon | 10-12-2004 |
| :-) We are anxious to visit!! | John C. Binford | Waynesville, NC, USA | 10-12-2004 |
| You're welcome. I'm very happy everyone is enjoying it! :D | Webmaster | PI, ME | 10-12-2004 |
| Webmaster: This is the greatest tool for keeping people in touch, kind of like a life-line in a way. THANK YOU. | PAC | Nashville, TN | 10-12-2004 |
| Carolyn,I live in Presque Isle. On my way home from work today I will drive over to Crestmont Circle to see who the realtor is and will let you know. You said Crestmont Street, but I feel certain you meant Crestmont Circle. | J-Cee | Presque Isle | 10-12-2004 |
| Carolyn, I just read your message and just e-mailed you. I am so sorry about your husband's passing. Maybe my sister, J-Cee can help you. I hope so. | PAC | Nashville, TN | 10-12-2004 |
| Hi, I need your help. I am from the PI area and have lived there over half my life, having worked at DHS for 23 years. Then, I retired, married and moved to Kentucky on April 1, 2002. We were very happily married for 2 and half years when, 3 weeks ago, my wonderful husband died from a massive heart attack. He had had diabetes for 20-30 years. Anyway, I am feeling that I want to come back home and had spotted a small house on Crestmont Street but do not know the realtor to get in touch with. If anyone lives near there or knows anything about it, please let me know either on this or thru my e-mail. I sure would appreciate it. Thank you so much. Carolyn | Carolyn Craig Caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 10-12-2004 |
| Mona, what are "potatoe pickeds"? | Betty | Milo | 10-12-2004 |
| Why is the guest book showing me March entries? This happens frequently...
If the weather's right, it's pretty chilly up there! :p | Lorrie | Valley of the Sun | 10-11-2004 |
| Great cam !!!!
I like to see it in Holland !
Greatings to you all.
*********GOD BLESS AMERICA**********
;-) | Vera Hendriks | The Netherlands | 10-11-2004 |
| Oh gosh, I'm sorry PAC, my error, I just had a birthday and I try to make everyone older than me. HA HA Bet we do know lots of the same people. The county is always grand this time of year! Have a safe trip back! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 10-09-2004 |
| Jeanne, I did not visit any of the Bell girls in Parkhurst Siding, but I was on their back property up on the mountain. Ron McPherson gave us the grand tour on the trails through the woods. Rebecca, I graduated in 1968. I love Aroostook County. I have had an excellent week here. Going back to TN tomorrow. | PAC | Presque Isle | 10-09-2004 |
| Mona, nice to see you on this morning. I never did get ahold of those kids in Mapleton. My brother has alot of fields along the Fort Road, but no pickers for a long time. Boys my bones tell the tale of cold mornings and snow covered fields, on my knees picking, wishing I was in school instead of freezing! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 10-09-2004 |
| As I was returning from Ft. Fairfield this morning low and behold a field with potatoe pickeds in it. We see very few of those any more. | Mona | Easton | 10-09-2004 |
| Wow! That scenic view is getting more spectacular every day. We're having the most incredible New England fall weather here - couldn't have ordered better. It's time for our annual fall walk along our beautiful Cape Cod Canal. | Myrna Condon | Southeastern Massachusetts | 10-09-2004 |
| Sure is great to check in on Presque Isle at anytime!!!!! ;-) | Barbara Ouellette | Connecticut | 10-08-2004 |
| Allison, it's nice to see you on the site. It gives me a reason to call your Mom and Dad! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 10-08-2004 |
| Nice website. Enjoy looking at scenes from The County, since I am a native.
Greetings from Indiana. | Gloria Hjulstrom Clark | | 10-08-2004 |
| PAC-Jerry graduated in 1965 and Bobby in 1960. Think we were spread out far enough? I just checked the scenic web cam and the trees are absolutely beautiful and I can't believe that it's 75 degrees! You are having a perfect week. How long are you staying? You should stop by to visit all of the Bell girls. Carol lives in the house right across from the one where they all grew up, Donna is right down and across the road and Barb is up the hill behind Donna. The last two times we were home, Barb and Jimmy had a big bon fire so we all sat around and talked for hours. We had a great time. Have a great weekend and whoever you see, tell them I said "HI"! | Jeanne Tolley | Daytona Beach | 10-08-2004 |
| It's nice to just view the webcams from time to time. :-) | Allison Smith Charette | Wisconsin Rapids WI | 10-08-2004 |
| PAC, thanks for inquiring - I am younger than most of the more active people on this site. I graduated from Mars Hill in 71. My Aunt's and Uncle's are more your age.
I always enjoy visiting the site and have come to realize alot of folks I know on here know the same people as I do. | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 10-08-2004 |
| PAC, thanks for inquiring - I am younger than most of the more active people on this site. I graduated from Mars Hill in 71. My Aunt's and Uncle's are more your age.
I always enjoy visiting the site and have come to realize alot of folks I know on here know the same people as I do. | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 10-08-2004 |
| Jeanne, I found you in the yearbook, but I can't find CJ yet. I could stay here all day and look at the yearbooks. CJ, please, what year? What year did Jerry graduate, Jeanne? | PAC | PIHS | 10-08-2004 |
| PAC-Carlos Rogers, who graduated with me, lives in my house on Allen Street. When I was visiting the Lynch's a couple years ago, his wife gave me a tour. Funny how when I lived there it seemed huge, but years later it seemed so much smaller. I graduated in 1973. I should have told you before you got there. A good place to see lots of people you know is to go to the Country Club the night of the mens twilight league. Carol Bell was with us so she could tell me everyone that I didn't recognize! I must say Steve Condon looks the same as he did in high school! Tell Ronnie McPherson that I said "HI" when you see him.
CJ-hope you are getting your repairs done. Don't know why Bobby Sommerville popped into my mind. I think he used to hang out with my brother, Bobby. Funny, I can't remember what happened yesterday but I can remember the name of someone I hardly knew!
DG-I love the pics. CJ's right. Pam looks great. Thanks for putting them on. | Jeanne Tolley | Daytona Beach | 10-08-2004 |
| Jeanne, I drove by your old house on Allen St - it looks real nice. I'd like to look you up in the yearbook, but don't know what year..you too Rebecca. :-) | PAC | PI | 10-08-2004 |
| My goodness, CJ, you certainly are up early, just noticed the time you wrote your comment. Glad you're OK. | PAC | | 10-08-2004 |
| Thanks DG...I'll be there today to get the videotape. I appreciate what you did.
They just said that the 2nd season of moose hunting starts Monday. The girl at Sleepers in Caribou told me they got about 80 some moose just in New Sweden.
Got some gooooood whoopie pies there too! | PAC | PI | 10-08-2004 |
| PAC...
Your videotape is ready to be picked up at the office. I won't be there most of the day (day off to do other things), but simply belly up to the front desk and ask Peggy for it; it's right there.....she'll know.
With all your energy and joie de vivre, maybe it's a grand idea to bottle it, sell it to the world and retire early. Good idea, eh? | DG | PI | 10-08-2004 |
| Webmaster: No,I don't mind at all that you posted the photo of me on here. It's going to be another busy day, lots more to do and see!! | PAC | PI | 10-08-2004 |
| It's 5:00 AM and I'm watching the Potato Pickers Special on WAGM. There's still taters to get out of the ground, it's going to be 70 degrees here today and tomorrow! I should go to the field and help, or just be a spectator and take pictures. Had a fun time last night visiting with Ronnie McPherson in Parkhurst Siding. Going back today to ride on his Mule; he's going to take me and J-CEE on a ride around our farm out back, ohmygosh, the scenery, the trees, I've haven't stopped since I arrived at the Bangor airport - still going strong!
Stay tuned..... | PAC | PI | 10-08-2004 |
| DG and Webmaster...thanks for posting the pictures, since I missed the show!
PAC...you look great and haven't aged a bit! It's only been .?. how many years since we rode the bus together?!! I also didn't realize that Judy still lives up there.
JMT...you beat me to the punch and posting. Bob's name was the first name that popped into my head too,and from DG's clues, remembered that he used to live up on "the hill".
LCD...haven't heard from you lately?!?
Hope everyone's well. | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee | 10-08-2004 |
| y is it that those that have "nothing of significance to say, don't sign their name? Geee.......... | GU E S T | | 10-08-2004 |
| My mother taught me that if I didnt have anything nice to say....dont say anything at all. Enough of the political knife jabbing, I come on here to hear about "ol times"....thanks | guest | | 10-07-2004 |
| Just cruisin' the web and thought I'd check out what was happenin' in No. Me.,
I miss the area and the people, its a wonderful place. | Mark Smith | St. Johnsbury, Vt. | 10-07-2004 |
| DG, please ask my gorgeous Aunt to step in front of the web cam one night on her way out of the office so I can see if I'm ageing as well as she!? | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 10-07-2004 |
| Here's another one from the S. Main cam. PAC, hope you don't mind us posting these! | Webmaster | PI, ME | 10-07-2004 |
| Jeanne...
Yup, off comes the mask....it is Bobby Somerville. Good one! Here's a still life of PAC from yesterday's showing. | DG | PI | 10-07-2004 |
| DG-One more thing. I must have tuned in too late to see you. Of course, I would have recognized you. Like someone said, you haven't aged a bit! Only Pam and Judy were there when I looked. Can't wait to see the pics you took. I guess Judy still lives in PI? | Jeanne | | 10-07-2004 |
| DG-Was it Bobby Summerville from up on the hill? | Jeanne Tolley | Daytona Beach | 10-07-2004 |
| One more item then I'll shut up: Today I'll post a photo of PAC with her cute little face pressed against the window from yesterday's viewing. A treasure for sure..... | DG | PI | 10-07-2004 |
| RBS...
Perhaps you should reveal yourself. Maybe someone out in crownofmaine land recognizes "RBS" and would like to unmask, if you will, the real identity of this well known person from P.I. who was born in 1942 and lived up on the hill. C'mon someone.....LIFT OFF THIS MASK! | DG | PI | 10-07-2004 |
| RBS..
My old buddy.....how goes it? Have attempted to communicate with you via e-mail, but apparently failed. Wasn't sure you were still on the planet. Last time you and I talked was on cousin Freddie's phone when I was standing in the parking lot of Shirley and Harold's Restaurant. That was at least a year ago. Can't believe you caught us on crownofmaine. Glad you did........ | DG | PI | 10-07-2004 |
| Hey Richard - We made a point to see you this morning. Your the only one from the class of "60" that nevers seems to age. | RBS | SGF | 10-06-2004 |
| J-Cee,
It was great to see you, Pam and DG earlier today. You all look great. Must be the clean air and good living.
You mentioned Mapleton... Is Johnny's General Store in the center of Mapleton still in business? It was a favorite stop for penny candy as a child. We'd collect pop bottles, ride our bikes to Mapleton and exchange the bottles for candy. Great treat but... "It was hard work." Wait a minute... Isn't that what GW said about being President? I might be over qualified... He'd never peddle up Condon Hill, eh Arch?
Enjoy,
Vh | Vern | | 10-06-2004 |
| The lady with me at the webcam today was my sister Judy (J-Cee). I tried to stay out there long enough. I'll probably have this "thrown back in my face", oh-oh, but it was fun. And I saw Dwight Wilcox too, what a thrill! Tim Horton's is THE place to see people in PI. I have been somewhat out of control this week, but I'll have great memories of all this. RE: the ladder, what a good idea, at first I thought DG was kidding (he even washed the window). BAS, we drove out to our farm and J-Cee drove out back on the field roads and down to the camp, the pond is totally overgrown with weeds! My old house on the Houlton Rd looks great! | PAC | PI | 10-06-2004 |
| No pickin' crews left! Checked with Mike Mathers a few weeks ago and he didn't know of anyone. The farmer from Easton, I can't remember his name, but that was the last year he did it; however, Dan Stewart still does it, but only has a few rows to dig for the amount he needs to sell at his produce stand. Took pictures of a harvester crew this afternoon - digging on the Mapleton Road across from the Haystack Historical Society building. They looked cold - had on their winter parka's. | J-Cee | Presque Isle | 10-06-2004 |
| The ladder, I fear, was for both of us. Jeanne.....didn't recognize me, did ya? I videotaped the event and sometime shortly will post a photo on crownofmaine (right here) so that you can view PAC's face for as long as you desire. Ed B.....so, you're catchin' a few peeks of crownofmaine, eh? | DG | PI | 10-06-2004 |
| Pickin' clothes?? what's that?? Those were shed yrs. ago for city duds. I hope they can find a pickin' crew, just to step back into a potato field again and see it all happening. Judy, whose farm was that in Easton where we found a crew about 3 yrs. ago? Have you checked on them? Does Greg Staples have a crew, or anyone else Parkhurst Siding way. Maybe Randy or Scott Smith would know who has a pickin' crew. I think it would be cool for Pam to see it happening again after 30 some yrs away, tho I'm sure her memories are vivid. We'd get 16 rows behind and then wave to Dad (the diggerman)..He'd laugh at us, but it wasn't funny when we were tired or hot or worse.....cold. I wish I were there. | BAS | | 10-06-2004 |
| I missed the viewing again! It's becauseI didn't see the e-mail until after the fact. Pam, I can't resist this one........was the ladder just for you?? Ed's comment made ma say that!! | BAS | | 10-06-2004 |
| Brenda, It looked like your sisters didn't have their pickin clothes on. It was nice of DG to bring the ladder. | ed bonenfant | Trenton, Me | 10-06-2004 |
| PAC-I saw you! How exciting. I had written myself a note "10:00 Webcam" and when I remembered it was 10:07 but you were still there. Then by 10:09 you were looking at your watch! Who was that with you? | Jeanne Tolley | Daytona Beach | 10-06-2004 |
| PAC...sorry I missed you yesterday but will definitely try to be tuned in today to view you and DG....the workers are here taking care of hurricane damage -- new ceilings, painting, etc. -- hopefully, they won't be too noisey and won't need me to "confer" on something! Have a safe trip home! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Florida | 10-06-2004 |
| PAC,
I will be tuned in to see you (and DG) tomorrow. It sounds as though you ARE just a little out of control. That's a good thing. I hope that you have a great trip.
We leave Thursday AM for Maryland to help out Phyl's mom. She doesn't have a computer and I am not taking the laptop. I will be going through COM withdrawal...
'til tomorrow then,
vh | Vh | Hot in Houston | 10-05-2004 |
| PAC...
If you and I are gonna put on a show for the viewers outside tomorrow, better dig out your long johns and mittens; it promises to be a bit cool........dg | DG | PI | 10-05-2004 |
| Yup. PAC and I had a visit today. She has inveigled me to stand with her by the rose bushes in front of the webcam at exactly 10 tomorrow morning. Perhaps we should set up a ladder and push our faces closer to the camera....it is Halloween month you know. | DG | PI | 10-05-2004 |
| Brenda, sorry you missed me, but I would have had to call you and tell you exactly when I would be appearing at the webcam. The plan is to be there again tomorrow morning 10:00 sharp. Going to see Dick Graves (whom I saw today). What fun! Yes, I have been to Tim Horton's twice,the one in Canada also. Also to Dan Stewart's farm, didn't see Dan yet, but just visited with his wife this afternoon. Lots to do and not enough time, guess I'd better get up at 5:00 every AM to get started! Saw Randy Smith (Scott's brother)at the Aroostook Farm on the Houlton Rd, but at first I thought he was Barry Bartley. We did do the chairlift ride up Mars Hill Mtn. on Sunday and it was perfect in every way.
Magnificent view, so I got the view I wanted without having to climb Haystack. We may be going on a pumpkin hayride on Sat. in Mapleton. That's all for now folks. Oh, I got some whoopie pies and we devoured them, and Maine doughnuts too! Having the time of my life!! 10:00 Wed AM at North Main webcam, I hope you can all see us. I'll try to get DG in on it too. | PAC | Presque Isle | 10-05-2004 |
| Speaking of the Parkhurst Siding Road. Karin Lynch stayed at Arndt's (sp) Cabins this summer. Haven't heard how she liked it, but I looked at their web site and it looks really nice. It's where the Kelly's used to live. | Jeanne Tolley | | 10-05-2004 |
| PAC, darn I missed it......it's 2 here, 3 there and I'm just now getting the message. I got busy and didn't check COM for awhile. Maybe you'll do it again sometime this week. Wouldn't ;the S Main cam show you closer?
Have you gone to Tim Horton's yet? Have you stopped at Dan Stewart's farm? Have you been out on the Parkhurst Siding Road? Tell us what you're doing! Who have you seen that I might know. Of course, you can e-mail me privately, but others might be interested also.
We are having a cool day...only 75. I went to Sonic for lunch and a girl was sitting at the picnic table there and I saw her go to her car and get a jacket......really! Crazy, huh? | BAS | Austin, TX | 10-05-2004 |
| Pam, I missed you. Just got back from two meetings and when I checked the guest book, I saw you had already been there! The weather looks beautiful. Enjoy! | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Daytona Beach | 10-05-2004 |
| Brenda,
She's there now - do you see her? | J-CEE | PI | 10-05-2004 |
| I saw the wave this morning and as silly as it sounds it was a thrill! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 10-05-2004 |
| PAC will be at the North Main Cam at 12:00 sharp! | J-Cee | PI | 10-05-2004 |
| Pam, I thought you had mis-spelled Starbucks, but, Stanbucks, huh? How clever and only 10 cents....wow! I do remember when coffee was only 10 cents, and I'm NOT old. Do they have the flavored creamers? I bet not.
I'm glad that you are enjoying yourself and taking it all in. There's lots to see and especially when you haven't been there in awhile. The last Fall I was there, there was a Pickin' Crew in Easton......Judy and Bill will remember where it was.
Don't forget.....climb Haystack to see a spectacular view.....you will see for miles and miles. It's an easy climb.
I'd love to be there with you. Let me know when you'll be in front of the webcam. | Brenda Ashley Segura | Austin, TX | 10-05-2004 |
| Couldn't wait till tomorrow - Went to "Stanbucks" yesterday. That's right, "Stanbucks", not Starbucks, for 10 cent coffee. Good coffee, great price! I recommend you go there for the experience, only one thing - it's way up top of the Crown, in Stockholm. I saw the most gorgeous trees ever and little Madawaska Lake and Long Lake. ("Stanbucks coffee is at Stan's Grocery, really takes you back in time). | PAC | Star City of the Northeast | 10-05-2004 |
| Well, I haven't actually seen any harvest crews working, but there are still some fields to be dug. I picked enough potatoes to last a lifetime when I was younger! I remember counting the rows left to be dug. It is the most beautiful fall here ever!! I would love to move back here. It is truly "heaven on earth". More tomorrow. | PAC | Presque Isle | 10-05-2004 |
| Viewers...
If you're truly interested in Dick Curless' song "Tater Raisin' Man", with your search engine go to "Tater Raisin' Man" and it's right there, audio and all. While you're at it, listen to "There's A Tombstone Every Mile" by Curless also...... | DG | PI | 10-03-2004 |
| Whoops - my mind must have been experiencing a minor blip while trying to spell "station" on my last email!
I was just thinking the same about the scenic picture - how beautiful!! The colors are really incredible. I am always amazed when I go to Maine, and especially to the County, at how blue the sky is and how green the trees and grass are - much more intense and true color than here and other areas. | Myrna Condon | Southeastern Massachusetts | 10-03-2004 |
| My favorite cam right now is the scenic cam because each day the leaves get prettier and prettier. They have not yet started to change here so it is nice to be able to watch the process twice. | Jane J. | | 10-03-2004 |
| One of our local Boston statations had a segment this morning, headlined to be about "a place way up in Northern Maine". They showed the potato harvesting process at Cloverleaf Farms and interviewed the owner. Seeing those potatoes being dug and laid out on the ground brought back a lot of memories. I can almost smell the top-kill. | Myrna Condon | Southeastern Massachusetts | 10-03-2004 |
| J-cee,
I didn't know that it was you b-day. Belated happy, happy!
You CAN dampen PAC enthusiasm by telling her to get her "picking" clothes on.
Hope, you have fun.
vh | V-h | Way down here | 10-03-2004 |
| Well folks, PAC is HERE and she's going wild!!! | J-CEE | Presque Isle | 10-03-2004 |
| Well, Florida had it's hurricanes..We now have MT.ST.HELENS starting to rumble. The eruption on Friday was minor. New reports is that we could experience a large blow. Not looking forward to the ash that may land here. I am about 45 miles as the crow flies from the center. :-( | Rick B | Vancouver, WA | 10-02-2004 |
| It is a beautiful fall day here, with temperatures getting lower every week, and leaves starting to turn. We won't reach peak color for 3-4 weeks, but we have the fall smell already.
If memory serves me right, I believe the words to the Tater song have been asked for and delivered on this site a year or two ago, so perhaps that person is still checking in. | Myrna Condon | Southeastern Masssachusetts | 10-02-2004 |
| Ok, who remembers the lyrics to the Tater Pickin Song?
All I remember is "Tater tater, tater raisin, tater raisin man..."
Help me out here!
Oh, I so remember sitting by the radio listening for our farmer, hoping we at least went in late! LOL | tenlee | Westport Island, ME | 10-02-2004 |
| Hi All
Man that does bring back memories, getting up before the crack of dawn to listen to The Potato Pickers Special.Wayne Knight was also the sports announcer for WAGM and as I remember it he called all the basketball games. We always wished that your farmer was gonna start late or not at all. As I remember it, the old saying was " fog in the holler horses to collar, fog on the hill horses stand still. And the same was true for the tractors also. Only one time in my life did I ever pick over 100 barrels in one day, I challenged my mother to a contest one time (glad it was only once) and she took me up on it. I was 18 and she was 38 and needless to say I suffered for days after that. We picked 209 barrels and after that all the spuds I want to pick is off from my plate.
Peace Arch | Arch | Baja Oklahoma | 10-01-2004 |
| I remember Wayne Knight doing the potato pickers special but I don't remember it being on TV, only radio. We used to sit around the radio hoping it would be "too wet to dig" so we could go back to bed.
Pam, I'm so jealous that you are going to Maine. What a great time of year to go. I know I don't need to say it but will anyway -- Have a great trip! | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Daytona Beach | 10-01-2004 |
| Hey PAC........you're a poet and I didn't know it! I like that little "ditty".......you can sing it all the way home. Have a great trip. I wish I were going along with ya. I will be vacationing this month, also, but it will be in the Ozarks of ARkansas.......has anyone been there? Supposedly, they have a great showing of color too, but they say it peaks the last week of the month.....I'll see. I'm looking for cooler weather and color.
Judy, Happy Harvest Birthday! I put a note in the mail to you, but you will probably get it after today. When we were younger Judy's Birthday often got sort of overlooked....well, after all we were in the middle of gettin' a crop out of the ground! Farmers had their priorities, and I'm sure Gramp and Dad must have told her Happy Birthday, but then it was "get to work"!! And it was the "crack of dawn".....if there hadn't been a frost the nite before.
Vern......you were "hankering" for a frost.......then head for the "top". TGIF everyone. | BAS | Austin, TX | 10-01-2004 |
| **HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO J-CEE at PIHS**
I agree, what a spectacular view from Castle Hill!
Leaving on a jet plane
To the beautiful State of Maine
The leaves will be red, orange and gold
The air crisp and cold
The farmers will be digging their crop
Until I say "Stop,am I really at the Top"
Oh, Yes, The CROWN OF MAINE | PAC | Nashville today, PI tomorrow | 10-01-2004 |
| Does anyone remember watching or listening to "The Potato Pickers Special?" Well, it's in its 44th season and I watched it this morning...I was wide awake at 4:30AM (how could I be after watching the debates?!),but I was so I turned it on. This mornings show was very good as they showed clips of past seasons and several great pictures of The County during harvest. Wish you could all have seen it! I thought I might see a clip of my father, but didn't - maybe next time. The show is very informative to growers in particular. They have different quests each day speaking on different topics of particular interest to growers. Of course, they list the start times local farmers want their crews to report to the fields, etc. This morning most everyone was starting between 6 and 6:30. We have not had a deep frost yet. I remember many times we couldn't start until 10 or so. It is still quite warm here - yesterday was mid 70's! | J-CEE | PI | 10-01-2004 |
| Oh, I almost forgot another place that qualifies as "top of the world". Vern, you will appreciate this.....it's going out the Mapleton Road and on up to Castle Hill. For the most spectacular view of all, one must climb.....yes c-l-i-m-b Haystack Mtn......you can do it......and take binoculars!! | Brenda Ashley Segura | | 09-30-2004 |
| OK!!All of you county folk have made me homesick with all this kind of talk.And,,,,,I haven't been homesick, but there's sometning about Fall that can do it to me. There is no Fall like Maine's. Texans "think" they have one.....and I guess they do, just a little, but it pales in comparison to what Maine has. I want to put out pumkins and scarecrows, but they somehow don't go with 90* weather. Waldo, when you said "million dollar view", it reminded me of something my father used to say. He'd say that we were "on top of the world" in Aroostook County. That fits when you are coming across the Caribou road and surely when you are going up to the "top" of the Burlock Road.I can see the Libby Farm and it's comforting to know that it's there and no Wal-Mart or some mega apt complex has taken it's place. | Brenda Ashley Segura | Capital of Tx | 09-30-2004 |
| I may be borrowing some of your warm clothes, J-Cee. Oh, I was wondering about the chairlift on Mars Hill mountain. Cool! I definitely want to go out on the Burlock Rd for that million-dollar view! That is pretty country out there. | Pam | | 09-30-2004 |
| It is a comfortably cool and most gorgeous fall morning here in Southeastern Massachusetts. We got some much needed rain yesterday, but the sun is back out and shining today. Now that the tourists have gone home, it is our time to visit beautiful Martha's Vineyard and enchanting Nantucket.
Even 40+ years later, the fall sights and smells remind me of my youth in Aroostook: waiting for the sun to warm the frozen ground so the digger could start laying out the potatoes for us to pick - peeling off the layers of clothes as the day went on - waiting for the field truck driver to bring back our snacks from the little general store - and of course, picking up the paycheck on Saturday to go "to town" to shop for new winter clothes. If we were lucky, it rained Saturday at some point, so we got an early start. What wonderful memories.......what wonderful training! | Myrna Condon | Southeastern Massachusetts | 09-30-2004 |
| Waldo & Marc, Pam and I will definitely drive out by your farm when she gets here. Thanks for letting me know who lives there now - I've been wondering. I think we have a nice week-end in store. Pam and I will take a chirlift ride up Big Rock (Mars Hill Mtn) on Sunday and perhaps also go to Hartland,NB to see and walk through the covered bridge. Should be beautiful- even a bit cold! The high will be 62. PAC will have to dress warm :-) | J-Cee | PI | 09-30-2004 |
| Ha! Hi, Marc! -Looks like we signed on about the same time. | WL | Oregon | 09-29-2004 |
| J-CEE,
Thanks for the indirect foliage report. Farming at the end of the Burlock Road, we may not have had any money, but we certainly had a million-dollar view! | Waldo Libby | NW Oregon | 09-29-2004 |
| J-Cee, Thank you for mentioning the horseback riding out where our family lived.. even though we all moved from there nearly 30 yrs ago, I have dreams of walking around that farm in my sleep. So glad that our cousin Tim Gray now lives there. It was a great place to grow up, and still a lot of memories there.. | marc libby | today, Los Angeles | 09-29-2004 |
| Just found this site looking fore a old friend in Fort Fairfield.What a great thing to have with your web cam and being able to see what is going on up there.I was there 1965 through 1967 at loring AFB. I still think about the good times i had being a 18 year old young man in Maine. I will return next year i hope ,to just get one more look at the past. thanks, Ed Miller;-) | ed miller | raleigh,nc | 09-29-2004 |
| I'm sure I will see lots of pretty leaves - I'll go looking for them!
I was looking at the current issue of DownEast magazine, there's a story in there about the QM2. So, when are you going on a cruise, DG? I'm counting the hours now till I get to PI! | PAC | | 09-29-2004 |
| The leaves have changed a lot here in the past few days. A co-worker of mine stopped by yesterday and said that she had been horseback riding way up on the Burlock Road where the Libby's used to live and said the leaves were spectacular as well as the view! Last Sunday the leaves downstate had changed more than ours; however, I think we are catching up to them. PAC - you'd better get here soon or the leaves on the big maple in front of my office will be gone - that is if the wind picks up. | J-CEE | well NE of Vh | 09-29-2004 |
| DG...sounds like you had a nice visit in BH; it's been many years since we visited there. Yes, I certainly do remember your buddy, Roger; give him my regards!
LCD...thanks for the good thoughts and prayers; separate message to follow!
JMT...we made it thru another one, kiddo, but it's getting down-right sickening if you ask me! I'd much rather have a real nor'easter!!
PAC...enjoy some new 'taters for me while you're in PI, and be sure to let me know when the webcam "viewing" will be!! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Hurricane Alley Florida | 09-29-2004 |
| I still live in Maine, although on the coast (about 5 hours south of P.I.) But each time I go north (to P.I.) I smile as I stop at the road-side stands and get NEW POTATOES (still on the honor system!) Oh My! I bring them home, cook them with new peas, or beans and milk and LOTS of butter, and feel like I'm home again! Nothing better!
My husband is from Southern Maine, and had never gone "fiddleheadin" but loved the ones my sister, mom and/or dad put up for us each year, so this year he went up north and fiddleheaded! Each time I grab a bag from the freezer and cook them, he smiles and says "they taste so much better when you've picked them yourself!" lol What a "downeaster" he is! lol
But oh yeah, they are soooooooooooo good!
I used to pick potatoes for Collie Giggie (not sure of spelling). What an awesome man he was! So good to the pickers! | Tenlee | Westport Island, ME | 09-29-2004 |
| According to State of Maine's foliage webpage, they're only showing low (10-30%) in leaf color change at this time. :-( | PAC | | 09-28-2004 |
| Vern,
Yes, e-mailing the night before sounds good. I hope it works. How many barrels do I plan to pick? Not many, I never did pick a lot like Donna Bell Lisnik
did. Remember, we were the farmer's daughters and we counted the tickets every night! | PAC | | 09-28-2004 |
| PAC,
Coordinate a webcam rendezvous... Because the soire'e sisters will be pretty busy, it's best that you send me an email the night before the planned event. Then I shall be in tuned in at the prescribed moment. This will account for inclement weather and technical delays. What do you think?
This also leaves your schedule pretty open for you to enjoy the county. I wish I was going to be there. I checked the Maine Foliage webpage and your (or J-cee's) timing is impeccable.
Just how many barrels a day do you plan to pick?
vh | Vh | Well South of Arch | 09-28-2004 |
| Vern,
If you want me and Judy to wave at you from the webcam, obviously we need to coordinate this with you. Let us know when. Also, thanks for the book, got it yesterday. | PAC | | 09-28-2004 |
| MMMMMM, new potatoes. Dad used to cook them together with new peas and yellow wax beans from the garden. Didn't even need meat!
DG-I remember Roger DeGrass. But I knew his brother, Ray, better. I love hearing names from the past. But then I start wondering where they are and what they are doing! Sounds like you had a wonderful time in Bar Harbor. Did you stay at the Bar Harbor Motor Inn (I think), right by the pier? We tried to stay there last year, but it was booked so we stayed at the new hotel, Bar Harbor Grande, owned by the same guy, that had just opened the week before. It was great. | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Daytona Beach | 09-28-2004 |
| Viewers...
After rereading my own message, I discovered a strange word: "magnificant". Reckon I screwed up, because, as you can probably tell, I meant "magnificent"....but who really cares? | DG | PI | 09-27-2004 |
| Dick D
You sure as heck know how to make a person think back and remember many a good healthy meal. I remember we always waited for the new potatoes so we could have them and new peas fresh from the field. What a meal. MMMM fiddle heads, I could make a meal of just them, some cider vinegar and butter, salt and pepper. As for counting tickets, thinking about that makes my knees hurt. I remember one time I took an 8ft canoe and put in the Mill Stream at the old farm just north of the RR tracks on the Pulcifer road. I pulled out just below the old Ray Higgins place and had the canoe filled to the gunnels with fiddle heads.MMMMMM
Memories are forever Peace Arch | Arch | Texas | 09-27-2004 |
| Viewers....
This morning at 8 o'clock my wife and I were viewing the QM II as it moored in Frenchman Bay in Bar Harbor. It had just arrived from Halifax on a 13 day cruise originating from New York. A most magnificant sight....being just 600 yards from her. The QM II had its launching out of Southhampton, England in January of this year. Coincidentally, my high school chum, Roger DeGrass, also viewed the QM II in Halifax just a few days ago. He thought that if he had been a little younger, somehow he would have (could have) boarded her, but found the security very tight. In other words, he chickened out! cj.....you remember Roger, right? Roger.....cj is Carol Jean McHugh from Parkhurst Siding way, remember? If there's any question about who Roger is, I'll post his yearbook photo on crownofmaine. | DG | PI | 09-27-2004 |
| ARCH VH and anyone else that knows what I am talking about. Do you 2 mapleton guys remember what new Katahdins fresh out of the field tastes like. along with new carrots out of the garden and spring fiddleheads out of the freezer. Close your eyes and breath deep. Smell it all. Thats what I had for supper. And I dont have to count tickets after I eat either. Although I have done that many a time. | dick delong | Scarborough me | 09-27-2004 |
| Thanks Pam! Livia's pretty special (or is that "spay-shal"?)! Wish we were headed to PI at the same time! Why don't y'all wait till Thanksgiving like us other Mainiacs? | KCD | Nashville, TN | 09-27-2004 |
| That's what I thought, J-Cee. Good weather for the potato harvest, but I can remember days like that in the potato field that were hot, almost too hot for picking potatoes, and then I would get so far behind and then we had to count tickets after supper. | PAC | | 09-27-2004 |
| We've had a beautiful "Indian Summer" Day here in PI - I bet it's 75 right now at 3:00PM! | J-CEE | PI | 09-27-2004 |
| Hi to tim Hathaway. Nice to see another IF name on here. We sold out at the pond and moved south this year. Say hi to your grandmother Clara for us. | dick delong | Scarborough me | 09-27-2004 |
| DG-Hope you enjoyed Bar Harbor over the weekend. While I was sitting in my house with 75 mph winds blowing around me and rain pounding on the roof, from my namesake, a friend sent me a text message that she was in BH and the weather was beautiful. She was the Athletic Trainer at Amy's high school, here in Daytona Beach, and just moved to Bangor to be the Athletic Trainer at Husson. What a small world, huh? Then this morning I saw in the BDN that the QM2 was there. Wish I could have been there too! | Jeanne Tolley | Daytona Beach | 09-27-2004 |
| CJ,
Hope all went as ok as possible for you once again. I'm sure you have had your fill by now as my sister is very tired of moving mom in and out of the house each week. She is 88 and it is difficult taking her away from her surroundings. You have to be pretty discouraged by now. Let me hear from you asap to know you are well.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 09-27-2004 |
| Nice site. Great to see the sun coming up in The County. Checking the site for friends who will be visiting next week.
County Boy (Island Falls) | Tim Hathaway | San Antonio, Texas | 09-27-2004 |
| Vern H
Just a note to let you know that Fall is here in N Tejas, 68.2F this morning. I live out away from the city (Fort Worth) so we are a few degrees cooler than the official temp.
Pax Arch | Arch | up North of Vern H | 09-25-2004 |
| Well, I woke to snow fall here. Been snowing about three hours - of course it will not stick and our fall here is nowhere close to the County. I can smell it! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage Alaska | 09-25-2004 |
| CJ & DG,
Yes indeed, I am off to PQI one week from today. I'm sure I'll have lots to say on here afterwards. DG, I have good intentions to stop by; hopefully we
(you and me and Bill Cleaves) can sit and chat over coffee at Tim Hortons.
J-Cee said that Bill needs a new lens anyway. I was going to PQI every year since I moved here in 1990 up until 5 years ago and I know coming back is going to make me homesick all over again, but I will have to deal with that the best I can. Do you know that there is actually more to do in the County than here in Nashville? That's right, folks. :-) | PAC | | 09-25-2004 |
| cj & PAC...
Well, I owe someone coffee at Horten's.....a credit from the time cj didn't cash in on the offer. By the way readers, I'll be in Bar Harbor this weekend to view the QM2, the largest, the priciest ship ever built by an earthling. For those of you on the West Coast, QM2 is short for the Queen Mary 11 launched just in the last year. Its cost nipped the heels of one billion ($1,000,000,000) dollars, carries 2,600+ passengers,and has half as many crew members. It shall moore for a short time in Frenchmans Bay in BH this Monday. I fear BH will be crawling with people attempting to get a peek at the ship. Oh, yes....the QM2 is 1/4 of a mile in length and passage price ranges from $2500 to $30,000 per each passenger. This boatload of part-time hedonists originated out of N.Y. City... | DG | PI | 09-25-2004 |
| PAC...so, you're off to PI, huh? You'll have to go by DG's office so he can treat you to coffee next door at Tim Horton's!! Hope you have an absolutely wonderful time! Tell all my relatives that I'm alive and well, and send my best. | C-J | Kissimmee, FL | 09-25-2004 |
| J-CEE and Vern,
You know what's probably going to happen? The leaves will be at their peak AFTER I leave! But I think they will be pretty too when I'm there.
Karen: The photo of Livia is so sweet. She is so pretty, just like her Mom. | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, TN | 09-24-2004 |
| :D my granddaughter, Livia | Karen Campbell Duncan | Nashville, TN | 09-24-2004 |
| Vern
The leaves are turning slowly. They've got to speed up some to be at their peak when PAC comes - only eight more days! Hope you don't get all the rain that's predicted for you. | J-Cee | PI | 09-24-2004 |
| maybe someone with some pull could help with getting the star hearald on the web.it sure would be nice, someone help us misplaced mainers. :confused: :eek: | robert | | 09-24-2004 |
| C-J, I have discovered the secret to warding of hurricanes. Wednesday evening I put all of the loose yard "stuff" away anticipating Ivan's visit. It's nearly Friday noon and no Ivan. Hmmmm.
J-Cee, thanks for calling the Star Herald. I guess that the revenue stream who be insufficient to support going on line. Oh well... Did you put the leaves on hold for PAC?
Arch, You may be dry but you ARE cool (77 at 10:00 AM). I hunger for a good frost.
Vern | Vern Hall | | 09-24-2004 |
| I just called The Star Herald office this morning. There are no plans in the immediate future to publish the paper online. | J-Cee | PI | 09-24-2004 |
| Vern H
I stumbled on a page this evening on the net (presqueisle.net) and it has a link for the Star Herald, my old alma mater by the way. The link leads to a page of ads and says coming soon, under construction. Who knows how old it is but at least it is a reason to hope.
Peace Arch :-) | Arch | | 09-23-2004 |
| Vern H
Send it on up, were fixing to dry up and blow away here. Rain all around and we are dryer than a cork leg in the desert here in the immediate area.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 09-23-2004 |
| VH...sorry about Ivan; he gave us a little rain on his way back around. Now were advised that Jeanne will definitely be coming our way on Sunday.
JMT....let me know if Jerry got his screen enclosure fixed; we're having trouble getting someone to come give us an estimate since they're already over-worked! The roofers finished today and will start all the inside work on Monday; we're living like nomads and I'll sure be glad when it's all finished so we can put the "for sale" sign up!!
Mona...DG always hits the nail on the head with his insight and letters! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Hurricane Alley a/k/a Florida | 09-23-2004 |
| While you in the county enjoy a quiet autumn day, Houston readies for a weakened Ivan. The yard has been prepared and rations stockpiled. We need the rain.
Arch - I'll send Ivan up to you this weekend. I know that you can always use a little rain.
Are there any plans publish the Star Herald online?
vh | V Hall | | 09-23-2004 |
| Dick Graves, your letter in the Star Herald is right, Presque Isle has way too much tax excempt property. I think everyone should pay something for all the services they get and expect for free. | Mona | Easton | 09-22-2004 |
| One of our Grand Ole Opry stars passed away on Sept. 19. Her most famous song was "End of the World" (1963) - Skeeter Davis. | PAC | Nashville, TN | 09-22-2004 |
| -Had a really neat experience today! Do any of you certified OLD people remember Bill Hruschka? He was part of the PIHS class of '59 during the 8th, 9th, and 10th grades. -Moved away to Maryland(?) in 1957. Via a convoluted process I won't take your time to explain, I was able to find him recently, once again living in Maryland. Today he and one of his sons stopped by for lunch and a very enjoyable visit while he's in Oregon seeing his other son. It's hard to catch up on 47 years, but we got a good start! | WFL | Oregon | 09-22-2004 |
| Webmaster,
Just for the fun of it, I went to the forum pages and then couldn't find my way back to the home page or the guest book. Is there a link somewhere that I missed? It happens often when I'm looking for something. -Selective blindness, I think it's called.
TNX! | Waldo Libby | Oregon | 09-22-2004 |
| Webmaster
It sure is great to see the S Main camera up and running again. Good work, Thanks Jim.
Peace Arch :D | Arch | | 09-21-2004 |
| Thanks a huge bunch for your time in making the purchase. I love the camera up and back on South Main Street. Spent alot of time on Cedar Street as a little one | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 09-21-2004 |
| Webmaster....
The clarity of the South Main webcam is great.
Thanks for all of your work and those who helped.
Regards,
Vh | Vern Hall | | 09-21-2004 |
| Hey Presque Isle....love your town, been there a few times. Residents there are the best. | janet marcoux | Skowhegan | 09-21-2004 |
| Great to see South Main again! If someone was standing there, seems like we could see them quite easily. | PAC | | 09-21-2004 |
| The Kennebunkport Corleones! How about Kitty Kelly's new book! Both of those should be quite interesting! | from Maine | | 09-21-2004 |
| Just a quick note to let everyone know that that new S. Main cam is now up and running temporarily. As many of you know, the plan is to mount it outside on the roof of the MFX building for a nice view of Main St. Unfortunately, we haven't had the time to do that yet. So, in the mean time, I've stuck it in a downstairs window of the same building so we can at least use it until then! | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 09-21-2004 |
| :rolleyes: :rolleyes: | Rick | | 09-20-2004 |
| :rolleyes: | Barbara Ouellette | Connecticut | 09-20-2004 |
| Hi Folks
Y`all want to read an hilarious book, check out the new one from Maureen Dowd. It is on the best seller list I think. She talks about the Kennebunkport Corleonies.(sp)
Peace Arch ;-) | Arch | down here | 09-20-2004 |
| CBS finaly admits they aired a phony story but I think Dan should say he sorry to the president. :-) | Jim C | Chapman ME | 09-20-2004 |
| DL, We are great no damages and horses are fine. But further West they weren't so lucky. I was watching the news and I saw were Germany was real upset about the fact Bush might close some bases over there, poor Germany we need to send them some pointers on how to survive after base closings. The state of Maine lost P.I.A.F.B, Bangor Air Force Base and Loring. I hope Bush does bring home our troops from there and spent that money home. Build new bases state side. Going to Tampa again in a couple months. | cheryl | | 09-20-2004 |
| DG - Thanks for the great idea. I'll do that and I'll let you know if I win anything! | Jeanne Tolley | Daytona Beach, Fl | 09-20-2004 |
| I visited your fair city this summer. | Garfield R. Boutilier | Jensen Beach,FlI visited you f | 09-18-2004 |
| Jeanne T...
Very cute item: "Oh, boy, a hurricane named Jeanne. Will hit the mainland, then head for the mall". That, my dear, you should write up and send to Readers' Digest. If accepted in one of the humor categories, there's a $300 paycheck there for you. Try it; all you have to lose is 37 cents postage plus about ten minutes of your time. I truly think it's very cute and just right for the Digest... | DG | PI | 09-17-2004 |
| Born in Houlton, Maine now own a record label in Texas check us out at
Travelerrecordsonline.com | Col; D. Harold Crosby | Wichita Falls, TEXAS | 09-17-2004 |
| CJ-Just checked the NOAA web site and it looks like Jeanne is headed right at Daytona Beach. My husband, always with a sense of humor (even after working 113 hours during Hurricane Frances), said "oh boy, a hurricane named Jeanne. It's going to hit land and go straight to the mall!" He knows me too well!
We still haven't even had an adjuster yet. I told him to take his time because at least we had a roof over our heads, but I didn't mean to wait this long.
Have a great weekend and we will pray for the best for next week. | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Daytona Beach, Florida | 09-17-2004 |
| I' ve asked before but didn't receive a response. Can anyone tell me the degree of damage Kissimmee, FL received as a result of the storms? Thanks! | tenlee | Westport Island, ME | 09-17-2004 |
| DD...no and I'll never be ready!! We don't have repairs done from Charley or Frances yet! And there may be more coming?!! Sure hope all our friends are still praying for us!! | C-J | Hurricane State | 09-16-2004 |
| CJ How are you doing in Kissimmee? Are you ready for Jeanne?? | dick delong | southern maine | 09-16-2004 |
| Hey Cheryl have you survived IVAN? How are the horses. | dick delong | | 09-16-2004 |
| Julie, our prayers are with you . Good luck on your new home in spite of IVAN the terrible. | dick delong | Scarborough me | 09-16-2004 |
| My husband and I were stationed at Loring and closed the base back in 1994. I enjoy checking the Presque Isle web site on a regular basis. Now we're down in Florida stationed at Hurlburt Field in Fort Walton Beach. I have evacuated the area due to Hurricane Ivan. Just bought a house and moved in Friday -- I guess Ivan is my "housewarming gift". I was hoping to be able to make my first house payment with a house still there -- yikes!! :eek: | Julie Houser | Northwest Florida | 09-15-2004 |
| :D Next Funny from Florida will be the election results. Still remember the guy holding up the ballot looking for dimple on a ballot. Hanging and dimple chads | Rick | | 09-15-2004 |
| A little Hurricane humor pic | Rick | | 09-15-2004 |
| I feel great sadness for all those people who have been in the path of the hurricanes' bullets - and now those who live in areas under sea-level and are being targeted by Ivan. It is very difficult to stand by helplessly and only be able to hope that this storm loses some of its punch before it arrives on land. I can only imagine how much more difficult it must be for those thousands of people being told to evacuate to save their lives. I remember the ferocity of Hurricane Bob in 1991, and the destruction it caused here.
I feel extremely fortunate to live in an area where we have just had the most beautiful summer, and are now experiencing a wonderful New England fall, with sunny, dry days, and cool, beautiful evenings. We are rarely threatened with devastating weather. I must remember to keep feeling grateful.
I wish you all a wonderful day! | Myrna Condon | Southeastern Massachusetts | 09-15-2004 |
| C-J sorry if I misread you, and even though I said Kudos to real mainers,(I'm just partial LOL), I wish you the best, and any others out there making relocation decisions. It is difficult for sure!
My daughter is heading to Kissimmee in a couple of weeks with a friend to celebrate her 18th birthday. Was there much damage there? I assume all the parks are up and running? Florida has sure had some terrible luck this hurricane season. Hopefully after Ivan, things will calm. Best of luck in your move! | Tenlee | westport island, me | 09-13-2004 |
| What is the PQI fest? Arts and crafts and things like that? Is it at the forum? Nope, sorry I can't make it, a little too far from here. | PAC | | 09-13-2004 |
| C-J,
Moving, regardless of how far, is always painful. Finding the "right" place is, at the very least, a challenge. Tuesday night at 10:00 EDT on the "Fine Living" channel there will be a compare of "What your money can really buy". The implication is if you sell your home in Florida, what will you be able to purchase with the proceeds. Happy hunting.
aroos-tex,
Austin is the featured city this week on "Fine Living." Austin is very nice but like any large city it has it's "not-so". As in not so great side of it. The focus on Austin provides an excellent example of how you can really see what lipstick does for a pig. Ok, that's unfair. In the vernacular of the great north Maine woods, it's more like hanging Christmas decorations on a moose. It's STILL a moose.
:-)
Vern | Vern Hall | Houston | 09-13-2004 |
| CJ....Good for you and good luck to you whereever you go. Like me, I am not a true Tennessean, I just live here now (have been here 14 yrs) but I will always miss Maine. I'll be there in 20 days!! | PAC | Nashville, TN | 09-13-2004 |
| Tenlee...perhaps you mis-read my note; we're not leaving because of the storms...we'd already made that decision prior to all of the hurricanes. And no, I don't like the gators and crocks either!! And yes, Kudos to real Maine-iacs!! | C-J | Kissimmee, FL | 09-12-2004 |
| Interesting to me to hear one say they are now leaving FL because of the storms. I have so often (especially as I get older) thought that Maine's winters are way TOO long. Then I think about the hurricanes, tornadoes, snakes, gaters and crocks.... ewwwwwww I then realize how AWESOME Maine really is. Not to mention that I live on the coast of Maine, I watch the sun set over the ocean each and every night, oh my. What is a cold, snowy winter, when compared to the severe storms in the south, the crime, the traffic jams, on and on and on. KUDOS to true Mainers!!!! We Rock! LOL :-) | Tenlee | Westport Island, ME | 09-12-2004 |
| DG...yes, very serious.....and no, not just until the storms are over! We've decided that this "place" isn't all it's cracked up to be and had considered moving before Charley hit. Of course, now we have a few MORE things to put in order before we move, but we're going somewhere --- we just haven't quite decided where.
NC...you really thought that this "McHugh from Parkhurst Siding" is a native Floridian, or is that your sense of humor coming thru again?!! And what relation did you say you are to Vaughn and Barbara??! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Florida Hurricane Path! | 09-12-2004 |
| D G I see a guy painting this afternoon on your building in front of the camera. I think I was the only one on at the time :D | N C | S SPRINGS | 09-11-2004 |
| cj....
Are you serious about moving away from the state of Florida? Forever or just until the storms are over? | DG | PI | 09-10-2004 |
| AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE A TRUE FLORIDARIAN :D | N C | S SPRINGS | 09-10-2004 |
| LCD, JMT, DG, NC, PAC,etc...hi Folks, I'm back, none the worse for wear, though I'm darn sick and tired (notice how well that always goes together...sick and tired!!) of hurricanes. First Charley makes his mess; then Frances comes along and makes everything so much worse; and now Ivan is on his way with more "goodies". And who knows what will be hiding around the next corner???? We've decided that Florida is just NOT for us and we will be heading out of here as soon as all the messes are cleaned up and settled. We going somewhere; we're not sure where...just OUT OF FLORIDA. We still know how to shovel snow.... | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 09-10-2004 |
| Arch,
Never apologize for something said which is true.
L ;-) | guest | pa | 09-10-2004 |
| Guests
As to my comment on Bush (Shrub) (W) or what ever you want to call him you will note that I am here in Texas and have been here since we left the County in 78. I had to suffer him as governor and I thought that was way too much. The comment was made tongue in cheek and what I meant was I sure hope that it doesnt buy him a passle of votes. I made no inference to the money or where it will or wont go. I wont make any more political comments and I appologize if I have offended anyone ( except Bush lovers).
Peace Arch ;-) | Arch | Texas | 09-09-2004 |
| Hi to all we made out fine here in Silver Springs Fl. There is a lot of damage around. We were without power and water for 97 HRS. ( THAT HURT) :mad: | N C | S SPRINGS | 09-09-2004 |
| To Guest from the Southwest. I agree with you all the way but lets give names if we are going to say anything. | carolyn craig caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 09-09-2004 |
| There's always been animosity in the political arena.
Hey Arch - you can give your opinion anytime you want to on here as far as I am concerned. | guest 2 | | 09-09-2004 |
| To the other guest.....thank you for your comment. I just don't know why some people have to be skeptical of everything?....especially in time of disasters. A President is damnd if he does and damned if he doesn't. I'm tired of Bush bashing. | guest | the Southwest | 09-09-2004 |
| Arch, would you have bothered to make that comment if a Bush wasnt president and it was someone other than a bush who accepted it ? where would you say the money was going then? I think the point is that it is going to Floridians.It isnt any time for politic animosity. If it was going into their pockets they certianly wouldnt be advertising it. They would be hiding it like the goverment has been doing for years; democrats and republicans both. | guest | | 09-09-2004 |
| We're out of here!! Not hangin'around and getting blown away.Headin' for parts unknown.Talk to all next week.See ya's.................... | Rob/Barb Bull | Headin' north on 95 | 09-09-2004 |
| Arch,
Oh how you could be so possibly correct.
I would have to agree with you 100%.
Linda | LCD | PA | 09-09-2004 |
| Just a thought
Jeb grabbed 2 Billion from his Brother, sheesh I hope that dont influence too many voters. I KNOW, no politics on here but I couldnt resist it. :rolleyes:
Pax Arch | Arch | W aint from here | 09-08-2004 |
| CJ-glad to hear that you survived. So did we. Amy and I took mum and Phyllis Ayoob,from Fort Fairfield, to Tallahassee on Thursday and came back Monday. Poor Al had to stay here to report on the storm. He worked the entire weekend, even spent the night at the police department Saturday. The canal behind our house is now a lake and with big tree branches in it and the fence is gone, but we have a roof over our heads and electricity. Mum's carport was totally gone so she was upset about that but at least she had a place to go home to. I also hope that Ivan does not turn and come across the state like Charley did. I'm over this clean up.
Rob-While in Tallahassee we were glued to the weather channel and MSNBC and witnessed what you were going through. It was very scary. We will keep you in our prayers. | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Daytona Beach, Florida | 09-08-2004 |
| DG:Can't tell where ALL of the $ will go,but do know that businesses affected by the hurricane are being offered low interest loans by both the federal govt.and the State of Florida.Municipalities throughout the storm area that have had destruction to sewerage,water treatment plants,schools,hospitals etc.will receive additional help from state and Fed.Govt.agencies[as well as insurance proceeds].At a time like this,we only hope that monies earmarked for disaster relief go to the right places and through the right channels.Our losses definitely should'nt be ANY politicians gain.Then again,greed in our society,is overwhelming!Nuff said.... | Rob Bull | Port St Lucie,Florida | 09-08-2004 |
| DG,
Good question, unfortunately you will never be given a straight answer. Anything to make themselves look good in the public eye.
Rob my heart goes out to you and your family. My family evaquated on Friday from Deerfield Beach and were able to return to the house in one piece. Let's just hope Ivan stays away. Enough already.
CJ, Are you OK???????
Linda | LCD | PA | 09-08-2004 |
| Jeb Bush has just grabbed 2 billion bucks from the federal gov't (tax payers) for damage relief in Florida following the hurricanes. Now, I'm wondering where exactly does the money go: homeowners directly, low interest loans to homeowners, political fat cats who will pocket the dollars, banks which will lend the money at usury rates or perhaps the money really never will arrive in Florida and is only a political promise to make the politicians look good? Hmmmm, if anyone really knows, please tell us.............. | DG | PI | 09-08-2004 |
| We've lived here since 1979,been thru several hurricanes,but nothing like Frances.St Lucie County was hardest hit of all Fl. counties and estimates of damage are approaching $3 billion for this county alone.Portions of our roof have blown away and ceilings in garage and kitchen have come down from all the rain.Drywall has collapsed in several areas,carpeting and furniture soaked etc.,but we're luckier than most.We returned from Maine on the 29th of August and wished we had stayed longer.Probably be Nov. before home is habitable,however we have our health and perserverance[some may call it stubborness]IVAN: GO AWAY!!! | Rob Bull | Ground Zero/Port St Lucie,Fl. | 09-08-2004 |
| DG, I was hoping you were going to offer me a plastic Chinese-made Santa from Wally World. Oh darn. :p | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 09-07-2004 |
| My Dearest LCD...
You're right...being 12 months delinquent on a bill is worth a little more. Along with the bucks, I'll chuck in a few words of wisdom, a couple of bon mots and several get-rich tips in the stock market. Perhaps I'll even suggest a 6-figure number for Webmaster in which to play Powerball. How's that? Does that make up for my delinquency? See how generous I can be.....dg | DG | PI | 09-07-2004 |
| CJ,
Happy to hear you made it through with less then what Charley left you. My sister was also very happy to know her house was still standing through 91 mile winds. Lets hope Ivan stays out of range. Enough already.
Dr. Graves,
Shame Shame for not paying up after a year has gone by. I would think you would double the amount just to make amends!!!!!!
LCD | Linda Coury DuMont | Pa | 09-07-2004 |
| It's Labor Day evening and I'm at my son's house..have just been reading the latest news on here. I am in total agreement with DG. I too have already seen Christmas trees and the other junk in the stores, and I just turn and go the other way - it's sickening! | PAC | | 09-06-2004 |
| Rather....."on the shelves before Dec. 12th".... | DG | | 09-06-2004 |
| Viewers...
Vote for me for King of the United States and I'll make damn sure that these big-box stores won't dare place their cheap Chinese Christmas junk on the shelves Dec 12th. Also.....Christmas music couldn't start before that date, too. Whaddya think viewers, would you vote for me as King or not or do you like cheap Chinese Christmas junk on the shelves in the first few days of Sept.? | DG | PI | 09-06-2004 |
| Thank you Dr. Graves, I'll stop by sometime this week! | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 09-06-2004 |
| Hi folks.....we still have power; the winds and rains are pounding heavily against the boarded windows; gusts are up to 78 mph. So far, damage is fairly minimal at our house, compared to what we experienced with Charley. Thanks for keeping us all in your thoughts and prayers!!
DG...you surely wouldn't be shopping at stores down here; most have year round holiday material/gifts! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL (with Frances!) | 09-05-2004 |
| Wal*Mart isnt the only store that brings out their Christmas displays and plays music starting at this time of year. Have you walked into the mall lately? I cant rememeber a single year where any of these stores did not start putting out Christmas things before Halloween even gets here.
It was much better many moons ago when that stuff wasnt even seen until 2 weeks prior to the holiday. It is a money greedy world we live in. With that note...hope all is well and Floridians will be able to get back into their homes very soon. :-) | Guest | | 09-05-2004 |
| Webmaster....
Seems like I owe you $55 from a time ago. If you come to the office one day, I'll give you the money; that'll be just enough to finish your project.........dg | DG | PI | 09-05-2004 |
| The camera has been purchased as has the external housing (Thanks to Mike Cyr from Bradley's in Presque Isle for giving us a good deal on the housing)! I do need to purchase one final piece of equipment having to do with the power system for the camera (about $90) which I will do this week. That will put us about $47 below our goal. The remaining step will be working with MFX to mount and hook up the system. I'm hoping that will happen within the next two weeks depending on their schedule. Thanks again to all those who made this possible! | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 09-05-2004 |
| RLG
That is a great offer, but I think in my last conversation with the webmaster I understood the goal has been met for the camera. I believe he is waiting on a special outdoor housing for it.
Webmaster
How are we coming on the housing for the camera? Let me know if we need to pass the hat again.
Pax Arch | Arch | Texas | 09-05-2004 |
| Webmaster, I see we are very close on the camera for south Main! I challenge anyone who meets that goal and will buy them a trip out of Seward, Alaska for a six hour trip of memorable scenery and wildlife, whales and glaciers, which will cost me $100+ Anyone bite? Arch?? | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 09-04-2004 |
| DG, here, most of the employees can not speak English. I just don't go there! It IS the place to go when I visit home, so I can see people I know! Wish the best to you Floridians who are being challenged with all the terrifing weather. | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 09-04-2004 |
| Tragedy has struck thanks to Wa*Mart! Today I'm in the garden area looking for trimmer line and what's on display already.....yup, middle isle displays of plastic Santas made in China. On top of that, Wal*Mart had Christmas music wafting thru the air-conditioned air trying to get me into a Xmas mood. The only mood it put me in was a throw-up mood. Damn Wal*mart and everything it stands for! I shall confront the manager Monday and will give him hell for using very poor judgment, judgment fit for a 4 year old child. I'll do everthing in my power to purchase as little as I can in Wal*Mart. | DG | PI | 09-04-2004 |
| LCD...thanks for your good wishes; so glad that Cory made it back safely; enjoy your visit to the max! We're heading into the wind and rain phase of Frances. Lots of big gusts of wind and small tornados going thru....we're alive and well at present; will keep you all informed as Frances tears across the state (as long as we have power!). God bless us all... | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 09-04-2004 |
| Hi DD,
You really have the best of both worlds. Is someone keeping an eye on your FL home while you are up north? Hope you aren't in the path of distruction. My son got home last night for two weeks from Qatar. He left home 30lbs lighter but looks great. He is solid. I sent a boy away and they sent me back a he man. The two weeks will fly by and we will hate to see him off once again but we plan to make the best of what time we have with him. Hope your enjoying Maine and stop in to visit on your trip home.
Linda | LCD | PA | 09-04-2004 |
| You guys are all more than welcome, BUT, only till Oct 15th or so because at that timne I am headed south for the winter. Hey remember that song a few years back. GONNA HAVE A PARTY. Wow, what a party. | dick delong | Scarborough me | 09-03-2004 |
| CJ,
It sure isn't looking good once again for you. Mom and Dick evacuated yesterday in land to a safer area. Char is in Maine at the lake until the 9th. This vacation was planned around getting sitters for Mom and Dick wouldn't let her change her mind about going. He said he would handle it but she is not a happy camper and stuck to the weather chanel. If you decide to drive up to Dick DeLongs be sure to pick me up on the way up. You go right by my house. I haven't tormented him in awhile and he is due. My heart and prayers are with you once again. Stay safe and well.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 09-03-2004 |
| MOVE OVER DICK ALL YOUR FL NEIGHBORS ARE COMEING FOR A VISIT (EXTENDED) :D | N C | S SPRINGS | 09-03-2004 |
| NC...looks like we'll be getting a good dose, the way it's shaping up!! Perhaps we should get together and head for DD's in Maine??! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 09-03-2004 |
| I guess I will stay here in tornado alley. At least I can put in an underground shelter. It would be real expensive to do that down there if at all possible with all that water. Y`all be carefull down there
Peace Arch | Arch | | 09-02-2004 |
| DD LOOKS LIKE THE STORM IS GOING OVER YOUR BUNGALOW INSTEAD OF MIND :confused: | N CLARK | | 09-02-2004 |
| NC YOU COULD GO TO BROOKSVILLE BUT TO LATE TO MAIL A KEY. NOT SURE YOU WOULD BE SAFE THERE ANYHOW. KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND GOOD LUCK. | dick delong | Scarborough me | 09-02-2004 |
| No, on the damage we only got an inch of rain and no wind. We are trying to make up our minds wich way to go if we do this time. :mad: | N C | S SPRINGS | 09-02-2004 |
| JMT...we're finally digging out from Charley and now Frances is coming?!! I'd invite you over but we're in almost the same path as you. I'm beginning to agree with Ray on his idea to move back to Maine!!!
NC...did you have any damage over there in Silver Springs?
LCD...will be in touch after Frances!! | C-J Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 09-02-2004 |
| Jeanne I will be thinking of you! Hopefully the storm will turn out to sea. I am also watching this storm I hope we don't get any of it here as we are going to have a pool party on Sunday for Labor Day! Be safe and keep in touch. | Karen Costello Beaulieu | Powder Springs GA | 09-02-2004 |
| Signing off til next week. The City of Daytona Beach is closing down tomorrow and Friday since the projected path of Hurricane Frances, a category 4 (145 mph winds)storm that could become a 5 before it hits land, is headed our way. I may have a heart attack before it gets here. Don't know whether to evacuate to Tallahassee or Tampa but will be leaving town sometime tomorrow. Al, being the City/police department spokesperson, will have to stay here and weather the storm so keep everyone here in the sunshine state in your prayers.
Ed Bonefant-Were you friends with Rick Carter in high school? He is my cousin and I know he and Steve Reynolds were very good friends but I am thinking you were too.
If the power stays up, I'll be checking on the PI weather when I can. | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Daytona Beach, Florida | 09-01-2004 |
| Brenda....Trenton is between Ellsworth and Mount Desert Island, real easy to be run over by a tourist here....the pickles...well it has to be real easy..cold mustard, whole cukes that are washed and thrown into a crock with brine, it is a receipt we got from Doc Reynolds | ed bonenfant | Trenton, Me | 09-01-2004 |
| Ed......where is Trenton? I could look it up, but maybe you'd like to explain. What kind of pickles? Maybe everyone else is making pickles also. Homemade pickles has my mouth watering. | aroos-tex | Austin, TX | 09-01-2004 |
| Hey Kim,
How about a nice Buttercup squash to go with those new Maine potatoes, and green beans. Looking forward to seeing you guys in a couple of weeks. | Louise Fogg Burton | Ellwood City,Pa. | 09-01-2004 |
| TRIPE IS A COWS STOMACH :-( | N C | S SPRINGS FL | 09-01-2004 |
| Ed, your comment made me laugh!!
BTW, I'll pass on the menudo. I just read the recipe!
:eek: | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, TN | 09-01-2004 |
| it is time to make pickles here, went to 3 stores at noon time, not one gallon of vinegar to be had. | ed bonenfant | Trenton, Me | 09-01-2004 |
| With all of the recipie 'cuttings" that I have,it would take me until December to find one that I haven't made in years, that is, even if I have Nan's recipie for Whoopie Pies anymore. It may take Arch that long too, and by the way I'd never heard of peanut butter in them, but it must be good (Reece's peanut butter cups) So, yes, for us transplanted Mainer's please , someone, post a recipie.
VH.......How to get a cow into the stewpot??? Good question. First......find a big pasture (there's plenty around here)Be sure and take a long, thick rope. Find the one with the longest horns (that would be a "longhorn") a-n-d, if you've gotten that far, you'd better turn and run like crazy, because that critter will be coming for you! PLAN B: Go to a Mexican Mkt and ask for "tripe". I never have and I don't plan to anytime soon, but they've got it. Now shrimp....I'll take it anyway I can get it..just like Bubba Gump!!I have read somewhere that if you're watching your cholesterol, you should only eat shrimp once a month. | aroos-tex | heart of texas | 09-01-2004 |
| Speaking of Whoopie Pies my Mom makes the best I think. Her filling is made with powder sugar and crisco. Its to die for my friends always loved it when she made them. It got so bad with having so many in our family that we would hide some! Down here in the south when I talk about having a Whoopie Pie they give me a strange look! Can't understand why! LOL I know when she makes them it is an all day job. Now the only time I get them is when she comes down to visit and now my boys hide them! | Karen Costello Beaulieu | Powder Springs GA | 09-01-2004 |
| Arch,
Please wait to post the whoopie recipe. It's called just in time information management. First, baking in this house occurs only after the summer heat retreats (around October). And second, if you post it now, I'll save it in a "special place" that will be long forgotten by October. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Aroos-tex,
I'm with PAC on the fish tacos. I have tried them but I couldn't get by the idea that it's nondescript fish and it kinda bothers me. Grilled shrimp tacos are fine though.
Warning. Do not go to ask.com and type in "Menudo Recipe". Question... how DO you get a calf to put it's foot into a large sauce pan anyway?
vh | Vern Hall | Houston, TX | 08-31-2004 |
| Hi All
The recipe we have for Whoopie pies does not have MM fluff in the filling. All we do is replace some of the powdered sugar with peanut butter to taste, MMM GOOD. The recipe for the cookie?cake or whatever you want to call it is one of the best we have ever found, it doesnt dry out like most of the ones that I have ever tried. If I get real ambitious some evening this week I will post the recipe. The reason I say ambitious is cause I only type with two arthritic fingers and I cant find the disc with the recipe on it.
Aroos-Tex
As far as Tex-Mex or real Mexican food goes YUCK. Been here since 78 and have never tried it and probably never will. It took me about 10 yrs to get used to eating B-B-Que down here. I always figured if I had to eat stuff that tasted like burned wood I sure wasnt gonna pay what they want fot it. Took a while but it aint too bad.
Peace Arch | Arch | Menudo Land | 08-31-2004 |
| Fish tacos? That's too far out for me!
:eek: | pac | | 08-31-2004 |
| VH and interested others.."Menudo" is an authentic Mexican food....but alot of the rest that we get around here is "Tex-Mex". To know for sure, I just asked an authentic Mexican friend of mine..a co-worker who is from Monterrey, Mexico. They say it's good for hangovers or whatever else ails you. I don't have hangovers because I don't get drunk anymore, but we all have a few ailments don't we? I just won't cure mine with menudo.....cow's intestines are a little slimy....I've tasted it. I'm with Ed....(who graduated with me, by the way...nice to see your name on here) I'll take lobster....a lobster taco might be good, they do make fish tacos and I haven't tried those yet either. Vern, if you ever get a chance to eat an "authentic Mexican taco" try it......much better than Tex-mex...you get nice chunks of grilled meat, lots of raw onion and an herb called cilantro, yummmm.....They are very good and usually sold in little out of the way places.....NOT Taco Bell. | aroos_tex | 5 hours from Mexico | 08-31-2004 |
| We have a fresh seafood market here in Ormond Beach where we can buy excellent fish. Just last week there was an ad in the paper saying that they opened up a little take out restaurant next door and they have fresh Maine lobster rolls! Speaking of new potatoes and green beans, we used to have new potatoes, new peas and yellow wax beans all cooked together with milk and butter. Didn't even need any meat with that meal. | Jeanne Merrithew tolley | Daytona Beach, Florida | 08-31-2004 |
| aroos-tex,
Mexican food??? I've had very little exposure to true Mexican food (except on trips to Mexico). Now Tex-Mex... yes by the barrel full. When we moved to Texas our next door neighbor was Cajun (she has sinced moved). The introduction to Cajun food was a shock at first. Now it is a staple at the ranch. Gulf seafood is plentiful here and cheap. The seafood market is two miles from the house. All meat products are purchased from the local meat market. It's very fresh, reasonably priced and top quality.
Having said all of the above... There are many New England dishes that my Maryland bride (of twenty-four years)creates as though she had been raised in the North Maine woods. Alas, there are no Fiddleheads nor brook trout nor bear meat.
I have not tried the "Sleepers" red hot dog route yet but will as soon as the temperatures cool down some here.
Regards,
Vern | Vern Hall | Houston | 08-31-2004 |
| Lobster sounds good. However, I am voting for new potatoes and fresh green beans. I know you can get them elsewhere, but Maine grown are the best! | Kim Carroll Murchison | Scarborough, ME | 08-31-2004 |
| I'm voting for lobster. | Ed Bonenfant | Trenton, Maine | 08-31-2004 |
| How about a hot dog with peanut butter?
It's good, I had that in Maine after snowmobiling. Had never heard of that, but it is good. Hot dog has to be cooked outside though over an open flame, best that way. | PAC | | 08-31-2004 |
| no fiddleheads in TX
no red hotdogs either
and no whoppie pies
but.....you can get a bite of rattlesnake meat if you go to a rattlesnake round-up (no kidding...$2.00 a bite)
Fried okra (or "okry" as they say here) is real big. I don't like it.
And, have you ever heard of Menudo?It comes under Mexican food and it's got "tripe" in it. I think that is cow's intestines. Arch, or VH.....have either of you ever had this? I have and I don't care for it, but most people here love it. | aroos-tex | Austin, TX | 08-31-2004 |
| I can have fiddleheads here and so many Maine people live here we have woopie pies and have friends bring me red hotdogs when they visit. How about strawberry fluff from Graves? When my brother was Manager of Safeway years ago in Fairbanks he spoke with the distributors of the pink fluff and they would not send him any for the store. Said they were a small operation and wanted to stay that way! :-( | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 08-31-2004 |
| I can't get whoopie pies in WA. state
I can't get red hot dogs in WA. state
I can't get fiddleheads in WA state....but I can order online and get overnighted. Red hot dogs with the square buns from Sleepers cost out about a buck a piece delivered. | Rick | | 08-31-2004 |
| I can get whoopi pies in Massachusettes.
I can get red hot dogs in Massachusettes
I can get fiddleheads in Massachusettes.
Not as uncommon out of Maine as you think. | Bill | | 08-31-2004 |
| Hmmm--peanut butter whoopie pies. Anybody have a recipe for those? I have fond memories of the traditional kind. | Jean Griffiths Ives | Iowa City, IA | 08-31-2004 |
| I think the best whoopi pie I've had in this area was from the Blue Moose Resteraunt in Monticello. Not only good, but BIG! :D | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 08-31-2004 |
| MMMMMMMM, peanut butter filled. I had my first peanut butter filled whoopie pie a couple years ago that I bought at Andy Marino's IGA in Houlton. It was delicious. I might have to tell Kara Andy to ship some of those down!
Think about us here in Florida. They are saying Hurricane Frances, if she stays on the same path, should hit here Saturday afternoon. With debris not yet picked up from Charley, it could be a real mess. | Jeanne Tolley | Daytona Beach, Florida | 08-31-2004 |
| Aroos-Tex
You are right, they dont know what you are talking about. If you tell them that they are round Devil Dogs (yuck) then they start to comprende. Although they guys where I work start yelling the first cool day we have "Is it cold enough yet?" The Mrs. always makes a humoungous batch of them a couple times in the winter and sends them to work.
Jeez you should see them scramble. Ha Ha, they dont get my peanut butter filled ones, those are private stock. :D
Peace Arch | Arch | Baja Oklahoma (local Joke) | 08-30-2004 |
| Flo's has been closed for more than a couple of years I think. I thought it so strange when we drove by there and it wasnt there. A structure you always expect to see like the ski lift. Things change but always remain the same...does that make sense? lol :p | guest | | 08-30-2004 |
| I just saw an ad in the Downeast Magazine where you can order whoopie pies. I wonder if they would be as good as the ones that I bought a couple years ago at the old Flo's In on the Fort Road. My mother used to make good ones too. Something they just got here a couple years ago is Marshmellow Fluff. But we still don't have red hot dogs!
We are watching the new storm in fear after Charley came through. Cross your fingers that this one misses us. | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Daytona Beach, Florida | 08-30-2004 |
| Never mind, the camera's back on! | pac | | 08-30-2004 |
| One thinks about these disasters when it's in front of us on the news every night, but then when it's not, we go on to other things. Yes, it must be terrible for the people in FL still dealing with all of the problems..We get so used to the AC, that in the South we can't stand it for a day if the AC is out. it's still very hot in TX......95* here right now at 3 pm. (hurry up Fall!)
Arch.....Whoppie Pies.....they've never heard of 'em here. I asked someone in my office awhile back if she'd ever had one and she said "what is that"? They have Moon Pies here, but I don't think they are the same thing. Do you? When I was a teenager, I used to make them. The homemade ones are delicious. P Isle High School used to sell the home made ones as a fundraiser. I don't know if they still do that. | aroos-tex | | 08-30-2004 |
| What happened on North Main at 3:45? First there was a man with a hat on standing there, then a police car came by, then no more camera view. Sorry, just being nosy. | PAC | | 08-30-2004 |
| Just a thought on the hot and cold. It has been hell here in Fl. for the people from Punta Gorda to Daytona with the heat no power no water no shelter and all. But what would it have been like at -40 :confused: :-( | N C | S SPRINGS | 08-30-2004 |
| Jose, thank you for the link. It is too early here for me to try Spanish this morning. I will read it today and send you an email later. It is great to see that the County weather is finally getting better! We have gone into fall here with much needed rain. | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 08-30-2004 |
| Aroos-Tex, I just have to make a comment here today. You said Mom always ended up ordering vanilla ice cream. No, sister, it was chocolate!
This guestbook has been very interesting lately! | PAC | home of Alan Jackson | 08-30-2004 |
| Este link es el correcto. | Jose Angel | | 08-30-2004 |
| Hola otra vez a todos. Como os dije anteriormente os ofrezco una web-cam de mi ciudad. Santa Pola y de toda la Comunidad Valenciana. Un saludo a todos desde Santa Pola .- Alicante | Jose Angel | Santa Pola.- Alicante .-España | 08-30-2004 |
| Extreme cold is worse...Living in AZ has worked out well for us...able to drive 364 days a year (one for flooding) without plugging in the car...everything is air conditioned...doesn't seem to be as dangerous to live in the heat as it is the cold...driving conditions...those news reports we see during the winter months, for the cold states, are scary...lived in PI as a preteen so never had to deal with much of it but that's why mom moved out here! | Lorrie | The Valley of the Sun | 08-30-2004 |
| In regards to the poll about which is worse, extreme cold or extreme heat, most people think the heat is worse. That explains why they live in Maine! I prefer the heat over the cold any day but still live in Maine, so far. With the price of oil going up, we'll have problems with extreme cold this winter. | Betty | central Maine, north of Bangor | 08-29-2004 |
| Here visting our Aunt and Uncle. Love the area and the people are wonderful, fun and friendly. Thank you all for your kindness. ;-) | Bonita | Northern New York | 08-29-2004 |
| HMMMM
Ask Jeeves says the highest temp ever recorded was 136F in Libya in 1922. Beat out Death Valley by 2 degrees. Also says that the Sahara is hotter than the Arabian Desert :confused: | Guest | Here | 08-29-2004 |
| Ha! Ha! PAC - your little poem was cute! It made me laugh right out loud, too!
Just got back from the National Folk Festival in Bangor - it was a good time, but way too hot for me - 95 and humid! And...way too many people - estimates put it at 110,000. Got to hand it to Bangor/Brewer - they've done a wonderful job cleaning up their waterfront. Humid and overcast in PI today. | JCEE | | 08-29-2004 |
| got a kick out of the question today. definitly the extreme hot, it got to 149 here in iraq a couple of times over the summer. | kevin | iraq | 08-29-2004 |
| I got a little long winded, and so I have to do this in two parts. When I clicked "submit" it was too long.
VH......you'll get your homemade bread, but in the winter, and you might have to meet me halfway between Houston and Austin.......would that be Brenham?....where the cows think it's heaven???? The best ice cream in the States is made in a little creamery in Brenham, TX. Have you tried "Moolenium Crunch"? It's the best. I hadn't thought of Grapenut ice cream, since Nan last had some, so that was many yrs ago. Thanks for reminding me. When we used to go to the big city and visit my mother(I'm talking many yrs ago, when I was growing up in PI) well, they (the city) had Baskins and Robbins, she would stand there and read and ponder all of the flavors and then she'd order vanilla every time! I wonder why? | aroostex | Austin | 08-29-2004 |
| I've enjoyed reading the last couple of pages. I know that there are people on here living all over these United States, and it's especially nice to hear from somewhere I haven't been. I haven't been to any of the Northwest. I'm looking at Montana, and yes it looks beautiful, but I 'm afraid they may have hard winters. Austin, TX and the immediate surrounding towns are about a million people. I met a gal recently from Missoula, MT and I asked her if the Austin heat was difficult for her to get used to? She said "no, it's all the people everywhere which will be hard to get used to". She's right. I live right in it and tho' I'm used to it, doesn't mean I like it.....I don't. There's something about a paycheck and grandkids in the area that keep me tied to it for now.
PAC......your little poem made me laugh right out loud. You go, girl!!And I hope you have a memorable trip to PI and other Northern parts. About three Falls ago when I visited, they were having one of their prettiest Falls ever! It's truly a sight to behold. Texas has a Fall, so they say.....they tell me "our leaves fall, so we have a Fall!"ha! I"ve been here thru several, they get a little gold in the Austin area, and if you look real hard you might see orange. the Fall is absolutely my favorite time of year. Hurry up cooler weather! | aroos-tex | Austin | 08-29-2004 |
| Rick,
I knew if I dug long enough I'd find one of your relatives I knew. But I hadn't even thought of your aunt, Cecile, until she and I were talking at the reunion and she said she had a nephew in Vancouver, WA. -Click! It's a small world, isn't it?
PAC We had an ever-lovin' ball at the reunion with at least 45 classmates showing up,some whom we had not seen since graduation day 1959. It was fun seeing old acquaintances at church on Sunday, too.
And I'll second your mention of Montana being an attractive place, especially the western part. -Lived there nearly three years and really enjoyed it. There IS plenty to do, by the way; it's just not gonna' be "city stuff." | Waldo Libby | Forest Grove, OR | 08-29-2004 |
| 3;34 PM. 91 degrees in scarborough but only 53 % Humidity so not to bad. Just the second time this summer it hit 90 in the Portland area. | dick delong | Scarborough me | 08-28-2004 |
| Vern
Yep that was the old man allright, mixing all that dough and rolling it around in that(bathtub). If you stop and remember how high he had to lift that dough to get it into the machine that made the rolls and buns it makes one wonder how he ever done that job for 17 yrs. He worked there untill they shut it down and then went to work for McCains (Old Taterstate)in Washburn.
I dont think he ever had a two tone car, He bought Stewart Donanues 57 Buick Special and drove that for years.
Aroos-Tex
As far as I am concerned, there is no place between Aroostook and Texas that I would like to live. Ideally I am going to win the lottery so we can live in Aroostook May thru August and then zooooom, back home here in Texas for the winter season. I remember hearing about your great Uncle Clarence, every time the bank or someone would mistakenly send my father a bill for something your Uncle had bought.
Peace Arch
OH Yeah y`all I am setting here enjoying a humongous Whoopie Pie,aint gonna say wish you were here because that means more for me. ;-)
Peace Arch | Arch | at home | 08-28-2004 |
| Waldo, was there a very good turnout at your class reunion? My sister told me that a lady from the church said she saw you and Paul in church and said "they still look the same". I think that would be a compliment. :-) | pac | | 08-28-2004 |
| Got to agree with Waldo :-). BTW Waldo I talked to my aunt. She said she chatted with you at the class reunion. The weather here is mild. Once you get use to living with the rain in winter( rain shovels easily) ths climate here is great. | Rick | | 08-28-2004 |
| I think a dollup is more than a smidgin.
You can think of me while I'm in MAINE
I believe I'll be a little more sane
The leaves will be bright
The air will be cool
I might even "tool". | PAC | | 08-28-2004 |
| I think every state has its own beauty somewhere. I prefer New England, but I did go west one time to Montana and that was nice. I think there is more to do in Maine, especially outdoor stuff, like skiing, snow shoeing, skiing, snowmobiling and PI has the bike path to walk on. I vote for MAINE. No, aroos-tex, not Tennessee; however, the weather is not at hot here as in Texas, but what is there to do after you've done all the touristy stuff in Music City? Shop till ya drop - that's what they do here. Those of you who still live in Maine, you are very fortunate, that is my opinion. :-) | PAC | | 08-28-2004 |
| Waldo, we are newcomers and we bought a house right in the middle of town but after you climb the 205 feet of driveway (right straight up) you would think that you were in the country! We have rabbits, deer and lots of wildlife roaming our property as there is a 5 acre wooded lot next door to us. But you are right, there are plenty of deep valley's mingled with rounded topped mountains. But, as high as we are, my sister says they go up a steeper driveway in Hawaii....but they don't have to worry about the SNOW and ICE! I think I prefer Kentucky flatlands!! | carolyn craig caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 08-28-2004 |
| Adding to the discussion of "Where's a good place to live...:" Western Oregon's not a bad place, if you're looking for fairly mild weather and lots of interesting terrain. Down here in the flatlands it hardly ever snows, -maybe once or twice a year, on the average. Within a couple hours drive of our place you can find sandy beaches, very tall mountains, high desert, tall forests, good fishing and hunting, winter sports of all kinds, ...ad infinitum.
So why are we moving back to Maine in a couple of months (we hope)? -Gotta' be close enough to spoil the grandkids properly.
Carolyn, Is the terrain around Parkersburg fairly similar to that around Fairmont and Morgantown? I was impressed by all the rounded-top hills with sharp valleys between when we made a low pass on Morgantown airport in a KC-135 long ago. It's pretty country, but I'd guess it would be hard to get around in a particularly snowy winter.
You're right; there's something pretty about just about every state. We even enjoyed North Dakota! | Waldo Libby | Forest Grove, OR | 08-28-2004 |
| Hi, I retired 2 years ago, married and moved to Kentucky and loved it! It was in the western part of the State, namely Hopkinsville,and very flat with corn fields all over the place. Now we have moved to West Virginia and live in the mountains. We don't see any farmland but the mountains have their own beauty also. I think every State has something beautiful about it. :-) | carolyn craig caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 08-27-2004 |
| Aroos-tex,
Make me fat... no, just fat-er. I could really enjoy some home made bread, soldier beans and red hot dogs. Then a trip to the frig to get some grape nut ice cream as a chaser.
Life could be so very good.
Vern | Vern Hall | | 08-27-2004 |
| Hi Aroos-tex. I am curious as to just how much jam is in a dollop. Is that just a might more that a smigin? | dick delong | scarborough | 08-27-2004 |
| Arch...I had a great uncle named Clarence Archer, but he was from (or lived) in Crouseville. He wasn't a baker, but worked for a slaughterhouse in Crouseville. When you said "-40 degrees, it reminded me of a time back in the mid 70's when I was home and it was even colder than that. The wind chill was -80. My grandmother was sick and had to go to the hospital in that weather. The ambulance took her and wrapped her up like a mummy....well you can just imagine what the neighbors thought!!
Tx is too darn hot and Maine is too darn cold.....so maybe there's a good place in between.....like the Carolina's. I've never been there, but I hear it's nice there. Let's get a discussion going on where's the best state to retire to. PAC......would you recommend TN......home of country music??and the Smokies and Dollywood??
Vern........I make some good homemade bread....it'll make you fat, but it's wonderful. You'll have to wait til winter tho, I don't bake in the summer. And what about kolaches.....ever had those? I make those too, but again, only in the winter. For Mainers, who may not know what a "kolache" is.....it's a German yeast bread creation with a dollop of any kind of jam in the middle. They are delicious. I've been known to drive 50 miles for good kolaches. | aroos-tex | Austin, TX | 08-27-2004 |
| Arch,
I remember your dad standing at the mixer, rolling the large tubs of dough in and out of the "proof room". Did he drive a 1964 Nova, Blue with white top just before he retired?
The world continues to shrink...
A coworker spent this week in Forth Worth and he said that it is equally as hot there as it is here.
Keep Cool.
Vern | Vern Hall | | 08-27-2004 |
| My Dad, Jack wilson drove a ABC bread truck for years. | cheryl | fl | 08-27-2004 |
| Vern
My dad, Clarence Archer baked all the bread, rolls and hamburger buns there at ABC for 17 yrs. he used to go to work at 3 in the morning and work 14 to 16 hour days.
Baked while you sleep was what one of their ads said. I used to go in and stand at the donut machine and see how many I could devour at a time. Or get a fresh loaf of bread and cut the end off and pull out a handfull of bread and put in a stick of butter from the Industrial Cash Market across the street and then put the handfull back in while it was still hot, let the butter melt and it was pig out time. MMMM
That seems like aeons ago. Jeez, must be getting old Huh.
Peace Arch | Arch | Texas | 08-27-2004 |
| Arch,
Speaking of the ABC Bakery... I worked the night shift there, 7:00 PM until 7:00 AM, during the summer between my HS junior/senior years. If I close my eyes, I can still smell the bread baking. I was sorry to hear that it closed.
Aroos-tex,
The Houston weather is Hazy, Hot and Humid. The Ballooner Festival is at the Space Center this weekend. It will be really hard to heat hot air. They will fly at 7:00 AM. The Remax crew flew their balloon this morning to test the conditions.
Keep cool.
vh :-) | Vern Hall | | 08-26-2004 |
| HMMM
That weather sure sounds great. 112F heat index here yesterday. We have the same ozone days here same as Aroos-Tex.
But I still cant shake that little voice that keeps saying remember -40F and the few times that the old ABC Bakery thermometer read -53F. I guess you have to give up something to gain something else.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 08-26-2004 |
| PAC,
How far left? Oh, Thanks.
vh | vfh | | 08-26-2004 |
| It's "ozone action" days here. Any takers on jars of that stuff? Does Houston have those days? I know PI doesn't, because the county has more moose than cars! (that's what I heard) | aroos-tex | Austin, TX | 08-26-2004 |
| DG,
Went home for lunch and the mail came with the pictures you sent me. Thanks. Mae also sent me more from the lake. She hates to leave the camp but school starts for her next week. Hard to believe summer is almost over. Not a nice feeling. The older I get the more I hate that white stuff. It use to be great when I was able to ski. Oh Well!!!
L | LCD | PA | 08-26-2004 |
| Also, the air is of a much better quality there. I'll try to send you some jars, Vern. Yes, J-CEE, that is perfect weather. | PAC | | 08-26-2004 |
| We're having a beautiful week up here in "The County" - you should all be here :-) It's 76 right now. Cool mornings, warm days, cool nights...perfect! | J-CEE | | 08-26-2004 |
| EARTH TO VERN: Just look to the left of this message. | PAC | still Nashville, TN | 08-26-2004 |
| PAC - Please send me your e-mail address.
Vern | Vern Hall | | 08-26-2004 |
| LCD....
Your photos should be in your mailbox today or tomorrow. Thanks for your aerial photos of the camp.....some place, huh? dg | DG | PI | 08-26-2004 |
| Hi Everybody,
Wow! 52 degrees, not to nice but looks sunny. We are still in the 80's and very humid.
DG,
Did you get the Maine pictures I sent you yet? I am still waiting for yours to get here. No big hurry. Next year is fine.
My son gets home from Iraq on Sept 2nd for a two week leave. Can't wait to see him but I'm sure his 5 year old daughter is as anxious as I am. She starts school that day which will be hard for her to keep her consentration level at max. Oh well.
CJ
Hope thing are looking better for you at the house. Keep the faith.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 08-25-2004 |
| Thanks the PAC for your commentary. It pardons but my ingles is of a program of automatica translation. The Link that you have visited is not nothing religious and any day was writting in english. The important celebrations but of my native city are single. I now live in Santa Pola. - Alicante. Spain. and in another message webcam of my city will send a Link to one. A greeting to all those that visitais this book of mansajes. Jose Angel :-) | Jose Angel | Santa Pola -Alicante.- Spain | 08-24-2004 |
| PAC I'm not very good at it either! But I believe this is the first post of foreign language on this site. The web site is really getting around the world. Most of all it's fun! Jose's web site was interesting, but I could read only parts of it. I appreciated his post. | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 08-23-2004 |
| Hola,amigos! (that's all the spanish I know) :-) | PAC | Nashville, TN | 08-23-2004 |
| bienvinedos aqui yo laguousto el camera tambien. Yo vivo en Alaska e lagousta mira en Presque Isle. Pregunta ma, parro no habla espanole parra vientina anyos. | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 08-22-2004 |
| :-) Tengo a un hijo estudiando en Limestone y esta web cam es sensacional. Gracias. Si conoceis otras web-cam de la Limestone o Caribou os agradeceria me indicarais algún link. Gracias. | Jose Angel Garcia - from Spain | España | 08-22-2004 |
| I just got done using google for some research on the recent subject of Quaggy Jo and it was very informative. | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 08-20-2004 |
| I think I know a little about the state park at Echo Lake. I lived there at the park and my father was the warden before Red Delano this was 1943-47. We lived at the park in the summer and my Dad run the ski lift such as it was in the winter. While we were at the park the toboggan slide was not in operation. | Roger Powers | Maryland | 08-20-2004 |
| Definitely go to google - lots of wonderful information about the park. | J-CEE | | 08-20-2004 |
| Seems to me that Quaggy would be correct for the mountain since it was named long before the internet and google were invented. | pac | | 08-20-2004 |
| The spelling of the Mt. and the State Park depends on where you look. Quoggy, Quaggy or Quaquajo are all used. go to Google and they have the history of the park :eek: | n c | s springs | 08-20-2004 |
| Carolyn - Trust me, I don't go as far back as Red Delano, but a friend of mine does! Ha! I will ask him more about it. Also, I saw Raymond Walton last night at Pat's Pizza! | J-CEE | | 08-20-2004 |
| PAC - Quoggy Jo Ski Center is spelled Quoggy.
As you probably know, it is now affiliated with Maine Winter Sports (MWS). | J-CEE | | 08-20-2004 |
| J-Cee, thanks for the info....I go back as far as Red (I think it was Red)Delano
when he ran the State Park and no, I did not know it was the first State Park in Maine. I had an uncle at Bradbury State Park in Pownal who made all the signs for the State of Maine Parks. I'm sure they are not still in use now. I think Raymond Walton lives on that road also and probably knows some of the history. As I remember, the toboggan slide was not widely used as they did not advertise like they do now. But it surely was fun at that time. :-) | carolyn craig caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 08-20-2004 |
| J-Cee, glad to see you on here. You say the name is Quaggy, is that also the correct spelling for the ski slope? | PAC | Tennessee | 08-20-2004 |
| Carolyn - Sorry for the typo - It's Quaggy Jo! | J-Cee | | 08-20-2004 |
| Carolyn - I am presently doing some research on the toboggan run at Quaggy Jo - yes, Quqaggy - that is the correct spelling. So far all I have been able to find out is that it is at least 60 years old and has not been in use since at least 1959. There should be a history of Aroostokk State Park in the files at the park office. I will try calling there today. Also, I know a farmer who lives in Sprageville (he's 72) and should remember something about it. Did you know that Aroostok State Park was the first state park in Maine? | J-CEE | | 08-20-2004 |
| JMT and PAC: Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. Yes, I'm thankful for many things, and I'm trying real hard not to be stressed about all the "Charley" damage and what needs to be done......a complete new screen enclosure around the pool; new trees for the back yard; a new roof for most of the house; new ceilings in the garage, my clothes closet and the spare bedroon; new this; new that; etc., etc. Too much to mention here!! The clean-up so far has been long and tiring (would you believe 3 wheel barrow loads of "stuff" from inside our pool??); at least the Town is right on the job in getting most of the debris picked up with trucks....leaves, trees and tree branches, roof shingles, etc......such a mess. I never want to go thru this again, and told Ray this was it; I want to move back to Maine asap!!! God Bless! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 08-20-2004 |
| Love all this talk about Quoggy Joe and Echo Lake but still noone has answered me if they remember the toboggan slide. Guess that means I am the oldest one on this website!! :confused: Not much to brag about but wish someone could answer me. | carolyn craig caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 08-19-2004 |
| see...I learn something new everyday. :-) | Carma | | 08-19-2004 |
| Quoggy Joe Mt. is by Echo Lake. Quoggy Joe ski Club is on the Fort Rd. :D | N C | S S | 08-19-2004 |
| Carma
Unless my memory is gone completely, Quoggy Jo is still in Aroostook State Park. Down below Spragueville. :-)
Peace Arch | Arch | | 08-19-2004 |
| PAC, you can walk or drive up the mountain with a 4X4. It will be really pretty in the fall! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 08-19-2004 |
| PAC, you can walk or drive up the mountain with a 4X4. It will be really pretty in the fall! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 08-19-2004 |
| The lake by Quaggy Jo is "Echo Lake". | J-CEE | PI | 08-19-2004 |
| Yes, they still ski there. My niece worked there last winter. | pac | | 08-19-2004 |
| Quoggy Joe is going towards Fort Fairfield. Aroostook state Park is going out on the Houlton Road. Has been years since Ive been to either. Do they still ski up to Quoggy Joe? :-) | Carma | | 08-19-2004 |
| Carolyn, You are right, Quoggy Joe mountain (?) is at Aroostook State Park and the lake is Echo Lake. But we did ski at Quoggy Joe on the Fort Road. It didn't seem confusing at the time, but it does now when I think about it! | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Daytona Beach, Florida | 08-19-2004 |
| Carma, I believe the lake is called Echo Lake, out at Aroostook State Park. Now I am thinking that they also called that ski place on the Fort road, Quoggy Joe?? But back in the dark ages, there was only one Quoggy Joe. Can someone please help me remember?? | carolyn craig caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 08-19-2004 |
| J-Cee told me last night that you can take a chairlift ride up Mars Hill Mtn.
in the fall; that will be on my to-do list when I am there in October. :-) | pac | TN | 08-19-2004 |
| I dont remember there being a lake across from quoggy joe. what is the lake called? | Carma | Southern Maine | 08-19-2004 |
| Is anyone old enough to remember the toboggan slide down the Quoggy Joe (sp?)Mountain? It came right down straight and out on the frozen lake. More fun! Four of us came down it in about 1951 or 1952 and jumped the track hitting a tree. I ripped my brand new ski pants, I remember. :eek: | carolyn craig caldarelli | Parkersburg,WV | 08-18-2004 |
| No. I dont believe dad ever did it there. Mostly in the Mapleton area. Used to be at the corner of the mill pond. they used to have a little parade in Mapleton. (unless its a faulty memory which is possible :rolleyes: ) Dad did it for the Lions Club which he belonged to for many years. I am positive you now my dad Jr. Cote :-) | Carma | Southern Maine | 08-18-2004 |
| carma. are we talking bout the santa from sears and roebuck. I used to work there with him. | DD | Scarborough me | 08-18-2004 |
| yes Arch you are so right, BUT, dont you remember how cute those PI girls were. It was worth the trip to town, even if you had to hitchhike home in the dark at 20 below. | dick delong | scarborough | 08-18-2004 |
| I remember sliding down the hill on a cardboard box on that pond. that was the same time the "Crazy Carpets" were first introduced and only the "rich" (in a kids eyes) kids had them. I also remember when my Friends all found out that it was my father who was Santa Claus and not the real deal giving out those presents each Christmas. LOL :-) | Carma | Hollis | 08-18-2004 |
| What else is there for the young to do in the big city of the north east but tool or drag main st. :D | N Clark | S S | 08-18-2004 |
| Carma
Dick Delong and I can remember waaaaaaay back when they used to clean off the Mill Pond there in Mapleton and you didnt have to travel to PI to sk8 outdoors.
Peace Arch :D | Arch | down the road a ways | 08-18-2004 |
| Hello to Richard W. Got a question for you. Do teens today "TOOL" Main st in PI like us old timers used to?? | Dick | Scarborough me | 08-18-2004 |
| Hello I was really bored, so bye! :-) | Richard Weick | Presque Isle | 08-18-2004 |
| Vern, I remember it now that you mentioned it. Gosh memories can take you back as tho it was yesterday. I can also remember the first time I went to the old outdoor skating rink..If you lived in Mapleton that was a treat. "American Pie" song had just come out on the radio. must of been what...10 years ago? :rolleyes: | Carma | Hollis | 08-17-2004 |
| Pam, I think it was a Packard who owned that drive in. Maybe Dana's brother? I remember he was a big man and a very nice guy but I can't remember his name. His daughter graduated in 1970 or 71 and I can't remember her name either. She was a riot. Blonde and hung around with Skinny Fields and Sandee Thorne.
CJ, Hope you got through Charley safe and sound. Since he exited the State via Daytona Beach there is alot of debris everywhere and many people still without power. We were without power for about 30 hours and when Al got up to report to go to work at 2:00 a.m. Saturday, there was part of huge tree across his cruiser. I feel bad for him, the poor guy must have worked 30 hours just Saturday and Sunday. What great neighbors we have. About 8 families went from house to house with chain saws, cutting up trees and even dragging it all to the curb. Without A/C for a reprieve, it was pretty hot work, but we survived. Even City Hall was closed yesterday but we are back to work today. School is still closed and they will reassess the situation tomorrow. At least we are all safe and sound but I hope we don't have to go through one of those again any time soon. Jerry lost the screen enclosure over his pool but they are okay other than that. Let me know how you did. I'm hoping that next weekend is a little more uneventful weatherwise and there's a little more relaxation! | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Daytona Beach, FLorida | 08-17-2004 |
| Vern H...
So that's a true story about the liquor store and the laundry trading places because of the proximity to the Rec. Center. huh? Didn't know that. Good piece of P.I. trivia since I sort of collect little snippets of local history..... | DG | PI | 08-17-2004 |
| Carma,
Sampson's was designed with three tenants: the grocery story flanked by a laundry and the State Liquor store. Orginally, the Liquor store was slated to be next to the "Rec Center". This bad plan and was rectified by swapping ends with the laundry.
Vh | Vern Hall | | 08-16-2004 |
| Oh gosh...I remember Sampson's well. Couldnt wait for mom to get the S & H green stamps to put them in the book. I dont think they are allowed to cruise main street anymore, If I'm not mistaken they made that an ordinance or something. Wasnt there a laundry mat there at the end of the same building as Sampson's? | Carma | Hollis, Me | 08-16-2004 |
| BLS, I was a car hop for a short time, maybe one summer. I think the owner's last name was Packard, can't remember for sure, and actually I did not spill the milkshakes at the car, but inside the restaurant; the counter was high
(well for me anyway). | Pam Ashley | Nashville, TN | 08-16-2004 |
| Arch/Tenlee,
Yes, that is right. Did it stop when gas went beyond 32 cents a gallon or is it still enjoyed today?
Vh | Vern Hall | | 08-15-2004 |
| I think it was "tooling" Vern. Yes? Do I win? LOL | tenlee | | 08-15-2004 |
| Vern
Cruising Main St.?
It has been more than great here also. 10F below normal the last couple days with early morning temps in the high 60s low 70s. Come on October. Still need rain here.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 08-14-2004 |
| Arch,
I am in disbelief of this weather. I asked for some cool weather and... here it is. Houston at 9:30 PM, temp 79 and hunidity 50%. I think that I am in the county in July.
Thanks to all who sent the jars.
vh | VFH | | 08-14-2004 |
| Pop Quiz...
It's a summer Friday or Saturday night... What happens in "town" between Sampson's and Ladner's Exxon?
Does it still happen today?
Vh | Vern Hall | | 08-14-2004 |
| I'm surely going to date myself, but for several summers I worked at the Hitching Post, The first place to have car hops, Olin Holmes and His Father "Gramps" run the place, I worked inside it was so busy but we had fun and I met some great people. That was more than 45 years ago. Wow! | mona blanchard | Easton | 08-14-2004 |
| I have to add a note about Mr. Keegan! I believe he was the assistant principal at PIHS when I attended, and he was so awesome! He was strict but VERY understanding. He was a principal, counselor and a friend. I loved him! He helped me through so much I can't even tell you!
Marc, I too have such memories of the same people (including Erla Kierstead!) Wow! Sure takes ya back (and makes ya feel old too!
Can't wait for you to get moved back to Portland Marc. Keep in touch. | tenlee | westport island, me | 08-13-2004 |
| CJ,
Hold on tight. Don't want to see you go to Kansas. Talked to my sister today who is going to watch the Dolphins tomorow. Said she just got high winds and rain.
Meredith,
Have a safe trip to PI. I think I'm the only one that hit a week of sunshine and in the 80's. My granddaughter lived in the water and in the boat. The 13 hour ride was nothing to her. She wants to go back to Eagle Lake next week!!!!
Sarah,
I also went to school with your Dad and you have alot to be proud of.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 08-13-2004 |
| Hi All
We need some of that nice rain down here, maybe instead of sending Vern cool weather you could send me some cool wet weather.
Peace Arch | Arch | Dry Texas | 08-13-2004 |
| MLC...I hope those hurricanes go by quickly too! We expect our area to be hit by "Charley" around 10 pm tonight (Friday) although he's not as strong as originally believed. So far this afternoon/early evening, we've had a few tornadoes go thru, but at present we're safe! When you get to PI and find those new potatoes, be sure to send me some!! | C-J Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 08-13-2004 |
| Sarah,
Your Dad was a great guy. He was a classmate of mine. He also was at Calvary Christian School in NH with my sister (Letitia Clater). The Clater clan is still in that area, well, most of them. Did you get to know any of them?
When I started my teaching career I subbed for your Aunt Sandra. That was fun. She was a great teacher and kids really loved her. The Keegan Family was mighty special to a lot of people. Just think what a great reunion we'll all have when we get to heaven. I'll bet it will be a noisy one! :D
It's so humid here that everything is sticky. Yuck! I hope these silly hurricanes get out of the area soon. I'd like to have our 78 degree, low humidity days back again.
I'm headed to PI this next week. I hope to find some new potatoes. MMM!
Meredith | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta, Me. | 08-13-2004 |
| SO.......PAC.. where were you a "carhop"? I'm your big sis and I sure don't remember that. I'm with Arch.....seems as tho I'm not remembering alot of that little incidental stuff. :-(
I'd forgotten all about the "Hitchin Post", but I certainly remember Keegan's...went there many a time while "toolin" around PI. | BLS | Austin, Tx | 08-13-2004 |
| DG, do you remember if Keegan's Drive-In
had two different locations over the years? Seems like the 1st one was on the left as shown in the old photo, then later relocated further down the road on the right going towards Houlton across from Silver's Garage. | pac | | 08-13-2004 |
| Hi ya'll,
I was a "car hop" in the mid-60's. I did not work at Keegan's, it was on the left going out on the Houlton Rd before the one on the right that used to be called the Hitchin Post.(wow, now that was in my parent's time). Anyway, one time my boss has just fixed 4 milkshakes, put them on the tray and out I went to deliver them to the customer. Guess I must have been nervous because I spilled them all to the ground! My boss actually just laughed and said he should have put a piece of paper under me, cuz I was so short I kind of had to reach up. | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, TN | 08-13-2004 |
| Sarah--you were mentioning your father. I didnt know him, but your uncle CK married my cousin Donna Blanchard.. also, your Grandfather was our Vice Principal..
CK worked for my dad (Waldo Libby).. I always had such a high regard and respect for both your uncle and grandfather.. Ethical, kind, sensitive , and well regarded.. even though your grandfather caught me jigging class and I got expelled, I had no hard feelings..(I deserved it!) he was always an advocate of students....
Carolyn,,, Erla Kierstead !!! Wow does her name bring back memories.. what an amazing, honest woman... I was about 4 years old in church and I told Erla that it was my birthday. Maxine reached into her purse and gave me a roll of lifesavers...( for those who didnt know, Maxine was Erla's daughter that I think was mentally challanged..) I loved that moment.. and it just came back seeing her name.. great people.. I'm glad Erla and Maxine are enjoying heaven..Maybe they are even having dinner with Frank and Clarence Keegan... Or maybe Mr Keegan has taken up water skiing or rollerblading in heaven.. he was athletic!
For everyone posting on this site,thank you.. it is so nice being reconnected. | marc libby | | 08-13-2004 |
| Hmmm
CCC I was thinking that Clayton? was married to a girl I grew up with,one of the McPherson girls from the corner of West Chapman St in Mapleton.Oh well a failing memory is something else. Or maybe wrong clan!
Peace Arch | Arch | | 08-12-2004 |
| SKW....
If you already haven't, go to "Old Photos" on the front web page of crownofmaine. There you'll see a picture of your father, Frank, from the early 1960's..... | DG | PI | 08-12-2004 |
| Arch....don't think there are any Clayton's in the clan..... | ccc | | 08-12-2004 |
| Vern
If you want to look at the old neighborhood, use Google and go to Terraserver 6.0 and you can cyber visit the old haunts.
CCC
Are you related to Clayton Craig from Sleepy Hollow?
Peace Arch | Arch | HERE | 08-12-2004 |
| Vern
At least I was in the right neighborhood for that van. First 4WD Van anyone had ever seen in that Burgh. The High School burned on January 16 1956. If I remember correctly the fire started in the Chemistry Lab, but then again there goes an almost 61 yr old memory. I understand what you meen about camping and hiking in RVN, I was too old but my brother Greg had the same hikes and camping trips as you did but he was Arty so his walks were held to a minimum. You are right about the Corrow names and the Plummer name ? I remember Herbie Jr. and the all the ones that were closer to my age.
Peace Arch | Arch | Tejas | 08-11-2004 |
| Carolyn,
Thanks for the kind words. Erla was truely a great friend of my mother's and a wonderful person.
My brother, Cyril, was a senior in HS the year that I was born. Speaks volumes, huh?
Parkersburg... pretty county.
Vern | Vern hall | Houston, TX | 08-11-2004 |
| Arch,
Bad memory... The 4 wheel drive Ford van belonged to George Benson around 1974-5 time frame. He lived next door toward PQI. I was the proud owner of a '63 off white, bondo gray and primer red Ford Fairlane. Nearly zoom, zoom.
I left "the Hollow" in '71 to camp and hike in RVN at the request of OUR uncle Sam. I have not live in Maine since. I miss it.
Corrows, ah yes... Albert, Christine and Paul... Right? Plummers... Brenda? My memory fades.
Do you remember what year is was that the Mapleton HS burned and what was determined to be the cause?
Vern | vfh | | 08-11-2004 |
| Hi All,
I was just looking up some info on my family for fun. My father's name was Franklin Keegan, who passed away in 1994 of cancer. His parent's names were Clarence and Madeline Keegan. He would have graduated Presque Isle High in the mid 60's and graduated UMPI in the late 60's. Any old pictures or story would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you. :-) | Sarah Keegan Whytock | | 08-11-2004 |
| Ok Arch, I know how old you are, you gave that away in our emails. I know the places you all are talking about, but not any of the author's of the emails. You all must be older than I am and that would be the reason why I do not recognize any names! A real hot one here today! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 08-11-2004 |
| Hi All
Reader, I grabbed that from an email that the Mrs got from a friend of hers, I thought it was neat also.
Vern
I thought I remembered Sandra had a younger brother but after you reach 60 the memory is not to be trusted. My Mrs was part of that Sleepy Hollow gang, the Corrows,Plummers and Clarks. She lived in a little house about half way Condon hill on the south side of the road.
Speaking of a bad memory, did you have a 4WD van in later years?
Peace Arch | Arch | Joshua TX | 08-11-2004 |
| Arch, I like those symbols you used on
1568 :D | reader | | 08-11-2004 |
| Vern, I knew your parents very well, they were good Christian people. Cecil was a class or two behind me in HS and we were all in the Youth group at church. My Aunt Erla Kierstead and your mother were very good friends. Long time ago...... | Carolyn Craig Caldarelli | Parkersburg, WV | 08-11-2004 |
| Arch,
Part of the Halls? Yes, I'm the last in the litter.
As for a small universe... incredibly small.
vh | Vern Hall | | 08-11-2004 |
| Vern
I would rather have rattlesnake or racoon than armadillo. But that is personal preference. Yuck, the Army made us try all that stuff in survival school. So are you part of that Hall family? I went to school with Sandra and the Mrs. went to school with Winnie. Hmm Small world aint it.
Peace Arch | Arch | Tejas | 08-10-2004 |
| Arch/Dick,
That is exactly where I grew up. Great memory.
The two hills going to Mapleton were tough on a bike but oh that wide ride home.
I thought that I had such a great idea with the jars. I will add it to my list of notsos. As in, "that was a notso good idea." Also on the same list is the time that I tried to peddle Armadillo as opossum on the half shell. ;-)
Regards,
Vern | Vern Hall | | 08-10-2004 |
| Hmm
That would put it down in the "Sleepy Hollow" area. IF my memory serves me correctly. Used to be A Hall family that lived on the right hand side of the road as you head to Mapleton from PI. Wonder if there is any connection?
Thanks Dick.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 08-10-2004 |
| Hey Arch. Verns home place is just 2 big hills before you get to my home place, heading west. Mine being the big gray house in the yard of the mapleton Hardware store. My dad started that business in the early fiftys. | dick | scarborough | 08-10-2004 |
| Hot Huh
Peace Arch | Arch | | 08-10-2004 |
| Hi Vern
Hooray for those northers, we will take all of them we can get up here. We usually get all that *&^%^&$$# humidity that Y`all have left over. The older I get the harder it is to put up with. But I guess when you are dumb enough to be a welder like I am, there isnt much room to complain. If you send all those jars back full of this good old Texas sunshine back up there in February, you better duck. The sledding season is short enough as it is.
Someone mentioned cruising by your old homestead on the Mapleton road, where is it located. I should remember it as I am origionally from Mapleton.
Peace Arch | Arch | Hotter-n-Hades | 08-10-2004 |
| Vern - The mission being cruising on the Mapleton Road by your old homestead? or perhaps (oh, I can't even imagine) what you've come up with. Maybe I can get the info from Judy. I certainly would hope that Brenda and I can meet up with you within the next 5 years!! You're giving us much leeway! Nope, I cannot use the new e-mail address here at work, so the old one works just fine. | pac | | 08-09-2004 |
| Yo Pam,
I have talked (emailed) with Judy and I have a special request that will place the two of you on a mission during your visit to the county.
I can clearly understand why you chose Maine over Texas for October. As for your trip to Houston... I have it on good authority that there will be a visit within the next five years.
Does your new email address work?
Vern | Vern Hall | | 08-09-2004 |
| Thank goodness for DG on here. Oh my gosh, I think I can even remember what Reb looked like now. | PAC | | 08-09-2004 |
| Doc Kierstead...
Someone asked about an ice cream place just a short ways from Kierstead's office. Yes, there was one back in the early '60's. It belonged to Reb Good and, in fact, was almost on the sidewalk right beside McKay's Market. He called his place "Reb's". He made the most marvelous milkshakes on the planet (real milkshakes with real ice cream). Funny you should mention this place; I just happened to explain where Reb's place was to someone the other day. | DG | PI | 08-09-2004 |
| i think you have a good thing going here and i enjoy tuning in. | michael a. cyr | 46 north street , presque isle | 08-09-2004 |
| Hey Vern - Nice to see you on here. Sorry that Brenda and I won't be able to meet up with you this fall, we had discussed that, but I'm going to the Crown of Maine for that nice cool, crisp weather. | PAC | | 08-09-2004 |
| Arch,
I too have noticed an atypical shift in the Texas tempatures. I like to think that it due to all of these jars of cool weather that folks have sent to me. I have saved the empty jars in the pantry and will send them via return mail come February. Won't the snowmobilers be pleased...
Vern | Vern Hall | | 08-09-2004 |
| I went to Doc Kirstead who was a very good dentist. He also owned race horses.
I wonder if that building where his office was is still there, seems like it was almost directly across from Church Street. Down the street not far from his office was an ice cream place where you ordered the ice cream from the sidewalk, not a walk-in place. Anyone remember that place?
I used to dread walking up those stairs to his office, but he got the job done. | PAC | Nashville, TN | 08-09-2004 |
| Okay, okay, that was me asking about Bob Caulfield, then it came to me later that it was Joe Caulfield who was in my class, not Robert. | PAC | Nashville, TN | 08-09-2004 |
| Hey Y`all
You folks in South Texas need to come up North here. Just outside Fort Worth we have had a few early mornings in the high 60s or very low 70s. Positively Great weather for August. But you can bet your bottom dollar its gonna heat back up and stay that way until October.
Peace Arch | Arch | North Texas | 08-08-2004 |
| Anybody, Please send several bottles of cool air to Vern so he can distribute it among those of us unfortunate enough to have left New England and settled here. Thanks. :-( | Marian | "Heck's Little Acre" | 08-07-2004 |
| Hello,
We view the Houlton and Preque Isle Webcams daily.My Mother originally comes from Bridgewater.We enjoy this very much. Thank You. | Donna Scozzella | | 08-07-2004 |
| Must explain further about the Big Bopper Caulfield. Big Bopper was so popular with the whole high school (PIHS) that all 3 classes attempted to claim him as their own. Bopper transcended normal conformity standards, established his own and others followed like lemmings. So you see, viewers, it wasn't poor academics which caused him to be a part of several classes, in fact, Bopper was and remains high above the maddening crowd regarding brain cell activity, but the constant tugging at his shirt sleeve for his attention by his fans. Need I say more? | DG | PI | 08-07-2004 |
| Bobby Caulfield....class of '68? That's a laugh and a half. Actually, he was maybe the class of 1958, 1959 and 1960. Nobody really knows...not even the Big Bopper himself. Me thinks he joined the witness protection program right after high school. I know where he is, but if I told I'd have to join the witness protection program myself....... | DG | PI | 08-06-2004 |
| PAC,
Please sent a jar of cool weather to Houston. It was 104 at 5:30 when I drove home from work yesterday. Today at noon it was only 83. I still would like a week in the county like some folks I know.
vh ;-) | Vern hall | | 08-06-2004 |
| Robert Caulfield - were you in the class of 1968? | interested | | 08-06-2004 |
| I just have to tell you that it is nice and cool here in Tennessee now - only 78 degrees yesterday and today and throughout the weekend. Temp went down to 62 last night and going down to 59 tonight, unusually cool for August !!!!!
AND, Wednesday of this week was almost 100. :confused: :-( | PAC | Nashville, TN | 08-06-2004 |
| Hit the wrong button.
Kevin Sherman,
My heart and prayers go out to you and hope to see more of you on the Crown. Let me know where you are? My kid is with the 109th in Pa. Military Police. Stay safe.
Linda | LCD | WB PA | 08-04-2004 |
| CJ,
So happy to hear your son is home and well. I'll be happy when I can say the same. We all spent at great week in Eagle Lake. The sun was out everyday. Had a bad time getting home. Ended up staying in PI at Kinnys Sunday night but got picked up by a friend and spent the evening with Charles Violet and his wife along with my old school pal Muriel Roy and her husband.
DG,
It was great to see you as usual. The pictures you gave back to me ended up staying in your office since Hailee put them down before we went into the shop. Hope you found them. We really got some great shots at the lake which I will send you when they get back from Qatar. I am just leaving work to go to our support group at the armory. Haven't gotten caught up on my mail yet but hope to do it by the week end.
Kevin Sherman, | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 08-04-2004 |
| Check out the NEWS section on this site of the arial view of the schools in Presque Isle - very nice. | PAC | Nashville, TN | 08-04-2004 |
| Isnt it amazing how the idea of building a casino was "shot down" because they dont want "violence" or people to spend their hard earned money on gambling... they must be less violent and non gambling people that are lining up to play the powerball game....lol Wanna bet Baldacci was one of "those" people???? | Carma | Maine | 08-03-2004 |
| hello everyone, this site is great. i like to see what it is like at home as much as posable. | Kevin Sherman | Iraq | 08-03-2004 |
| LCD and DG...I meant to let you know that our Army "Special Forces" son is finally home from Iraq!! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Florida | 08-02-2004 |
| Mona, thanks for the info! Your right that is where they probably are. Our State fair is next week here. I wish I was there in Mars Hill to go as I always see so many people I know-it's like old home week! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 08-02-2004 |
| Rebecca, This week Lionel and Shelly are probably at the fair, I,m not sure about this but in the past the twins have always had a baby beef there. | mona b | easton | 08-01-2004 |
| CJ Wish you had stopped by. We are just off The Black point road. Just north of the Marsh. Only about a mile east of the town square. We are getting settled in pretty well. How is the temps in kissimmee. | DD | Scarborough me | 07-31-2004 |
| Welcome back Mona. I have a co-worker visiting MI also. I am happy you had a great trip! Looks like your weather there has been nice the past couple days. I have tried to call Shelley and Lionell, they are never home! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 07-31-2004 |
| Rebecca, I'm back from Michigan, had a wonerful time all my four girls and five grandchildre and i son in law, my grandaughters wedding was beautiful. please excuse the typos. | mona b. | easton,me. | 07-31-2004 |
| Cool web cam! We need some of these in Lille, Grand Isle, Madawaska and Van Buren too! | Joseph Normand Grinnell | CT, FT; St. John Valley, PT | 07-31-2004 |
| I'm certain that we'll hear from LCD as soon as she gets "back to the grind"; if she'd been truly lost in the north woods, we would have seen something on the news (LOL).
DD...getting settled in your new home? I was on Pine Point Road a few weeks ago (one of the last visits I made before leaving the state). Hope all's well. | C-J McHugh Lougee | Fla | 07-31-2004 |
| OOPs LCD-sorry- - | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 07-30-2004 |
| OK, LDC has been missing and has not responded to DD for three days, who knows where she is? Our dear Mona has been out of town and not on either, is only the out of towners on? | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 07-30-2004 |
| Is LCD home from Eagle Lake yet???? | DD | | 07-27-2004 |
| PAC
Tim Hortons is to the left on the N Main St. cam, just out of the picture. If the camera was turned to the left 3/4 of an inch you would see it.
Peace Arch | Arch | Tejas | 07-27-2004 |
| where exactly is Tim Horton's located? | PAC | | 07-27-2004 |
| DAVID, I'M LEAVING TOMORROW FOR TAMPA, BE SURE TO COME BY THE DAVIS CENTER AROUND 4 FRIDAY. | CHERYL | | 07-27-2004 |
| -Guess it's my turn now for a pilgrimage to The County. PIHS class of '59 will have a reunion the evening of the 31st at the Snowmobile Club near Echo Lake. -Really looking forward to it! -Think you can manage some good weather for us? | Waldo Libby | Oregon | 07-26-2004 |
| cj...
Haven't seen your Uncle Ed yet; perhaps he's shy. However, Molly and I have planned to interview your Aunt Alice about the old rural schools in P.I. We expect to contact her next week and make an appointment with her......Good lead. | DG | PI | 07-24-2004 |
| PAC...I just got back from spending a month in the County, and the weather was terrible; looks like it's still rainy and chilly up there??!
DG...missed our coffee at Tim's, but Uncle Ed promised to pass on my "hello" to you. Did he give you the hug also?!
LCD...I tried to call your office on my way home but the office had closed for the day.......sorry
When I drove up, I stayed on 95 all the way thru and paid for all those tolls and bridge crossings!! Coming back, I smartened up and saved myself almost $40 by taking 84 from CT to Scranton and then heading south!!
Had a wonderful visit with all those I managed to see, despite the weather.
Happy Birthday today to my dear friend, Claudia!! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee | 07-23-2004 |
| Hello everyone,
I'm coming to PQI first week in October.
:-) | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, TN | 07-23-2004 |
| Hi Folks
Try jibjab.com to put a humerous face on the lies and half truths from both political parties.
Peace Arch | Arch | Baja Oklahoma | 07-23-2004 |
| I agree about our presidential candidates. I'd rather see someone with some good ole common sense in there. For years I've wished that our own PI Rodney Pelkey could become our president. He is as honest as can be and has the common sense that could turn this country around. But now that he's near 90 I'm sure he probably wouldn't want the hassle. Rodney was profiled in the PI Herald last year, a terrific man! I'll bet some of you know him. Boy, it's foggy and muggy here on the coast. I feel like I'm moldy! Meredith | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta, Me. | 07-22-2004 |
| HELLO,
I AM FROM ASHLAND RAISE THERE
LITTLE BOY THEN MOVE1962 PHOENIX,AZ
46YRS
SEE YOU MANEIC
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OH IS HOT TOOO | BILL | AZ | 07-22-2004 |
| As a rather strong republican, I have NO plans or desire to see the film. But even if I didn't belong to a particular party, I'd have no desire to see the film. Just my 2 cents. | tenlee | westport island, me | 07-21-2004 |
| PAC........I dont think republicans are really intrested in seeing that movie, but thanks for the idea. I remain to keep my own ideals about whats to come than to see something as controvertial as that film. There is so much "bad" politics going around its making me think that "neither" of them are worthy of the job. :-) | CJO | Maine | 07-21-2004 |
| David, The promotion is the 30th at 4 , it's at the Davis conference center. There'll be a sign when you go in the door Middleton promotion. Come by and just ask anyone for Cheryl the mother -in-law. Ha! anyway come by. We'll have a drink. I want to hear about your Dad and family. were they went to school etc. | cheryl | | 07-21-2004 |
| Everyone should see Fahrenheit 911. | PAC | | 07-20-2004 |
| Dick, I will think of you as I go by, I don't think I've ever noticed the Christmas Tree House before, will look for it. | cheryl | | 07-20-2004 |
| Cheryl Congrats to your family. Think about us and say hello as you go down past Brooksville and Rogers Christmas Tree House on your way to Tampa. Dick | dick delong | | 07-19-2004 |
| David, My son-in-law is being promoted the 30th. we are having a small party, I'll get times and address this week, please drop by. I'll be there. It's at a club across from the O.C. He made lt. Col. and the general is doing the honors. Yes both are in Centcom. | cheryl | | 07-19-2004 |
| PI sure is getting a lot of rain this summer! | viewer | | 07-19-2004 |
| Cheryl, I am not in the service anymore but I am a civilian contractor and work at US Centcom at MacDill AFB. I might as well still be in as I deploy right along with the military folks. Is your daughter with Centcom or some other organization? Let me know. I love meeting folks from Maine!! | David Barden | Tampa | 07-19-2004 |
| Great Cam, I visit you everyday. Dale | Dale Vennard | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 07-18-2004 |
| Rick, I think you'd be talking somewhere in the neighborhood of $1200 - $1500.
We currently have just about enough to purchase an indoor camera like the one on N. Main St. And since the poll indicates that's the preferred choice, maybe that's the best way to go. | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 07-18-2004 |
| Webmaster,
You used the phrase "probably out of our budget". Ok so what is the $$ needed? Maybe we can pass the collection plate. | Rick B | | 07-18-2004 |
| Disscenting opinion
The South Main cams location is in an area that is canyon like and the light varies so much that I think that a roof cam would show more of the South Main area. Judging from the North Main cam, it shows all as much as anyone would expect. As far as personal viewing, we all can come up and peek in your window. :D Also I like the streaming video part for personal viewing. Waving, making faces etc: :rolleyes:
As Always Peace Arch | Arch | DFW Metroplex | 07-17-2004 |
| I vote for street level....people like to wave up close up and personal to their friends and relatives who just might live many, many miles away. If the camera is situated on the roof, objects will appear far away and tiny. Better to allow those being viewed closer to the camera. Opposing opinion? | DG | PI | 07-17-2004 |
| Rick, a pan and zoom controllable camera would be great, but I'm afraid it's probably out of our budget :-( | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 07-17-2004 |
| If the Webmaster is going to place a camera it would be nice if camera model and software included the ability to pan and zoom by viewer | Rick B | | 07-17-2004 |
| The new camera should be put where we get the best view of South Main Street,
not by people waving, but a good view of Main Street. | Pam | Nashville, TN | 07-16-2004 |
| Hi All
As the "Drifters" classic goes Up on The Roof. More problems but a whole lot wider view over the South end, ie Scenic Web Cam.
Jim, as far as a housing is concerned, I have seen them built out of Sch 40 pvc pipe with a suitable clear lens they should last for years.
Peace Arch | Arch | hottern n hades | 07-16-2004 |
| Rebecca, if the camera is mounted at street level it will most likely be inside a building for a few reasons. First, for security reasons as you point out. Second, it will be less expensive and we can get the camera sooner. An external webcam requires a special camera along with an external housing. In other words, more $$$. Third, it's easier to mount a camera inside a building due to the availability of a power supply and internet connection. It will be interesting to see how this poll ends up! | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 07-16-2004 |
| Webmaster, if the survey requests street side and you do that, will the camera be mounted outside? I am sure that it would be unlikely that it would be pilfered if roof top, but not confident if it is mounted street side. Have you taken camera security into account? Thanks! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 07-16-2004 |
| I'd like to thank you all for your support in getting the S. Main webcam back up and running. And a very special thanks to Rebecca Mahaney for her overly generous donations!
As many of you know, we are planning to place the camera on the roof of the same building the old one was on, providing a nice view. But with the recent comments from people who like to stand in front of the camera and wave to friends/family, I'm not sure being on the roof is a good idea. What does everyone think? | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 07-15-2004 |
| These stories about family in front of the web cam are so much fun to hear. I encourage you to make a donation for the new camera. The webmaster has found a spot for it! Yahoo :-) | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Ak | 07-15-2004 |
| DAVID, ARE YOU STILL IN THE SERVICE? ARE YOU STATIONED AT THE BASE THERE IN TAMPA? MY DAUGHTER IS THERE. SHE IS ARMY CPT. MIDDLETON. | CHERYL | | 07-15-2004 |
| Mike, I know what you mean. When I was in Kuwait last February my Dad stood there in front of the cam with a sign saying "Hello Kuwait". It was cool being half way around the world and being able to see my Dad in PI. | David Barden | Tampa, FL | 07-15-2004 |
| Vern,
Yes I got your e-mail and thank you. Brenda and I must meet up with you which would be nice to do this fall. I may be going to Presque Isle but that's not definite yet. | PAC | Nashville, TN | 07-15-2004 |
| Correction to a note I wrote earlier this month about the aircraft crashes in the '40s near the Parkhurst Siding area: (-Guess I didn't proof-read it too well.)
The "home farm" I was referring to was the Rasmussen farm, not our farm on the Burlock Road.
One of my sisters asked via e-mail what in the world I was talking about.
Humble apologies to all, etc. | Waldo Libby | Oregon | 07-15-2004 |
| MY WIFE AND SON ARE IN PRESQUE ISLE, YESTERDAY I SAW THEM ON THE MAIN ST WEB CAM IN FROMT OF WAL-MART FROM MY OFFICE IN BURBANK CALIFORNIA. HOW COOL IS THAT. | MIKE MCFADDEN | BURBANK CA. | 07-14-2004 |
| PAC,
Did you get an email from me this morning (7/14)?
Vh | Vern Hall | Houston | 07-14-2004 |
| pam i didnt know gary paradis/ sorry | robert | nc | 07-12-2004 |
| Arch...Texas isnt the only place that has a high electricity bill...We averaged between $250.00 to $340.00 monthly last winter!! If all you have is electric heat...then you will have a huge bill no matter what state you live in. And yes...your darn tootin' we will be investing in a furnace this fall! What in the world were the previous owners of this house thinking by not having a furnace and living in Maine for the past 20 years??? BBBRRRRRRRRR HAve a great summer everyone!!! | Didnt vote for Baldacci | Maine | 07-12-2004 |
| Robert in NC,
I did not live at fairview acres but I liked a boy who lived there (Gary Paradis). Did you know him? | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, TN | 07-12-2004 |
| Just returned from 2 glorious weeks in the county. I loved every minute of it and hated to leave. I love being "home" in the county. My wife is from Nebraska but loves being in the county as well. And while home I had to eat all the things I miss like fiddle heads, whoopie pies, red hotdogs, Mrs. Dunster's donuts etc... I just hope you all that still live up there know how lucky you are. Granted the winters are pretty fierce but your summers are awesome!! I feel bad that growing up I never stopped to appreciate the beauty of the county and all the wonderful people there. Its always wonderful to be "home" and the county will always be my home no matter where I live. | David Barden | Valrico, Florida | 07-12-2004 |
| Mona, I am the eldest granddaughter of whom you speak. They are forever in my memories and heart. My great grandparents are buried in Easton, almost on the road, I might add! Thank you for your time yesterday! :-) | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Ak | 07-11-2004 |
| I didn't mean to stir up a hornets nest.
so Becca this is for you, are you by chance the granddaughter of Earl and
Buelah Lunney? My nephew Lionel is married to Shelly, Sandra's daughter.
Earl and Buelah were great friens of my parents. | M.Blanchard | Easton | 07-11-2004 |
| Well spoken Becca. I moved from Island Falls to Scarborough and every other day there is a bird lover, tree hugger, bat lover knocking on my door wanting me to join. and I tell them No. Let the north county live and dont try to make it better for them. They have done it right all these yrs and they will continue to do it right. Let those that complain be the first to unhook from the electrical grid and go it on their own., And so be it... | Dick DeLong | | 07-11-2004 |
| TTD, in an earlier post of last week I had mentioned taxes in MH in comparison to what I pay here. I agree with you on that subject, also. So many things here are just like home, moose, bear, bobcats, fiddleheads, and Canada geese. They always stopped in the fields on the farm on the Ford Road, but left-we have a small population of them that linger here! A moose visited sometime during the night and left us a gift in the yard. The weather is about the same, however, I will say this summer ours here has been warmer and much less rain. The people are transient here and makes it hard for strong friendship ties, unlike those of my hometown! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage | 07-11-2004 |
| One more time! Oh dear! I tried to type something and it was "lost". Rebecca, I agree with you, Mars Hill needs something to stimulate business, but I think this plan needs further scrutiny. According to this paper from Evergreen Wind Power, which is, somehow, part of General Electric, property taxes won't go down. The company will pay 3 million dollars over the next 20 years. Seeing that this is part of General Electric I think 3 million over the next 20 years is a drop in the bucket and they can fork over more cash for doing such things to the mountain.
Also, my husband went to one of the meetings. The guy, who represented the company, was smacking his gum and sitting backwards in a chair. As if Northern Mainers are like that? I don't think so!!!
I wish Big Rock would draw more people. It's a very nice Ski resort. Too bad THAT could'nt get going.
Also, how does Alaska compare to Northern Maine?
Finally, yes, there are many slugs, mold, and other yucky stuff. I think there is going to be another winter like last year. | TwoTurtleDoves | | 07-11-2004 |
| TTD, thank you for your informative respone. Firstly, my comment about the birds was general, as Mona is aware that a concern is birds and bats. To explain my comment about lower costs to people in the area. I know from living here for 30 years that the cost is not a direct cost to lower electricity in the area, as here we have oil up north, we benefit from a check every year. Not at the pump or in our homes. So I'm aware that it does not work the way my brief comment may have implied. Also, the Pierce's sold the mountain to Canadians didn't they? So if the owners are a foreign group, Mars Hill won't most likely benefit from any of that sale money anyway. I'm going to find articles on this as I beleive the maintaince on wind turbins are high. I'm from MH and would love to see something stimulate the area. I'm not sure it has to be this! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 07-11-2004 |
| Rebecca
I never stated Mona hates birds. I stated perhaps the wind farm would be better moved to Easton. I am sure there is "adequate" wind in Easton. As stated, in the handout, this Evergreen Wind Power is comming to Mars Hill mostly because the land owners and town are cooperative. Of course the land owners who will have the windmills on their land are cooperative., they are going to get $100,000. a year for the next 20 years.
The funniest thing on this handout is this vague mention to tourism;" In addition there will likely(likely????) be a significant increase in tourism, science, and educational opportunities! One town tourist burea, at a simliar wind farm reported an increase in visitors to their town of over 60,000 per year!..."
So if this thing goes in should we start getting into the windmill key chain and trinket business? | Two Turtle Doves. | | 07-11-2004 |
| From "The Mars Hill, Maine Wind Power Farm, The Most Commonly Asked Question.
"Why Mars Hill?" Mars Hill is an ideal place because 1)there is adequate wind.".
"Adequate Wind"? That tells me it can be put anywhere, Easton or The Coast of Maine.
NEXT question: "Will My Electric Bill Go Down" Maybe Yes and Maybe no! Electricity cost from wind power is very competitive and sometimes lower than most other sources of fuel based power. Electricity cost to the consumer is not determined by the producer of power, but buy the sellers based on energy costs, supply, transmission cost, and demand and state regulations."
Perhaps the citizens of Easton can contact Evergreen Wind Power L.L.C 11 Bangor Mall BLVD, D#130 Bangor Maine 04401 1(800) 948-9463 and let them know the citizens in Easton want the windfarm. | TwoTurtleDoves | | 07-11-2004 |
| Hi ALL
I wish we had your electricity bills here in Texas. We pay at least $150 a month here in the summer and that lasts from May until October. It never goes below $80-85 even in the winter. We have to have our bill averaged like most of y`all do with your fuel bills, anyone want to trade? As far as those windmill farms are concerned, they are just a feel good thing. Most people feel that they are doing something for the environment by using so called Clean electricy but you have you remember that it is like putting water into Squa Pan Lake with a garden hose and claiming you are getting the benefit from it down stream. What little power generated by those few wind mills are not gonna make that much difference. Maine Public Service is nothing but a group of lines that passes Canadian Hydro power through to the rest of New England. What is any more envrionmentaly safe than Hydro. On that note look on your bill and see what the fuel surcharge was for this month and remember that the only generation plant that MPS has or had as the case my be is Caribou and that doesnt generate enough for the City of Caribou!
Peace Arch | Arch | where it is HOT | 07-11-2004 |
| Bright yellow fields of Canola (i think). Incidently, these fields are out by Parkhurst Siding, near where the two planes crashed during WWII. | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 07-11-2004 |
| Anyone out there remember living in fairview acers? we lived there for a while and didnt know as kids we were poor, im sure today some one would point it out, we had a good time with there being 10000 kids to play with.the only time i ever felt poor was when the teacher would say bring up your lunch money , then she would say free lunch raise your hands/ but after that it was back to the norm:cool: | Robert | NC | 07-11-2004 |
| I,m not an Easton native I come from Washburn, but if we had a mountain to put the wind farm on it wouldn't bother me in the least anything to produce reasonable electic costs. | M.Blanchard | Easton | 07-10-2004 |
| TTD, what is your point? I believe Mona's was that she thought that area should promote business to reduce living cost. While I do not know her, I also do not think she hates birds because she is in favor of the wind project! By the way, I bet the mushrooms are taking over with all the rain you've all had. | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 07-10-2004 |
| TTD, what is your point? I believe Mona's was that she thought that area should promote business to reduce living cost. While I do not know her, I also do not think she hates birds because she is in favor of the wind project! By the way, I bet the mushrooms are taking over with all the rain you've all had. | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 07-10-2004 |
| M. Blanchar, maybe they should relocate The Windmill Farm to Easton. | Two Turtle Doves | | 07-10-2004 |
| I grew up across the river from both of those plane crashes. The Campbell's lived directly across from us and the plane that was the son-in-law was the next farm down from the Campbell's on the Caribou side.
We were picking potatoes in the field on a foggy morning. We heard the very loud sound of a plane and started looking around when we saw something like a wing drop and then a plane came out of the fog and crashed in the woods behind Campbell's. My brother immediately jumped in the car and went to Caribou and around to the crash site.
We also saw the other crash but I don't seem to remember it so well. The stories about it grew over the years but one story I heard was that the pilot told his father (or father-in-law)that when he flew over he was going to clip the horses ears.
During the war, the planes flew directly over our house to Germany. I can remember being with my grandmother next door, and everytime she would see a plane, she would shake her fist and say, 'Those nasty Germans making our boys go over there!' | Carolyn Craig Caldarelli | West Virginia | 07-10-2004 |
| I checked the spelling of "Rasmussen" and Pam's correct...only one "s", not two as I incorrectly spelled it. | DG | PI | 07-10-2004 |
| Mona your so right! When I lived in Mars HIll so many Gov housing came in and all the rif moved in. Made one man rich. | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 07-09-2004 |
| Readers...
Here's the information on the military plane crashes on the Rassmussen farm just outside of Presque Isle in Fort Fairfield. A B-25 or a B-26 (not sure which one) crashed in June 1943. The pilot was the son-in-law of the owner of the farm. All 9 members of the crew were killed plus 4 farm workers plus a few animals. Just months ago in almost the exact same spot but in the woods another military crashed killing all of the crew. two years ago we ventured to the sites. The second crash which killed farmhands occurred in a field so that one can't tell exactly where unless someone who knows points it out. The venue of the first crash can be easily found. Large pieces of the aircraft are still strewn around including an engine. The widow of the second crash (daughter of the farmer who owned the farm) is still living. It's rumored that the pilot (name was Bert Robertson) was flying only a few hundred feet above the ground when he approached the his family' farm (Rassmussen) and made the decision to tip the wings of the aircraft to say his last goodbye before flying to Europe. The wing caught the tip of a hill, turned the arircraft around and crashed. Ironically, the scenery when viewing the place of that crash is perhaps the most beautiful spot in Aroostook when viewed from the upper side of the hill overlooking the scene...... | Dick Graves | Presque Isle | 07-09-2004 |
| We are never going to produce power in this country, its like the hydro dam project in the Allagash years ago, it endangered the snail darter, now its birds and bats, birds fly into airplanes everyday, oh well we'll keep supporting the people in the Middle East until they cut us off totally. | M. Blanchar | Easton | 07-09-2004 |
| Update
The B-25 13098 wrecked Apr 22, 1942 near Presque Isle, ME 7.5 Mile NE of PIAAB | Pamela | Ga | 07-09-2004 |
| That was the Rasmussen Crash on the 40s off of the Ginn Road/Johnson Road. Apparently the pilot was from there or knew the farmer cause he was buzzing his field during digging and the pickers watched the whole thing. Flew into a structure. That was one of the crashes.
Here is the information from a website that I had found. (for some reason...I cannot post the link)
AT-6C 41-33064 PRESQUE ISLE 6 MI S
B-25C 41-13098 PRESQUE ISLE 7 MI NE, ME
B-26B 41-31645 PRESQUE ISLE 9 MI NNE, ME
B-26C 41-35181 PRESQUE ISLE 9.5 MI W, ME
the 2 middle ones are the ones in question. The distances are from city center.
I believe the other crash to be locted somewhere near the Staples Farm.... | Pamela | Ga | 07-09-2004 |
| For Pamela:
I don't remember of an aircraft crash near Parkhurst Siding in the 50s, but I do remember my father speaking of someone during WWII making a too-low pass on the home farm, hitting the barn(?) and crashing and killing a team of horses, besides probably wiping out the crew. It was a multi-engine aircraft, but I don't remember which type.
--Probably not a whole lot of help, was it? | Waldo Libby | W. Oregon | 07-09-2004 |
| Jim, I really don't know if the power from the wind farm will stay in the County or not. Good question. But there was an article in the paper today saying the project is on hold, at least temporarily, due to the concern that it may kill birds and bats. | Webmaster | PI | 07-08-2004 |
| Webmaster do you know if the power from the wind mills will stay in the county. If the power stays in the county them maybe it would be worth it hopefuly it wont hurt the wildlife to much onething for sure it will changes the landscape on the mountain. :-) | Jim C | | 07-08-2004 |
| Hi all
Pamela, the only ones that I can remember were not on the East side of PI. A B25 crashed over around Mouse Island the other side of Washburn and the 2 of the others were F89s out of PIAFB. Also a couple of FB 111s, but that was years later. Maybe Dick G can shed some light on them for you.
Peace Arch
Also perhaps someone at piairmuseum@fcmail.com could help | Arch | Down the road a ways | 07-08-2004 |
| Dick Graves is up on Aviation history and might know of military crashes back in the 40's I know of a couple around the area but not east of PI. Dick | dick DeLong | | 07-08-2004 |
| Hey Arch, your full of info, can you help Pamela out? I know you be be very young then. :rolleyes: | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 07-08-2004 |
| Connie, I am curious why you say the movie you refer to may not be shown in PI? | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 07-08-2004 |
| I am interested in finding information about 2 military aircraft crashes that occurred in the 40's and early 50's (Unsure of the dates) in the Parkhurst Siding / Ginn Road area. Any information would be helpful. One was a B-26 and the other a B-24
Thanks | Pamela | Ga. | 07-08-2004 |
| If you want a real eye-opener, go and see Fahrenheit 9/11 at the movies. They may not even show it in P.I. | Connie Clair | Calif. | 07-08-2004 |
| LCD Everything is great in Scarborough. We have been to PI twice since arriving in Maine but seems good to get back to the new house. Have a good week at the lake.Dick PS. We did pass thru WB on the way home via 84. | dick DeLong | scarborough | 07-07-2004 |
| Freedom of Speech if you got money you can say what you want look at the campain fianace reform it put a gag order on millions of people 30 to 60 days before this up comeing election unless its the media.Now for hunting I for one don't hunt for trophy's but i do enjoy putting food on the table and the great out doors and baiting does not always work a least the one seasons I gave it a try it did'nt.Take care all. | Jim C | | 07-07-2004 |
| Jane
The Flag is normally at half mast for 30 days for Ex Presidents, I cant remember but I dont think it has been 30 days yet. Even tho %$#@#$%^&^%$ said that it was time to return them to normal.
Cheryl W
Well said, I didnt want to say any more cause I get a little on the vocal side and dont know when to quit.A gain well said.
Reader
It scares me because I can hear echoes of Vietnam. I do belive that we have to meet terrorism face to face but NOT in Iraq.
Peace to all Arch | Arch | Over the Rainbow | 07-06-2004 |
| sorry I meant to say Presque Isle Air Force Base. | cheryl wilson | fl | 07-06-2004 |
| I was born & raised in Caribou & Presque Isle. I don't own a piece of land and I haven't been back to Maine in 30 years.But I think I should have an opinion about the bear hunting. First of all the young men and women who have given their lives and those fighting for my freedom of speech gives me that right. The people who make their living from the killing of bears can survive. When Presque Isle and Loring closed alot of people had to make adjustments. The amount of animals slaughtered in this country(not to mention worldwide, cattle, horses, sheep, hogs etc.), why does anyone have to kill more? Sport? Not when you use bait and dogs. The trophy killings and killing for aphrodisiac's is cruel and senseless. Take up golf, skiing or anything and let's ship a truck load of viagra to Asia. I know there are all kinds of arguements on this but the killing has to quit somehow, sometime. Especially with the bait and dogs and cruel entrapment. | cheryl | fl. | 07-06-2004 |
| Hello. I notice that the flag on cam page is still at half mast. I think it is time to run the flag to the top now.
;-)
Happy Week after the 4th to all ! | Jane | | 07-06-2004 |
| Amen, Arch - I agree. I don't think our troops will be coming home any time soon and more will be sent there. This could go on for years. | reader | | 07-06-2004 |
| Hey Dick Delong
It's about time we hear from you. I asked Jeff Clark about you, and he gave me an update about your visit to the County. I gave you up for lost. How are things in Southern Maine going with the new house? I am flying up the last week in July for a week. Can't wait. My Grandaughter is coming up to meet all of her cousins for the first time. Yes, I did miss talking to you. Welcome Back!!!!
Linda | LCD | PA | 07-06-2004 |
| God Bless the men and women who have given so much so we can be free and the man who has a enough back bone to do what it takes. Happy 4th to all. | Jim C | Chapman ,Maine | 07-04-2004 |
| Hi all. finally back online in our new home in scarborough after being off since leaving Florida in mid april. Have I missed any good discussions. did anybody notice that i was missing??? dick | dick delong | Scarborough me | 07-04-2004 |
| Hi everyone.Just a short note to wish you all a safe and happy 4th of July from all of us Down Under. | David Thibodeau | Adelaide South Australia | 07-04-2004 |
| Hi All
Mikki and I wish y`all a Happy and safe 4th. God bless all American troops wherever they are.
Peace Arch n Mikki
PS. And we wish just the reverse for the man that sent them in harms way. | Arch | Lone Star State | 07-03-2004 |
| Hi Pam,
There is not left to the Aroostook Bible Camp. All of the buildings and cabins are gone with the exception of a small cabin. It is too bad to see it as a past experience, but at least we grew up well because of it. What a fun 2 weeks we would have each summer. | Paul Libby | St Francis, Maine | 07-02-2004 |
| oops I'm making that Togue Pond a bigger body of water than I should have :o | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 07-01-2004 |
| oops I'm making that Togue Pond a bigger body of water than I should have :o | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Acnhorag | 07-01-2004 |
| My co-worker loved one of Jeff's photo's and has just downloaded the Toge Lake sunrise picture to his new cell phone. It looks so pretty!! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 07-01-2004 |
| Paul, has anything been done at the
church campsite where we used to go to camp (Aroostook Bible Camp) in Allagash?
Is it being used? | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, TN | 07-01-2004 |
| I have always thought that the idea of hunting an animal was in hunting, not attracting it during the summer with Twinkies. Arch, your analogy of hunting in a cow pasture was right on! And that also is not hunting.
There is also bear hunting with dogs.
Each dog has a radio transmitter that will show the brave hunter where the dogs are when they have stopped, due to the dogs having a bear treed.
The "hunter" will find the dogs and shoot the bear out of the tree.
Since most of these hunters are from out-of-state they bring big bucks into our economy.
I think that even that approach to hunting is lame. | Paul Libby | St Francis, Maine | 07-01-2004 |
| Why not put up a camerathon showing how much money has been raised and how much is still needed so folks will get motivated? Talking of things happening what's this about a $24.5 million restaurant opening in Presque Isle aided by the rural department?? | Hazel | | 06-30-2004 |
| Thanks Webmaster, I'll make note to send a donation via paypal. My Mom is visiting Mars Hill from Fairbanks and I'm hoping she will go by and give a wave-she goes to PI about two times a day! :-) | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 06-30-2004 |
| Rebecca, we've raised about $100 total towards the better camera system. I'll probably end up kicking in the rest as soon as I can afford it. I was hoping to get a really nice system capable of being mounted on the roof of one of the buildings on S. Main (awesome view) but that will probably be out of the price range. So it will probably be an indoor system similiar to the N. Main cam (still very nice). To answer your question, I hope to have it in place by mid to late July.
Jim C, No, I don't think the bear baiting question should be directed to Maine residents only. The poll isn't deciding anything officially but rather is meant to gague how the viewers of this site feel, 80% of which are from out of state (as determined by a previous poll). | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 06-30-2004 |
| Speaking of class reunions - I thought my 20th was great, but the 30th was even better. Before the reunion, I ran into someone that I had to practically beg to come (he lives in PQI). He did come and we had a great time! I guess it just takes us "out of towners" to get things going. | class of 68 | | 06-30-2004 |
| Webmaster, how is the talks for the new site for the south main street web camera going? Are we getting close to our goal for the new camera? | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 06-30-2004 |
| Webmaster, how is the talks for the new site for the south main street web camera going? Are we getting close to our goal for the new camera? | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 06-30-2004 |
| Pretty slow here for me today! Arch, can't you get anything started on here? A fact, in Bangor Daily News last week said Mill rate for Mars Hill at 25. Alot of things factor in, but I am at 11 mill rate here! I know questions were asked about the wind project and no one responded, while I do not have any info on it myself either, I am hopeful the town profits in some way. | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 06-30-2004 |
| Posting 1432, guest-you sure are correct about class reunions! Amazing that so many from home would not come out to a two hour event after so many came so far to visit with them! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 06-30-2004 |
| Living in a city where people leave trash out and feed bear here, then the bear are killed because of a threat to people, is really sad. While that isn't bear baiting for hunting, I can still have an opinion on baiting. It sure takes the hunt out of the hunter. We also have caribou farms here that sell to farmers in Arizona to have city hunters pay big bucks to go to the desert and kill the tame caribou! Jim you are correct, as a person who is not a resident, my opinion doesn't matter on voting day! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 06-30-2004 |
| That is kind of a rude request dont you think Jim C? I was under the impression that it is for anyone who is from or in Aroostook county and even tho some of us "visit" we still pay taxes if we own land...and I really dont think that the poll for the Mapleton daze was answered by mostly "Out-of-towners" to say our opinions dont matter reguardless of the topic is hard not to take personally....Thanks | Guest | "Out of Town" | 06-30-2004 |
| I think the poll should be for Maine residents and those of us who lived in Maine. Seems to me that those who don't live there now are the ones who comment on here frequently. Could be that many in the county don't even know about this site. It's kind of like when I would go to my class reunions - there would be more there from away than those who lived right there. | guest | | 06-30-2004 |
| I love to go home when the fair is going on. I think it is about the same size as it used to be but it might be a bit smaller. Last year it was very exciting to see Kim Ireland racing his horses at the horse races. I always loved Steve Aucoin's french fries. I didn't get around the midway last year so I don't know if he was there or not but those were the best fries in the world.
Rick, Thanks for your note. I haven't checked my home email yet but I will get there sooner or later. | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Port Orange, Florida | 06-30-2004 |
| Jim C
I wonder how you feel about bear baiting. A dollar to a hole in a Tim Hortons donut says you defend it. For shame, if I had to hunt like these Texans down here do (Automatic feeders, salt blocks & mineral blocks, corn etc.) I would not hunt and I have not since I left Maine. That (Bear Baiting ) is just not hunting in my book or I will bet anyone else that I used to hunt with up there. Might just as well shoot someones cow after you have fed it for a while. I was to pitting my wits against the animals that I hunted and that was the way I was taught and the way I taught my son.
But I guess things have changed since I last hunted, sadly for the worse.
Peace Arch | Arch | Texas | 06-29-2004 |
| Webmaster shouldn't the poll ? be address to Maine residents only, since we are the ones it affects.The opinion of someone who does not live here should not and does not matter.And by resident i mean more than owning a piece of land and only visting once a year. | Jim C | Chapman ME | 06-29-2004 |
| Do alot of the folks up there still go to the local Fair? Is it bigger than it was before? smaller? I can remember as a kid taking home goldfish in a baggie...I can still see my mother shaking her head....oh and the Candy Apples...... Mcleans Rest. was the best place to go if you wanted a nice greasy burger and fries. The good 'ol days................. :-) | Guest | Ohio | 06-29-2004 |
| Studded snow tires have to be off the car the last day of April and can't go back on until the first day of Oct. | M.Blanchard | Easton | 06-29-2004 |
| Hi Paul,
Thanks for the update on my buddy. Everyone I talked to in Fort Kent all had a problem with him at the border. He was a sweet guy in High School. I guess he took his job rather seriously. I guess we have a someone who has never seen snow in Northern Maine!!!!! DAH... I remember flurries in June. Pitch a tent and go to Bangor to listen to your music.
Linda | LCD | PA | 06-29-2004 |
| Studded snow tires in May? Well, up there you might just as well leave them on year-round cuz the next thing ya know it'll be snowing again.... | visitor | | 06-29-2004 |
| Hi LCD,
The Black flies will be pretty much gone by the time that you arrive in July.
I have met Vaughn Martin but only as he was guarding the border. He was a hard person to deal with. He gave me problems about my having studded snow tires on in May. We sometimes have a snowstorm late so I keep them on a few weeks after the law says to take them off. I think that he lives in Fort Kent Mills.
The National Folk Festival is in Bangor, for its 3rd and final year. It is a weekend of music from all parts of this planet. It is Aug 27-29. It is FREE! The only problem is finding a motel room.
I have gone every year, and was well worth it. | Paul Libby | St Francis, Maine | 06-29-2004 |
| Hey Shelley P. We will be coming up next month and staying at dad's in Mapleton. We will definitly have to eat at the Mai Tai. I have been craving that lately. ;-) Remember the age old saying "i'm not so & so but I play one on t.v."???? That statement can get one in trouble if there is actually someone out there that believes you when you say it. I guess I should of said..just joking instead of LOL. :D See you in 2 weeks!!!! | Carma | Hollis, Maine | 06-27-2004 |
| I'm really glad that the weather was great for you, all of those who enjoyed Mapleton Daze. We had a great sunny week and today 82 in the shade! We had the Navy here doing an air show and WOW! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 06-26-2004 |
| :-) Mapleton Daze is a blast its like a big family Bar-bue with poeple from all over even reunions the Mapleton High School Class of 1954 was there Friday all kinds of famliy fun and fireworks.Saturday more of the same and a parde games and eat water melon contest Maine baked Potatoe's were some of the food Home made Pies Ice creams and more.
Great time for all :-) | Jim C | Chapman ME | 06-26-2004 |
| Hello all,
I haven't been to Presque Isle in 15 years. My wife and I will be coming to Presque Isle the second weekend of July. I am looking forward to seeing some old friends at the PIHS 30-year reunion....
I am sure alot has changed in 15 years... See you all soon... Rusty ;-) | Rusty Hansen | Upstate NY | 06-25-2004 |
| Hi Paul Libby,
We are on our way up to Eagle Lake the last week in July. Hope the black flies are gone by then. I am taking my five year old grandaughter with me to meet cousins for the first time. She can't wait. I spoke to my friend Rita who owns Bee Jays in Fort Kent. She has been telling my how cold it's been and bad for business out on her deck. Do you know Vaughn Martin from St Francis? He was a very good friend of mine back in the old days. He was a Custom Officer going into Clair, but I think he has retired. Take care and spray that bug stuff really well.
Hey guys,
Thanks for the Mapleton Daze info. Had no clue but I think I'll pass.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 06-25-2004 |
| I had a neat experience today with your web cam. It looks into the parking lot at Tim Hortons ( Canadas answer to Dunkin Donut) My borther Jim called me from Calif. while I was there having coffee, I went outside with my phone and waved to him while we chatted, Modern technology is something. The parking lot is right under the Wallmart sign. | mona blanchard | easton, me. | 06-24-2004 |
| I think the main event at Mapleton Daze is the parade. Also, artsy crafty things to buy. I went a couple of times. | PAC | Nashville | 06-24-2004 |
| The Black flies and No-See-Ums are out and hungry. I have been feeding them while out in my garden. So, those who are coming back home (Aroostook) please bring them some food.
Last week we had a light frost. Maybe the garden will survive.
The Acadian Festival is happening in a week. I do not know what family is being honored this year. Each year a French family is chosen to have their reunion in Madawaska. Families from across the continent gather. | Paul Libby | St Francis, Maine | 06-24-2004 |
| Looks like a beautiful day in Maine! Who knows the dog with the frisbee in the scenic view? | yeehawma | florida | 06-23-2004 |
| LCD, Mapleton Daze is Mapleton's summer festival. At least, I think that's what it is....I've never been myself! | Webmaster | PI | 06-23-2004 |
| Will someone please tell me what the Mapleton Daze is??????
Thanks,
Linda | LCD | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 06-23-2004 |
| Hi everyone it was a nice day today with the FLIES,and saw a nice white tail deer but things have'nt changed much the wild straw berries are out and the black bear are loving it.There's no place like the county.Home Sweet Home. :-) | Jim C | Chapman ME | 06-22-2004 |
| Sure looks pretty in Presque Isle today! | guest | | 06-22-2004 |
| Jeannie,
Check your mail | Rick B | | 06-22-2004 |
| Meredith,
You're only 3 miles from Pemaquid beach!
Wow! I remember going there as a teenager and eating lobster on the pier.
It was wonderful! Sure do miss that great Maine seafood.
Yes, it is too bad that more of the locals do not comment on here. Would be nice if they did. | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, TN | 06-21-2004 |
| Jeff...Probably pretty much what you did back when you living here.....Nothing. Ha Ha Presque Isle changes but it always stays the same...know what I mean? The Annual Fair is coming end of July first of August I believe. I'm sure there are craft fairs happening...go tot he Chamber of Commerce web page. Maybe they might have some info. on what's happening this summer. :-) | Guest | P.I. | 06-19-2004 |
| Hi everyone!! I will be on vacation in Presque Isle the last week of July. I am coming up to see family/friends. I've been gone a long time, what is there to do? | jeff | kansas | 06-19-2004 |
| Hi Meredith,
Why are you in school this time of year? Did you have that many snow days to make up? Mae and Bill already moved to the camp so I know PI is out already. I am looking foward to my yearly week at the Lake with absolutely nothing to do unless I want to. We have a Lobster Night set aside which is a ritual when I get there. Nothing like a good Maine Lobster rather then the tails they feed us in Pa. Hope you have a great summer.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 06-18-2004 |
| I wasn't done! I was trying to put my work address, then hit enter and it took me right out of my message.
Anyway, Rick, do you have a new email address? If so, let me know.
Hope everyone is having a happy and safe summer. | Jeanne Tolley | Port Orange, Fl. | 06-18-2004 |
| Wow, Meredith, I can't believe you are still in school. My daughter, Amy, has been out since May 25th so it seems like everyone else should be out too. Sandee Thorne's kids just got out last week in the Portland area. The down side though is that we go back on August 9th and we don't even have to let out for potato harvest! You are lucky to be a teacher and have the time off. I wish I would have followed my dream and done that.
Rick Beaulieu-I tried to forward something to you and it came back | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Port Orange, Florida | 06-18-2004 |
| Hi all, It's fun to see it still light in PI after 8:30 PM when it's getting quite dark on the coast by then. I'll bet the sun is up earlier as well.
Hey, are we the only ones left in school at this late date? Bristol doesn't get out until June 23. We are chomping at the bit and not doing much academic-wise. With Pemaquid Beach just 3 miles away it doesn't take us long to find our way there.
This is the latest that I can remember of school being in session in any of the districts I've worked.
Can't wait to go play. Have a great time in the north LDC. Meredith | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta, Me. | 06-18-2004 |
| Webmaster,
Live in the county? No, not any more but thanks to your site, I can travel there anytime that I want. Tks. | Vern Hall | Houston, TX. | 06-17-2004 |
| Great question! I suspect most viewers don't live in Aroostook (anymore). I suppose it's because if you do live here then you can enjoy the area first-hand and don't need the webcams, etc. Although it would be nice to see more locals on here. I've posted your question as the Question of the Day. :-) | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 06-17-2004 |
| Over the months over watching this website and enjoying the scenic webcam I am constantly disappointed by the lack of locals posting on the site. Do the residents of Aroostook know about the site? People seem to ask about what is going on in the local area, and no one answers. Seems to be a nice little club for a few folks. Not wanting to be negative ... this could be a great resource for local information. | Guest | | 06-17-2004 |
| DG,
We can talk and talk the last week of July. I fly in Sun the 25th until the following Sunday, than back to the old grind.
CJ
If you read this on your way up to Maine, you pass me right by so if you can get back to me on the way up call me at my office at 570-288-9070 and I will catch up to you for the day or you are both welcome to stay overnight.
Linda | LCD | WB, PA | 06-16-2004 |
| cj...
It would be my pleasure for you to collect on my offer to buy coffee right next door at Tim Horton's. Bring LCD and we'll talk and talk and talk......I know it's impossible to bring LCD, but a good thought anyway. Bring anyone and we'll still talk and talk and talk.....dg | DG | PI | 06-16-2004 |
| DG...another interesting article in the SH; thanks for the info!! Heading to Maine tomorrow, with lots of stops to visit along the way. Hope to take you up on your offer of coffee next door at Tim Hortons!! Will call later, towards the end of the month. | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 06-15-2004 |
| Does anyone know anthing about the windmill/electricity project on Mars Hill Mountain? Will the residents of Mars Hill receive electricity at a reduced rate or reduced taxes? Has anyone considered the impact it will have on migrating birds or the wild life?
cb | cb | | 06-14-2004 |
| No, the day the "Question of the Day" was created (June 9), it was 81 (in Caribou). The temperature has not reached 90 yet this year in Presque Isle. | Webmaster | PI | 06-13-2004 |
| Wasnt it 90 degrees out the day the "question of the day" was asked about the reaching of 90 degree temp. in June??? and why are some people answering no??? lol :rolleyes: | Guest | | 06-13-2004 |
| I see the temp in PQI is 61 now. I heard it got up to almost 90 the other day.
PIHS class of 2004 graduates tonight! | guest | | 06-11-2004 |
| Jeff,
Thanks for the update on Dick. I'll try to e-mail him on the add I have. I miss talking to him.
Linda | LCD | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 06-11-2004 |
| LCD, my family has heard from the DeLongs. They did make it to S. Maine and have even taken at least one trip up to the County this spring...unfortunately, though, we missed them the last time they were up.
Mr. Libby, we don't currently have the 'Comment' feature enabled on the guestbook. That might be the problem. Sorry :-) | Webmaster | PI | 06-10-2004 |
| Hi all you Crown People,
It looks like a beautiful day in PI. We are in the 90's with loads of humidity and rain on the way. It's nice to see the sunshine in Maine.
Has anyone heard from Dick DeLong?. He was on his way to Southern Maine in April and I'm wondering if he got lost. If anyone knows, please give me an update. Thanks,
LCD | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 06-10-2004 |
| I see that the flag is at half-staff on this site as a tribute to President Reagan. He will be greatly missed and fondly remembered. | PAC | Nashville | 06-10-2004 |
| My condolences go out to the Perkins Family who recently lost their loved one Robin. She was a good friend and a wonderful person who cared more about others before herself.It was good to have someone from "home" living down here in Southern Maine with whom I could keep in touch with. She will be greatly missed. | Carma & Dan | Hollis | 06-09-2004 |
| Who are the radio DJ's in Presque Isle now? | member | | 06-09-2004 |
| When can you see the Northern lights in Presque Isle? | Hazel | | 06-09-2004 |
| Generally, the Mason-Dixon line is the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland. It was surveyed long before the Civil War, which is different from what I would have guessed. Check "Google" for further information. | WL | Oregon | 06-09-2004 |
| Yo, Webmaster! When trying to add a comment to a guestbook entry, I keep getting the message "Your message contains some invalid words. Please correct it and re-submit."
The message DID contain a URL. Might that be the invalid item? | Waldo Libby | Oregon | 06-09-2004 |
| Where exactly is the Mason-Dixon line? | Guest | | 06-08-2004 |
| JAne,
Because of Presque Isle's location on the globe at 68 degrees W. Longitude, the Sun is 32 minutes (give or take) behind the time displayed on your watch. When the clock says high noon, the sun says 11:28 AM. It will take another 32 minutes to reach peak (in PQI). This makes for a late sunrise and an early sunset. Conversely in Woodstock, NB., The Sun is up early and early to bed. :-) | Vern Hall | Houston, TX. | 06-07-2004 |
| Jane, We always see the sun before anyone else...that's a good thing...especially in the winter. :-) The weather there must be already summer Temps. It has been in the 40's here in the evenings and in some places they are still getting frost. Suppose to be in the 90's on Wednesday....the old saying..."if you dont like Maine's weather...wait a minute...and It will change.." lol :D | Guest | | 06-07-2004 |
| I am in the East, also but farther South and it was raining at the time. But, I have noticed that usually it seems to get darker in Maine [according to the web cam], than it does down here near the Mason-Dixon Line. | Jane | | 06-07-2004 |
| Jane....yes...it is still light out here at 9 p.m. this is the eastern part of the U.S. ;-) | Guest | | 06-07-2004 |
| CJ and Friends,
Thanks for all the sympathy and I'm still in mourning over Smarty. He truly went a great race but the mile and a half was a tad too much. I'll get over it in the next week.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre Pa | 06-07-2004 |
| LCD...sorry about Smarty! I don't usually watch horse races, but watched this one just for you!! And yes, very proud of Sue; she's a great lady and truly a nice person! | C-J McHugh Lougee | FL | 06-06-2004 |
| Poor smarty!
Is it really that light up there at almost 9PM...Or are you looping the cam pictures? | jane | | 06-05-2004 |
| GO SMARTY :-) | N C | S S FL | 06-05-2004 |
| CJ
You must be very proud of Sue. She is a great and devoted athlete. When we were at my sisters in Fl she would get up at seven in 90 degrees to get her miles in before it got to humid. Never missed a day.
Hey Everyone on the Crown,
Help me root Smarty Jones in today for a Tripple Crown Winner. He is Pa Bred Horse and the fans in Philly are going crazy. He is a favorite but has to go a mile and a half for the first time in the mud. He has the heart, so here's wishing!!!!!
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 06-05-2004 |
| My congrats to Mrs. Lougee. She was my PE teacher in the years of l972-1975! | Karen Beaulieu | Powder Springs GA | 06-05-2004 |
| PAC...not golf. As an accomplished physical education teacher, coach and athletic trainer, well known for her hard work behind the scenes to develop a top-notch physical education program for PI schools, she's being honored for her extraordinary commitment and work behind the scenes, both academically and athletically. Hope all's well with you! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 06-04-2004 |
| CJ - would this be for golf? | PAC | Nashville | 06-04-2004 |
| I must say "Congratulations" to my fabulous and favorite sister-in-law, Sue Lougee, the newest inductee into the Maine Sports Legends Hall of Honors; the official ceremony will be conducted in October. A well-deserved honor for a wonderful and caring lady! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 06-04-2004 |
| Just wanted to let you know that 2 former Presque Isle Residents will be on National TV this summer and fall. John Cariani (87' Grad) was nominated for a Tony Award for his Broadway role in Fiddler on the Roof. It airs this weekend. Shane Higgins (87' Grad) will be competing on ESPN in Sept (or Oct?) in the Southern WBBF Body Building Championships. | Erica | Alabama | 06-02-2004 |
| Hi Pam, nope, it wasn't me. There are a few of us around. | Jeff Clark | PI | 06-01-2004 |
| Hello to Jeff Clark:
I read an article in June DownEast magazine about New Sweden that was written by Jeff Clark and am wondering if you wrote that. | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, TN | 06-01-2004 |
| O.k. school is out for me- halleuiah! Now I have 2 weeks of summer science camp to teach with only 11 kids and 2 of us teaching. How hard can that be! On to NYC for a family wedding in June and on with the rest of the summer. Looks like a lot of inside and outside painting and deck refinishing- fun! | Posie Donahue Lewis | Woodbridge,Va | 05-29-2004 |
| Jeff: an idea for a new location...check with Jackie Haines at Haines Mfg. on Main Street (down by the Pool); they might allow you to place a camera on the IGA building on South Main Street. Tell her I sent you!! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 05-29-2004 |
| That's true, so feel free to not donate anything for this one. We're not trying to pressure anyone. Our S. Main camera lost its home and we were hoping to get a better system. Probably a camera similiar to the N. Main one (capable of streaming video). We were also hoping to mount it on the roof of a building on S. Main for a great view. Not sure if we'll be able to do that or not.
Thanks again to all our viewers and have a happy and safe Memorial Day Weekend!! :-) | Webmaster | | 05-28-2004 |
| Donations for another camera? A lot of us have already donated previously for the other one......... | someone | | 05-28-2004 |
| I have many relatives in the Caribou area but Wade Smith I think is my dad's cousin and I can't get mail to go to his address. So Wade if you are my dad's cousin Susie-q has been trying to write but it keeps coming back to me.... I would also love to hear from any of my other relatives that look at this. I enjoy reading the guest book to see if I know any one but haven't found many people that I do know. | Susan Milton Marks | Bradford | 05-26-2004 |
| The other one I believe is Caribou. One of the "twin" cities. ;-) | why cant you say? | | 05-25-2004 |
| I know that Presque Isle is a city -
Star City of the northeast, but what is the other one? Shame on me. | can't say | | 05-25-2004 |
| Vern, I think what determines if something is a town versus a city is the form of government. Exactly what the differences are I don't know. But I'm sure some others can tell you :-) | Webmaster | PI | 05-25-2004 |
| According to those in the know, Aroostook County has 2 cities, 54 towns, 11 plantations, and 108 unorganized townships. What is the discriminator? For example, does it have to do with the form of local government, the size of the population or geographic size (incorporated square miles)? I did take Maine history but that was when Longfellow was much shorter.
:-) | Vern Hall | Houston, TX. | 05-25-2004 |
| jmtolley@aol.com I went back in the arcives a few pages. :D | N C | SS FL | 05-24-2004 |
| Viewers...
Need Jeanne Tolley's e-mail address. Can anyone out there in cyberland help this old dog? | DG | PI | 05-23-2004 |
| Like taking a peek at Life the way it should be. Miss Maine need to visit again soon I hope. | John Bissell | Coeur d'Alene, Idaho | 05-22-2004 |
| $1.99 a gallon for gas is about the cheapest down here-but that's at BJ's (like Sam's Club). Most anywhere else, it's an average of $2.05. :eek: | Amy Cyr | Lewiston, Maine | 05-21-2004 |
| Gas is $2.13 & higher here in the Valley of the Sun (Phoenix area). It's even higher in northern AZ. Isn't it about the same in the County? :confused: | Lorrie | AZ | 05-18-2004 |
| :mad: STICK IT TO THE MAN [ NATION WIDE DONT BUY GAS ON MAY 19. | ROBERT | CAROLINAS | 05-17-2004 |
| Hazel
Is that an Imperial gallon? Still that is an awful lot for an extra liter. I see the pound is 1.768 to the US$ so that is a looooottt more expensive. $1.84.9 for regular here in Texas.
Peace Arch :-) | Arch | over the hill | 05-17-2004 |
| Dont forget Hazel....they go by the pounds...not by the dollar. It equals to be about the same. :-) | Me | Maine | 05-17-2004 |
| First time here!! I like the web cams!! I'm a ATVer and have been riding for the past 5 years. My friend and I average 7,000 miles a year. My machine has over 10,000 miles and his is over 14,000. I would like you all to check out my Information ATV website. We have links to dealers,lodging,trail condition reports,club events and we also have a ATV Forum. I have been working on this for years. | Chief Wiggim | Washburn,Me | 05-17-2004 |
| Gas in the Tampa area is $1.85 for regular unleaded. I have seen it at 1.99 in some places though. | David Barden | Valrico, Florida | 05-17-2004 |
| Average price of gas in England ... $5.80 ... think about that when your filling up! | Hazel | | 05-17-2004 |
| DG
Great race and a Pa bred horse. Hope he doesn't choke at the Belmont as our history of Eagles and Phillys going right to the end manage to blow it. Hopefully Smarty Jones has more heart then people. I'd love to see him make it as a Tripple Crown Winner. We'll know in a few weeks. My son wheeled him in the tripple and came home a big $10 winner. Everyone at Pocono Downs was going crazy.
LD | Linda DuMont | Pa | 05-16-2004 |
| Gas in Miami was $2.01 yesterday; on the turnpike coming home today it was $2.14. I only pumped enough to get me back to Kissimmee where it's a bit less but not much. | C-J | Kissimmee, FL | 05-16-2004 |
| $1.99 HERE IN SILVER SPRINGS FL. UP .10 IN THE LAST WEEK :-( | N C | S S FL | 05-16-2004 |
| We paid $2.19 for regular unleaded today here in central California.... "highway robbery" don't ya think? It's also worse than that in some places... | connie clair | | 05-15-2004 |
| LCD...
I reckon you just watched the Preakness. I made $5 betting on Smarty Jones with my son. Imagine.....a dozen lengths to win. Likely to win the Triple Crown in 3 weeks. Hasn't happened since 1978...Affirmed, but, then, you know that far better than I do.............dg | DG | PI | 05-15-2004 |
| Your Gas is higher than ours. Today it is $1.85 and rising :mad: like to know what is going on in P.I. Enjoy this site very much..... :-) | Sarah Bair | Mandeville, Louisiana | 05-15-2004 |
| Hazel, Easton is about 8 miles east of presque isle and the same distance north of mars hill, only on rte. 1-A. | mona blanchard | easton | 05-13-2004 |
| Thanks Mona ... I will, we will be landing in mid June.
Where is Easton in relation to PI? | Hazel | | 05-12-2004 |
| Hazel, When you get to Aroostook County, you can find me in the phone book under, M> Blanchard center Rd. Easton. | mona blanchard | Easton, Maine | 05-12-2004 |
| LCD....hi back. I understand N. Maine and PI had some good weather recently too; in the 60's today? Hope to be going up late June for a few weeks; hope the weather is as good then! | C-J | Kissimmee, FL | 05-12-2004 |
| Hi CJ,
We had no spring. We have been in the high 80's all week. It's cooler in Florida according to the map on TV. Nice picture Jeff. Is mud season over? It sure looks pretty. Can't say I miss Maine until June gets here.
Linda | Linda DuMont | Pa | 05-12-2004 |
| Thanks Jeff, for another taste of missing home!! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 05-12-2004 |
| You know spring has arrived in N. Maine when the Blue Birds have returned! | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 05-12-2004 |
| I check this camera every day, and this day I watch the sun come up over this great little town and I hope all of the Mothers have a great day. Motherhood is the toughest job in the world!! | Tim Blackstone | Chesapeake, Va | 05-09-2004 |
| I miss Maine! | Michelle Bono | Oakwood, OHIO | 05-07-2004 |
| Merridith, I have a wonderful mother and love her dearly, but I would like to comment on your mother just now. I knew her all of my life until she went home to be with the Lord, and I always respected, admired and loved her. She always smiled! Nobody would ever know the trials or times she went without, because she showed such joy for life! When I went to your mini family reunion/early Thanksgiving last year, I knew she and Waldo were smiling down on the 8 of their 9 children that were there, as they sang hymns in such beautiful harmony! That day really touched my heart! Yes, she was a VERY special mom and woman! God Bless! | tenlee | westport island, me | 05-06-2004 |
| Mother's Day is nearly here. I've now outlived my mother but I still think of her as older and much wiser than I could ever be. She raised 9 kids, started 2 businesses, and went through some mighty rough times as potato prices hit rock bottom in the 50's and 60's. She was truly the mother described in Proverbs 31: 10-31. She's been gone for 30 years and I still miss her. She could have become the Velcro Queen. I remember her mentioning that the burdocks concept should be used to fasten clothes together. If she could only see that concept in action now! Wow! Smart lady! | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta, Me. | 05-05-2004 |
| Look every Day to see PI and the Weather
at the same time. | Wade Smith | Deltona FL | 05-05-2004 |
| How about some special memories of our mothers and grandmothers. We all have some, I know. My grandmother made the best doughnuts in the world, and taught me respect for mothers who had to bring up a large family after their husbands had died too young.
My mother passed on to me the love of reading, listening to music, looking up at the stars on a clear night and loving all critters, big and small. I miss them both. | Marian | Still in Texas, Dagnab it ! | 05-05-2004 |
| Arch..You just gonna sit there and not get this going again?? Come on, let's get everyone talking again. :confused: :-( | Marian | Texas | 05-05-2004 |
| CJ,
Just wanted to say hi from work. Can't seem to find time at home with my new dog keeping me busy. Hope your doing welll. Let me hear from you.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 05-04-2004 |
| Linda Soucier...what class were you in, and were you related to "Beanie" Soucier who graduated in 1962?? | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 05-03-2004 |
| I remember making May baskets also. We made them in school and surprised our parents with them! Those days were fun times with simple pleasures. :-) | Linda Soucier | Conn. | 05-01-2004 |
| Lisa, I would like to have the Echoes. I'm not a collector but would like to read them. Cheryl Godfrey 10632 S. Bear Creek Rd. Panama City, Fl. 32404. Thx, What do I owe you for postage? | cheryl | | 04-29-2004 |
| hey! i have 6 ECHOES magazines that i would like to send to someone who would want them. i don't want to throw them out because i know some people collect them. they're free, free, FREE!! :) just let me know. | lisa roberts-raade | san rafael, california | 04-29-2004 |
| SURE THE BOYS HUNG THEM ON THERE FAVORITE GIRLS DOOR. THEN YOU RAN LIKE H--- BUT NOT THAT FAST OR FAR. | N C | S S | 04-28-2004 |
| I do remember May baskets. When I awoke one May morning (I think May 1st) there on the floor beside my bed was a May basket made by my grandmother. However, unfortunately, I never learned how to make them myself. | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, TN | 04-28-2004 |
| I remember the May baskets. They don't do that anymore. We maded them out of tissue paper. | cheryl | | 04-28-2004 |
| gee, Arlene, you must be way older than I am, I can't remember that.. or is it because I am way older than you are and have Old-timer's disease? probably that is it. | Marian Cosman Perry | too far away | 04-28-2004 |
| Just wondering how many remember the giving and getting of May Baskets? A simple pleasure of by gone days. I remember ones made like spider webs and some were made like a closed ladies parasol. :D | Arlene Cosman Soucier | Southern Maine | 04-28-2004 |
| hi :-) :-) :-) :-) | robert wood | portland me | 04-26-2004 |
| DG,
Back to work and the real world. Just wanted to wish you a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Hope you don't feel as old as you are!!!!!!! Many Many More.
Linda | LCD | PA | 04-26-2004 |
| Hi All
just run across a link I had forgotten about. If you would like to see PI or anywhere else in the US, type
terraserver into Google and click your way to your old street and home. Tip use the topo map to find PI or wherever and then switch to aerial view and then click on map to zoom in. Enjoy Peace Arch :-) | Arch | way down the road | 04-25-2004 |
| HAZEL, GO TO GOOGLE TYPE IN SCARBOROUGH AND YOU CAN FIND ANY THING YOU WANT TO KNOW.BUT THE ONLY CONECTION I FOUND WAS THAT IT WAS NAMED FOR THE OLD ONE. | NEIL | SILVER SPRINGS FL | 04-25-2004 |
| Hi Mona ... I know West and East Ayton well, my brother lived there, and I used to ride horses in the area. I was born in Scarborough, lived there till I was 18. Married my American hubby a few years back and we are moving from SC to Mars Hill ... do email me where you are in PI if you like, I am looking forward to moving to the area in June, and learning more about the real America :-) (that'll stir it up a bit!!) I'm an artist and dog/horse lover. | Hazel | | 04-23-2004 |
| Hazel, I was in Scarborough, eng. a few years ago, loved it. Have friends in West Ayton, thtas where we stayed. look me up when you get to P.I. I see that I can't spell tonight. | mona blanchard | easton,me. | 04-23-2004 |
| PAC...you're so RIGHT!!
DD...have a safe trip! | C-J | Kissimmee, FL | 04-23-2004 |
| And I am dreading the HOT Tennessee summer weather...complain, complain, complain........... MAINE is the place to be! | PAC | Nashville, TN | 04-23-2004 |
| Hi Hazel. I left Island Falls in Aroostook last fall after selling out. Will move into scarborough for the first time next week. I dont know the connection if any but will keep my ears open and if I find out anything I will post it here. Thanks for the inquiry. | Dick DeLong | brooksville, florida | 04-23-2004 |
| Hi Dick, can you tell me how much connection Scarborough ME has with Scarborough in Yorkshire, England? (Which is where I am from originally.) I live in SC at present and am moving to Aroostook in summer. | Hazel | | 04-23-2004 |
| We have had enough of this 85 degree sun every day. leaving here sunday for the frozen north. Will sign back on from scarborough in a week or 10 days. see ya all then. dick and Claudette. | dick delong | brooksville fla. | 04-22-2004 |
| Yes thats where it was.
Peace Arch | Arch | Far away | 04-22-2004 |
| Was Guerette's the store on the Washburn Caribou corner? | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 04-22-2004 |
| Was Guerettes the store on the Washburn, Caribou corner? | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 04-22-2004 |
| Hey, Arch, did you once live in Florida? Give me a sentence that I can dangle in front of my Uncle?!? | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 04-22-2004 |
| Johnneys Store there in Mapleton made the best ones tho.
Peace Arch | Arch | | 04-22-2004 |
| Arch, you are talking my language now! Italian Sandwiches, Yum!! | Marian | Houston, Texas | 04-22-2004 |
| HMMMM
No more fiddlehead talk :-( , let me see????? Oh yah all you oldsters remember how good the Italian sandwiches were from Guerettes? One of those a Coke and a Dixie Cup were gourmet food in the tater field.
Peace Arch | Arch | Joshua TX | 04-22-2004 |
| RLG: If I remember correctly, the "wrong" ferns I ate had brown fuzz on them, but there was more of it than you'd find on a fiddlehead. I had to eat more fiddleheads to take the bitter taste out of my mouth.
Arch: Ostrich fern poisoning, huh? I'm going to have to look at that on Google. Thanks! | Waldo Libby | Oregon for now... | 04-22-2004 |
| LCD...glad you're enjooying your cruise; we're missing you!!
Arch...let's give it up on the fidduebead issue; the best and only ones worth tasting are in "The County"...
PAC...miss hearing from you! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 04-22-2004 |
| :-) Maine Exiles aint got nothing on us. | Arch | DITTO | 04-21-2004 |
| HMMM
Fiddleheads in Texas, a lot of guys named Bubba, Billy Bob or Bob Ray or something like that but definately no fiddleheads. Lottsa fiddle players tho.
I just was thinking, the Ostrich Fern is the fern used in flower arrangements.
I can see the headline now. Joshua TX. EX-Aroostook County Native Arrested. Police today reported that a suspect has been taken into custody in the case of the missing fern plants from a local Plant Nursery. The suspect reportedly asked the arresting officers if they had any salt, pepper or vinegar.
HMMM Sounds like a plan to me.
Peace Arch
:D | Arch | Turn Right at Hot Springs | 04-21-2004 |
| Hi Everyone,
Having a great cruise. Made enough money in the casino to pay for the 10 day vacation. Went through the Panama Canal yesterday which was ok. Can't wait to Never have to get home and back to work. Miss talking to everyone.
Later,
LCD | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 04-21-2004 |
| Come on Arch: You've gotta have a comment to this. | PAC | Nashveeeeeeel | 04-21-2004 |
| Well, then, if that's the case....Texas is full of "fiddleheads". Ya gotta love 'em! | bls | the great state of TX | 04-21-2004 |
| I guess you could call musicians who play the fiddle, "fiddleheads" like
people who smoke marijuana, "potheads".
So.... there's lots of "fiddleheads" in country music. | PAC | Nashville, TN | 04-21-2004 |
| That site, Arch, made me cringe, but happy to say never had any of thoses signs!! after eaten the fern cooked or raw. | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 04-20-2004 |
| Hi All
If you eat fiddleheads raw (except Waldo) Pull up GOOGLE and type in Ostrich Fern Poisioning and read.
HMMMM Veeeeery Interestink as they used to say on Laugh In
Peace Arch | Arch | DITTO | 04-20-2004 |
| R.L.G
You are welcome, was happy to pass along that link.
Peace Arch | Arch | down the road a long way | 04-20-2004 |
| Maureen, was your maiden name White? | cheryl | p.c. fl. | 04-20-2004 |
| Waldo, are you talking about the heads that have black fur on them instead of the nice crispy brown covering? Those blacks things are so bitter!! We have those here- | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 04-20-2004 |
| Arch, Thanks for asking and yes Dennis is my Uncle. I remember when he was in the Guard in PI. By the way, now I know why I don't know many of you, your all alittle older than I. But we all know a fiddlehead! Have a great day! The fiddlehead site passed on to me is great! Thanks!! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 04-20-2004 |
| To add a little more confusion to the "What do fiddleheads taste like?" discussion, they also taste good raw, but I don't really recommend eating many of them that way. -Did it MANY years ago while picking some and accidentally included a few fern heads we called "brakes." They're the furry-looking ones that grow in the same surroundings. It didn't take long to get feeling pretty crummy. -Almost ruined my taste for fiddleheads. (-Stupid kid!) | Waldo Libby | Oregon | 04-20-2004 |
| P.A.C
Thanks but it was GOOGLE that done most of the work.
R.L.G
Are you related to Dennis Lunney? I was in the Guard there in PI with him for a year in (horrors was it that long ago) 1965
Peace Arch | Arch | too far away | 04-19-2004 |
| :D Pretty cool to check out what's going in the hometown! Thanks for the visit home. | Maureen Gallagher | Pensacola, FL | 04-19-2004 |
| Presque Isle - "almost an island" - that's what I thought too. Wow, what a picture of the fiddleheads, Arch! You're the man! | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, TN | 04-19-2004 |
| Vern Hall, we have the trout, salmon, and fiddleheads. Please pass on a couple recipes. Our fiddleheads will be ready Memorial weekend here | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 04-17-2004 |
| Jack, I'll say since an island must be completely seperated by water that Presque Island is more of a land mass divided by a stream and river. In the poetic sense we could probably get away with it. Since is it completely surrounded by land without even a large body of water to one side the Hawaiian's would doubt our veracity | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 04-17-2004 |
| Your cam is great | Louise Lancaster | Lincoln,Me | 04-17-2004 |
| You are correct..."almost an island". Now, students, does anyone know why the city is called by that name? My understanding is: the Presque Isle
Stream and the Aroostook river (they still are there, aren't they? After all, its been 50 years) merge at some point, leaving Presque Isle "almost" an island. Apocrophal or true?????? | Jack Pasqual | SAN ANTONIO TX | 04-16-2004 |
| Sounds great ... guess fiddlehead season will be over by June when we get there ... tell me are there any good farmers markets in Aroostook? Also is there a seafood/fish market? | Hazel | | 04-16-2004 |
| You guys are making my mouth water. YUM! The wooded area across the street from my home has a marvelous patch of fiddleheads and I take advantage of it every year. Here, I find only the Asian people crave fiddleheads and danilion greens. Mostly used for hedges around peoples homes!! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 04-16-2004 |
| There's one fairly sure thing about Aroostookans........no matter how old they are or how far away they move, one thing they never lose is their hankering for fiddleheads. As spring moves in to southeastern Mass., I find my mouth watering for that wonderful taste of Aroostook. | Myrna Condon | Dartmouth, Ma. | 04-16-2004 |
| Hazel M
The taste has been described as an a cross between asparagus, green bean, okra. I my self think they have a slightly nutty flavor. If you like greens of all kinds, you will love Fiddleheads.
Peace Arch | Arch | Texas | 04-16-2004 |
| I prefer either just butter and salt and pepper, or French Salad Dressing on my fiddleheads! Yummy! Had some last night since my family so nicely picks, cleans and freezes them for my freezer!! | Tenlee | Westport Island, ME | 04-16-2004 |
| HazelM, you asked, “What do Fiddleheads taste like?” Answer: Vinegar, salt, pepper and butter mostly with just an ever so slight hint of brook water. They are actually rather tasty in a Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) kind of way. :-) | Vern Hall | Houston, TX. | 04-16-2004 |
| :-) ;-) | Stephen Lauritsen, O.D. | Saco, ME | 04-16-2004 |
| YUUUUUMMMYYY :D
Vinegar,salt,pepper and butter. I guess I am old fasioned and set in my ways. Peace Arch | Arch | way down the road | 04-16-2004 |
| ;-) Love the site! Now just wishing for a webcam at Loring Air Force Base (now Loring Development Authority, I know). | Heather Rielly | New England | 04-16-2004 |
| I do believe Jeff is right....I had heard years ago Presque Isle means "almost an island". | Sharon B. | Portland, Maine | 04-16-2004 |
| What do fiddleheads taste like, and what is the best way to cook them? I'm from England, soon to move to Mars Hill. | HazelM | | 04-15-2004 |
| OH! For a nice big plate of fiddleheads!! Of all the things I miss in Maine, fiddleheads rank up there in the top 10, no 5, 3. Yep the top 3... :rolleyes: | Linda | Florida | 04-15-2004 |
| Yup, thats what it means.
Peace Arch | Arch | Tejas | 04-15-2004 |
| I think you right :D | n clark | s springs fl | 04-15-2004 |
| I think "Presque Isle" is French for "Almost an island". Can someone confirm? | Webmaster | PI, ME | 04-15-2004 |
| What does the name, Presque Isle mean? | Guest | | 04-15-2004 |
| Another fiddlehead story: When I was living in New York, my next door neighbor had some growing next to her house as ferns all grown up - she had no idea that northerners ate them before they grew into a fern. | PAC | Nashville | 04-15-2004 |
| If you were to say "fiddlehead" in TX, someone would probably think that you were calling them a name!!They wouldn't know what that is. I love them..we used to pick them on the farm by the grocery sack full, but then had to clean them by "shaking" them. Just talking about them,,,,,I can smell them. | BLS | TX | 04-15-2004 |
| Enjoy checking in on the web cam. Plan to check it out on the next trip to The County. | Anita Blackstone | Westbrook, Maine | 04-15-2004 |
| I heard about this site from an experienced Crown of Mainer (PAC) and was intrigued. What's up in Preque Isle? Did it snow there yesterday? It did in Tennessee! :-) I have a couple of good recipes for fried fiddleheads or fiddlehead cheese bake or fiddlehead pickles. Whatever strikes your fancy. | Jane | Mid TN | 04-14-2004 |
| Hi All
If you folks want a laugh, use GOOGLE and search for Bar-B-Que fiddleheads. When you get to the site use their search for fiddleheads. Fiddlehead Quiche? I dont think so, Thanks anyway.
Peace &
:D | Arch | way down the road | 04-14-2004 |
| Okay, we need to come up with something interesting on here, like are there any good places to still get fiddleheads, or is that getting to be a thing of the past? | Guess Who? | Guess Where? | 04-14-2004 |
| THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"We dont seem to be able to check crime, so why don't we legalize it and then tax it out of business?"
--Will Rogers | Guest | Maine | 04-13-2004 |
| Howdy All
archnmik@alltel.net is the correct address. Sheesh the things they dont tell you will make you bald(er)
Peace Arch | Arch | State of Confusion | 04-12-2004 |
| Im Baaaaaack
If someone will send me an email at the new address so I can make sure it is right, I sure would appreciate it.
Peace Arch | Arch | far far away | 04-12-2004 |
| Hi everybody, Thanks for the birthday wishes. Enjoying the 80 degree Florida weather and looking forward to cruising on Wednesday for 10 days and letting the party continue. TL, talk to you when I get back home. Thanks DG
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | | 04-11-2004 |
| Hello Linda,
No. I'm the "good boy" from the class of '86! You may be thinking of my dad. I've heard a story or two, but nothing too serious :-).
TF | TF Lavin | Portland | 04-10-2004 |
| Hi Linda,
Happy 60th and many more..Lady,I'm right behind you..Can't believe how fast time goes by..Take care and have a great birthday..
Jeff,
I didn't know that Gerald Clark was your dad..Gerald is my first cousin..Guess were family..Happy Easter to all.
Pamela | P Jardine | FL | 04-09-2004 |
| CJ - oh, and that reminds me too, I remember this very clearly. One Easter Sunday it snowed so much that after church we could only pull the car just into the driveway off the road, and then we had to walk knee-deep in the snow. Probably was the same Easter you described. Unbelievable, but true! See what happens to us Mainers who move away, we become spoiled, but they can come back at us and say, "You all can keep your hot weather too". See ya. | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville | 04-09-2004 |
| Dick, and to top that off, LCD also shares a birthday with my dad, Gerald Clark! My birthday present to him is not posting his age on here... :p | Webmaster | PI, ME | 04-09-2004 |
| To all habitual viewers of crownofmaine.....
LCD, alias Linda Coury Dumont, is 60 years young today. She shares birthdays with Ward Bond (dead actor), Hugh Hefner (famous smut peddler) and Carl Perkins ("Blue Suede Shoes"). Happy Birthday, kiddo.................. | DG | PI | 04-09-2004 |
| :-) ;-) :o :D :p :cool: :-) | Shirley Russo | Houston ,Texas | 04-08-2004 |
| :D miss being there | shirley russo | houston | 04-08-2004 |
| Hey TF Lavin,
Are you the bad boy from the class of 63? If so, a big hello to you and how are things going?
LCD :confused: | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 04-08-2004 |
| Love the new streaming video cam! | TF Lavin | Portland | 04-08-2004 |
| Greetings to all of the Northern Mainers browsing this site. Had to write and say that you can't help but love the streaming video from Dr. Graves' office window.
Makes me feel a bit more homesick, though. Grew up in Mapleton but living downstate now-don't get up as much as I would like.
Once again, a big hello to folks up there. | Amy (Dube) Cyr | Lewiston | 04-08-2004 |
| Thanks Pam...I do believe it. One Easter week-end we were home (from living in CT at that time) and it snowed eight inches. We had to shovel mom's driveway (on Haines Streeet) so we could get out to church. No thanks; not any more! :-) | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee | 04-08-2004 |
| sorry, meant birthday, not birtday !!! | PAC | Nashville | 04-08-2004 |
| Very well said, CJ - I am referring to your comment about the weather. I too miss the "county" but not THAT much anymore when it comes to still snowing.
Now hear this: It actually snowed up there one year on my birtday, May 22 when I was living in Mapleton for a short time. True story! | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville | 04-08-2004 |
| What a pretty sky in the County today! You can tell Spring is definitely on it's way.... | connie clair | Calif. | 04-08-2004 |
| I SO agree that the weather is so much better in many parts of the US (then Maine)... however! The amount of crime, the school systems, the morales and values, and the traffic situations among a FEW issues, make me take the weather... WITHOUT the other crap! Even down to the snakes! LOL | guest | | 04-08-2004 |
| You are so right CJ. I couldn't believe it when I looked at the web cam yesterday and there was snow on the ground. Al is in Maryland attending a training session at the FEMA headquarters this week and when he landed in Baltimore on Sunday, it was spitting snow there. That poor Florida boy is freezing his buns off! I keep saying that we have had perfect weather for a month now. No A/C. Isn't it great? I love the pic of DG's backyard though. It looks beautiful. He will have to put a summer pic on there whenever summar arrives! | Jeanne Tolley | Port Orange, Florida | 04-07-2004 |
| dg...no, I don't "see" what I'm missing; I'll take this weather over yours anytime! Jeanne and I love this!! And as much as we love "The County", we'll keep our weather and you can keep yours! | C-J McHugh Lougee | kissimmee, FL | 04-07-2004 |
| DG, is that a rhododendron in the foreground of your backyard picture? I didn't realize they'd survive Presque Isle winters. We have them by the gazillion here in Oregon. I'd send a picture of our spring flowers 'n stuff, but I don't want to rub it in or to start a "Spring-Pictures war." | Waldo Libby | Oregon | 04-07-2004 |
| I agree Dick..there isnt any other word to describe what they are doing with the monies collected for the liscense plates. The "Goverment" has been stealing from the taxpayers for years! Their latest concoction I have witnessed is: A maine worker who works over 40 hours will get paid less an hour. If my husband works 40 hours he will get one pay...but if he works even 1 hour over that 40, they pay him 6 dollars less an hour for the total amount of hours worked. And it is only a matter of time before other Maine businesses realize that the state of Maine allows this to be done legally for those businesses who do not have enough employees to form a union. I also dont like being forced to buy another person's child a laptop computer. I'm all for education..but what good is it when you have 14-19 year olds having babies and living off the welfare system...they take monies from one source and switch it over to another and then come up with all sorts of excuses as to why there are shortfalls...its not only washington...its right here in our back yards.. | Guest | Maine | 04-06-2004 |
| Connie C....
"Mayberry" for sure, except, of course, a little matter of 100' of snow. However, for 3 months of summer, yes, it's "Mayberry"..... | DG | PI | 04-06-2004 |
| DG - No thanks! You can keep all that wonderful weather! Odie & I had enough of it for 3 weeks in March! But it was still great to be back in "Mayberry" hee,hee.... | Connie Clair | Sunny/warm Calif. | 04-06-2004 |
| Otie C., LCD, c-j
See what you're missing? Don't you ache for the bad ol' days of early spring? Wish I could put all this bad stuff in a bottle and send it to you............. | DG | PI | 04-06-2004 |
| Don't be too excited to return to good ol' Presque Isle, all you retired Social Security recipients; here it is spring in northern Maine and Old Man Winter has just dumped 6-7 inches on us. Our total snowfall is now around 100 inches which is fairly normal for early April. This is a shot of my backyard on Third St. Many of you might recall Eva Zippel from the P.I. school system and her husband, Jack, who worked for Larry's Auto Supply. Well, we live in her house which we have owned for 30 years. Anyway, winter has paid us another uninvited visit......... | Dick Graves | PI | 04-06-2004 |
| :-) I like Maine. | Cathi Close | Tullahoma, TN | 04-06-2004 |
| :mad: most of them there tax spenders are so crooked they could"nt get their pants in a suit case | robert | nc | 04-05-2004 |
| I'm from Houlton about 43 years ago.
Talk about the gov. spending money they aren't supposed to, what about social security, they borrowed from it for everything under the sun and never paid it back, so now look at the shape it's in now.If we borrow money we either pay it back or else.
thanks | Connie Lucas | Ironton, Ohio | 04-05-2004 |
| DG
Hmmmm robbing Peter to pay Paul, what a concept. Hope Washington dont catch on to that one ;-). See Y`all in a few days, we are between ISPs as of Mon. morning. Hope to be back by Thurs.
Peace Arch | Arch | Joshua TX | 04-04-2004 |
| I wouldn't be so excited forking over $20 every year for the loon plate, because the Maine State government just grabbed (stole) $60,000 out of the fund, partially funded by revenue from the loon plates, to cover their butts on some shortfall of theirs from overspending. That money is designated for wildlife and inland fisheries maintainance and upkeep. Your elected reps from Maine decided that they had a right to scoop into the designated funds for other uses. What a bunch of crooks! They should be fired for theft..... | Dick Graves | PI | 04-04-2004 |
| Sure enjoy the live cam. Planning to retire to Northern Maine in about 5-6 years. Can't wait. You stole my heart, Maine. :rolleyes: | Betty Drummer | MA | 04-03-2004 |
| Lots of states have chicadees [referring to the license plate survey question]...but not all have loons.
just a thought... ;-) | jane | | 04-02-2004 |
| whatever.anyways...Have you found this site yet Lisa B? I wasn't sure if you knew this one existed as well as the reunion site. Email me when you get the chance. Have a great weekend! :-) | Carma | Hollis | 04-02-2004 |
| Arch - I'm with you! And love your wit.. | connie | furtherrrrr away! | 04-02-2004 |
| :p
Peace Arch
Oh well it woke you up anyway | Arch | faaaaaaar far away | 04-01-2004 |
| I personally like bush but let's give webmaster a break by discussing it in the forum instead of in the guestbook. Its not fair to those who dont like to discuss politics. :-) | Carma | hollis | 04-01-2004 |
| IT IS TOO QUIET :p
Peace Arch | Arch | faf far away | 03-31-2004 |
| It's really not a matter of who is right or wrong.....as living in Maine all my life without ever leaving I dont forsee any huge business coming in here and "taking over"...If so, it would have been done before now...I think alot of it might be due to the low population...even though Aroostook county is the biggest in the state...Developers most likely dont see a profitable future. People in Northern Maine dont like change...which is why it still remains one of the best places to live in the state :-) We still pride ourselves on the way we live and good moral upbringing (as you know from being a "Northener" ) :-) and hopefully will never change. Like you...I hope it remains the same :-) | guest | | 03-28-2004 |
| Guest
I hope that we both have the same definition of tourist. I dont worry about the tourists, its the people with money who are looking for the slower pace of life that Maine and especially Aroostook offers. They are the ones that come to your recent Biathalon and see the great people and area that you have up there. Or the occasional one who has money to buy a "summer home"
I hope by all that is right that you are right but down deep Im scared that one day its gonna happen. It has happened in Southern Maine and those people will buy up all they can buy down south and move North soon enough irregardless of what Baldacci and his crowd has to say.
Again I hope you are right
Peace Arch | Arch | far far away | 03-27-2004 |
| Arch, I doubt there will ever be enough tourists going up to northern Maine where they are going to buy up all the land....especially if Baldacci has anything to do with it. He doesnt think there is anything up in Northern Maine as he has told all tourists and whoever else gets the television stations in southern Maine that there isnt any reason too. And the same "Mainers" who elected the bozo stood there and clapped when he said it....no....Northern Maine will never be "Bought out" but I do agree that most of the unused land should be protected. | Guest | | 03-27-2004 |
| Arch I would love to see it protected but not by some one who would bring back the wolves or stop hunting and take away lumbering jobs and groups like Restore would like to do just that.Arch I say no more about the subject. Take care :-( | Jim C | Chapman ME | 03-27-2004 |
| Jim C
Give me a good reason why Northern Maine shouldnt be a protected wilderness or what ever. I can give you a real good reason for it. If you dont do it soon then those out of staters are gonna move in with all their big bucks and develop every lake from Squa Pan to Big Fish and then some and also all the choisest real estate. You offer enough money and the strongest person will sell in a heart beat. As I see it you folks up there have let in the biggest enemy that you can have and it goes by various names under the IRVING umbrella. Dont fight change, change to meet the fight. Convince me that I am wrong about this. Peace Arch | Arch | Joshua TX | 03-27-2004 |
| DG,
Looks like you lost most of your snow in front of your office. We are going to hit 70 today but with showers. A good day for snoozing when I get out of here at noon. Have a great week end and again, thanks for the update. I can tell you big stories about that and will in July
LCD | LCD | PA | 03-27-2004 |
| NO WOLVES NO PARK..Bounty and who would pay for this bounty the all ready over taxs people of Maine or may be a $100 dollar charge for every one that comes threw the toll booth with OUT OF STATE PLATES... | Jim C | Chapman Maine | 03-27-2004 |
| I think making NMW a park is a no brainer as for the coyote problem put a bounty and I'll bet that thins them down | Roger Powers | maryland | 03-26-2004 |
| Hi there - does anyone reading this remember SAINTE ANNE DE MADAWASKA (NB) during the 1960s? If you have any memories of the place or the people who lived there, I would love to hear from you. Thanks for your time.......... :-) | Melanie | England | 03-26-2004 |
| Hey DG,
Tell me why the name Jerry Merrithew sounds like someone I know. Was he in school with Larry? Hope all is well with your daughter in law.
LCD | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 03-26-2004 |
| :mad: I live out of state and I love thing just the way they are!! | Doug Gagnon | Middletown Ct | 03-25-2004 |
| Jerry M.
Dick here. Haven't laid eyes on you for 43 years. Thought about you the other day; my daughter-in-law just 2 days ago had a triple arthidisis (can't spell it). Reckon you know what that is. So, how's it hangin'? | Dick Graves | PI | 03-25-2004 |
| I was just curious to find out who bought my grnadmother's house. She lived at 27 Turner Street | Adam Johnson | Epping, NH | 03-25-2004 |
| Jerry, I am so glad you finally got on to this site. Isn't it great? And, yes, it makes me homesick too. But you will really enjoy reading everyone's entries in the guest book. Hopefully we will see you soon! Love, Jeanne | Jeanne Tolley | Port Orange, Florida | 03-25-2004 |
| My sister, Jeanne Tolley told me about this site. Makes me home-sick. | Jerry Merrithew | Orlando, Florida | 03-24-2004 |
| D.G. The package arrived safe and sound, thanks for all your good work. It was nice to see old friends, still trying to shake the chills... | Otis Clair | California | 03-24-2004 |
| Coyotes and Wolves live together and the STATE OF MAINE REINTERDUCED the coyotes in the early 80ds saying they wont hurt the deer herd and the hare but now when they talk about doe permits or lack or in the county they say due to the high coyote kill sick and health deer are taken we never needed doe permits in the 70's and early 80s now there saying Wolves will thin out coyotes and Moose dont belive the coyotes will ever leave look out west were they are now having trouble with both. :-( | JimC | Chapman ME | 03-24-2004 |
| Hi All
What is the deal with wanting to make a State Park out of the North Woods? First I have seen or heard about it.
Wolves also, that would be great, might help cut down the coyotes and help thin out the sick deer and moose.
Peace Arch | Arch | far far away | 03-23-2004 |
| LCD Oh, that kind of a habit. Ya, Thats tough. I went thru that for years and finally did it cold turkey 10 yrs ago. I am still reaching, on ocasion. We are all on your side cheering for you. Good Luck. | DD | Florida | 03-23-2004 |
| I know a lot of people feel very strongly about the issue of turning the NMW into a park. I'm undecided myself. But regarding the wolves, I have heard that the lack of wolves in the area is one of the reasons we have so many Coyotes. Dunno if it's true or not... :-) | Webmaster | PI | 03-23-2004 |
| The poll ? should we turn are woods to a park NO WAY IN H-ll I think its just what OUT OF STATERS would love .NO PARK and no WOLVES WE DON'T NEED THEM OR WANT THEM.................. :mad: | Jim C | Chapman ME | 03-23-2004 |
| We all know it's not a Nuns Habit. DD, I quit smoking for nine days and went off the wagon. Cut my fingers off. If I show up on the cruise smoking my family will throw me overboard. It's a MUST this time.
Linda | LCD | Pa | 03-23-2004 |
| HABIT HABIT I didnt know anything about a habit. She never told me. | dd | fliorida | 03-22-2004 |
| Otie C....
Howdy. Hope your package arrived all safe and sound. It was good seein' ya.........dg | Dick Graves | P.I. | 03-22-2004 |
| The world is begging to know whether or not LCD has been successful with her, well, you know, her little secret habit. Has Miss Linda fallen off the wagon? I truly hope not. Let's have an update.......dg | DG | PI | 03-22-2004 |
| enjoy seeing the snow! | tricia | florida | 03-21-2004 |
| :-) I lived in Portage when I was in Middle school and still have loads of friends and faimaly there. I think my hart still dose. | Douglass a Gagnon Jr | Middletown Conn | 03-20-2004 |
| In Aroostook, I should have said in the last. Peace Arch | Arch | far far away | 03-19-2004 |
| PAC
You are welcome. Looks like they are part of the same family as the Lupine up there.
Peace Arch | Arch | Tejas | 03-19-2004 |
| Hey you wonderful Texans:
My sister lives in Austin. I have been there to see the bluebonnets and they are just beautiful! Thanks Arch. | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, TN | 03-19-2004 |
| What a fine day you are having!! The streaming video is wonderful!! Thank you for it. :D | Marian | Houston, Texas | 03-19-2004 |
| I love the new camera! It even looks like a pretty nice day! | Tim Blackstone | | 03-19-2004 |
| Spring in Maine!
I woke up to 5 new inches of snow. I couldn't believe it when they called school off on the coast. By 8 AM the sun was shining nicely and melting the good ole "Poor Man's Fertilizer". Remember those types of storms? There aren't any flowers sticking their heads up out of the ground just yet but they aren't far away! Ah, the memories of spring in Maine!
Meredith | Merdith Libby Carr | Damariscotta, Me. | 03-17-2004 |
| :D Spring has Sprung | Arch | | 03-17-2004 |
| MLC
Thanks for passing along that Howdy. We at NE Pub knew that Jill was a great person and thought she would go far. I know what you meen about the blue sky in the County.Sure do remember. It is spring here in N. Central TX. The dog woods are in bloom and I bet if you look real hard you might find an early Blue Bonnet or two. Dandelions have gone by and the trees are budding out also. But it is too early for 83F, I am used to spring sneaking up on you a little at a time. Water dripping off the roof, the dog finding a warm spot in the sun, wading thru waist deep snow to get a hand full of Pussy Willows,damming up the ditches so you would have an excuse to make a water wheel from cedar shingles. That last was one of the reasons I was called Muddy by all the oldsters but that is a whole nother bunch of Aroostook memories. Peace Arch | Arch | far far away | 03-17-2004 |
| Hi Meredith,
That's one of the things I miss about Aroostook County. The beautiful blue sky with all the benefits - I know exactly what you mean. I have not been up there since October 1999. I would love to come up this coming October. | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, TN | 03-16-2004 |
| Arch, Jill says to say "HI" to you too. She remembers you when she worked in the publishing business after high school. She's been very influential in starting health exercise programs in the county over the past years, before it became so popular in renent years. She's a trailblazer! :D
We're having a gorgeous day in Maine today. A typical Aroostook County blue sky and all the benefits!
Meredith | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta, Me. | 03-14-2004 |
| MLC in Damariscotta
The next time you talk to Jill, ask her if she worked for the Star Herald (Northeast Pub.)in the 70s.If she did, tell her that Arch said HI.I used to be the only full time person in the ad dept. back then. Peace Arch | Arch | Far Far away | 03-13-2004 |
| I was reading the Bangor Daily News online, and just wanted to wish "The Star City of the North" the best of luck regarding the by-pass situation. I live on an island outside of Wiscasset, Maine, and the "by-pass" issue here has been a disaster (for years!) Very hard to please everyone, and when a big city outfit comes in to do the engineering, it gets even worse! Best of luck! | Tenlee | westport island, me | 03-13-2004 |
| Great idea Jeff!! | C-J | FL | 03-13-2004 |
| Folks, as some of you may have noticed, we've added a Member Directory Page. I urge all current members to create a profile (the link is located on the Main St webcam pages). All information entered will be available only to other members of the site and will be a great reference for us to keep in touch.
P.S. Enjoy the snow! | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 03-13-2004 |
| ohhhhhhh....look!!!
Snow!!! :-) | jane | | 03-13-2004 |
| Just wondered if anyone out there is a musher and saw the Can-Am dog races. | carolyn | | 03-12-2004 |
| Hi Meredith,
Thanks for the info. I'll pass it on tonight at work which should make Ken very happy that someone knows his friend. He is also in the car business in this area.
DG,
Just when I thought you knew everyone in PI.... Better to have in-law company then out laws.....
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | PA | 03-12-2004 |
| LCD...
I see you have your answer on the Boyd person. No, sweetie, I didn't (don't) know Dan Boyd. Sorry I've been out of touch, but have in-law company at present. I'll be back to check up on you.......dg
Hi, cj.............. | DG | PI | 03-12-2004 |
| Hi Linda,
Dan Boyd has taught auto mechanics at Northen Maine Vocational College for quite a few years. He's taken his classes to Michigan to see the GM plants and seems to have a good practical knowledge of the subject. He's a good guy and has been quite active at State Street Baptist Church for years. His wife is a good friend of mine, Jill (Flannery) of Fort Fairfield. They are fun people to know.
It's a "No Coat Day" in Maine, at least here on the coast. They said we'd get some snow but we have mid 40 temps. Heat Wave! No robins in this area, that I've seen.
Have a great weekend,
Meredith | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta, Me. | 03-12-2004 |
| DG,
Do you or anyone in PI know a teacher by the name of Dan Boyd. I met someone in Pa who was asking me about him. Probably before my day.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 03-12-2004 |
| Hi Meredith,
I had the best seat in the house at the biathalon. I was just below the TV cameras or to their side. I had a few cameras so I hope that something came out.
Maybe next time you will take the ride north to see the skiers who shoot.
Fort Kent - "The Little Town That Could & Did" | Paul Libby | St. Francis, Maine | 03-11-2004 |
| Hello everyone,
This is really a great site to come and view the Main St. webcams. Gives me a taste of home when I get homesick down here in the southern part of Maine. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. | Amy Cyr | Lewiston, Maine | 03-11-2004 |
| Paul,
I looked for you on the TV coverage of the biathlon. I didn't see your turtle hat or camera in hand. I surely wish I could have gone to some of the events, maybe another year. I'm so proud of the Aroostook hospitality! It's genuine and people recognize that.
See you really soon! Have a safe trip to New Brunswick!
Meredith | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta, Me | 03-10-2004 |
| Hi Paul,
My sister and her husband from PI spent the morning at Bee Jay's and watched most of the afternoon events. She was telling me how the town was lit up and was just beautiful. Wished I could have been there. I tried to catch it on TV since my sister in Fl was able to. It really put a spot on the map. Really proud of Fort Kent.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | PA | 03-10-2004 |
| Thanks for your web cam. I can see for myself if there is any snow on the street in Presque Isle.
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The humble Farmer
785 River Road
St. George, ME 04860
207-372-8052 | The humble Farmer | St. George | 03-10-2004 |
| Fort Kent and all of Aroostook County had such a great time this paat week.
We were with Olympic athletes!!
The Biathalon was a funfest. More than 6,000 people filling the stands and the pathes as the skiers came into the stadium to shoot. That place just rocked!!
We will be holding this and other biathalon events in years to come.
For those who made it, I know that you really enjoyed it. For those who missed it, You Missed It. When it comes around next time just check it out. | Paul Libby | St. Francis , ME | 03-09-2004 |
| Hello everyone it is begining to look like spring in the south. I read alot about the biathalon(SP) sounds like they did a good job up there! Always come on and read the web site but haven't signed in for a while. Looks like your snow up there is going away! | Karen Costello Beaulieu | Powder Springs GA | 03-09-2004 |
| Hi Tim Blackstone. I knew you when you were just a youngster. I used to be at Darilyn Blackstone's all the time, and you lived across the road.
Nice to see you on the site. | Tenlee (Blanchard) DiPierro | Westport Island, ME | 03-08-2004 |
| Hello to all, this is a great website. I grew up in P.I. but have lived in Virginia since 1984.I kind of miss The County from time to time and it is great to check out the webcams. Thanks | Tim Blackstone | Chesapeake, Va | 03-08-2004 |
| LCD...no, we haven't watched TV in days; have had company (old classmates from PI) and we've been enjoying the pool, played a few cards, and laughed so much my jaws and sides ache!! It's so wonderful to renew old friendships with people from your hometown, that you've known almost all your life (since 6th or 7th grade), especially when they're folks you care about (even if you saw them at the class reunion a couple of years ago!!). Life is short so we'd better all enjoy it!! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 03-07-2004 |
| CJ,
My sister in Fl called me last night to watch the events in Fort Kent. She said it was really beautiful and was able to pick it up on the Outdoor station. Wondered if you got to see any of it. I have Direct TV and was unable to catch it. The sports people couldn't say enough about the hospitaly they were given from people in Northern Maine. I'm really proud of my little home town.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 03-07-2004 |
| Kathy, so nice to hear from you ... and... we are neighbors! I am about 45 minutes from you, on Westport Island! (Just outside of Wiscasset!) We should do lunch sometime! I'll email you. | Tenlee | Westport Island, ME | 03-07-2004 |
| DG...just spent 3 fun and laugh-filled days with my old buddy (Linna); she said to tell you hello!! When she left this morning, she was "armed" with the last 5 issues of the SH to catch up on "the County" news, along with your columns. So, if your ears are burning in the next few days.... | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 03-07-2004 |
| :D :D HELLO EVERYONE BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAVE HAD ANY CONTACT WITH ANYONE IN P.I., WE HAVE MOVED BACK TO MAINE TWO YEARS AGO FROM VIRGINIA, LIVING THERE FOR 20 YEARS, HAVE 4 BOYS ALL GROWN UP AND ONE GRANDDAUGHTER 1 YEAR OLD. I MARRIED MY HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART AND STILL HAPPILY MARRIED TO STEVE FITZHERBERT.
HI TENLEE, I MOSTLY REMEMBER YOUR BEAUTIFUL RED HAIR, HOW ARE YOU? I DONT THINK I HAVE SEEN YOU SINCE HIGH SCHOOL, HAVE YOU ATTENDED ANY OF THE SCHOOL REUNIONS IN THE PAST? WHERE ARE YOU LIVING NOW ?
HI LINDA B. THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS, WE ARE ALL FINE HERE AND STEVE IS STILL SILLY, DID YOU GO TO THE LAST EASTON REUNION, STEVE IS ASKING? WHERE ARE YOU LIVING NOW?
KEEP IN TOUCH EVERYONE , WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE ELSE FROM P.I. OR EASTON
THANKS SHARON FOR TELLING US ABOUT THIS SITE, THIS SHOULD BE FUN, TALK TO YOU SOON,LOVE YOUR SISTER KATHY | KATHY VOGEL FITZHERBERT | W. GARDINER,ME | 03-07-2004 |
| DG,
Your to good at reading minds. Back on track starting Monday. You know me to well. SCAREEEEY!!!!!
LCD | LCD | PA | 03-05-2004 |
| Cool site lovely | Sabrina | | 03-05-2004 |
| Linda....just got off the phone with my sister, Kathy, I told her to check out this site/message board.....she and Steve will enjoy this. And you are right, Dave and Michael are Steve's brothers. And you have the correct Doug Burgess.....yes, he played drums, bass guitar and sang lead....he has a very good voice. Let's see what Steve and Kathy might have to say! | Sharon (Vogel) Burgess | Portland, Maine | 03-04-2004 |
| My maiden name is Buotte. Steve has 2 older brothers, Dave and Michael. I used to date Dave. I also remember a Doug Burgess from Easton ( class of 75 I think) He played drums... Is this the same Doug Burgess? | LInda | Florida | 03-04-2004 |
| :-) I just want to thank you for the live cam. Having drove a truck for many yrs. I visited your location many times and love this place! Seeing it on the web brings back a lot of GREAT times I spent up there thanks ! | Steve | Pawtucket ri | 03-04-2004 |
| Tenlee, Linda: I will be sure to say hello to Kathy and Steve both and share your kind words. Yes, Linda....what is your last name?
And yes Tenlee Doug Burgess was in many bands, he is living in Westbrook, Maine now. We have a son, Kristopher, who just turned 18 years old! And Karen (Lynch) Yencha married Bobby Yencha, they live in the Southern Maine/Portland area. And Mark S., I recall seeing....quite a while back....around the Portland area. As a matter a fact there are many PI transplants living in the Portland area.
Tenlee to answer your question, Steve F. does not have a brother named Billy....however I dated someone by the name of Billy throughout most of my HS days.
It's funny the sort of bond and connection people have no matter the years or distance when you are "from the county"! After all tell most anyone your from "the county"...and they know exactly which county in Maine your speaking of! | Sharon (Vogel) Burgess | Portland, Maine | 03-04-2004 |
| Oops. I said Fitzpatrick, and meant Fitzherbert. Didn't he have a brother a little older? Maybe Billy? | Tenlee | Westport Island, ME | 03-04-2004 |
| Ok, Linda. What was your maiden name? I remember Steve Fitzpatrick as well. This is very weird! LOL | Tenlee | Westport Island, ME | 03-04-2004 |
| Wow! Kathy was in my class, and I came to your house when we went to Gouldville. Yes, I married Mark Shippee in 1976, and I do know Doug Burgess! Wasn't he in a band and a friend of Karen Leach too? Wow! This is weird!
Tell Kathy I said hi! Wild! LOL | Tenlee (Blanchard) | Westport Island, ME | 03-03-2004 |
| The fun thing about this kind of web site is that you find yourself smiling, remembering some of the same things other people are remembering. Mostly its the trivial things that you never imagined anyone else would remember. Then you see familiar names and you realize it truly is a small world. Each one of us can probably find some common ground to link us to one another. I went to school with Steve Fitzherbert and remember when he and Kathy started dating. Steve so silly, Kathy so pretty... another smile! :-) | Linda | Florida | 03-03-2004 |
| Tenlee....yes, I do have an older sister, her name is Kathy. She married Steve Fitzherbert from Easton, they raised 4 wonderful boys while living in Virgina Beach, VA. Her and her husband, youngest son, had just moved back to Maine within the last 1.5 years, possibly 2. They are now living in West Gardiner, Maine. I also have an older brother, Wayne, and two younger sisters, Theresa and Debbie. Your name is also familar....was it Shippee (sp?) at one time, not sure if the last name comes in from my sister, Kathy, or from perhaps my ex-husband, Doug. I will give them both a call and see if they have a connection. So is any of this information stirring some memories? | Sharon (Vogel) Burgess | Portland, Maine | 03-03-2004 |
| Cheryl....great to know....I will be sure to tell Mom you will be back in touch with her this summer. I'm not so sure I when I will get back to PI....I enjoy my visits there, but I work a lot, and I really enjoy the beach here in Portland in the summer, so it is hard to tear me away.....and, well, the winter's in PI are just a bit to cold for me!
It's kind of funny reading this message board isn't it.....there are so many memories of places and things I have long since forgotten, but just the mention of various stores, teachers, etc. kicks a bit of memory back in. | Sharon (Vogel) Burgess | Portland, Maine | 03-03-2004 |
| Sharon, do you have a sister a couple years older? I was at your house! Not sure if I was with you or a sibling... I remember it being on Turner Street, and we were attending Gouldville School. Wow! | Tenlee | westport island | 03-03-2004 |
| Your Mom and I spend every week-end we could together, we'd stay up all night laughing and talking about boys, I even think we started hanging out together in the 6th grade it was so long ago but I remember her Mother putting up with us.
We did alot together. She wrote me a letter a long time ago and I lost her address and never heard from her again until she called out of the blue afew months ago. I will get in touch with her this summer. | cheryl wilson | fl | 03-03-2004 |
| Cheryl....funny you should ask about Mom...she just called me at my office not more than 10 minutes ago. What is your last name, I will be sure to tell her you said hello. Childhood friends huh....it really can be a very small world at times! | Sharon (Vogel) Burgess | Portland, Maine | 03-03-2004 |
| Sharon your Mom and I were best friends, in the 7th and 8th grades. She called me last fall and talked for about a hour. It was so good to hear from her. I promised her when I got back to Maine I would call her. If you talk to her tell her Hello for me and I'll call her when I get up this summer. | Cheryl | fl | 03-03-2004 |
| Tenlee....Cheryl...
Yes, at one time I lived near Gouldville School, Turner St., I believe while in Elementary School. And yes, my Mom is Donna. | Sharon (Vogel) Burgess | Portland, Maine | 03-03-2004 |
| Sharon are related to Donna Vogel? | cheryl | fl | 03-03-2004 |
| Hi Sharon
Did you used to live over near Gouldville School? Your name sounds awfully familiar to me. | Tenlee | Westport Island, ME | 03-02-2004 |
| What a wonderful site...brought back so many memories of growing up in PI....fondly still referred to as "the county" or home. Although I left PI over 20 years ago, and living in Portland, ME...I still refer to it as going home when I visit (which is not often). Now that I know you are out there....I will pass it on to my family. By the way I graduated in 1978...anyone out there who graduated around that time? I am glad I stumbled on the site while of course searching for a site for the "Star Herald". | Sharon (Vogel) Burgess | Portland, Maine | 03-02-2004 |
| LCD...yes mam!!
Randall...my husband's family was originally from a little town outside of Houlton, Maine. We've never heard of any Canadian connection.
CA...we're looking forward to seeing you and Bonnie in Florida next month! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 03-02-2004 |
| CJ,
Talk to Randell.
LCD | LCD | Pa | 03-01-2004 |
| :-)Lougee,s from Kaloops Canada. Do you
know of any one else from there? | Randall R. Lougee | Clarkston,WA | 03-01-2004 |
| :cool: | C.A. Shumaker | Sun City, California | 03-01-2004 |
| Hello Dick
A senior moment......I don't recall the keyboard player for the Downbeats!!! | Stephen Griffiths | | 02-29-2004 |
| Today two 737s will be arriving at the Northern Maine Regional Airport with atheletes destined for the Biathalon in Ft. Kent. The whole area is abuzz with the upcomming event. Almost like having a mini-olympics come to the area. Very exciting. | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 02-29-2004 |
| Hello Stephen G Who played keyboard with your group of the Down Beats? We were lucky that you guys didn't steal Danny away from us. | Dick DeLong | Brooksville Fl | 02-29-2004 |
| Steve G....
What about the "Stardusters" in 1956? I'm looking at Joyce, Peter, Jimmy, Parker, Steve, but no you. Where were you? Also, there's no photo of the "Downbeats" in the 1956 year book. How come? | Dick Graves | PI | 02-29-2004 |
| The Presque Isle dance band that Dick Kelso & I played in was called the Down Beats. As players graduated and left for college,the military, or jobs, younger players filled the open slots, but the name still remained The Downbeats. | Stephen Griffiths | | 02-28-2004 |
| Hi Meredith,
Funny you talk about a possibility of snow in May. We got rid of ours but think it may happen one more time in March. We are suppose to hit 60's on Monday. Just a teaser. Should only last a few days. We don't get mud season but pot holes up the ying yang. Have a good weekend.
Linda | LCD | Pa | 02-28-2004 |
| Hi, Today I followed a school bus for a short distance. They went over some frost heaves and the kids in the back of the bus bounced to the ceiling (nearly). It surely brought back some memories of the Burlock and Fort Roads. Remember the love we had for frost heaves? I think Aroostook had the best! I love these few days of spring we are having. My driveway is nice and muddy, a good sign of spring! Ah, mud season but I'm sure we'll get some more snow before May. Black fly season isn't too far off. Yuck! | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta, Me. | 02-27-2004 |
| DD,
We cruise out of Ft. Lauderdale on April 14th to the 24th. Why don't you and your wife come with us? I keep trying to talk CJ into joining us. We have about 20 people so far. Most of them form Maine.
LCD | LCD | PA | 02-27-2004 |
| LCD Hey thats great news!!!! When is your cruise on for? | DD | Florida | 02-26-2004 |
| We have 6" of snow in South Carolina today and the South has ground to a halt. | HazelM | | 02-26-2004 |
| Dick DeLong,
Just wanted you to know my sister just went by in her new bus. It is now #3. I knew you would want to know that!!!!!
LCD
CJ,
Thanks for the info, DG sent me the words but I really was able to remember them. Somethings stay with you forever.Sometimes that's a good thing or sometimes, things can always come back to haunt you. Oh Well. C'est la vie.
LCD | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 02-26-2004 |
| CJ-It is raining here too and I'm so sick of it. This is the third day that it has been dark and dreary but they say that it is supposed to clear up later today as the cold front comes in. Tomorrow and Saturday are supposed to be sunny but only in the low 60's. I shouldn't complain. At least we don't have to shovel it, but this dampness has my allergies out of control! Hope all is well.
Jeanne | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Port Orange, Florida | 02-26-2004 |
| LCD...my good friend Claudia (up in good ole PI) asked me to let you know that it was Bobby Day who sang the Rockin' Robin song; with my CRS, I had no clue! Got any snow left? It's raining here in central Florida this morning; I'll have to check with Jeanne to see what it's doing over on the coast! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee | 02-26-2004 |
| When I was in the airforce, I was stationed at Presque Isle AFB in 1960 to 1962. The best place I was ever stationed. We miss the beatiful scenery and people.... | William C. Stickney | North Liberty, IA 52317 | 02-24-2004 |
| ANDY KIM | N C | | 02-24-2004 |
| DG,
He never ran the piano over. Charlene was to good at it. Dad had a way of getting rid of things that anoyed him. Not people, just things. I didn't know you were such a music buff as well as in history. My all time favorite was my first year away from home in Portland in 59 when they put me away with the nuns. I used to walk the school grounds and listen to my radio and listened to Rockin Robin as often as possible. One of the first year nuns would walk the same time I was who was also from Fort Kent. She took a vow of silence the first year but would borrow my head set and snap her fingers as we walked. To this day when ever I hear the song, I go into flashback city. Who sang it??????
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Pa | 02-24-2004 |
| CJ, THANKS, I WANTED TO CALL A COUPLE PEOPLE WHEN I WAS DOWN BUT I WAS ALITTLE AFRAID OF GETTING OFF THE MAIN INTERSTATE
I WAS TRAVELING BY MYSELF AND DON'T KNOW MY WAY AROUND. SO I JUST BOOGIED DOWN I-75 TO TAMPA BUT ON MY NEXT TRIP I'LL TRY AND GET WITH YOU. | cheryl | fl | 02-24-2004 |
| Cheryl....you're right; traffic is horrible around here, especially with the construction. Wish you had given us a phone call since you were so close!? We could have had coffee or met for lunch! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee | 02-24-2004 |
| LCD...
Is that a true story about your sax being killed by your father? I had no idea you were musical, much less play the sax. And the piano...an instrument hard to run over with a car. I remember the movie, "Rock Around The Clock", in 1955. I was in the 8th grade and took Pam Griffin to that movie at the State Theatre. Bill Haley and the Comets arguably started the whole rock and roll scene thing, but he was quickly overshadowed when Elvis appeared the next year. Funny...."Rock Around The Clock" was #1 for weeks and weeks, then knocked off its perch by "The Yellow Rose of Texas". Then in April of 1956, all hell broke loose with Elvis and "Heartbreak Hotel" (first #1 for him). That was it for poor Bill Haley. "Heartbreak Hotel" would stand #1 for 7 weeks. It was knocked out in June by "The Wayward Wind" (Gogi Grant).......Enough, Dick, no one asked for a short history of rock and roll. | DG | PI | 02-24-2004 |
| Great site! I especially like your sunrise pictures. | Joyce | Portland | 02-23-2004 |
| Lived in Aroostook County in the 50s, 60s, and early 70s. Love Maine and would like to retire there.
kwheeler@ccountry.com :-) | Kirby Wheeler | Oregon | 02-23-2004 |
| Graduated PI HS 1953. Rstired from teaching in 1996. Currently spend winters in SC. | amelda gregory ross | Dexter, me-winter in S C | 02-23-2004 |
| CJ, SORRY I DIDN'T GET BACK TO YOU, I WAS NOT CHECKING THE WEB SITE. BUT I SEE SOMEONE SENT YOU THE INFO. I WAS DOWN IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS LAST WEEK THE TRAFFIC WAS TERRIBLE. BUT HAD A GREAT TIME. | cheryl | fl. | 02-23-2004 |
| DD,
How about that sax. I played for four years and only mastered Rock Around The Clock. I found my sax in the drive way run over by my Dad's car who told me that was not a good place to leave it. He did the same thing to my sister's instrument so we also shifted to playing the radio. Oh well....
LCD | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 02-22-2004 |
| Tenlee...thanks so much; will give it a try. | C-J | Kissimmee | 02-22-2004 |
| Love your website. Makes us feel like we are right in PI jaywalking. We will keep watching it and when it looks like spring we will be back. | Maynard & Joye Buck | Vero Beach Florida | 02-22-2004 |
| Go to http://www.papertalks.com and the subscription info is all there.
Looks like you didn't get as much snow up north as we did here on the coast. We got about 8" and it is still lightly snowing Sunday afternoon! Looks like Christmas! | Tenlee | Westport Island, ME | 02-22-2004 |
| CJ I don't have a paper talks or the info you want. Perhaps someone has one handy that would give the the info. Heb umphrey in Texas. Long ways from Portage and the sound of the Huey. Do you miss it? Its been 19 yrs since I got done. Dick DeLOng. | DD | Brooksville Fl | 02-22-2004 |
| HI We are here in Houston Tx, and picked up your web site. Pretty neat will see you all the last of April. Playing Golf everyday Tough huh Heb : :rolleyes: | heber umphrey | Portage | 02-22-2004 |
| DD...please post, or send me, subscription information for Paper Talks, sometime you're not busy playing your radio?!! Loving all this warm weather we're having! Much better than the snow PI is receiving today!! | C-J | Kissimmee | 02-22-2004 |
| hello....new to site. | rbud | | 02-21-2004 |
| LCD I played alto sax back in those days. I play radio nowdays. Dick | DD | Brooksville, Fla. | 02-21-2004 |
| Fort Kent is ready for the World Cup Biathalon on March 5. I was talking to my sister, Harriet, who did not know what biathalon was. I told her that it was skiers with rifles. The last won standing was the winner. But really, it is cross-country skiing for a few miles and then coming into the shooting range where there are 5 targets. If the athlete hits all 5 targets the he/she goes back out on the race course. For each target missed there is a 150 meter penalty loop. They race about 3 times around the course.
We have built it, so you can come. | Paul Libby | St. Francis, Maine | 02-21-2004 |
| Melanie,
I know Edmundston and Clair NB quite well but never heard of your place. Are we in the same area????
CJ,
The nose is on the mend and doing well. Almost back to normal and very little ice left in the drive way. Looks like Maine lost most of their snow. Hope Fort Kent gets through their events without seeing grass.
DD
I never realized you had so many talents. What did you play in the band?
LCD | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre Pa | 02-20-2004 |
| cheryl; I didn't do much in the band after 1957 and moved from there in 60. Paper talks is still printed and very popular. | DD | Florida | 02-20-2004 |
| Hi everyone - do any of you remember Sainte Anne de Madawaska (NB) back in the 1960s? Were you, or someone you know, a teenager or in your twenties back then? If so, I'd love to hear from you. Thank you for your time..... Melanie. :rolleyes: | Melanie | UK | 02-20-2004 |
| Cheryl...do they still publish "Paper Talks"? Anyone have subscription information??
Hi Pam AC and DD...LCD: how's your nose? | C-J | Florida | 02-20-2004 |
| Dick, I have a magazine "Paper Talks" it has alot of bands in it, was looking to see if yours was in it. I saw Dan Ladner's with a group in P.I. In 1960. | cheryl | florida | 02-20-2004 |
| Speaking of black flies - didn't you just love it when you had your hair in rollers when the black flies got in THERE? Oh, that was bad. 'bout drove ya crazy!! | Pam AC | Nashville | 02-20-2004 |
| Yes, I think Paul Libby could add some interesting comments on here, if he has the time. After all, he lives on top of the crown. Bye ya'll. | Pam AC | Nashville, TN | 02-20-2004 |
| Vern,
That was just to funny. I can picture it all now. The wax to make the hair stand up stright. That would be enough to cause you to get a buzz on nowdays!!!!! How many shampoo's did it take to get the wax and black flies out of your hair?
LCD | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre,Pa | 02-20-2004 |
| Hi cheryl Boy that was a long time ago. Gotta think a minute. I think it was the Hi_Hats. At any one time it might have included Dan Ladner, Buzzy shields, Myself, Marv Higgens, Don Waddell, sister Bev, Bert Watt Maybe others that I have forgot. Lots of fun. What was the band In PI that included dick Kelso, Steve Griffiths ect ect? | DD | | 02-20-2004 |
| Dick D, what was the name of the band you played with during the 50's? | cheryl | florida | 02-20-2004 |
| :-) Hi there everyone! It has been a long time since I have said Goodaye to Maine.. Hi Dick Graves.. !!! Big hello from down under! Hi to hopefully someone there that remembers me.. I'll be back on here soon.
I hear the weather has been nasty to you folks.. We are just having a heat wave down here at a hot 40 degrees celcius and still remaining high till today.. Any one want some??? hahaha we could do with some snow!! :)
Gotta go its late.. See ya all soon..
Chuck T | Charles Thibodeau | ADELAIDE, South Australia | 02-20-2004 |
| Did Linda mention black flies? Here’s a warm thought for a cold winter night… During the summer between first and second grades, all of the boys in the neighborhood sported a Krew cut. (if you have to ask, stop reading) Soon after the black fly season opened, someone observed that the flies were attracted to the wax used to make the hair stand up. Now boys being boys, it wasn’t long before someone had more wax on their head than hair. The black flies would burrow into the waxy hair and become stuck. Then the child would run around with the top of his head buzzing. Years later, the term, “having a buzz-on.” became popular. When I first heard it you can imagine the mental picture that flashed into my mind. :-) | Vern Hall | Houston, TX | 02-19-2004 |
| Waldo,
Get Paul on here. I was born and raised in Fort Kent and still go home every summer. We have a camp at Eagle Lake. I try to get there the last week in July since it's always been a great week as far as not having to fight with the black flies. Would love to talk to Paul and find out where he is living in Fort Kent.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 02-19-2004 |
| :-) hi | jammie | vermont | 02-19-2004 |
| Pam, I'll send Paul a note to let him know he's being talked about here, but primarily to see if he'll log in and send some information about the upcoming biathalon. | Waldo Libby | Oregon | 02-19-2004 |
| Paul Libby lives in Ft. Kent, and he would know all about this, I'm sure.
Seems like I'm homesick for good ol Maine today. | Pam AC | Nashville, TN | 02-18-2004 |
| Kim, yes, the Biathalon up in Ft. Kent is getting quite a bit of attention. Supposed to be a big boost to the local economy. As for enough snow, the XC trails here in Central Aroostook are great (at Aroostook State Park at least) so I imagine they must be even better up north! Hopefully Aroostook will see more events such as this. | Webmaster | PI | 02-18-2004 |
| Is Aroostook County getting geared up for the upcoming Biathlon World Cup in Fort Kent? Is there plenty of snow for it? | Kim Carroll Murchison | Scarborough, ME | 02-18-2004 |
| Hmmmm
:eek:
Peace Arch | Arch | far far away | 02-17-2004 |
| LCD, guilty as charged! :p | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 02-16-2004 |
| Jeff,
Are you really what Becki says you are???? OH MY GOD....
LCD | LCD | Pa | 02-16-2004 |
| Becki, God will get ya for saying things like that. | DD | | 02-14-2004 |
| The Webmaster did an awesome job with this site, especially since he is a Republican!
:-) | Becki | Presque Isle | 02-14-2004 |
| Yahoo
We have 2.5 in of new SNOW!!!!!!
But I am sure glad it will be gone tomorrow.
Peace Arch :D | Arch | Texas | 02-14-2004 |
| nice webcam page.. ;-) | cathy seitz | | 02-13-2004 |
| Waldo,
Thanks for that bit of information. I normally panic and have my son check things out for me but next time I won't be so quick at jumping the gun. Much Appreciated,
Linda | LCD | Pa | 02-13-2004 |
| To access the chat site you need to be a member. Just click on the "Become a Member" link at the top of this page. I'll warn you though, the chat site hasn't gotten much use thus far. | Webmaster | PI, ME | 02-13-2004 |
| How do you join your chat?
:-D | 404 not found | | 02-13-2004 |
| LCD...sorry to read about your little slip and fall; how's the nose coming? Glad you heard from Cory; it's not fun for a mom waiting and wondering about her kids.
Ray and I have been having great visits with relatives from PI; sure is nice to see folks from home!!
Hi Pam, Waldo, DG, Dick and everyone!! | C-J | Kissimmee, FL | 02-12-2004 |
| Hello Crown of Mainers:
Guess I'll add my 2 cents (sense). Yes, it was getting pretty slow on here for a while. Well, I went to see The Man --right here in Music City the other night - GEORGE STRAIT from the great state of Texas!! Yessiree - he was
GREAT !!!! Hi, Vern Hall and all my other friends on here. | Pam Ashley Campbell | Nashville, Tennessee | 02-12-2004 |
| DG,
Pay the Webmaster first then we'll talk. Shame Shame for keeping him waiting!!!!! I'm on my way to get another ex-ray so he can compare before we do anything or just let it go. Today I'm in yellow and green mode. It gets prettier as the day goes on.
LCD | LCD | PA | 02-12-2004 |
| bill has the description of a true Mainiac, we lived there 26 years and some. most of us are here now but i stay in touch through this site. love the cam,my two boys love looking at the snow they miss it bad. great site keep up the good work and HELLO TO ALL GEORGES PIZZA FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS from; george himself. Hes wanting to come back up i keep telling him no wont let him drive that far, so long for now we'll be back soon. | sarah mills | sunny florida | 02-12-2004 |
| Hello all. Nice to see some activity here again!
Another GREAT web site to save in your favorites is the symantec hoax page. Search google and you'll find it there. It is constantly updated.
Any time I get a warning or a promise forwarded to me, I check there first before sending it on or making changes on my hard drive. MOST forwards are hoaxes, and shouldn't be forwarded.
Have a great day, Spring may just be coming! :-) | Tenlee | Westport Island , ME | 02-12-2004 |
| LCD.....
I'd donate another $10 (I still owe Webmaster $55) if you post a "black eye" photo on crownofmaine. You're one of the most popular subscribers and I'm sure others would get a real charge seeing your injury (I mean in a sympathetic way, of course). Whaddya say? Besides, I haven't seen your face since last summer.....I miss it. | DG | PI | 02-12-2004 |
| LCD and anyone else who's interested, if the "Little Bear" you got rid of is the icon for a supposed virus within your computer, OOPS! The message circulating via e-mail advising you to remove that particular .EXE file is a hoax. Fortunately, it's not a file we average computer users will even need. -Don't remember right now just what it does within the operating system.
Anyway, stay suspicious whenever you receive an e-mail warning of another horrible virus that's going to wreck your computer, erase all your files, give you frizzy hair, and melt the ice cream in your refrigerator. The dead-give-away on these messages is that they urge you to "forward this to everyone in your address book."
There are a few excellent web sites that will help you determine whether or not something is a hoax. One of the best I've used is www.snopes.com . Besides that, there's a lot of interesting reading on the site.
I've been fooled by a few hoaxes, too. Crow tastes terrible!
Arch,
I'm in favor of gun control, too, such that it's normal to hit the bullseye regularly. | Waldo Libby | Forest Grove, OR | 02-11-2004 |
| Dick, no problem. I like to stir things up. I think all should know that I am neither a Dummiecrat or a BUSH supporter. All politicians are as crooked as a dogs hind leg or they would be working like the rest of us.
Jim C. I was brought up in Mapleton from the age of two and lived there untill 1978. I have been handling firearms since I was 10 yrs old. I think that there should be a whole lot more controls on firearms than there is now. I would like to have you convince me that it should be as easy to get AUTOMATIC weapons as it is. You or I or any one with the scratch can buy a (Parts Kit) and then a few pages over we can buy a 4140 seamless tubing with a template for the holes glued to it. All it takes is a Dremel tool and a hand drill and there you have it. Also while you are at it explain why the averege person needs a 50 cal rifle or a template for the side plate for a M2 50 cal MG. All that crap gives the average hunter a BIG black eye. Now only one rule, no hiding behind its my right or any other wuss excuse. Also remember I will do all in my power to keep my firearms and I will NOT register them. Explain away.
Peace Arch
PS If you have not seen a copy of Shot Gun News you should get one. :confused: | Arch | Texas | 02-11-2004 |
| Hey DG, Arch,
Nice to hear you guys are still alive and cooking. Keep it going.
Dick DeLong,
Thanks for the info. We got rid of the little bear with the help of my son since I'm not the greatest with a computer. I also passed it on with my add book.
Hi CJ,
Hope your enjoying the sunshine. I took a flip Saturday Night in our ice filled driveway and broke my nose along with my feelings. Stayed home for a few days after a short visit with Cory. He left Monday Night and called when he got to Kuwait. He found a Burger King and was still happy at that point. Only talked for six minutes. Stay in touch everyone. Missed hearing from you.
Linda....Black eyes and a fat nose. Pictures are for sale...... | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 02-11-2004 |
| Thanks Arch. It was getting a little dead around here. Glad you got something started again. | Dick | Florida | 02-11-2004 |
| I don't trust most dem's because like clinton they are to anti gun for me and now with gay's marrages NOT were does flip flop Kerry stand ???? :-( | Jim C | | 02-11-2004 |
| Hey it worked. The "Shrub" needs blasting by the way.
Nuff said Peace Arch ;-) | Arch | Far far away | 02-11-2004 |
| Just found your site love northern maine
Looking forward to Vacationing next week. | Camille Albert | Plainville,Ct | 02-11-2004 |
| Kerry is just another one of those democrats who cant run a campaign without bashing the President. His focus should be on what "HE" is going to do as president. I was strongly "for" Kerry until the mouth bashing started. Is there ever going to be a campaign where they focus on the future instead of the past???? Cant they ever stop making a "Peyton Place" out of politics?? | Carma | Hollis | 02-11-2004 |
| Maybe everyone is hibernating? ;-) | Hazel | | 02-11-2004 |
| :confused: who is kerry | sandra | presque isle | 02-11-2004 |
| Hmmm
Two days and no posts,gotta start something to get people talking again.
Peace Arch
OOOOPPPPPS almost forgot,
VOTE FOR KERRY :D | Arch | Joshua TX | 02-11-2004 |
| Hi, i really like this site.
Nice design, nice content. Maybe a little slow somethimes.
Greetings,
Valentine | Valentine | Noord-brabant | 02-09-2004 |
| Jeff, Not a problem. You do a great job maintaining the website. Love to see it. My daughter lives in Mars Hill. I check on the weather everyday. Make me feel a little closer to her.
Carolyn | carolynbudziszewski | RI | 02-07-2004 |
| Folks, as you may have noticed, this site was down from about 12 am thru 1 pm today. Had a minor hardware failure. It's fixed and all seems to be well. Our apologies for any inconvenience. | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 02-07-2004 |
| Best SB I've seen. I remember my 1st Pats game when I became a fan. Going back to NH from PI after Christmas visit. 1976, blizzard, pulled off highway in Bangor Maine and got a hotel room. Watched the Patriots at Oakland get ripped off on roughing the passer call. Fan since that game. Clark with a "K" must be a Panthers fan. | Bill | Patriots Nation | 02-05-2004 |
| greetings from virginia.lived in PI for 30 plus years . enjoy this site . | r.e.thomas | waynesboro,virginia | 02-04-2004 |
| Hi Steve,
What a game! I was afraid that they were going to pass the win to the Panters for a while there. I think I stopped breathing for the last 2 minutes of the game and then realized that I needed some oxygen. I'm sure we all did that. Now, how can we get the Red Sox to want victory? I hope they'll get some good players and coaches so New England can reign in the sports field for a while. :D
Have a great week, enjoy the warmth!
Meredith | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta | 02-03-2004 |
| Hey Meredith-How about those Pats!!!! What an exciting game. I think my heart stopped a few times. :-D | Steve Weaver | Westbrook,ME | 02-02-2004 |
| Mike Swartz.... tenleedipierro@yahoo.com is my email. I'd love to hear from you. I too am married (over 20 years now) and have 2 kids, 17 and 14! Please write me an email!
YEAH PATS!!!!!!! | tenlee | Westport Island, ME | 02-02-2004 |
| JClark this is a great site to catch up with old friends from the 70's. Thanks for putting it together. :p | Mike Swartz | Kennesaw, Ga. | 02-01-2004 |
| Tenlee how does one reach you? Your e-mail address comes back with an error. | Mike Swartz | Kennesaw, Ga | 02-01-2004 |
| I see you found the site and Karen, Mike. It's amazing that we can live so close and not realize it. What a small world!!! | michelle schreiner rickard | woodstock ga | 02-01-2004 |
| :ALOHA
CANT GET ENOUGH OF LOOKING AT WHO DRIVES DOWN MAIN ST AFTER MIDNIGHT!!
STAY WARM
CYNcool: :cool: | Cynthia Roderick Deluca | PEARL CITY, HAWAII | 02-01-2004 |
| well PI this is so weird Mike Swartz just called me and he lives at least 5 miles from our place. What a small world. Hi Mike and please everyone pass the word on about this site. You just never know who lives next to you!!! | Karen Costello Beaulieu | Powder Springs GA | 01-31-2004 |
| nice site | aj | | 01-31-2004 |
| Hi Tenlee what a surprise. I lost you many years ago. I am living in Kennesaw, Ga. and working as VP of Inventory for NAPA. I am married and have 3 kids,14,11, and 8. What is up with you? It would be great to talk with you sometime. | Mike Swartz | Kennesaw, Ga. | 01-31-2004 |
| OMG Mike Swartz!!!!!!! How r u? So nice to see you on the site. Email me bud! We have lots of history to share!
GO PATS! | Tenlee | Westport Island, Maine | 01-31-2004 |
| Vern, that's a great football-fan story! Thanks! | Waldo Libby | Forest Grove, OR | 01-31-2004 |
| Reviewing the Superbowl poll.. There sure are a bunch of HOMERS for the Patriots. GO PANTHERS.
:D :D
Bill Savary ur a HOMER.... ;-) | RIck B | Vancouver,WA | 01-31-2004 |
| Hello PI! It looks cold up there. I was actually in Portland last weekend enjoying the company of Paul McGlinn, Tony Smith and Joe Bouchard. It seemed like yesterday. Tenlee it was nice to see you on the page. How are you. | Mike Swartz | Kennesaw, Ga. | 01-30-2004 |
| Vern, that is awful! LOL
Hi from the 3rd Blanchard girl. | Tenlee | Westport Island Maine | 01-30-2004 |
| A Serious ‘Pats” Fan.
A guy has 50-yardline tickets for the Super Bowl. As he sits down, a stranger comes down and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat next to him. "No," he says, "the seat is empty."
"This is incredible," says the stranger. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in the world, and not use it?"
The fellow says, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we haven't been to together since we got married in 1967."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else -- a friend or relative, or even a neighbor -- to take the seat?"
The guy shakes his head and says, "No... they're all at the funeral." | Vern Hall | Houston, TX | 01-30-2004 |
| Hi All,
Go Pats! This is so much fun to be cheering together. Thanks, Vern, for the update on our team! It sounds like they are having the time of their life down there. They surely must be feeling much warmer. I hope the heat doesn't change their game plan. It must feel like a heatwave to them. Keep up that cheering, Linda!
Hey, we might get some snow soon. I surely hope so. I hope it's a real storm for once. We need a good cover down here on the coast. Be have bare naked ground. :eek:
Meredith | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta | 01-29-2004 |
| Myrna - the excitement has really begun here. Houston is showing our 'Pats' a great time. Tonight, they are being entertained by the locals at Space Center Houston. My son works there. Last night, you would have thought that it was Christmas eve and he was five again! That's excitement!
It's 57* right now. The promise for Sunday is more Houston humidity and a high temp of 68*!
There are 50 bands to play downtown, beginning yesterday at 3:00, ending at 2:30 AM Monday. Aerosmith came to Johnson Space Center yesterday to talk to Mike Foale who is on the International Space Station.
Yanni entertained Tuesday night. Tickets were $150 per. This County boy stayed home.
It's unbelievable. The excitement HAS begun.
Go Pats! | Vern Hall | Houston, TX | 01-29-2004 |
| BYE :p | CLARK With a C | SILVER SPRINGS FL | 01-29-2004 |
| It's a cold 26 degrees in Southeastern Mass, the wind-sa-blowing the 4 inches of snow we got yesterday, but the sun is shining and all is well in this part of the world. I hate the cold and snow, but it only takes a day with my patients to remind me that I really have no problems.
Anticipation is building, and PAT'S fever is running pretty high here right now with everyone hoping for a great game Sunday and another SB win for the Patriots. We'll soon know.
Stay safe & warm everyone. It's so nice checking in to this site. :-) | Myrna Condon | Dartmouth, Ma. | 01-29-2004 |
| Hi CJ,
The boys took a cruise at the right time. We got hit with ten inches of snow and of course MOI got stuck with the shoveling. Graves makes fun of me. Whats ten inches. I got it all cleaned up and today is my day off. The sun is out but it's blowing like crazy. The shovel will soon be in hand once again. Enjoy the game on Sunday and Go Pats, kill the Cats!!!! Right with you Meredith. Hope everyone is also with us.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 01-29-2004 |
| Way to go Jeff, You're being much to kind and don't let anyone think you're not doing a great job. We're behind you all the way.
Linda | LCD | PA | 01-29-2004 |
| Thanks Jeff for being so vigilent; you're doing a great job! | C-J M L | Kissimmee | 01-29-2004 |
| Folks, sorry about the posts that started this whole arguement. Turns out to be a bunch of kids. Kids will be kids I guess. :-) I'm doing my best to make them stop happening and removing them as soon as possible if they do. Actually, I think I may have accidently deleted an acceptable post by accident (sorry). Thanks for your patience everyone. | Webmaster | | 01-29-2004 |
| Kluck, I didnt say or infer that you were a pesky drunk, I said you acted like one. The more that you try to reason with them the more garrulous they get. :rolleyes: | HMMM | somewhere far far away | 01-28-2004 |
| Klark, you need some professional help. And, we really aren't enjoying your guestbook entries. So... go find someone else to bug. You are real good at it! | Tired of Klark | Mainar | 01-28-2004 |
| :D oh ya and i'm not a pesky drunk and i do have a life....thank you very much. | klark..............again | | 01-28-2004 |
| dude....ppl....w/e...look i'm sorry for w/e i did and i wont do it again...sorry :cool: | klark | | 01-28-2004 |
| I check your site almost every day so that I can see what the weather is like where my sister lives. Thank-you for maintaining the webcam. It makes me feel just a little bit closer! :-) | Laura | Las Vegas | 01-28-2004 |
| I agree about "a pesky drunk". However, I have to also add, that Klark...is just trying to start something. Doesn't have a life. So, maybe a "Small" pity party is in order. Do ya think? LOL | thinking it is very sad | Mainar | 01-28-2004 |
| Lois, Hi neighbor. You're not even a toll call away from a fellow potato picker. It'll be worth the trip back to your old haunt. It's only a 10-hour drive, if you don't stop but once for gas. | Harriet (Libby) Bitar | Southington, CT | 01-27-2004 |
| Hi, nice to see other people out there remember the "County" and love it as much as I do. I went to PIHS, but moved to CT. when I was starting my senior year 1967. Graduated from Bristol Central High School, Bristol,CT. Haven't been back to the "County" in many years. I really would like to go....maybe someday. :rolleyes: | Lois | | 01-27-2004 |
| Hi Floyd!
:D :p | Lois | Meriden,Ct | 01-27-2004 |
| Like a pesky drunk, ignore it and it will go away :rolleyes: | HMMM | | 01-27-2004 |
| It seems Klark with a K needs to look up the word "RESPECT" in his pocket dictionary ;-) | Just a thought................ | | 01-27-2004 |
| Thanks for the info Mona! We are coming up that way in June and tryng to gather information ... :-) Also, hear there is a good organic beef farm in the county ... any details anyone? | mitchhazell | sc | 01-27-2004 |
| ok look i'm sorry okay!.... :-) from now on i won't write bad things anymore.....i am just suggesting that you ppl should get video cameras....jeez talk about ppl havin no respect | you know who i am | maine | 01-27-2004 |
| Klark, I think it's pretty obvious why none of your posts last that long on here. Calling people dumb? Very mature. And I think that's one of the nicer things you've said recently...
You can consider this official notice that posts from you are no longer welcome on here until you agree to be more respectful. You may submit your acceptance via email to my address. | Webmaster | | 01-27-2004 |
| ok....sorry to say but you guys are really dumb, and i'm serious and why do i never see any of the things i've written before on here?.....is someone deleting them????or something.......well anyway you guys need to get "VIDEO CAMERAS" because they are a lot better then picture cameras and if you don't get them then that means ur dumb!......so there!.....HERE'S YOUR THOUGHTS!.....from klark with a K.... | Klark | maine | 01-27-2004 |
| :D LOL :D
that is sooo funny Bill I love those I have seen simular ones they are all great! thanks for sharing | ShivaWolf | SubZero | 01-26-2004 |
| Hazel, Greyhound runs out of Bangor, Maine, Cyr bus lines run in the county and connect to Greyhound in Bangor. There are several storeage plces here and Caribou. | Mona | Easton,Me. | 01-26-2004 |
| DD,
Don't give up so soon. Now who's chops am I going to bust?????
LCD | LCD | Pa | 01-25-2004 |
| White flag!!!!!! I give up!!!! | dd | | 01-25-2004 |
| :-) Thanks for sharing the pics. Really enjoyed seeing them. | Betty Drummer | Lakeville, MA | 01-25-2004 |
| You Know You're in Maine:
If you own more than four pair of gloves.
If every other vehicle is a 4X4.
If, when the sun goes down, you start looking for your coat.
If in March your vehicle is 43% mud.
If you leave your keys in your car and the next morning your car is stillthere.
If you're on the shoulder of the highway with your hood up and somebody stops to help you.
If you can pay for six big macs with a personal check.
If your central heating system is fueled by large logs.
If you see numerous chauffeur-driven dogs.
If people drive 100 miles to shop in a real mall.
If a deer throws itself under your wheels.
If you got a set of new snow tires for Valentines day.
If more than 1/2 the meat in your freezer is moose.
If the bumper jack in your pickup will lift a house.
If you enjoy a hot chocolate more than you do a margarita.
If a girls basketball game fill's the school gym.
If you pawned a snow blower instead of a set of golf clubs.
If dressing up means wearing a tie with your flannel shirt.
If you think you're in a traffic jam when you're in the second car at the light.
If you don't use your blinker because everyone already knows where you're going.
If your long john's don't come off until mid-May | Bill | South of Maine | 01-25-2004 |
| LCD...I heard there was a new storage place up there; be sure to post the address for that Lady and anyone else who might be interested! I thought DD was one of those new authors on the NY Times best sellers list; didn't know he had so many businesses!! Lucky guy.... spends winters in Fla, bought a new place in Scarboro....must be nice to be rolling in the dough!! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee | 01-25-2004 |
| DD,
No one ever said I was nice. Kind but not nice.
LCD | LCD | Pa | 01-25-2004 |
| Well, I guess I asked for that answer. | HazelM | SC | 01-24-2004 |
| That was not nice | dd | | 01-24-2004 |
| Lady,
The buses run right through town to Dick DeLongs house who has plenty of storage room at a very reasonable price. We'll get back to you with his address shortly.
LCD | LCD | Pa | 01-24-2004 |
| LCD Tell the Lady about the buses and where they go. Thank you | DD | | 01-24-2004 |
| CJ,
Wish we could touch base in April, but I leave the day after Easter to spend a few days with Mom before we cruise out on Wednesday. When I fly over your area I will wave to you from the plane so be sure you are watching and take my picture. Come to Coconut Creek to visit us. We have plenty of umbrella's with lots of good stuff to sit on top of. My son just left this afternoon for Lauderdale and is cruising out on Sunday for a week. Home Alone with Sam my half dead 13 year old Golden. Hope he makes it trough the week. I don't want the responsibility of sending him to Doggie Heaven. Catch you later. Nap time.
Linda | LCD | Cold Pa | 01-24-2004 |
| Can anyone tell me where these buses go? Does the Greyhound run through PI and if so to what destinations. Also anyone give me the number of a good storage place in PI?
Thanks!! | HazelM | SC | 01-24-2004 |
| LCD...you're so right! It's wonderful to know that my friends are as crazy as I am! Just wish you'd ditch the cruise and come hang around my pool so we can drink some of those fancy drinks with the little umbrellas!! Will I get to see you at all when you come down this way? Where's the boat docked?
And, prayers for Cory.... | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 01-24-2004 |
| :-) :-) :-) | lee | | 01-24-2004 |
| Ray are you the same man I remember doing Picker Special with Wayne Knight many moons a go. :cool: | Tater Man | | 01-23-2004 |
| Dick D.
Next time your watching busses go by try to pay more attention!!!!! Make sure it's #19 or it means nothing.
CJ,
It's get even time. Who stood in front of the cam for fifteen minutes this summer so everyon in Florida could see you. Thank God even my friends are nuts, not just my family. No Ward, you're beyond normal. You need help.....
LCD | LCD | PA | 01-23-2004 |
| Good morning to LCD I just saw the school bus go by the camera on main st. Couldn't tell for sure but it looked like #19 | dick DeLong | florida | 01-23-2004 |
| Happy New Year Presque Isle. I miss being on the radio in the Star City. Have been in RI the past 10 years as a video producer for Cox Communications. Hope to make a trip back to the County soon. Drop me an e-mail sometime. | Ray Larson | Pawtucket, RI | 01-23-2004 |
| Dick Delong...are you sure that you're not a famous writer!? The "picture" you painted of Linda, Mae and Char is absolutely priceless!
Linda...sorry, but even you have to admit that it was one for the books!!
Pam A C...beside the "heated" pool; yea!
DG...Interesting letter in the SH; our son (who moved to CA in early December) agrees with you re Arnold. | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 01-23-2004 |
| Hey Dick DeLong,
Watch it or I'll let the world know how you went through my fathers gas tank trying to install his two way radio. I do have to admit we're not exactly a normal family. Nothing like the Dick Graves (Ward Cleaver) family!!!!!!!
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | WB, Pa | 01-23-2004 |
| DG can you just picture this. One sister driving a school bus and waving at nothing, Another sister miles away using her noon hour to watch a sister drive by in a bus, while another sister burns her lunch while on the cell phone when she too was suppose to be waving at a schoolbus on the computer. Must be from the valley, wouldn't you think. | dick delong | Brooksville fl | 01-22-2004 |
| DG,
Saw Mae go by on the bus this afternoon. She said she felt silly waving to the bank. Couldn't see the wave but saw two busses at the same time. Charlene was on at the same time with me but was on her cell phone and burning a grilled cheese sandwich. Missed the whole thing. Now tell me my family is sane!!!!!
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Pa | 01-22-2004 |
| Carol-Jean: The pool, huh? I would love to be there. | pam ashley campbell | Nashville | 01-22-2004 |
| i love to check out new england
when i can. just to remind me
of what real weather is. we can`t
compete. spring is when we get
wild weather here. i used get to
spend time up north, but it has
been years. long drive from n.e.
okla. stay warm-stay safe. | Elbert hendrickson | hectorville,ok | 01-22-2004 |
| A nice find.........makes me feel closer to camp from down here. | Bill Touhey | Milford, Ma. | 01-21-2004 |
| Hello PI from a former Caribou Native.
On today`s question please inquier as to how many people are from out of state.
And I just love your site! | Allan Hewitt | Exeter,NH | 01-21-2004 |
| Hello to Dave in Kuwait. | James H Barden | | 01-21-2004 |
| CJ,
Being in the deep freeze for so long is so tempting for a quick run away but this cruise is 10 days long and more expensive then the usual 7 day we go on. We are doing the Panama Canal and you and Ray should join us. Everyone is from Maine, Eagle Lake and Fort Kent along with the PI people. We always have a great time. I'll give you a call at half time.
DG,
Give my sister hell. It's time she springs for the five bucks!!!!
Meredith,
Come along with us. You would love it, I promise. I'd be glad to put you in touch with our travel agent. The more of us that book the cheaper the rate is. Think about it.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Pa | 01-21-2004 |
| Seats are going fast, my friends! Linda, there's a special one reserved just for you! Forget the cruise....the pool is just outside the sliders, and all heated up, just waiting! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee | 01-21-2004 |
| Charlene...
C'mon, sign in and talk to us. Linda sort of promised you would..............dg | DG | PI | 01-20-2004 |
| Vern, score some tix. Starting at 2K each
on EBay and agencies, and thats the 700 Section. Put your home or apartment up for rent and you'll make some big $$. Looks like I'll have to watch from a big screen HD TV, close to a bathroom, mega food and drink within falling distance. Bummah! | Bill | Patriots Nation | 01-20-2004 |
| Hi Emmitt,
Hey, was that you that sent my PI Herald to me a couple of weeks ago? There was a note on it saying that it got enclosed with another Herald. I was wondering who else was here from the county. Did you graduate from PIHS? What year?
How about those lovely Patriots! I'll bet Lawyer Malloy wishes he'd stuck it out with the team. Ha Ha to him as well as Bledsoe! They put the Colts out to pasture, I hope they cage the Panthers. :D
Linda, do you have room in your suitcase for me on your cruise? Boy, that sounds like a nice reward for putting up with the Arctic blast. I think we have another one coming soon. Rats! I was hoping we'd have spring. Yeah, right!
Have a great week, all! Meredith | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta | 01-20-2004 |
| Nice cam shots. What is the name of the old movie theater that was there in 1957 and what was the owner name? Did they have a daughter named Pearl? I remember two girls but not their names. | Everett Steele | NM | 01-20-2004 |
| My dad is from Easton. Looks like a very cold winter up there. I hope to visit this summer | Myles Shaw | arlington, va | 01-19-2004 |
| Hi Char,
Since you told me you would check out this site tonight, I wanted to say Hi and get you to spring for five bucks. Dick probably knows alot of classmates on here. Go for it. George is treating for dinner tonight so I'm out of here.
Linda :cool: | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 01-19-2004 |
| By mid afternoon today we had 20 inches of snow here, I. Isle and Westfield! I was complaining Sat because we didn't have any snow around the house, thats not a problem anymore, now tomorrow the wind is going to blow it all over the roads. | mona | easton,me. | 01-19-2004 |
| What, no snow mobiles on Main Street? Things sure have become mellow since the early 70's. I'd mention a few names but I don't about the statute of limitation on such things and they definitely still live in PQI.
I'm looking forward to seeing all of the Patriot fans in Houston on 2/1.
The snow looks nice! | Vern Hall | Houston, TX | 01-19-2004 |
| The snow looks pretty up there from the south. Ty Law ya right why would you be signing the guest book? How much snow do you all have up there? | Karen C. Beaulieu | Powder Springs GA | 01-19-2004 |
| CJ,
If it wasn't for my final payment due on my April curise, I would be down partying with you for Super Bowl. Check out the Snow on the Cam. Wow!!!!!
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 01-19-2004 |
| We have Blue Sky and the Sun has been out nearly All day today-19th. We got a dusting to an inch of snow here on the "Mid-Coast" out of that SnowStorm....The Live Cam in P.I. sure tells me "The County" received ALOT More!! | Emmitt | Damariscotta | 01-19-2004 |
| hi Maineiacs, enjoy all that lovely weather. I used to be one..... :D | Dick Strong | | 01-19-2004 |
| Wow, PI is getting 12 to 18 inches of snow. By the look of the scenic webcam, it's already up to the second floor window.
I remember it snowing so much in one storm in the 60's, that it covered some of our first floor windows and we couldn't open our door. The effect was probably more from drifting, than snowfall. I think a brother crawled out of his second floor bedroom window to get out. We could have gotten out through the garage, but the bedroom window must have been much more fun. | Harriet (Libby) Bitar | Southington, CT | 01-19-2004 |
| Boo Yea! Pats vs. Cats | Ty Law | | 01-19-2004 |
| GO PATRIOTS!! | c clair | Calif. | 01-19-2004 |
| Hi! I just posted at Houlton site but I have noticed, here, that there are some of you that are moving to the "county" this spring, also. We bought a house in Amity and I will be coming up in May to spend the summer there -- will do this til hubby can retire so we can be "full-timers". I am a "Yankee" that has been trapped in Texas and REALLY needs to get back north!! I am SO looking forward to this!! So when you see this entourage(?) coming up the road -- hubby, me, and assorted critters -- 3 BIG dogs, at least 5 cats, 2 ferrets, and a bunny (leaving foster pot bellied pigs in Texas) don't worry ...we are really quite civilized!!!! Would love to hear from others that are moving to Aroostook also.... Have a good one and enjoy beautiful Maine!! | Sue Slesak | Magnolia, Texas | 01-19-2004 |
| Hi there everyone.
I'm from P.I., and am getting ready to move back in a week or so. The love of my life lives there and I need to be closer to her. The weather here is definately better though. Over 70 degrees yesterday and sunny. i can't wait to get back to the county though. See you all soon. Nice idea for a site, too bad I just found it. | mark stephenson | jacksonville, florida | 01-19-2004 |
| Vern H., I meant that Nashville is the home of the "golden one" of country music right after King George Strait from the great state of Texas. GS will be here 2/7/04 right here in Music City. I better hurry and get my ticket today, could be sold out already. | pam ashley campbell | Nashville, TN (home of AJ) | 01-19-2004 |
| Our NE Patriots did a great job; looking forward to the Superbowl in a couple of weeks. Come on down/over for the party.....a 52 inch TV, a keg of beer, and lots of good munchies. Contributions accepted. Don't look for any cheerleaders though; this is just a "guy thing" allowed and promoted by the wife!! ha ha
A special hello to Jeanne and Linda and Pam, as well as Dick and Dustin and Dave: come on over/up/down and enjoy the fun!! We New Englanders have to stick together! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 01-19-2004 |
| HI!! We are enjoying your night webcam and watching the snow. We have good friends that live in Bangor, Maine that we recently visited. We are totally enchanted with Maine. How often do you hear that in the middle of winter from Floridians??? How do we get more information about your area that would pertain to relocation? :-) | Gene and Carol Lachner | Tallahassee, Florida | 01-18-2004 |
| Hi Meredith,
The Eagles Choked once again for the third year in a row. I'm now with you all the way since they really did a good job this afternoon and the Panthers will be going in as the underdogs. Hope New England makes it all the way. We'll find out in two weeks.
Keep your fingers crossed.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | WB, Pa | 01-18-2004 |
| Peter and Anne
from Recklinghausen greet all inhabitants of Maine and all friends. :-) | Peter | Recklinghausen-Germany | 01-18-2004 |
| Hello Jeff Doody! How are you?
Aren't we all suppose to thaw somewhat over the weekend? I sure hope so! | Tenlee | Westport Island, ME | 01-17-2004 |
| :eek: Your Frozen | Jeff Doody | Visalia, CA | 01-17-2004 |
| Hey Pam… and hello Nashville! Houston is alive and well, albeit a tad soggy. It has been raining on and off for the past two hours. There is a parallel to rain in Houston and snow in northern Maine. It is however, somewhat more difficult to ride snow mobiles here.
Under your location you have written,“home of Alan Jackson”. I’ve got to ask… why are you in the home of Alan Jackson and does he know that you are there? You know that he should be packin’ to go to Fort Myers for next Friday night’s concert instead of visiting with you.
The buzz at work is about the restructure necessary to support going back to the moon and beyond. It’s exciting.
Say, “hi” to Alan J. for me.
:-) :-) | Vern Hall | Houston, TX | 01-16-2004 |
| Right now it's 4 degrees warmer in P.I. than it is here. That's a switch! Although I don't think the word "warmer" actually has any significance in this case. ;-) My bratty brother just emailed me to let me know he is enjoying the nice 60 degree weather in Houston. I'm looking forward to the weekend when we're supposed to warm up to the 30s. :-) | Myrna Condon | Dartmouth, Ma. | 01-16-2004 |
| NASHVILLE TO HOUSTON
Hey, Vern Hall - where art thou? | pam ashley campbell | home of Alan Jackson | 01-16-2004 |
| :-) Good site...more communities should have them. | Angela Wall | Leduc Alberta ,Canada | 01-16-2004 |
| Jeanne,
Glad you're enjoying the warm weather. I was just on IM with my sister who lives in Coconut Creek. It was 75 and she's loving the cool change. Hate her!!!!
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 01-15-2004 |
| DG,
Didn't see a bus go by. Guess you were right about no school today. Have to try again next Thurs. Hope you warm up and get rid of that cold.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Pa | 01-15-2004 |
| Joyce C Anderson in scarborough. Are you PI Native. I am Mapleton, classof 57. Just bought a house in scarborough and will be moving in in the spring. Will we be neighbors. Are you relation of Skip and Roger? | dick deLong | florida | 01-14-2004 |
| Hi to everyone up there in the County! Hi Corinna, Jake and Christopher! Take care of you during this deep freeze! | Kim Pratt | Saco | 01-14-2004 |
| You must be freezing up there today! :eek: :eek: I only hopes the pipes up in Sinclair didn't freeze!! | Walt Taylor | Bedford, MA | 01-14-2004 |
| Miss the cold and snow no truly I miss the good folks in PI | Roger Powers | Sharpsburg, Md | 01-14-2004 |
| Linda-I wish I could send you some warm weather. The thermometer on my computer says it is 69 degrees right now. After seeing all the cold weather up north, I feel guilty that we were complaining about the 44 degree temperature we had this morning when we got up. I think we must be spoiled! Maybe you will get a warm front. | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Port Orange, FLorida | 01-14-2004 |
| Linda-I wish I could send you some warmer weather. Right now, the temperature on my computer says it is 69 degrees outside plus it is bright and sunny without a cloud in the sky. I feel terrible to think that we were complaining that it was 44 when we got up this morning. I think we must be spoiled! Maybe you will be surprised and get a warm front. | Jeanne Merrithew Tolley | Port Orange, Fl. | 01-14-2004 |
| Pam C. It worked!!! I got your message here at work. When I email you at work, I get a "content violation" error!! I am using your correct address. I will try you again. Hope to talk to you soon.
It's COLD here today...-10 below with wind chill of -33. | Joyce Carroll Anderson | | 01-14-2004 |
| Meredith,
How about my Eagles!!!!!! Right down to the wire. We are also in the deep freeze in Pa. We could really use a southern blast...Send some up from Florda.
Linda at 7 above tonight burrrr...... | Linda Coury DuMont | Pa | 01-13-2004 |
| Don't remember school being cancelled for below temps either when I was growing up there. Maybe they are worried about the kids standing at the bus stops in the wee hours and freezing! But isn't that what the kids used to do? Or maybe they're trying to save on heating bills! Interesting anyway....... | c clair | calif. | 01-13-2004 |
| What do you think about school closeing for Wenesday because of wind chills surpose to be 60 Below don't remember school doing that when I went. Take care
Burrrrrrrrrr :-) | Jim C | Chapman | 01-13-2004 |
| Great place to live. Love the wed page. :D | Anita M Moody | Woodland | 01-13-2004 |
| Joyce: I honestly do not know what the problem is. OK, my email address is
pcampbell@pathgroup.com. Hope it works this time. If not, well..... what to do next. Will try your work again too. This is spooky!! | pam ashley campbell | Music City, USA | 01-13-2004 |
| We enjoy checking the site every day. Love telling our friends,"Can you believe the tempature in Maine?" Thank you. | Maravene Osgood | Sarasota, Fla | 01-13-2004 |
| My favorite place to be is Aroostook County. I was born in Caribou, Maine and have relatives in Wasburn. If there was one place I would love to live it would be there. The people are so nice, and the life there is one you can't explain, unless you've lived it.
Your slogan, "MAINE THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE" is so correct.
I love it there!!!!!!!!!! :-) | Shirley Langley | Spencer,Massachsuetts | 01-13-2004 |
| Nice to visit the old "hometown again" | Floyd | | 01-12-2004 |
| How about those Patriots! Great job! I'm so glad they won, I hope they make it to the Super Bowl and win that as well. We'll put New England on the map. Now if we could just convince the state that the state of Maine exists north of Augusta, that would be great!
:D | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta, Me. | 01-11-2004 |
| Pam C. I have emailed you three times and keep getting an error in your address. Please email me at school. Hopefully we will connect.
Weather is cold here as well. I stay inside and keepwarm!! It will get better.
Hello to all classmates of 68!! | Joyce Carroll | | 01-11-2004 |
| It's 5 above here and that's plenty cold enough for me! It's only gone below zero one time in the nearly 16 years we've been here. I'm hoping it gets out of these frigid single digits soon. I worked very hard in my career to get promoted out of the P.I. area because we hated the severity of the winters so much. If it stays like this long, we might be looking at real estate further south again! This is really making us anxious to leave for our Florida stay next month.
As a kid, I loved the frigid weather that provided wonderful skating rinks on the nearby potato fields. Also, the colder it was, the faster the cardboard "sleds" would go down the hill! My how the perspective has changed.
Stay warm! ;-) | Myrna Condon | Dartmouth, Ma. | 01-10-2004 |
| Thanks Neal
Just chalk it up to a lousy memory. Heck I even forgot that Sharon had an older brother. I have to look on my shirt to remember my own name and I cant remember if it is really Haines or Fruit of The Loom??? LOL
:confused: Peace Arch | Arch | Joshua TX | 01-10-2004 |
| Go PATRIOTS! Football weather. 0 degrees | Bill S | Patriots Nation | 01-10-2004 |
| ARCH You have the two Bobs mixed up Dick worked for Bob McPherson and Bagley worked for Bob McEntee. | N Clark | Silver Springs FL | 01-10-2004 |
| Hi Arch!! My dad started Mapleton Bldg and Supply, latter Mapleton hadware. Far as I know Bob Bagley never worked for Bob Mcpherson, bobs two way, In PI. My sister Sharon was married to Johnnie Hoffses, but I left there in 1960 and moved To Island Falls. | Dick DeLong | Florida | 01-10-2004 |
| Vern and (my brother) Waldo, I remember going out with friends at night in winter, knowing that it was -40. Sure, it felt really cold and you would breathe with your tongue up so that your windpipe wouldn't freeze, but we were out of the house and with friends who did't want to admit it was too cold. I think it may have been around 1969 or 1970 that I remember it staying -40 for a week or so. Also, Dad would warn me just before I drove off during a snowfall, that it was going to snow 6". I would think, "oh, just 6 inches."
How about the flat, flat ledge of the snowbanks, cut by the wing of the plow? We used to walk partway down Burlock Road on those. After a few days of sub-freezing temps they were hard enough to hold us up and as flat as highways. But if a plow came up the road, we'd have to run all the way back home because the rest of the bank was high and the snow behind it so deep, they'd not have found us til spring.
I like the thought of the field strawberries. There is nothing like them. It sure took a lot of picking to fill a pan, but the work was worth it. Harriet | Harriet (Libby) Bitar | Southington CT | 01-10-2004 |
| Found as I was surfing
Peace Arch | Arch | TX | 01-10-2004 |
| :eek: Thought I'd see how the other half lived. Thinking of moving to you're neck of the woods. | Brian Conroy | Los Angeles | 01-10-2004 |
| Dick DeLong
Bagley must have worked at Bobs Two Way after you did. If you were a classmate of his then I should remember you but I dont. I went to school with Roger and Barry? any relation?
Peace Arch | Arch | | 01-10-2004 |
| Hi all--am hoping to retire up to the PI area as my daughter and her family have been in Mars Hil for the past 3 years. What horror stories of the cold. My husband (now deceased) used to to tell me about that except that he was from the NW part of Minnesota. I guess 30 below there was the norm during the winters. He did not appreciate getting up at 4 am. to milk cows (by hand) in that kind of weather. I guess that's why he always wanted to retire in Florida. Unfortuntely he never made it. Too hot and humid for me though! At least when it's cold, you can"add" When it's so hot the only thing you can do is hibernate in the airconditioning.
cb | carolyn budziszewski | | 01-09-2004 |
| It is a curious observation that it is only those people “from away” that have those fond memories of the winters in the county. I remember it being just a little different from what other folks are remembering. I remember the cold being, well, cold. Now the snow WAS beautiful, when observed through the eyes of an eight year old on the morning of a school closure. That same snow observed by a teenager on a Friday evening when they wanted to go out with friends, just didn’t have the same appeal. Dark at 4:30 PM was just, ugh. Winter fashion, brown snow banks and slush are all topics for future study.
Fess-up, which of you tasted the rock salt?
Now the summers… no, I MEAN after the mud season but before the black flies. Now, that’s the place to be. It was pure paradise. A warm breeze blowing from the Aroostook River, a rich blue sky with soft white clouds that you could almost touch and the smell of wild strawberries growing along the field. Close your eyes for one second and chase away the sub zero temperature.
But wait, I’m from away. ;-) | Vern Hall | Houston | 01-09-2004 |
| And how about making snow ice cream with sugar and vanilla out of the new fallen snow. It was so much fun and tasted so good!! Another thing I remember about the winters is how beautiful the lights looked reflected in the snow. I flew home one Christmas years ago, and I have never seen anything more beautiful than the ground as we were coming in to land. And when the moon is full, and there is snow on the ground, it is nearly as bright as day. What wonderful memories! | Marian | | 01-09-2004 |
| How about eating icicles? Yummy!! And snow!! | pam ashley | | 01-09-2004 |
| Hi arch, I was a classmate of Bob Bagleys and graduated MHS class of 57 but worked for a different Bob in PI for a couple of years. | dick delong | florida | 01-09-2004 |
| Waldo
If it was back in the early 50s it probably was. I came home on leave in 62 0r 63 and what time I was home it averaged 40 below at night and the warmest it got during the day was -15.
Dick DeLong, you must have worked with Bob Bagley there at Bobs Two Way.
Peace Arch | Arch | Joshua TX | 01-09-2004 |
| LCD carol and i are cuz's. in 1960 I was working for Bobs Two way radio, later Aroostook communications and we installed a two way radio system for your dad, at the office , in the trucks, and his own car. In installing in his car I accidentlly drilled thru his gas tank. Of course it had to be repaired and my boss was not happy. That was part of my education in the school of hard knocks. Ha Ha. | Dick DeLong | florida | 01-09-2004 |
| Hi Dick DeLong,
Coury Oil Co was my Dad. That was back in Fort Kent. When we moved to PI he was a beer distributor on the base. Are you related to Carol? We graduated in 63.
Linda
Nice place to be living this time of year. | LCD | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 01-09-2004 |
| Good morning to LCD in Wilkes Barre Pa. Any connections to the Coury oil co back in 1960? | Dick DeLong | Florida | 01-09-2004 |
| Hey Ray in Sinclair,
Don't be a woos. Stick your tongue on a parking meter. Blame Richard Ya Right,,,We know you tried it too. Are you in the deep freeze as well. We complain at 17 this morning. Heard on the news that Bangor was a -3. Has to be colder in your neck of the woods. Hope you and your wife had a HAPPY HOLIDAY.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, PA | 01-09-2004 |
| Arch, I wonder if the same winter you saw -53 in Mapleton was the one in which we had -56 at our place in Presque Isle, at the end of the Burlock Road. -Lowest I've seen in a lifetime (so far.) The Watson kids, who lived at the bottom of the road, said it was -60 at their place. Fortunately, at -30 or lower there was never any wind, and it wasn't all that uncomfortable if you bundled up well and didn't move too fast. (Don't go to N.Dakota and expect the same.)
The fire horn in PQI used to blow the two-digit number of the fire-alarm box closest to the incident. -First digit, pause, second digit, and then repeat. Might the purpose have been to inform volunteer firemen of where to join the rest of the force?
-Anyone remember the special sound from firing a rifle at say 30 below? It sounded like the bullet was tearing through the air, and it would continue for about 4 seconds. | Waldo Libby | Forest Grove, OR | 01-09-2004 |
| Nice to know I'm not the only whack job in Northern Maine. Glad to hear so many of you went home at the end of a day with only half a tongue left. Were we all nuts or what?????
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | PA | 01-08-2004 |
| talking about getting tougue stuck... remember in A Christmas Story ... the kid stuck to the flagpole? FUNNY movie!! | marc libby | phoenix | 01-08-2004 |
| :-) My hubby, Raymond, from Ft Kent, says that Linda (he knows her) was not the only one to get her tongue stuck, his brother Richard did also. | Mrs. Raymond Bouchard | Sinclair, ME | 01-08-2004 |
| My sister learned the lesson of the tongue for all of us :p hehe I also learned the best removal method...._Warm water!!_ works like a charm :cool: | ShivaWolf | Subzero location | 01-08-2004 |
| Linda....
Any kid who achieved the age of 11 or so stuck his or her tongue on something metal and had a tough time pulling away. My time occurred down on State St. by the RR tracks right before one crosses the bridge. I was coming from skating on the river and put my tongue on the large metal thing-a-ma-bob which holds the wooden blades (blades?) which come down to hold the traffic back when the train passes across a street. Somehow all that portion of my tongue left there grew back...... | DG | PI | 01-08-2004 |
| I remember as a kid walking over a bridge in Fort Kent to go to school when it was twenty below zero. My question to anyone out there is this!!!!! Was I the only idiot who stuck her tongue on a parking meter, just to see what whould happen???? Was anyone else as nuts as I was.....We use to think that was really cool. Just wondering????
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 01-08-2004 |
| Meredith, I remember the fire whistle/horn that would blow. You would count how many ie. long/short whatever, and that would determine something, but I don't remember what? I wonder how many other small towns in America ever had that? It's nice to read these guestbook entries 'cause it brings back all of these memories that we seem to forget as the years go by. I get a warm/cozy & nostalgic feeling when I remember growing up in such a great place as Aroostook County and always love going back every other year in the summer time. Been spoiled as far as the winters go after living in California!
They certainly don't have those snowbanks up to the rooftops anymore do they? And remember those HUGE icesicles hanging from the roofs? They were deadly! | C. Clair | Calif. | 01-08-2004 |
| I miss Northern Lights. There is too much electricity produced lighting where I am. I hear you have a good view up there. You are so lucky in that respect. | jane w | | 01-08-2004 |
| Last year my co-workers son participated in the events in Fort Fairfield. They enjoyed the area and the people. He does plan to come to Aroostook County again this winter. It is wonderful to have a place to be proud of!! See you have snow tonight! | Rebecca Lunney Guernsey | Anchorage, Alaska | 01-08-2004 |
| On the positive side of the sub-zero temperatures....the skies can be so pretty. The colors and soft light combine to given an effect that you don't see any other time of year. | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 01-07-2004 |
| We're really warm here on the coast. It's going to be above zero for the next few days, I think it might go as high as 3 or 5 degrees. But the windchill is going to make it feel about -20.
Do you remember some of these memories of cold weather in PI? Smoke from chimnies would be stalled in the air straight above the chimney. Cracking sounds from the basement walls or the house protesting the cold, being able to hear noises from miles away. I remember when PI had the fire whistle and the horn that would blow certian combinations of numbers to tell the location of a fire. We could hear that "call" very easily out on the Burlock Rd. and knew where the firemen would be headed.
Hey, did you know that snot and tears can freeze in those frigid temps? Yup! Ah, the memories of the real winters! | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta, Me. | 01-07-2004 |
| HI Folks
Below zero means that you could hear the B&A train blowing for the crossing at Squa Pan Junction from Mapleton. Also if you were out and listened you could hear what sounded like a gun fight, all it was is tree limbs exploding from being frozen. Also when someone said hey your tires are flat on the bottom it didnt meen that you had 4 blowouts.
Mapleton is down in a valley and I have seen min -53 at the school when I was a kid. I sure dont miss the below zero weather AT ALL.
Peace Arch | Arch | Joshua TX | 01-07-2004 |
| 15 Below you go Skinny Diping at Echo Lake NOT. They are calling for -45 with windchills .Bring in the pets. | Jim C | | 01-07-2004 |
| 15 degrees below zero is not really that bad. It's just the way of life there in Aroostook County. I have very good memories of living in the County. Lots of ways to keep warm. How do people stay cool in the south? Same thing really.
I hardly have heat in my house in Tennessee even though it was 10 degrees here this morning. Electric blankets!!
What fun it was to play out in the snow and cold, then go inside with your cheeks rosy-red. Hello everyone. | pam ashley campbell | middle tennessee | 01-07-2004 |
| To Jack B, Jill W and webmaster. On the otherhand, at minus zero temps, if you are brave and tough you go skiing, snowshoeing, snowsledding, ice fishing or just a nice long walk. Brave talking from florida, arn't I. | Dick DeLong | Florida | 01-07-2004 |
| Whoops! I mean "brakes"! | c clair | calif. | 01-07-2004 |
| And when it's way below zero, and you leave your car outside overnight, your breaks are kind of stuck/frozen! Of course you'd better plug in your car, or it's not gonna start! | c clair | calif. | 01-07-2004 |
| As Northern Maine is about to be blasted with Artic Air thru Saturday, I thought I'd respond to the questions regarding below zero temperatures: Below Zero is when your nostrils start freezing together. It's when the snow crunches under your feet. It's when you stay inside if possible :D | Webmaster | Presque Isle, ME | 01-06-2004 |
| I have the same question as below...cannot relate to 15 degrees below zero. What do you do to keep warm? | jane w | | 01-06-2004 |
| Pam,
Not a bad way to spend the winter. I could really handle that. Have a real good time and think of all of us fools freezing to death in this part of the country.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 01-05-2004 |
| Hi all,
Linda,we have a small place in Lady Lake FL. and we stay four months.We stay from Jan.to May.We really enjoy the winters here..Great people and a great park.
CJ,Thanks for the note,I have your phone number and will give you a call.IF your coming my way give me a call.352-259-3464.
Waldo,hello It's Dale Sue's hubby who's going to Iraq.He's not from PI..Roger says hello.
Take care all and have a good week.
Pamela | PJ | PI Maine | 01-05-2004 |
| Just how cold is it when it gets to be in the minus below numbers? | Jack Belicka | Greenwich, Connecticut | 01-05-2004 |
| Good Morning CJ and Pam,
Back to work on a rainy gloomy Monday Morning. Better then the white stuff. Pan are you going to Fl to visit or live. I think we should all move in with Ray and CJ.
Meredith, Good Morning to you as well. Nice to hear from you over the weekend.
DG Are you still on the planet with us?
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 01-05-2004 |
| I live near just off I-5 in the Minihaha area. We don't get the full blast of the Gorge. I have to commute to Beaverton M-F so today could be an ugly drive should the snow start during work hours. First snowflake today and I am out of the office headed home. | Rick B | | 01-05-2004 |
| C-J, my goodness you're certainly staying up late! -Hope you don't mind that I copied your 'phone number down, in hopes we'll be in your corner of the country within the next year or so (just visiting) and may stop by to say "Howdy!" (Since we live so far west, I'm supposed to have learned that term now.)
Pam J, I'm trying to figure who the brother-in-law who has recently gone to Iraq might be. Is it anyone I'd have known around PI from 40+ years ago? Say "Hi!" (-oops! "Howdy!") to Roger for me.
Rick B, are you close enough to the gorge that you'll be in the really cold blast from the "gorge belch?" -Hope you don't get too badly iced up tomorrow or Tuesday. | Waldo Libby | Forest Grove, OR | 01-05-2004 |
| Pam...I hope you'll email me so that we can plan a get together; Lady Lake is only an hour or so away, so we should be able to accomplish this! It would be great to see a smiling face from home!! Or telephone 407-846-7058; leave a message if the machine is on. Would love to see you folks!
Dale and Jude...now that you're down here, the above applies to you folks as well. Give us a hollar; would love to see you!! | C-J McHugh Lougee | Kissimmee, FL | 01-05-2004 |
| PIHS Class of 94 will have a 10 yr reunion July 2-4, 2004. Please email me for more info and/or request the lost classmates list. Thanks in advance for your help! :D | Laura Marx-Valdez | Powder Springs, GA | 01-05-2004 |
| im planning to move there in 2 years, but i will be there this july for vacation. hope to see everyone soon, have a great day. | robert carnish | summerville sc | 01-04-2004 |
| Hi Linda,
Yes I'm from the class of 63, PIHS,Cronkite is the last night.Thanks for the note,hope all is well with you.
Pamela | PJ | Presque Isle Me | 01-03-2004 |
| Hi Pam,
Are you in the class of 63? If so, last name please so I can look you up. Love and prayers to your brother in law as well.
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 01-03-2004 |
| nice to see PI again | george mills | satsuma fl | 01-03-2004 |
| Wishing all a wonderful New Year!!!
Mark Adams,hello from Lady Lake FL.I am finally enjoying some warm weather,so glad to be here.Hope all is well with you Mark,glad to see you found this site.Missed you at our last reunion,this past summer.
LCD..Hope all goes well for your son.My brother inlaw leaves for Iraq next week,they certainly need our prayers.
Take care all,Pamela | Pam J | PI | 01-02-2004 |
| hi everyone. Hope to see you soon. | Joanne Mully | Massachusetts | 01-02-2004 |
| Davo, from Down Under,
I happen to catch your fireworks on TV. The view was just gorgeous from the waterfront. Our NY harbor looks sick next you your area. Hope you had a Happy New Year.
Meridith, Thanks for the paryers and good wishes. I can always count on you.
CJ Miss talking to you and again, thanks, I know you've been there and done that as well. I'm getting it together.
DG, Still waiting for your E-Mail. Where are you??????
Linda | Linda Coury DuMont | Wilkes Barre, Pa | 01-02-2004 |
| Well we got more snow today. Didn't take out the drop top today. Hope this pic works My son Erik, wife Marilyn,Sister in outlaws Terri and Linda | Rick B | Vancouver WA | 01-01-2004 |
| You had snow...none here. Are we gonna have a terrible January do you think? | jane | not in maine | 01-01-2004 |
| Happy New Year, everyone. It looks like you are having a wonderful sunny day there. We are having a muggy, yucky day here. Thanks for letting us enjoy your photos, Rick. Take care. | Marian | Houston,Tx | 01-01-2004 |
| Great Pictures Rick B!!!
I especially like the smart deer picture! :D :p | ShivaWolf | Where the deer are smarter :D | 01-01-2004 |
| Hi Mark Adams,
I hope you are having a great new year. Just think, 4 more years and we'll have another class reunion. I hope we can all be there even if we can't remember why. :-)
Jean, I think your father delivered all 9 of us Libbys. Golly, he had a great catchers mitt, huh. He probably delivered most of the babies in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. He was a very great man. I know my parents thought a lot of him. Some of us were in the same class too.
LDC, my prayers are with you and your son too. We can't wait to hear about his safe return home. Keep us posted on how he is doing.
Happy New Year, Everyone! Meredith | Meredith Libby Carr | Damariscotta, Me. | 01-01-2004 |
| Hi to all, in and around the Houlton area. Just a note to let anyone who know me that I am still alive and well living in the Boston area with my two boys. John and Kevin. I am a graduate of the class of 1975. | Dale Hanson | Winthrop, Mass. outside Boston | 01-01-2004 |
| Well, some of us still had to work. Even with a headache. Oochie mama! Need water. Rick, it rains 250 days a year out there, you should have that top down when you can. Your Seahawks gonna do it out there in Green Bay? I'll be in Houston Feb 1st with the Patriots. Boo Yea! | Bill S. | Work | 01-01-2004 |
| Y`all have a Safe and Prosperous New Year
Peace in the New Year Arch & Mikki :cool: | Arch | Joshua TX | 01-01-2004 |
