Celebrating the joys of life in Maine.
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15
Oct
A cross-over post, but I am pretty proud of this. Mainly because it took me an absurd amount of time to write. Some of Maine’s greatest people all in one place! You’re welcome.
25
Aug
caro:
DAILY DOSE OF SUMMER. And four months till Christmas!This is awesome!
11
Aug
Stephen Colbert interviews Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree in his Better Know a District series. Pingree represented Maine with dignity and humor — just as we expected she would!
30
Jun
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Today it was announced that the state of Maine, known predominantly for Stephen King, lobster rolls and silly accents, has ordered 64,000 MacBooks for students in grades 7-12. An additional 7,000 laptops are planned for the coming weeks.
The initiative- aka the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI)- may just be the world’s biggest educational technology program of its kind. Even cooler is that Apple plans to hook Maine up with educational software, technical support, repair and replacement, so the pimply rugrats don’t even have to drag their cranberry-bogging selves to the Genius bar.
In a statement, Education Commissioner Sue Gendron said boringly:
“We have seen incredible success with our middle schools showing increased student engagement and achievement with MLTI in place and we want to bring this same opportunity to our high schools. This is not just about technology, it’s about using the technology to support education.”
Not so hot is the fact that only half of the state’s districts plan to participate in the initiative. Places you’ve read about in It and Needful Things such as Portland, Bangor and Augusta are seeking permission hook a brother up using stimulus funds to get the MacBooks for their oddly-speaking youngsters. It would be pretty awesome if that happened, because the lucky kids in Maine get to take their shiny new MacBooks home for homework, online teaching sessions and other edumacational stuff.
No one said what I really wanted to know- are they going to stick porn filters on them or something lame like that?
Fifty-two Maine lighthouses will be open to the public on Saturday, Sept. 12, as part of the first Open Lighthouse Day.
The event is designed to attract visitors to the state’s lighthouses and raise public awareness of Maine’s maritime heritage.
Gov. John Baldacci, representatives of the Coast Guard and state tourism officials will announce details of the day at a press conference at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth.
U.S. Lighthouse Service artifacts will be on display and a retired lighthouse keeper will attend the press conference.
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25
Jun
The Red Claws, Maine’s new NBA D-League basketball team, unveiled new logo today. What can I say, I think even Shaq is sad not to be playing for this team.
09
Jun
Maine’s last one-room school house closes for the summer — and for good
28
May
The 10 Tastiest Lobster Shacks in Maine (via):
Maine’s Legislature has passed what would be the first law in the nation to make fluorescent light bulb manufacturers responsible for recycling the burned out bulbs and the mercury they contain.
Similar bills are now pending in Massachusetts and Vermont, and there are ongoing efforts to create a national recycling effort.
“The Maine Legislature has once again demonstrated national leadership to prevent toxic pollution,” Matt Prindiville, Clean Production Project director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine, said in a news release. “This bill gives consumers a quick, easy and free way to recycle energy-efficient light bulbs, and it will reduce mercury pollution, which can harm the health of Maine families and our environment.”
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15
May
This song? Where she marries a lobster farmer? See if you can gues who it’s for.
One of the loveliest songs ever. Although, Erica darling, they are called Lobstermen. Not lobster farmers.
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