5 weeks ago It will be the slowest computer in the world when it’s completed, but it will be able to keep accurate time for 10,000 years, that is why it’s called the 10,000-year clock. The official name is the Clock of the Long Now, and is the brainchild of Danny Hillis, who wanted a clock that would use the sun to keep time and have a century hand that will advance once every 100 years.
April 19, 2013 With the manhunt going on for the Boston Marathon bomber and all the news stories covering everything from childhood friends of the suspects to their travel to Russia, a nice story comes from the Boston Marathon tragedy. It happened to a principal at Hamilton Elementary School in Michigan. Dr. Pam Mathers, 62, ran 25.79 miles of the 26.2-mile marathon when the explosions occurred and she was unable to cross the finish line.
April 19, 2013 The Androscoggin Bank Colisee will be the site for a 35-bout New England Fights mixed martial arts card scheduled for May 18th. The event was approved this week by the Combat Sports Authority of Maine.
April 19, 2013 Two of your favorite Maine Forest Rangers will be participating in the Pappa's 5K Run/Walk happening Saturday at Messalonskee High School. North Woods Law is a popular televsion on Animal Planet that features Maine Forest Rangers just doing their job...and the country loves it!
Officers Kris McCabe and David Ross will do the run! They'll sign autographs after.
April 18, 2013 David Carlson, like many of us, was saddened by Monday's events in Boston. Then he asked himself, what can I do to help? David came up with a unique, yet brilliant idea. Carlson posted on beeradvocate.com, a website for beer enthusiasts, 'Let's start healing by dealing free beer'.
April 17, 2013 Who says you can't get anything for free anymore? Starting on Monday, April 22, the University of Maine at Augusta Jazz and Contemporary Music Program will present "UMA Music Concerts", a series of free concerts.
April 17, 2013 Ancestory.com did a little digging to find out what popular girls names from the past you don’t see or hear much anymore. These are names that were common in their day, but aren’t as common now. The names aren’t strange or hard to spell; they are now considered ‘vintage’ names.
April 9, 2013 It’s amazing to think that milk first appeared in glass bottles for the first time in the United States 1879 and was a big improvement in hygiene and convenience. Before milk came in a bottle, people would buy it as a bulk item usually from a keg or bucket and put it in any type of container they had. The new method of delivery caught on fast with some states requiring milk to be sold in a bottle by the first decade of the 20th century.
April 8, 2013 It Was Mickey Mantle that once said; ‘Hank Aaron is the best ball player of my era’. That’s saying a lot considering the players he played with, like Joe DiMaggio and Roger Maris, but like Mantle said, he never got his due. His nickname was “Hammerin’ Hank”, and for 23 years played for the Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers and was regarded as one of the greatest hitters of all time.
Thank you central Maine! What a wonderful day, Sunday April 7, at our first annual Electricity Maine KidFest presented by Catholic Charities of Maine.
