March 20, 2013 The Saturday, March 23, is a global event where everyone on Earth can help conserve energy, Earth Hour. It’s easy to participate, all you have to do is turn off your lights for one hour between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Millions of people around the world will turn their lights off in homes, office and government buildings, to celebrate Earth Hour, and have been doing so since 2007, the first year of the event.
March 20, 2013 Last Thursday, President Obama attended a luncheon put on by the GOP and Maine Senator Susan Collins. It was a Maine feast with Lobster salad from the University of Maine and a Maine specialty, Blueberry Pie plus ice cream and chips, but the President didn’t have a bite to eat…why? His official taste tester didn’t make the luncheon with him so he didn’t eat. He did compliment Senator Collins on the spread but declined to eat.
March 19, 2013 Potato Chip day was held March 14 to celebrate the chip that got its start as the Saratoga Chip. The name comes from Saratoga, New York, where at a lodge there the first chips were made. As the story goes, Native American chef, George Crum, made the first chips after a customer sent back his potatoes complaining they were too thick. The chef being temperamental was angry at the customer and decided to slice the potatoes extremely thin and fry them to teach the customer a lesson.
March 19, 2013 Hundreds of Maine maple trees have been flowing sap for weeks and the Maine sugar shacks are ready to show us all of the tasty treats that they have to offer. The Maine Maple Producers Association has announced that Maine Maple Sunday will be held this Sunday, March 24, 2013.
March 17, 2013 The Taste Of Country Music Festival at Hunter Mountain New York is coming up on June 13th, 14th and 15th. It's the northeast's only 3-day country music festival. Central Maine's number 1 country, B-98.5, has your chance to win tickets!
March 15, 2013 The United States' cheese championships were held in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and it was a local cheese made in Thorp, Wisconsin that won first place. Merieke Pentermand, of Holland’s Family Cheese, won the top prize with Marieke Mature Gouda. More than 1,700 cheeses were entered for the cheese championship with everything from Gouda, to pepper-flavored to smoked cheeses.
March 14, 2013 It was in 1950 the FBI came out with their Ten Most Wanted Fugitive list to publicize dangerous criminals, basically the toughest guys the FBI wanted to capture.
March 14, 2013 The country of China and Walt Disney Company are partnering to build the Shanghai Disney Resort at a cost of $4.4 billion. This will be a first for Disney in mainland China with a completion date set for 2018. The Shanghai Shendi Group of China will own 57 per cent of the resort and Disney the rest and the financing will be proportional to the investments. Disney will hold 70% of the management company though.
March 12, 2013 Marshmallow Peeps, the Easter treat, is turning 60 years old this year. The Peep was invented by the Rodda Candy Company in 1953, a year later it was bought by the current owner, Just Born. Bob Born, the owner, liked the way the Peeps looked, so he bought the company in 1954. Born had a machine made that would mass produce the Peeps and trademarked the name.
March 11, 2013 Since 1999, the first day after Daylight Saving Time is National Napping Day. For everyone the time change means more sunlight at the end of the day, but for some, it means they lost an hour of sleep and they need rest. If you are feeling the effects of the time change, then take a nap.
