October 11, 2013 The boats are ready to go and so are the crews but they are just sitting and waiting for the Government shutdown to be resolved. The federal shutdown means no crabbing permits can be handed out to the dozens of boats ready for red king crab season in Alaska.
October 8, 2013 With the cooler weather settling into northern New England, nothing quite hits the spots like a homemade soup. Here's the cooking for guys' version of homemade soup. Basically if you can boil water, open a can and cut an onion and sausage, you can make this minestrone soup.
October 6, 2013 Federal Sequestration in March had cut over $85,000 from the Spectrum Generations Meals on Wheels program. Seven months after the government cuts, fundraising, donations have restored the program to full strength.
October 1, 2013 It was a week late arriving at the International Space Station by Orbital Science Corp’s unmanned cargo ship, the Cygnus, docked with the Space Station. The ship should have docked last Sunday following its launch on September 18th but a navigation glitch kept it from docking.
September 30, 2013 What a BEAUTIFUL day it was yesterday! A perfect one for the very first day of the 162nd Fryeburg Fair to open on yesterday.
And what a fair it is!
You can't see it all in one day. Heck, you can't see it all in a WEEK! I ran into my friends Ricky and Tracy Austin of Norridgewock and Patty and Randy Dicker of Albion. They are both spending the week there in their campers. How lucky are they? But for us, we only had the day so we made the most of it!
September 25, 2013 Scientists have discovered that plants can communicate with each other to warn against potential danger. The plants that have this function seem to be ground plants like strawberries, clover and reed, plants that have horizontal stems. They grow on, or in, the ground, and they can share information.
September 24, 2013 It's called Auto-Brewery Syndrome, a condition that is rare, indeed, but a condition that makes it seem like someone has had a few too many beers when they haven’t had any at all. A 61 year old man in Texas has the condition where his stomach produces brewer's yeast making him seem drunk.
September 20, 2013 Join B-98.5 this evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Tobey's Groceries on Route 3 in South China. A fundraising event will be going on for one of their employees, Kevin the meat cutter, who is undergoing treatment for cancer.
September 19, 2013 Did you know it's an art form? Not me.
I never made s'mores as a kid. We never had extra money for things like that. So, when I met Chad he taught me about many things.
Including how to make the PERFECT S'more!
September 17, 2013 The apples are ready for picking and let the cider flow! One of my favorite childhood memories is the whole family getting together in the station wagon and going to our local apple orchard. We never picked apples, put we sure did down the cider and the apple pie! Many orchards having apple picking, hay rides and baked goods.Here's a guide of apple orchards throughout Central Maine.