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The Walking Architect: 06.11
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A blog from Portland, Maine on design and community, by Evan Carroll. See my. . . What do I live for? I wrote this on May 12th but didn't feel comfortable posting it. Please consider reading the blog of my brother-in-law, Bogart. He inspired this entry. On my most motivated days I live for a chance to make the world a better place where humanity can coexist with nature. On my least motivated days I live for a home cooked meal and a cold beer in the back yard. Every day I live for the change of the seasons.
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Downeast Denizen: January 2011
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A view on life in coastal Maine. Monday, January 31, 2011. The CAT is out of the bay. The CAT is gone, and not just the ferry service between Yarmouth, N.S. and the Maine ports of Bar Harbor and Portland. The high-speed catamaran, which for months has been tied up to the Bay Ferries terminal in Bar Harbor, has disappeared - and Bay Ferries won't say where it went. Local criticism of the boat seemed to fade over the years as it avoided further high-profile mishaps and became a routine part of the seascape...
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Downeast Denizen: December 2010
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A view on life in coastal Maine. Thursday, December 9, 2010. AP photo by Robert F. Bukaty. For anyone who has read previous media stories about RawFaith, today's sinking of the vessel. Off Nantucket will be recognized as the final chapter of the ship's tortuous history. If any vessel seemed doomed, this was the one - despite the determined optimism of its amateur builder and captain, George McKay. Focused on McKay's vision and devotion to the cause and on the boat's striking appearance. Focused on how Mc...
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Downeast Denizen: Miss Nomer
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A view on life in coastal Maine. Saturday, November 26, 2011. The Mount Desert Islander exposed the seedy underbelly of beauty pageants with a revealing item in its paper this week. Well, that might be an overstatement, but the newspaper published an article about the fact that "Miss Bar Harbor" Rani Williamson, who won the Miss Maine USA Pageant last weekend, isn't really from Bar Harbor. At all (Williamson is on the right in the photo above). After the BDN ran a story about the pageant. For those comfo...
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Downeast Denizen: March 2011
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A view on life in coastal Maine. Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Live Lobster, which plans to operate in Prospect Harbor (part of Gouldsboro) as Lobster Web LLC, last week inched closer to its goal of converting the former Stinson Seafood sardine cannery into a lobster processing plant when local selectmen cautiously agreed to endorse a grant for $400,000 in federal CDBG funds (see BDN story. With a change in state laws. That had restricted processing, and with a (resulting) new product. I don't know if the wom...
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Downeast Denizen: Assessing the Valuation
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A view on life in coastal Maine. Monday, January 23, 2012. Prompted by a question from my friend Mario, I've been rummaging around during the past several days on the Town of Bar Harbor's assessing database. Looking up information about who owns what and how much the town thinks it is worth. In particular, I was looking for property assessment information. During my rummaging, I also came across the 2011 state valuation figures. The highest municipal valuations in the state ( $1B). Upcoming talk and READ...
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Downeast Denizen: The Odd Death of Rev. Bob Carlson
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A view on life in coastal Maine. Tuesday, November 15, 2011. The Odd Death of Rev. Bob Carlson. Is just stunning to me. Before I say anything else, I need to point out that I never met Rev. Bob Carlson and have no idea whether the allegations. That are starting to leak out are true or just absolute falsehoods. To being a dead preacher accused of sexually abusing children. It boggles the mind. BDN: 800 attend Carlson funeral at Orrington church. BDN: Carlson investigation to stay open. To be held Friday.
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Downeast Denizen: Concordia Catastrophe
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A view on life in coastal Maine. Wednesday, January 18, 2012. This is a nightmare situation anywhere. Although why it was so might still be debatable, there's no debating that the Costa Concordia was too close too shore before it ruptured its hull and then tilted over. Still, I wonder if a future training exercise might imagine a more disastrous scenario off MDI. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Maine: Democrats have big fundraising advantage in battle for legislature. Salarius Maine Sea Grant. There ...
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Downeast Denizen: Irene Cometh
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A view on life in coastal Maine. Sunday, August 28, 2011. Irene was my grandmother's name, for whatever that's worth. My grandmother was a lot nicer than I think this storm will be. I just left a movie theater in Bar Harbor, where it was pouring rain and thought "already? Hurricanes Bob in 1991 and Gloria in 1985 are two that come to mind. In Bar Harbor that is due to crest a few minutes before 11 pm tomorrow has some potential for causing problems, as do the predicted 70 mph wind gusts. My house is up t...
