Letters Home by Elizabeth Craig
Plan ahead, prepare for crowds and allow time for delays. We all know how to travel during the upcoming holidays. Once we rush past Labor Day, Halloween looms ominously and then Turkey Day is here with Black Friday shopping, Christmas gifts and the ring of bells filled with hopeful resolutions. The communities of those homebodies ...
The ever clinging winter has finally released us and spring is rushing by. We are catching up to summer and that of course, means school breaks, excellent weather and summer trips. Whether a road trip or flight, follow some of these easy tips to make booking your trip less stressful and way more fun! 1) ...
Having traveled before, I considered myself well versed in the dos and don’ts of travel. We arrived in Rouen and had been staying at a hostel, for a week or so, until we could find an affordable apartment. We finally located a great little studio. The landlord was friendly (and obviously enjoyed his more-than-occasional glass ...
Ready for the “411” on the new direction of the Good News-paper? Those of you reading this article are probably familiar with the story of Nikki and Grace who have taken positive thinking to a new level. To you new readers who are lucky enough to have picked up this edition – here is a ...
To monitor Maine’s spectacular autumn foliage, residents and visitors can go to http://www.mainefoliage.com, a site run by the Maine Department of Conservation (DOC). The DOC expects that colors will be typical this season, with peak conditions the last two weeks of September in northern Maine and the first weeks of October in the rest of ...
By Kathy Rivers You are on vacation in beautiful Bar Harbor Maine. Acadia National Park awaits you. How do you plan your day so you can see all the sights? While thinking about this, you start walking down Main St. As you do so, something catches your eye. It is a green and maroon trolley ...
I was sitting at my computer waiting for some software to load so that I could continue once more with my daily work. An email from my dad popped up. It was a forward that I would normally delete; however this one touted the most beautiful river in the world. Believing that anything involving foreign ...
Let me give you a little history on the Maine Lumberjack Show, and Timber Tina. Now many of us got our first introduction to Timber Tina when she made her debut on the CBS hit show, Survivor. (Tina, we HATED to see you go so early! We were all routing for you! That’s ok, girlfriend… ...
By Nadine Preston About 10 years ago, my mother came home from a weekend with friends and said “Barry, I want a kayak.” We all looked in amazement as she said this, and we wondered why she had such a sudden urge to go kayaking. She told a story of her and her friends taking ...
I am never much alone anymore so I forget how to move as an individual. My days are surrounded by roommates, my boyfriend, my coworkers, and strangers at a grocery store. Last weekend, one of my roommates asked me to ride along on a quick, same day trip to Louisville, KY. It has only been ...
