Preserving Beans and Beets!

Submitted by Nate, Community Blogger & Farm Geek

Friday, August 26th, 2011, 9:01am

It's time to start preserving the harvest on our little farm! The other night my wife and I started the long process of preserving some of the food we've been growing. Karen cleaned and froze green beans and I canned some beets. I used a pressure canner which is always a bit nerve wracking but it worked flawlessly! Enjoy the video!

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First Chair All Stars Play Mostly Brahms

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer

Friday, August 26th, 2011, 7:01am

August 31, 2011
First chair musicians from some of the nation’s top orchestras perform chamber music masterworks. Program: Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, Brahms - Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op. 115, Brahms - Piano Quartet in g minor, Op. 25 Location: Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street. Time: 8 p.m. Cost: Adults, $40-$30; youth ages 18 and younger, $8. Information and tickets: 207-236-2823 or 888-707-2770 or visit www.rocklandstrand.com.

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Blue Angels: Real stars are pilots in the war

Submitted by Around Town Web... on Thursday, August 25th, 7:32 pm

BRUNSWICK, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Thousands of Mainers and tourists will be heading to Brunswick this weekend for the Great State of Maine Air Show. The highlight, of course, is the return appearance of the Navy's Blue Angels precision flying team.

After 65 years of performing, the Blue Angels know they are the big draw at shows like this. But the men and women who are part of that team say what they do is nothing compared to what Navy and Marine Pilots are doing every day in the war zone. Captain Greg McWherter, commanding officer of the Blue Angels, says the stunts they perform use the same basic flying skills and maneuvers taught to every Marine Corps and Navy pilot. He says "nothing compares to a night landing on an aircraft carrier."

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Red Cloak Haunted History Tours

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer

Thursday, August 25th, 2011, 7:10am

Bath, Damariscotta, Wiscasset, Boothbay Harbor, and Camden, ME
Now through October 30, 2011
Enjoy evening lantern-lit walks through mid coast Maine villages, exploring ghosts and history, spirits and mystery. Buildings that once seemed ordinary will take on eerie new dimensions as The Lady in the Red Cloak relates their history and that of the ghostly entities that are said to still reside there. Appropriate for all ages. Location: see website for various meeting points. Time: June - August, 7:30 p.m.; September - October, 7 p.m. Cost: adults, $12; children under 12, $7; children under 5, free. Information: 207-380-3806 or visit www.redcloakhauntedhistorytours.com.

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Family of missing woman searching for answers

Submitted by Tim Goff on Wednesday, August 24th, 6:53 pm

BREMEN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The family of Christiana Fesmire, a young woman missing since July 1st, are speaking out to ask for help finding her.

"It is a disappearance. It's just like someone came and plucked her off the face of the Earth," explained Christiana's father Chester Fesmire. "It's just she's gone, who knows where, and we really need her presence back again. We really need to see her. We want to hold her again."

Christiana was staying with friends in Lewiston. They last saw her on July 1st as she was preparing to go to a family get-together in Rangely for the 4th of July weekend. She never showed up.

"When her friends called and said that they hadn't heard from her either, panic - it was just oh my word, what's going on, where is she?" said her father. "We know that if she could get in touch with us she would."

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Navy is gone but air show is back

Submitted by Chris Rose on Wednesday, August 24th, 6:00 pm

BRUNSWICK, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Every couple of years the Navy was instrumental in bringing up to 100,000 people to the Midcoast with it's air shows featuring the Blue Angels.

With the closure of the Brunswick Naval Air Station the navy is gone, but the agency that now runs the former base is committed to keeping the show.

It's also using the show to try to attract new businesses to the property. Besides the show up the sky, one of the hangars is being opened up for a Business Aviation Expo.

The idea behind the expo is to showcase some of the businesses that have already set up shop at the former naval base and to try to attract new aviation businesses.

"Its an opportunity to show that we are open for business and these are the types of business we would like to see come here", said Steve Levesque of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority.

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Hauling wood... with a Gravely!

Submitted by Nate, Community Blogger & Farm Geek

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011, 8:25am

I cut up some wood that needed to be moved and decided to use my little antique Gravely Model Li to move it! I modified my mowing deck to accept a 2 inch towing ball. This is so I can pull a trailer around. It should be noted that this is not necessarily an "original" Gravely design. All Gravely designs for carts or trailers were much smaller than what you will see in the video so I may be trying to pull a little too much with the size of mine. However I did see official literature that indicated Gravelys were used in the past for pushing cars around a car lot and for moving large pallets of lumber in and out of drying kilns. So HEY! If the Gravely can handle that it surely can handle my trailer with a few rounds of wood in it!

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