These were my favorite of the display pieces this year. Sunday, October 11th. Including a couple of artists still working.

He's independent my ass. Why didnt he speak up when Jarrod Golden was Swatted. And Susan Collins didn't speak up ether. Oh their picking on poor Susan Collins thier saying bad things about her based on her record. SO BILL GREEN GO FUCK YOURSELF. OH AND BILL GREENS OUTDOORS SUCKED!!!

This will affect my patients in Maine that can't afford expensive brand name meds except via Canada. More will be affected next year when they can no longer afford insurance or lose Mainecare.

Per one source quoted in the article, you can still drive to Quebec or New Brunswick and bring back a 90 day supply for now.

Sorry, can’t find a gift link on the Wall Street Journal page

For me, it’s the movie Reptile (2023) with Benicio Del Toro, and the 4th Season of The Sinner. Both have good plots, however Reptile is supposed to take place in Scarborough, something I found out only after the movie, since it does such a terrible job of portraying Maine (believe the entire thing was filmed in Georgia). And the Sinner. Not actually that bad, some parts did actually feel like Maine but I remember watching it with people, and there’s a flashback to a character running away from her small island town to Portland, and they show her in the middle of a crazy night life in this packed and giant night club with lasers and strobes everywhere and we almost fell off the couch laughing.

Lawsuit*

Typo, my bad.

Less than a month before the midterms, a large dark money group is sending copies of a partisan newspaper to thousands of Maine voters who never signed up to receive it.

The Maine Independent is nondescript. Its masthead is plain in black and white. It includes crosswords and recipes among its 12 pages. But the paper has no explanation of who’s behind it, no statements about its mission, and no reason why it wound up on voters’ doorsteps.

Despite its moniker, it is far from an independent local news organization, both in its funding and its politics.

Read the full story by Dylan Tusinski at PressHerald.com

It's basically a 15-20 lb pinewood derby racer, with a few challenges due to the size and shape of the race cars. There were 102 racers up to age 17.

The races are won or lost coming out of the gate. Roll straight, and you can win. Get crosswise and you may not make it to the asphalt. Note the blue pumpkin seemingly popping a wheelie in the last image. That's a bounce caused by the step coming down the end of the ramp. Most DNFs happened here.

There were also artwork categories.

A friend wants me to watch Best Medicine (I think that's the name of the show) because they're really into tv shows and movies that accurately portray accents and regional cultures and want to know how good a job I think the show does or doesn't do. I know it isn't filmed in Maine and my expectations aren't high, but if its as bad as I'm expecting I'd like to have some ideas to suggest to my autistic buddy that will fill that niche.

Fascinating article about a Tourette's-like affliction common among French-Canadian lumberjacks in Northern Maine during the 1800s. https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-jumping-frenchmen-of-maine

Some great archival photos as well.

Just curious as to opinions on here.

I’ve never been hunting before (grew up in a vastly different area). Though I’m kind of curious to start giving it a shot. (No pun intended)

Is there groups or something where people learn the basics and such alike? Obviously I don’t really want to go out into the woods with just some singular random with a gun lol.

Ik a few of my coworkers hunt, though that seems/feels pretty awkward to just be like “can I tag along” especially given I don’t even know them super well and I’ve never hunted/don’t know what I’m doing.

It’s not like it’s some dire bucket list need or whatever, I’m sort of just curious and it’s more of a if the right opportunity came up.

@afterdarkcinemaclub for more details

A longtime singer and songwriter, Anni Clark is playing at Cadenza in Freeport this Saturday night. It is an early event and inexpensive. Anni has published seven albums over her long career in Maine and is a folk type of artist. I'm just throwing this out because navigating the "older years" is very different than when she was actively performing in the Portland club scene (think Horsefeathers and Amigos). This isn't an advertisement for Anni or Cadenza. My wife and I will be attending the show and hoping other people show up to have a good time. If you have not heard of her go to https://anniclark.com to see if this is of interest. I have often read on here that people are looking for things to do and this might make a good option for someone.

I'm in York County, and lately there are a ton of slugs on my front porch. This is a new thing that hasn't ever really been an issue before. Is there any particular thing that attracts slugs?

Anyone know of any crafting/sewing/quilting clubs?

Hi all. I am looking for a recommendation for a urologist to get a cystoscopy for a 12 mm (aka 1.2 cm) kidney stone. I have been scheduled to get it done in a different state a couple times, but it hasn’t happened for various reasons. Now a parent & I are up here, near Scarborough, looking to move here. Anyway, if anyone has any recommendations, I’d be incredibly grateful.

Thanks in advance

Spread the word! Night Frights LA is coming back to do a Halloween themed event on October 23rd.

Bissell Brothers Brewery from 5-11pm. Message for tickets as this event is free!

Play some special trivia, take photos on our red-carpet, shop from our vendors, and enjoy the vibe of spooky season at your one-stop-shop of horror.

Some of the claims are so off the rails that I really want to read the wording of the votes they're referencing.

I live in the 2nd district at the end of a long driveway through the woods, house not visible from the road. Imagine my surprise when a young Black man knocked on our front door yesterday wanting to know did I intend to vote (of course), who was I going to vote for (rather not say since I didn't know him), and what is my one issue that I think needs fixing. I missed an opportunity to say "stop the war with Iran" since most of my MAGA neighbors are probably saying so and I could have piled on. Instead I said, fully funding education, housing & health care.

Asked him who he was working for and he said a lot of mumbo jumbo that ended with: aligned with Republicans but not working directly with any candidates.

It's the second such canvasser we've had. The first was a few weeks ago and was a white man with a deep southern accent. So I guess my conclusion is that the PACs supporting Collins didn't spend all their money on ad buys in Portland, Oregon. They are wasting it chasing votes in my zip code which doesn't have enough voters in it to make much difference in the outcome of the election.