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Look out below, here come the sleds

January 20, 2018Newsmaine, outdoors, ski, sled, snow, winter, winterkids
By Troy R. Bennett

WinterKids puts on the annual event dedicated to getting children active outdoors during the cold months.

See winter’s beauty from the back of a sleigh

January 9, 2018Newshorse, jingle bells, maine, sleigh, snow, trail
By Troy R. Bennett

This isn’t just the season of fighting frozen pipes and doing battling with a snow shovel. There’s also quiet beauty in the deep freeze.

Maine’s bitter cold has set the scene for some beautiful photography

January 2, 2018Newsartic, cold, feezing, lovely, maine coast, mist, quaint, sea, smoke, sub zero
By Troy R. Bennett
The Peaks Island ferry heads out on Tuesday morning across Portland Harbor as sea smoke rises around it. Sea smoke is formed when very cold air moves over warmer water. (Troy R. Bennett | BDN)

The Peaks Island ferry heads out on Tuesday morning across Portland Harbor as sea smoke rises around it. Sea smoke forms when very cold air moves over warmer water.

All the weeks in Portland History

January 1, 2018Historyhistory, maine, portland, this week in portland history, troy r. bennett
By Troy R. Bennett

Well, it’s over. My year of looking into Portland’s history, week-by-week, has come to an end. It was a lot of work to pull it together ever week but it was so worth it. I learned a lot and had a ball doing it. Now my noggin is stuffed with obscure facts about this city. […]

My 2017: tick-infested birds, tattooed chests, free weed and unshoveled sidewalks

December 31, 2017Home2017, looking back, maine, portland, troy r. bennett, year end, year in review
By Troy R. Bennett
Top: New tattoos on Andrea Caron’s surgically reconstructed breasts are echoed on the wall at 13 Moons Tattoo Studio in Portland. Bottom: Artist Mary Smaling-Kearns tattoos over a free-handed henna design. (Troy R. Bennett | BDN)

Taking a gander at what I’ve done in 2017, I can hardly believe I had time for it all

He was alone, on fire with a broken back. Hundreds of miles away from the closest city.

December 26, 2017Newsadv, adventure motorcycle, benton, canada, maine, tiger, triumph
By Troy R. Bennett
Eric Foster of Benton stands next to his bike in Augusta last month. He said he's not sure where his next adventure will take him. (Troy R. Bennett | BDN)

He doesn’t remember the crash, his flaming motorcycle or the people who found him lying in the road hours after his accident.

The ship that crashed into Portland Head Light on Christmas Eve

December 24, 2017Historychristmas, christmas eve, maine, portland, santa, shipwreck, this week in portland history
By Troy R. Bennett

You’ve probably seen the painted rock in front of the lighthouse tower. Here’s the story that goes with it.

Snowy weather halts holiday train to North Pole

December 23, 2017Newschristmas, narrow, portland, santa, steam, train, x-mas
By Troy R. Bennett
Colt Stewart throws a water hose to train engineer Bill Piche aboard the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad's Polar Express train on Friday in Portland. The holiday themed train started running ten years ago. (Troy R. Bennett | BDN)

The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum’s last Polar Express trains of the year rolled through a snowstorm on Friday night in Portland. Saturday’s scheduled trains were cancelled due to the stormy weather.

We solved the mystery of why Portland’s statue is missing his scarf. And we fixed it.

December 19, 2017Homebronze, christmas, henry, holiday, longfellow, poem, poet, scarfcold, statue, wadsworth
By Troy R. Bennett

A secretive group has been giving Longfellow a scarf and present every year since 1999.

John Wilkes Booth was in Portland the night the Civil War broke out

December 18, 2017Historyactor, assasination, cad, john wilkes booth, lincoln, maine, portland, this week in portland history
By Troy R. Bennett

Lincoln’s assassin was an actor who previously performed in Maine, where audiences loved him.

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