A front view of the cottage I stayed at while on vacation.
I believe this was taken by niece, Brenda Peabody.
For my fellow expatriot
Maineiacs, I once again make my yearly report of how things stand in the old
home town of Rockland, Maine. If you haven’t been there in a while, you will
find many changes.
This year my
observations show me that the tourist season stayed about the same as last
year. I went a little later this year, the week after the Festival, but there
were still a fair amount of out-of-town people and “boat people” in evidence.
I volunteered this year
at the Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors show. The harbor was full of boats of
all kinds, some belonging to the show and some to visitors to the show or other
tourists’ boats. The rain didn’t stop the show from enjoying a full house of
people every day of the three-day event.
In the old neighborhood
of The South End, I took note of the big house, or as I’m told, apartment
house, down at the junction of Ocean and Water Streets. There is also an
experimental house I discovered which was featured at the Boat Show.
I heard disturbing news
that there is a lot of drug activity in the South End. Well, I guess the rep of
the old neighborhood continues in that case. However, drugs are never found in
just one place these days. Every town in the country seems to be infested with
the scourge of drugs. I suspect that you will find bad elements in other parts
of the city too, unfortunately.
Local politics are
gearing up for the next go-around of city officials. Will it be Brian Harding
again or the upstart newcomer who owns and runs the Limerock Inn? The consensus
is that if only the two run, the new guy may have a chance; but if three people
run, Harding will most likely prevail via a split vote between the other two.
We shall see.
I note with pleasure
that my plea for more cell phone towers has been answered—well in part anyway.
It seems that a new tower was erected in Port Clyde and another one is planned
for the area. When I first arrived down at the cottage this year, I could use
my T-Mobile Blackberry. Then towards the end of my visit, I could do nothing.
When I returned to Georgia, it worked fine, however, today I noted that it
isn’t holding a charge very long. Therefore, the problem is probably with my
phone and not the absence of a nearby tower. Guess it’s up to see my phone man
on Monday.
Another concern I had
last year was the state of the roads in mid-coast Maine. Well guess what? The
road to Spruce Head, Rt. 73, has been resurfaced. It now also sports a bright
yellow line to follow and white lines on the sides. To us from away who are
used to a lot of overhead lighting along our regular routes in the city, the
addition of these lines is most helpful.
As for other traffic
problems in the state, the Wiscasset jam still exists and probably will into infinity.
There has to be some solution.
The weather was
beautiful for most of the time while I was home which is a good advertisement
for the area as a tourist mecca. I still love my Great State of Maine dearly
and will always refer to Maine as “home” and a wonderful place to visit. I will
continue to encourage people in these parts and across the country who I meet
on Facebook daily, to come and enjoy our beautiful state.
That’s the report for
this year.
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