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Summertime in the BelgradesContentsfor Printing
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To draw the attention of Maine citizens and visitors to the importance, value and fragility of Maine's more than 6,000 lakes, Governor John Baldacci has proclaimed July, 2004 Lakes Awareness Month. For suggestions on observing Lakes Month, read this commentary by Maggie Shannon, Executive Director of the Maine Congress of Lake Associations (COLA), on the Maine COLA web site.
When the sun sets on Smithfield, it lights up a unique landmark, which is among the region's oldest. Sunset Camps, an historic, family-oriented cabin community and the only public beach in the Belgrade Lakes chain is 90 years old this summer.
Maine is a mosaic of many Indian names, legends, and places, every so often chronicled and woven together by an author who successfully interconnects some of these fragments into their rightful place in history. Such is the case with Mollyockett, a fictionalized reconstruction of her life and times by Pat Stewart.
"I specialize in lies," jokes Yankee humor guru, Norbert Twitchell of Vienna. "Endearing tales" is actually a better description of the quips he reels off about life in rural Maine, drawing on his own upbringing as a native of Oxford County. Redisplay This Page in Printer-Friendly Format <-- Previous • Home • All 2004 Issues • Next --> | ||||||
