Growing Up in Maine Archives - MeInMaine Blog https://meinmaine.com/category/living-in-maine/growing-up-in-maine/ Maine Local Community Blog Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:22:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://meinmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-moose-Maine-32x32.png Growing Up in Maine Archives - MeInMaine Blog https://meinmaine.com/category/living-in-maine/growing-up-in-maine/ 32 32 Maine Loaded With Over 4600, Vinalhaven The Biggest Off Shore Island https://meinmaine.com/2026/01/27/maine-loaded-with-over-4600-vinalhaven-the-biggest-off-shore-island/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maine-loaded-with-over-4600-vinalhaven-the-biggest-off-shore-island Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:22:35 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18554 Vinalhaven Island in Penobscot Bay. Consider you have power half the time on a Maine island parked twelve to fifteen miles off the coast of Rockland in Knox County. Literally every six hours, one side of your island is energized. Then the next half dozen hours, where you live or work you are on own […]

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]]> Traveling To Augusta For Maine Agriculture Farm Trade Show https://meinmaine.com/2026/01/15/traveling-to-augusta-for-maine-agriculture-farm-trade-show/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=traveling-to-augusta-for-maine-agriculture-farm-trade-show Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:04:30 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18540 Climbing on Interstate 95 traveling to Augusta for Maine Agriculture Farm Trade show. Yesterday hitched a ride with my partner Meg who is a New Limerick Maine organic farmer up here in Aroostook County. We climbed in the van and headed down I-95 to attend the Augusta Maine 85th agriculture farm trade show. We met, […]

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]]> Peace. Stillness Of A Maine Winter https://meinmaine.com/2025/12/14/peace-stillness-of-a-maine-winter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peace-stillness-of-a-maine-winter Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:54:03 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18518 Cold fresh air, pure white snow of a Maine winter can do a body and mind good. I remember as a kid the joy of bundling up, putting on hats and mittens hand knit by my mom. To head outside to dig impressive snow tunnels, to make snowmen with brothers, sisters, the neighborhood kids. Playing […]

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]]> Exploring My Area Of Maine On A Minibike Growing Up https://meinmaine.com/2025/10/28/exploring-my-area-of-maine-on-a-minibike-growing-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exploring-my-area-of-maine-on-a-minibike-growing-up Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:30:43 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18483 Growing up in Maine, did you have a minibike? My first minibike was a 3.5 horsepower Briggs and Stratton model. Just a simple, low-cost minibike that was dark green with knobby tires. It has a thick long cushion seat to make up for a serious lack of suspension. No gears, the minibike equipped with a […]

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]]> Blogging About Maine Small Town Peace And Quiet https://meinmaine.com/2025/10/10/blogging-about-maine-small-town-peace-and-quiet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blogging-about-maine-small-town-peace-and-quiet Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:55:12 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18470 Peace and quiet, Maine small town living offers plenty of both. At a state Maine REALTORS convention this past week in Portland, it was great to be in Maine’s largest city for lots of continuing education credits. To rub shoulders, to compare notes with other professionals from around the state is invaluable to my small […]

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]]> Maine High School Class Reunions https://meinmaine.com/2025/08/20/maine-high-school-class-reunions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maine-high-school-class-reunions Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:39:57 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18368 Going back to be with classmates, your Maine high school class reunion. Have you been to a Maine class reunion at whatever school system you finished high school? If you have not, I suggest making every effort to attend your Maine high school class reunion. Some say there is nothing more exciting, rewarding than reuniting […]

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]]> Maine Boy With A Leaking Boot https://meinmaine.com/2025/05/19/maine-boy-with-a-leaking-boot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maine-boy-with-a-leaking-boot Mon, 19 May 2025 14:26:29 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18310 The boy was in rough shape, problems way beyond just a leaky boot. It took two men and another small boy to heft him up and onto an ambulance stretcher. 600 pounds was the legal limit for the gurney. The boy’s over 600 pounds maxed out the stretcher’s legal weight limit warning tag. What happened […]

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]]> All You Need: Quiet Richness Of Small-Town Life In Maine https://meinmaine.com/2025/04/02/all-you-need-quiet-richness-of-small-town-life-in-maine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=all-you-need-quiet-richness-of-small-town-life-in-maine Wed, 02 Apr 2025 18:55:20 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18293 All You Need: Quiet Richness of Small-Town Life in Maine In a world that moves faster every day, there are places where time still respects rhythm. Where the post office is also where you catch up with neighbors, and where the hardware store has what you need—plus the advice to go with it. People care […]

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]]> Thought About Moving Relocation To Maine? https://meinmaine.com/2025/03/13/thought-about-moving-relocation-to-maine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thought-about-moving-relocation-to-maine Thu, 13 Mar 2025 13:39:54 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18267 Thought about moving relocation to Maine? Packing up, heading out and bee lining to the state of Maine. Is it time to trade the chaos of city life for simple living, no traffic, and the natural rural beauty of wide open rural Maine? Maine continues to gain popularity momentum as a top destination for those […]

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]]> Maine | Bean Suppahs, Flannel, Family First https://meinmaine.com/2024/12/26/maine-bean-suppahs-flannel-family-first/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maine-bean-suppahs-flannel-family-first Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:05:09 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18236 Maine, bean suppash, flannel, family first. Maine is a state that wears its identity on its flannel sleeves. For those who have never been, the Pine Tree State might conjure images of lighthouses, lobsters, and postcard-worthy coastlines. While those are quintessential parts of the Maine experience, there’s so much more to this rugged yet welcoming […]

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