wendell ( wendell1017@yahoo.com ) -- umatilla, FL
1/30/12 -- 12:52:20 AM

Would Like to Know when Maine Day in Zephrhills,Fl is..  thank you
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Brenda Wiley ( bwiley@maine.rr.com ) -- Saco, ME
1/29/12 -- 02:52:56 PM

On March 3, 2012 we are having "Maine Day" at Ft. DeSoto Park, Tierra Verde, FL at Shelter #5 from 10AM to 4PM.  Bring your own lunch and chairs.
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JWM --  Hudson, FL
01/21/12 -- 09:25:34 PM

Just picked mom up at Tampa airport. She was raised around the Waterville, Winslow area. She was wondering if I knew anyone from that area now living in the New Port Richey area. She's 81, very active and looking to stay busy talking about old times in Maine. Post a message if you care to chat with her. Thanks.
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Sharon Pelkey ( sharonpelkey@bellsouth.net ) -- Albany, GA
12/15/12 -- 07:56:39 AM

We were born and raised in Limestone..live in Georgia now..saw your pic from Saco this morning...wanted to see more home pics that you post!!  Thanks 
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Alice ( carleton@oakland.edu ) -- Rochester, MI
1/11/12 -- 11:48:20 AM

Haven't been heah in awhile!  Born in Old Town, joined the army right out of high school...to San Francisco at the height of the Vietnam War...talk about culture shock!

I've written a book:  Sanctuary of the Soul (poems of anguish, healing, hope, comfort and celebration)....The title means Maine/home to me.  I just ordered a lb of lobstah and the rolls to go with it!  Homesick for 31 yeahs!  Love to hear from anyone from home!  Happy New Year!  Hugs, Alice  ...Please write :)
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Pat ( mainahstwo@aol.com ) -- Ormond Beach, FL
1/7/12 -- 08:23:32 AM

Just returned to Florida from a month in Maine..with family in Portland and So. Portland. Weather was great..mild and no snow.  A few mornings it was warmer there than here in this part of FL. I'm missing family and some of my favorite places...like Pat's Pizza in Scarborough. 

To Katrina in CA....where did you live in So. Portland? Did you attend schools there?

Happy New Years all
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JoAnn -- Madison, ME
12/31/11 -- 11:24:12 AM

Born and raised in Madison, Maine, Went to the Madison schools as di some of my 5 children. Working in CT now and connot wait for my retirement. Recently bought the old homestead and will live out my days there.
Lost everything in a house file a few weeks ago and my daughter knew how much I loved the Maine Christmas Song CD she had bought me. It went up with everything else, so for Christmas she bough me a new one.
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Charles Day ( mainer63@verizon.net ) -- Brunswick, MD
12/28/11 -- 04:13:26 PM

Have not posted in a long while (a couple of years).  Thought I would catch up on the news from those of us in exile.  We go home to Peru each summer, this year stayed through the Fall.  It was wonderful and enjoyed every colorful leaf I could see.  It has been 46 years since I saw “the color” and it was truly wonderful.
For those who live in the D.C. area consider joining the Maine State Society.  Many activities that bring a bit of Maine back to our lives - bean supper, lobster feed, clean up at the Maine memorials at Gettysburg, wreath laying and clean up at Arlington Cemetery, the list goes on . . .
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cookie ( cookiecoogan@yahoo.com ) -- Ithaca, NY
12/24/11 -- 03:09:38 PM

Merry Christmas! I am so excited because I'm going to Maine tomorrow and staying for most of the week! Can hardly wait to see my people!

Wishing all Mainers and Maine Exiles happy holidays and may 2012 be our best year yet!!
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steve -- rockland, ME
12/22/11 -- 12:06:43 AM

funny..I moved HERE(rockland) from PA,born there,lived there my whole life,(54years)and I'm going back!'Thought I wanted to live here...careful what you wish for!
Miss too much about PA,can't even get a decent Cheese steak or Pizza here!Some of the worse drivers I have ever seen!Stores are too far away.Then there's the Big drug problem(bathsalts)and too many drunks etc..Love the views of the water and the parks,but for me..a view is not enough
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Katrina -- Brentwood, CA
12/18/11 -- 11:03:46 AM

I was born in South Portland and spent summers on Long Island, in Casco Bay, in the Portland area.  After I married a Coast Guard guy, I moved to Staten Island and then many more East coast towns/cities since then.  This past summer we drove cross-country to our new "home" of Brentwood, CA.  Of course, my REAL home is in Maine.  We lived close once, for 3 years, living in NH.  That was great!  I really do miss my lovely homestate!
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Ivon ( ivon2@yahoo.com ) -- bg, IL
12/16/11 -- 07:36:58 PM

Just saying hey to my fellow maine-iacs
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josh ( joshuadavidbest@gmail.com ) -- grand rapids, MI
12/12/11 -- 11:34:39 AM

I've designed this for you guys. It's my ode to Maine. Check it out. http://50statesdesignproject.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/14-meek-and-maine/ #maine #design
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Stephanie ( maine52868@aol.com ) -- Bolivar, NY
12/9/11 -- 11:16:51 AM

I was Born in Ellsworth while father was stationed in Acadia Nation Park - USN... We left because my parent wanted to move back home in NY after my farther got out of the service... i love the summers there and go back every year to Rockland area... My god father lived in S. Thomaston (go rest his soul) and we head to Maine Every Labor Day weekend for a get together hosted by his family. its a all weekend party with lots of laughs and many stories! My teenagers look forward to this party every year to and exploring the great state of Maine.. If you"ve never been there you have missed out on a culture of its own! Cuz ya cant get there from here!!
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Pat -- Ormond Beach, FL
12/5/11 -- 07:41:30 PM

Heading to Maine on Wednesday. Going to be in South Portland and Portland till after first of the new year. I  plan to visit in Lewiston/Auburn and Oxford. I am so excited to be spending Christmas with my kids and grandkids.
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Bob Cushing ( bc1269@yahoo.com ) -- Lakeland, FL
12/5/11 -- 09:30:49 AM

I love Maine & Florida & I love meeting more people. My Email is  bc1269@yahoo.com
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cookie ( cookiecoogan@yahoo.com ) -- Ithaca, NY
11/30/11 -- 02:12:02 AM

I am so homesick.
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M. M. -- Anchorage, AK
11/28/11 -- 10:57:16 PM

Well I've been exiled since 1985. My job has kept me traveling throughout the US, I've been from coast to coast and north to south. But this time of year is hard. I miss the autumn spells and the red leaves. I miss walking on the beach Reed state park and Pompum beach. I miss apple picking, hay rides and just walking through the woods. I live in a beautiful state of Alaska, but my heart in summer,fall and Christmas time my heart longs for Maine. My family and dear friends keep in touch. I get teary eyed when I listen to the Maine at Christmas time CD. Anyone in Alaska that has Maine roots I would love to hear from you. Merry Christmas you Mainers. Michelle (michelle_mcc@mindspring.com)
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cheryl ( ckrystofolski@msn.com ) -- cape coral, FL
11/28/11 -- 06:46:28 PM

Born in Calais lived in Ct for most of adult life been in Cape Coral since 2003.  I've gone back to Maine nearly every summer and currently have a home up there.  Love it all but not fond of snow..
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Jeremy -- Boston, MA
11/28/11 -- 03:49:54 PM

Raised in Berwick, I came to Boston for college and I've been more or less stuck here ever since.  I actually cried out in anguish when my desire to be able to drive (you can NEVER get theah from heah in Boston...) required that I get a Mass ID.  I'll be hitting the AT come March for the long walk home.
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JJG -- Silver Spring, MD
11/27/11 -- 08:53:19 PM

Raised in Scarborough, left Maine to get my law degree in Boston.  After that, all the jobs I could find were in Boston or DC.  Followed my army wife to DC.  Working down here now.  Want desperately to return to New England, but in this economy, no way I'm leaving a secure job.
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Seth Gamage ( sethgamage@yahoo.com ) -- Tarpon Springs, FL
11/23/11 -- 05:52:22 PM

We moved here last Jan. and have heard about Maine Day. Is there a Maine Reunion Day in Pinellas County? Thanks!
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Will ( mainesail113@yahoo.com ) -- St. Pete area, FL
11/23/11 -- 09:21:19 AM

Hi All, I've just moved to St. Pete from Warren, ME-it's slushy snow falling down up there-no more for me.

I'm looking to connect occasionally with other Mainiacs and I'm seeking employment opportunities. 

I'm a sailboat rigger and was a builder for many years building residential and light commercial projects and then focusing on commercial and residential greenhouses and sun-spaces.
If you, or someone you know, needs a project done with Maine ethics and attitude for doing it right and dependably, please get in touch.

I'd love to join in for a beer or coffee sometime-please be in touch.  Oh, I'm a 61yo guy, father of 3, sailor, bookshop owner, dancer, outdoors guy.

Cheers,   Will
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D. U. -- Ladson, SC
14/23/11 -- 08:24:31 AM

Hello fellow Exiles,
  I was born and raised in Lewiston/Auburn some 61 yrs. ago. Been in Exile since Dec. 1999. It was a matter of necessity and Not by choice.
  I have always loved my State. Even as a child I loved and appreciated her beauty. Not a day goes by that I long to be back.
  I pretty much miss" Everything Maine", with the possible exception of snow beyond Jan. 1st (though it's tolerable.)
  One of the pleasures I have is my subscription to the magazine Downeast. I didn't see it on your magazine list but I strongly recommend it.
  Ladson SC about 15 mins. from Charleston for those who may be interested. Lots of history. But it's not Maine!
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Stratton StClair ( wane9779@hotmail.com ) -- Roanoke, VA
11/23/11 -- 08:19:00 AM

To S.B. Portland Oregon: Carmine Leo can be found on Facebook along with a page called Portland Maine Encyclopedia of the 1960's, 70's & 80's operated by Bonnie Blythe. Tag Allen is one it too and a lot of other oldies but goodies.
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Dianne Jundt ( djundt@cfl.rr.com ) -- Ocala, FL
11/18/11 -- 04:11:45 PM

I lived in Baileyville (Squirrel Point).  I moved to Ocala in 2005, mainly because of the snow and ice in Maine.  I mostly miss my son and his family (Timothy Jundt, wife Carla and his daughters Janelle and Lindsay).  I would love to hear from anyone down here from Maine.
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Bob Cushing ( bc1269@yahoo.com ) Lakeland, FL
11/11/11 -- 01:39:09 PM

I am from Bangor Maine now living in Lakeland,Florida & I would like to meet
more people from Maine.
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Jim Brownrigg ( unclejimlobster@aol.com ) -- Lehigh Acres, FL
10/17/11 -- 04:46:28 PM

Been awhile since I checked in, had a email change, noted above.  Farmington native, visited this past summer for 5 weeks, in and around Portland, Hermon, Carrabassett and Hollis.  Sure miss it, hope to get back again in 2012.  Our Maine Lobster catering business is very busy here in Florida, check us out at www.authenticmainelobster.com.  Have a good one.
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S. B. -- Portland, OR
10/12/11 -- 06:12:44 PM

Graduated from Deering HS in 1969. went to the gate on Congress Street. Knew Father Hogg at St.Lukes. Remember the Old Port before Boston discovered it. I was married to a most splendid Bangor girl. Maine is wonderful. Fried Clams, lobster, blue-berry picking in  Milbridge. East Machias, Oniontown, Timothy Wright,Charles Stanley,Carmine Leo, Christopher Grasse. Miss them all.
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Pat ( mainahstwo@aol.com ) -- Ormond Beach, FL
10/11/11 -- 07:09:55 AM

to Wendy in Turnersville NJ...where did your relatives live in the Lewsiton & Auburn areas? What were their names. I am from Lewiston and hubby was from Auburn.
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Wendy ( wmb614@comcast.net ) -- Turnersville, NJ
10/8/11 -- 11:40:59 AM

Hi!
My parents/grandparents were from Auburn and Lewiston. My folks moved to PA. due to work, but when Dad retired..back to Maine! They lived in South Paris till Dad passed away and Mom moved back to PA. We always had a wicked good time on family vacations!!!  But most of all...I miss the Red Hot Dogs  :(
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Pat ( mainahstwo@aol.com ) -- Ormond Beach, FL
10/7/11 -- 09:48:53 AM

Just booked flight to Maine for 4 weeks over the holidays...so excited. Another Christmas with my kids and grandkids.
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J. D. -- Lehigh Acres, FL
10/6/11 -- 08:53:11 AM

Hi Mainers it has been quite awhile since I logged on. Not to worry I haven't forgotten ya, I have my Maine exile shirt on and am drinking coffee from my Maine cup to go along with our "cool" Fl. weather that finally made it down. Feels nice. I still miss MAINE!!
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Lee-Anne ( l_ezawa@yahoo.com ) -- Clinton, NJ
10/2/11 -- 08:15:19 PM

I was born in Belgrade Lakes, living there the first six years of my life, but my dad was in the Navy so...off we went, to Rhode Island and then Norfolk, VA until he retired. Not for a minute willing to spend the rest of his life "away", back we went! We found a house in Farmington when I started high school. Married someone from WAY away, ended up in NJ because of his work. I miss "my" lake like crazy and would move back in a heartbeat if it were up to just me. I visit it (and, of course, my mom in Farmington) every summer. Tain't enough!
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Lynette ( mainelynette@yahoo.com ) -- Shirley, NY
9/25/11 -- 11:33:43 AM

wow, a website for exiles love it!
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Stratton StClair  ( wane9779@hotmail.com ) -- Roanoke, VA
9/17/11 -- 12:48:49 PM

An old friend of mine, and occasional poster here on exiles has passed of prostate cancer.

Christopher Robert Grasse photographer extraordinaire, Portland character... and a truly wonderful soul passed last night. He was 68.

He will be sorely missed by those of us who knew and loved him.
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Linda -- Pensacola, FL
9/16/11 -- 09:52:09 AM

As James Taylor asks in "Got to Get Back to You", "Why leave the life I love here in the Great State of Maine?" Remind me again, why are we in exile?!
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Fred Gosbee ( castlebay@castlebay.net ) -- Round Pone, ME
9/9/11 -- 11:33:17 AM

We tour down to Florida every February to bring a little bit of Maine music to the Exiles down in the Sunshine State. Our duo, Castlebay, has performed throughout the east coast for over two decades. We would love to know about any place where Maine Exiles congregate so we can offer a concert.
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Harold Marr ( jonnie042@yahoo.com ) -- Port St Lucie, FL
9/6/11 -- 09:39:45 PM

Formerly from Washurn, Maine where I lived til I attended college.   Moved to Florida over 40 years ago and still return to Washurn whenever I can to see family and freinds who still live there.
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Tom Beaulieu ( thomas.beaulieu@us.army.mil ) -- Deh Dadi II, RC North, AFGHANISTAN
9/6/11 -- 10:45:59 AM

I was born in Lewiston ('75) and growing up I went from there to Freeport ('81-'84), back to Lewiston ('85-'86), back to Freeport ('87-'90), to Auburn ('90- ELHS Class of '94). Left Auburn, Maine in '96 and I've been in the Army "in exile" for 15 years and counting now. Roughly the last 9 have been living in Europe. Well, at least my stuff (and British wife and daughter) is/are in Europe anyway. During that time I've had 12 months in Ramadi, Iraq; 14&1/2 months in Baghdad, Iraq; and now halfway through a 12 month "vacation" in Northern Afghanistan. I miss Maine daily; and as soon as I am done with the Military we're moving to Old Town to be with family again. You spend your whole childhood trying to get out of Maine, only to want desperately to be back again as an adult! Anyone from Lewiston/Auburn area, especially from Class of '94 to '96, or Freeport especially Class of '93, feel free to message me!
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Andi ( andgar@wvi.com ) -- Stayton, OR
8/31/11 -- 02:27:33 PM

I was born and raised in Maine, married an "away" guy and came to Oregon.  I still miss Maine after 42 years.  Between visits, Amatos Italian sandwiches and Bayley Lobsters keep me sane.  Wish I had never left the great state.  Oh the things we do for love!
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Pat ( mainahstwo@aol.com ) -- Ormond Beach, FL
8/31/11 -- 10:37:59 AM

On Monday e had lunch with several exiled Mainers...we meet last monday of each month...thanks to a great folks, Steve and Sue, who got our group off the ground. We're in the greater Daytona Beach area.

To KSH in KS...toy might contact Sam's Italians ...they might ship their rolls..I agreee, nothing like them anywhere.

To EH in Gaithersburg MD...where and when did you live in Lewiston? I grew up there, too.

Also, to LM in Lewiston. I grew up in Lewiston, hubby was from Auburn and I love to connect with people from there.
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K. S. H. -- Kansas City, KS
8/26/11 -- 06:46:17 PM

I would give my right pinky toe for an Italian Sandwich. I dare any of you that are Away to walk into a sub shop and say it smells like Italians in here!! LOL! A friend visiting from Maine did that here in KC and got a lot of funny looks as I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe! I have learned to make Whoopie pies, but I can't seem to get the bread down for Italians. Oh, I miss home and the smell of pine. I don't miss pitch all over everything, though. ;o) Thanks for letting me vent!
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Bob Cushing ( bc1269@yahoo.com ) -- Lakeland, FL
 8/26/11 -- 12:41:27 PM

I haven't been at this site in a while but hoeing to meet more good people from Maine.
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E. H. -- Gaithersburg, MD
8/16/11 -- 10:58:49 AM

Born in Boston but raised in Portland and Lewiston.  University of Maine graduate.

Left Maine for graduate school and the Army.  

I miss "the way life should be" of Maine compared to the traffic and problems of life I have "away." 

I'm coming back - wait for me.
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lauren -- brighton, mi
8/9/11 -- 11:35:17 PM

I grew up in kennebunk and miss the ocean.  Some days I wake up and still expect to hear seagulls.  I have been exiled to Michigan with my boyfriend for two years.  Every time that there is a big storm I wish that I could go to the beach and watch the waves crash over the seawall.  I can't wait to come home.  There is no place like it.
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L. M. -- Lewiston, ME
8/5/11 -- 07:20:23 AM

Born and brought up in Auburn, Maine.  Lived in Hawaii from 1974 to 2010.  Finally moved back to where I belong after 36 years in Hawaii. Paradise ain't all its cracked up to be.  I dealt with heat for months of the year instead of weeks like here in Maine, high prices and hordes of people wherever you go.  Don't even get me started on the traffic.  I visited Maine every summer or fall but couldn't make up my mind to move back for good.  After bringing up my 2 boys, losing my husband to cancer and my dog  to old age I decided it was finally time for me.  It was the best decision I ever made.  I finally feel I'm where I belong and have loved every minute of the past year..............well, not every minute because winter was  very hard for someone who hasn't seen the white stuff for 36 years.  But I dealt with it and absolutely think Maine is the best place to live. If you are on the fence about moving, what are you waiting for.  It's great.
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Pat ( mainahstwo@aol.com ) -- Ormond Beach, FL
7/22/11 -- 04:41:19 PM

Left out part of my previous message..
It was 100 in Portland and at same time 84 in Ormond Beach Fl
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Pat ( mainahstwo@aol.com ) -- Ormond Beach, FL
7/22/11 -- 04:39:13 PM

Our families and friends in Maine are having a heat wave..It's 5:00 p.m. here in Fl. and it's 100 in Portland Maine. Unbelievable.
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Susan -- Suffield, CT
7/16/11 -- 10:42:42 AM

Although not a native, (actually Midwesterner)I have lived in or next to Maine for over 23 years. First time I finally got to move to Maine, I felt I had come home. Lived in Aroostook County, Bangor, Brewer, and lastly, Waterville. We kept having to move out of state for work, this last time to CT.  Looks like we are here until retirement.  7 1/2 yrs left and counting!  Miss Maine so badly in the summer and fall. It will always be home in my heart.  Miss the lack of traffic (and population), laid back friendly people, the crisp fall season and colors, beautiful temperate summers (really hate 90's and 100's here). (OK, really don't miss the longer winters, but you can't have it all no matter where you live :0))  Crystal clear lakes and rivers; that fresh air 'water and pine' smell.(no smog, yay!)Really miss living in a 'New Englander'. Miss great seafood at takeouts.  Down here, they think Cod is wonderful.  Haddock is hard to find in restaurants. Oh, and Cole Farms salad dressing!  Always stock up every year when we come up through ME to visit family in northern ME and NB .
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Dale -- Scottsville, KY
7/11/11 -- 09:20:57 PM

Maine born and raised Windham, Gray,New Gloucester, and Fayette. Had enough of the 6 month winter, moved to the land of Corvettes Bowling Green, KY. Come back home every year or two, miss the fresh seafood especially lobster. Don't know how the locals eat catfish and hold it in such high asteem...nnot for me.
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RON -- FT WALTON BCH, FL
7/11/11 -- 01:22:52 PM

BORN IN BRIDGTON,ME. LEFT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL TO JOIN THE MILITARY. WAS IN FL. WHEN I RETIRED AND ENDED UP STAYING HERE. I MISS THE MOUNTAINS, SCENERY, AND LAID BACK ATMOSPHERE OF THE COUNTRY. ALSO CLAMS, LOBSTER, AND RED HOT DOGS.
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Stephen -- Sumter, SC
7/10/11 -- 05:51:55 AM

Going down the St Croix in Aug can't wate to be home again.
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Dickie -- Coconut Creek, FL
6/25/11 -- 05:51:11 PM

Had a wonderful time in Maine with family. Maine will always be home. The weather was wonderful. Warm but not scorching like down here.
Florida is a stop on the journey of my life. I have decided to make some changes towards returning home.
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Pat ( mainahstwo@aol.com ) -- Ormond Beach, FL
6/23/11 -- 07:47:04 PM

Just returned from a wonderful, but too short, three weeks with family in Portland and South Portland. First week was cold and mostly with drizzling rain but them it got warm and really great. One warm day we had a sudden rain and hail storm...certainly not normal for there. The hail was about quarter size. As soon as it stopped all the neighbors were out snapping photos of it and the kids were running around picking it up.
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Linda -- Pensacola, FL
6/19/11 -- 07:06:33 AM

Debbie, I am also a Boomer SAC brat born at Loring to an AF dad and a mom with a solid Maine ancestry. When I visited Baxter St Park last fall, I was proud to tell the Park Rangers that I was born in Aroostock County <smile>
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Hugh B. MacLeod ( hughmac312@hotmail.com ) -- Charlotte, NC
6/18/11 -- 10:05:43 PM
There is not a day that goes by that I don't miss Maine. There are so many things....
An October day, crisp, colorful, and quiet..
or the smell in April when the ground thaws out. Lilacs in May and those perfect summer days...
Having lived in Bridgton, Peaks Island, and Castine, there is so much to miss.
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Cheryl R. -- Norcross, GA
6/17/11 -- 09:15:36 AM

Woot-woot! I'm so excited.   Going home tomorrow for a week-long visit with family in Bangor/Pittsfield/Old Town.  I may not ever leave!  Maine in the summer and fall are hard to beat.  Attending the Whoopie Pie Festival in Dover-Foxcroft while I'm home, too.
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debbie kimball ( moose777moose@yahoo.com ) -- port richey, florida
6/11/11 -- 08:10:25 PM

born in caribou 1959. father military, left at 10 days old. mother born in caribou 1927. father relocated after military to florida and this is where i have been since 1963. still go back to maine every couple years to visit family. love maine
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anneliese -- phoenix, az
6/10/11 -- 11:23:51 PM

Great newer facebook page :
Portland Maine Encyclopedia of the 1960's, 70's & 80's
Click to join if you want to relive great places in the Forest City!
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Bob & Nonnie Cushing ( bc1269@yahoo.com ) -- Lakeland, FL
6/10/11 -- 12:09:28 PM

Originally from Bangor,Maine & Hermon, Me.
We love the Florida year round comfort
No Snow No Cold Fun in the Sun year round.
But we DO MISS Maine for the People & mostly
the great Food & beautiful Countryside
especially the Bar Harbor Coast That's where we call HOME !
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Cindy -- Scottsdake, AZ
5/27/11 -- 11:58:05 PM

Greetings from Arizona.  Getting ready to cope with 110 degree days.  It's almost the same as coping with 10 below!
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Cookie ( cookiecoogan@yahoo.com ) -- Ithaca,NY
5/23/11 -- 03:04:09 AM

I am so proud of folks in Maine. We care.

Miss my people so much! But, Alas! Work (such as 'tis) presently prevents that.

GRAND State of Maine!!!!!
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Steve ( conchy11joe@gmail.com ) -- Ormond Beach, FL
5/22/11 -- 11:45:40 AM

Next Maine Connection II meet is Monday, May 23, 12 Noon @ Oyster Pub, Daytona Beach.

Maine Connection II is a social group meeting once a month for all who have ties to the grand old state of Maine.

Purpose: To share memories, reminisce and just have a good time.

No dues, no fees, no formal rules. You're just on the hook to buy your own lunch, or not.
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e. b. -- lebanon, PA
5/14/2011 -- 09:32:53 AM

when is the best time to travel there, and the best place to stay
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Tom  (tomas090@hotmail.com ) -- Daytona Beach, FL
5/13/11 -- 09:37:13 PM

Moved to Florida November 2010, have yet to "figure" this place out :-(
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Pat ( mainahstwo@aol.com ) -- Ormond Beach, FL
4/26/11 -- 03:51:29 PM

I would love to hear from anyone who graduated from Lewiston High School class of '51.
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Pat ( mainahstwo@aol.com ) -- Ormond Beach, FL
4/26/11 -- 09:25:40 AM

To Bob in PA. ...Yesterday I emailed you at the address you posted, haven't received a reply.Maybe you can contact this site again?
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Marcia (Moores) Dunn ( beetle28@gmail.com ) -- Wesley Chapel, FL
4/23/11 -- 06:29:49 PM

Bangor, Maine is where I was born and brought up. I graduated from Bangor High in 1972.
We moved to Wesley Chapel Florida two years ago.
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Marcia (Moores) Dunn ( beetle28@gmail.com ) -- Wesley Chapel, FL
4/23/11 -- 06:27:41 PM

Bangor, Maine is where I was born and brought up!! Love it and miss it..Have been in Wesley Chapel, Florida for 2 years now. We do get home a couple of times a year and have tons of family and friends visit, especially during Maine winters, such as what they dealt with this year..
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JJ -- Grand Island, FL
4/19/11 -- 02:11:16 PM

I went to Maine Day in DeLeon Springs here in Florida this past March and wore my Maine Exile shirt.  Everyone loved it and agreed that all of us are truly living in exile!!!  Anyone in the Portland area...please have a Tony's plain donut for me!!!!
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L. P. C. -- Mapleton, ME
4/17/11 -- 03:59:54 PM

Hey Gang,it is good to be back home after 13 1/2 years in exile.  Seems we've done what many Maineiacs do, go away to make our money until retirement then come back home to live. Seems like a lot of us have to go away so we can retire well enough to afford coming back home.  The job situation here in the north is no better now than it was some 30 years ago, just pathetic.  Employers are equally pathetic in that they think everyone can live on ten bucks an hour while they wreap a higher standard of living.

But that's okay because now I'll spend my time small game hunting, canoeing and shooting my longbows.  I'm in my 60th year of life and a "Country Gentleman".  I hope all of you out there with plans to come home upon retirement are as happy about returning as we are.  The county has it's warts but the people quality is here and the weather is great if you're a four season person. Good luck gang and may you all come home some day.
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D. L. -- Frisco, TX
4/17/11 -- 02:32:50 PM

Lived in Whitefield, Maine for 20+ years to parents who lived in Maine nearly all their lives.  I was born in Oklahoma when my dad was in the military but we returned to Maine to live until I moved from there in 1980 to live in Florida for 20 years.  I have since lived in Texas, where my daughter and granddaughters live, for the past 10 years but I still call Maine "home" and miss it dearly (especially in any season but Winter). Most of my family still live in Maine and we try to get home to visit every few years but it really isn't often enough. Since living in Texas, I have met a number of people who have a connection to Maine and it's wonderful to reminisce about things back home.  So glad to have heard about this website.
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Janice ( jastmaine@hotmail.com ) -- Vassalboro, ME
4/16/11 -- 07:51:32 PM

I haven't posted for a while. Spent 15 years in Delaware - been home for 3 years now and don't regret a moment of coming back. Best place for us to be!! Just picked pussy willows and sent to my mom in Florida. Happily anticipating warm weather!!!
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Bob Wiseman ( rwiseman@ptd.net ) -- Schnecksville, PA
4/12/11 -- 04:03:29 PM

I'm originally from Lewiston and trying to get in touch with Pat in Ormond Beach(mainahstwo@aol) but email bouncing.  Pat if you get this you can respond direct to my email address.
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Richard E. Goodwin ( RichG316@msn.com ) -- Sanford, ME
4/12/11 -- 11:02:40 AM

Left the area in 1957 came back in 1997. Am living in the house we moved into when I was going from the 3rd to the 4th grade.
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s. d. -- Bethesda, MD
3/29/11 -- 12:56:33 AM

missing Jordan's Red Hot Dogs
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Lorna -- Roseville, CA
3/28/11 -- 01:33:13 PM

Many thanks to all of you who replied to my question about the yummy molassses cookies. Pantry Cookies! Those were the ones. So sad to hear there are no more. I will look for Anna's and keep my eyes open at our local Dollar Store.

Thank you, all! :)
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Pat ( mainahstwo@aol.com )  -- Ormond Beach, FL
3/17/11 -- 07:42:11 AM

To Lorna again. Our local Big Lots carries ANNA's cookies similar to the ones you asked about and that I remember..but this store only had 3 flavors...cappucino, vanilla chocolate chip and orange. Other stores may have the molasses the clerk told me.
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Terry Cummings ( arowena8542@yahoo.com ) -- Manassas, VA
3/15/11 -- 05:14:31 PM

For those looking for  mainegoodies.com  I do not know what became of it. But if you go to famousfoods.com   They have several things you may be looking for. Cains relishes and my favorite ONE PIE squash pie filling. Am a died in the wool Mainer. The only place to live !
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V. C. -- Portsmouth, VA
3/6/11 -- 06:33:27 PM

To Lorna, Re:  Pantry Cookies were made by Nabisco; but they no longer make them.  In fact it has been many years since they were produced.  I actually contacted Nabisco to see where I could find them and that is how I found out.  I loved those crispy, skinny, gingery, molasses cookies, too.
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Andrew -- Yigo, GUAM
3/4/11 -- 09:28:13 PM

I'm from the sebago lake area and miss it a ton.  I've been all over the pacific and far east and nothing is like maine.  The closet  that i have found to maine in the past two years were the mountains just southwest of seoul.  Someday I'll be back in the lakes region.
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Pat ( mainahstwo@aol.com ) -- Ormond, Beach, FL
2/28/11 -- 02:57:37 PM

Just came home from a great Mainahs' get-together at Red Lobster ( fitting place for Mainahs) in Daytona Beach ...first of many, I hope.  Met folks from my home town whom I'd never met. Maybe at our next luncheon we'll meet more of "us".
My thanks to Steve and Sue Hood who gave of their time to initiate the group.
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Pat ( mainahstwo@aol.com ) -- Ormond, Beach, FL
2/28/11 -- 02:44:06 PM

To Lorna who asked about the cookies. I've been asking everyone I know about those cookies..no one seems to recall them I saw some today in a Dollar General, packaged the way you described ..standing and in a red package, but they were not molasses they were snickerdoodles.
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