As drivers cross into Maine from New Hampshire on I-95 and continue north on the Maine Turnpike, they may notice and very out place thing very close to the highway just before the Kennebunk service plaza. Your eyes aren t deceiving you. There s a cemetery that sits just a mere three feet from the shoulder of the highway. How did it get there? Well, it was there long before the Maine Turnpike.
According to an article from the Associated Press in 2003, The Mitchell-Hatch cemetery has been in that very spot since 1819. At the time the first person was buried there, there was no Maine Turnpike because there were no automobiles. And there still weren t when the last burial there occurred in 1883. The land the highway sits on today was likely owned by the family who built the cemetery to lay their loved ones to rest nearby.
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I'm as guilty of it as anyone for getting caught up in the activities of a long weekend, but this made me stop and realize what Memorial Day is all about.
I'm as guilty of it as anyone for getting caught up in the activities of a long weekend, but this made me stop and realize what Memorial Day is all about.
Sometimes it really does feel like Portland has it all. Specialty bars, speciality drinks, specialty food items. So what is left for places in Maine to do to stand out amongst stiff competition? Well, in the case of Bonfire Country Bar in the Old Port, the answer is to go big. Like really, really, big.
Shared on Facebook by Bonfire Country Bar, they let the secret be known that they are now serving a massive, 148 ounce seltzer drink in an equally as preposterous large martini glass. If your eyes are wide and you re already dreaming up ways to get your hands on it, there s a couple of things you need to know.