Bangor Yankee Cobbler To Close For Good Following Fire
It was just about a month ago when we brought you the update that Yankee Cobbler, a downtown Bangor business that was forced to close it s doors after a Thanksgiving Day fire last year, was waiting to hear whether or not it could re-open for business. In January, Owner Jonathan Lambert, who has been running the shop for the last 16 years from it s State Street location, posted on the Yankee Cobbler Facebook Page, that his hope was to reopen once he had heard from Insurance Adjusters. He said once that happened, he could return items that had been dropped off to be worked on, that had not been damaged in the fire, to their owners. He thanked his patrons for their patience, and explained that while a number of items that had been brought in for repair were not damaged, the antique equipment Lambert used to perform those repairs had suffered in the fire and would likely need to be replaced.
Fire destroyed a well-known garage in Hampden overnight. Firefighters first got the call to Bouchard & Son s Towing on the Emerson Mills Road off the Old Emerson Mill Road at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. Flames coming from the property, which straddles the Hampden/Hermon line, could be seen from both the interstate and nearby Dysart s Restaurant.
Hampden Deputy Fire Chief Jason Lundstrom said when they arrived, the fire had fully engulfed the garage area of the business.
Photo credit: Acting Lieutenant -Matt Thomas, Hampden
Lundstrom said aside from the freezing temps and the potentially explosive materials inside, one of the biggest challenges to fighting the fire was a lack of water. Lundstrom credits the neighboring towns who provided mutual aid with helping significantly in the effort to put the fire out.
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I know I speak for all of us guests when I say we had a blast playing along with Portland comics, Ian Stuart and James Theberge. Troy and Mark are the stars of the Welcome To Maine video series and are played by James and Ian respectively. Welcome To Maine debuted last August and has established them as our favorite tourism guides. Why s that? Well, it s because they actually teach us about some fun facts, while irreverently satirizing all the wacky things that make us uniquely Mainers.
The episodes are written and directed by Ian who also portrays Mark . He brilliantly responds to everything Troy says, with Yuhts and Oh Yuhts . Mark uses different inflections appropriate to what is being taught to us with just the right amount of local flavah. I love this character so much that I find myself acknowledging others with nothing more than Yuhts these days. It seems to work just fine.
City of Augusta Names David Groder New Fire Chief
According to the Kennebec Journal, there will be a new Chief in town for the Augusta Fire Department. Though this chief certainly new to the Augusta Fire Department. Dave Groder has been serving as the city s Deputy Chief for quite sometime and has been chosen by Augusta s city manager to take over as chief.
Dave always knew he wanted to be a firefighter. In fact, his father, Alfred, was a firefighter for Skowhegan. Dave recalled memories of being a kid when his dad worked for the department, “This has been my goal since the beginning, even as a little kid, growing up in the fire service with my dad. As a child, when a call went out I used to run to the fire station and watch the trucks when they left.”
Wow, talk about the marketing labor of love.
Dan Giguere was inspired by the television show “Treehouse Masters” when he came up with the perfect idea for his sugarhouse in Maine, according to WMTW.com. Back in the 1950s, the previous owners of the mountainside in Auburn had a small train that would take customers up the hill to get their syrup, the news station stated.
And in past years, Giguere had to carry gallons of the rich sap up a long road, the news outlet reported, and the location of his newly designed Treehouse Steam Engine sugarhouse is located at the bottom of the hill.