Ultimate Getaway For A Maine Train Lover? Staying In A Caboose
According to Only In Your State, and the Airbnb listing for the property, visitors to Payson Hill Farm in Knox, Maine can spend the night in a real caboose!
According to the Airbnb listing, the caboose, known as 616R, was built in 1917. It served the Central Maine Railroad for 75 years before being retired in 1992. It is 40 feet long, ways 22 tons, and now sits on its own set of tracks.
For those who don’t know, the caboose was traditionally the last car of every freight train. They were used as offices and sleeping quarters for the train crews. However, occasionally, non-crew would ride in the caboose. In fact, according to this story, President Abraham Lincoln was a fan of riding in the cabooses of the trains on which he rode.
UPDATE: Armed Standoff In Clinton Ends Peacefully
UPDATE: 4:30 PM n March 11th
According to a press release from the Maine State Police, 40 year old Joshua Elliot, of Clinton, the man at the center of the Clinton / Skowhegan armed standoff, has been taken into custody.
In the end, it turned out the weapon police believed to be a handgun was just a pellet gun.
The press release says, in part: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on March 11, 2021, Clinton Police saw Mr. Elliot driving a dark-colored truck and attempted to make a stop on the vehicle. The chase began in Clinton near Mile Marker 138, left I95 at mile marker 133 in Fairfield, and continued for approximately 30 minutes. The chase ended when Clinton PD and Fairfield PD were able to deploy spike mats which incapacitated the vehicle on the East River Road in Clinton
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Details About The Virtual Boston Marathon
According to News Center Maine, the Boston Athletics Association plans to hold a virtual Boston Marathon.
This virtual race, which will be open to 70,000 runners, will be held in addition to the in-person race. Both will be held on Monday, October 11th, 2021.
Both races are in celebration of the 125th anniversary of the world famous race.
In addition to the milestone anniversary, they are holding a virtual version of the race due to the uncertainty of how many people they will be allowed to have at the traditional event. Due to the pandemic, the event has already been moved from its normal Patriots Day date in April to the October date. But, due to the fluidity of the situation (we are in week 50 of the 2 week lockdown to flatten the curve, after all) no one is really sure what the situation will look like in October.