St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Bangor will look different this year
Paddy Murphy s will host its traditional scotch eggs, corned beef and cabbage, while Geaghan s will be fully closed to avoid the large crowds. Author: Hannah Yechivi (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 5:45 PM EDT March 15, 2021 Updated: 6:00 PM EDT March 15, 2021
BANGOR, Maine A year ago, St. Patrick s Day, at least the way many people usually celebrate it, was scrapped because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year it s back, though somewhat limited.
In downtown Bangor, Paddy Murphy s will open from 6 a.m. and host its famous St. Paddy s menu, including Scotch eggs and corned beef and cabbage, the closing time will be 11 p.m. and even though seats will be limited, its owner said he can host a safe celebration this Wednesday.
#tbt Funny Parody Songs About Maine
Shout out to the 207!
Over the last several years, there have been some pretty funny parody songs about our beloved state of Maine, so on this Throwback Thursday, let s take a look back and have a laugh or two.
With everyone waiting things out at home for things to return to normal, a standup comedian named Craig Handley, decided to write a rap tune about Maine. Lobsters, blueberries, Anna Kendrick, Stephen King, and of course, Whoopie Pies are all give a shout out in this ditty about the 207.
Hopefully a trip to OOB, or Bar Harbor is in everyone s future, till then, check out Craig s video and daydream.
Rockinscience, fresh from a sparkling victory for driver/trainer Luke Plano, takes on a solid cast in Saturday night’s featured $9,700 Robert Gordon Pace at Cal Expo.
Watch and Wager LLC will present 13 races with first post set for 4:55 p.m. and the main event is slotted as the eighth contest on the evening.
There are several major contenders in the Gordon line-up, with Rockinscience likely to have his share of backers as he goes for the hat trick this weekend. The four-year-old son of Rockin Image carries the banner of Nikki Hudson and Dave Haness.
After taking the measure of a softer group here on January 10, the bay performer came back last week and streaked home in :27.1 to make it two in a row while stopping the timer in 1:52.2, shaving two full seconds off his lifetime mark.
We were blubbing like babies : How New Zealand got its national anthem by accident
6 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
5 minutes to read
By: Max Cryer
Many people know the story of how God Defend New Zealand came to be written, but fewer know that it became our national anthem by accident. Max Cryer tells the story.
Irish-born Thomas Bracken gathered experience in New Zealand as a writer, poet, and also as an editor. In the late 1800s he was editing the Dunedin-published
Saturday Advertiser news-magazine into which he often put pieces of his own writing - sometimes disguised with a fictitious name.
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Throughout this holiday season, we ve been carefully traversing a new-normal pandemic way of living that has included masking up around family and friends and limiting our social gatherings to avoid transmission of the novel coronavirus.
But, despite the changes, one thing we can look forward to is the traditional dropping of the New Year s ball in Downtown Bangor.
It may require a different way of enjoying the event, masking up and social distancing, but it can still be enjoyed and we can still ring in the New Year like we have done in year s past.
This Thursday at midnight we ll be able to watch the ball drop from atop the Paddy Murphy s building across from West Market Square. Information about the event can be found at the Paddy Murphy s NYE Bangor Ball Drop Facebook event page, which addresses the oddity of this year s circumstances but still plans on providing a safe and traditional experience: