Archive for December 5th, 2011
The smell of warm gingerbread cookies, Christmas carols echoing in the background, a tree illuminated with multicolor lights and the resounding, mocking phrase, “You’ll shoot your eye out,” are all staples of Christmas in America.
For those …
With the holiday season rapidly approaching, Orono showed its Christmas spirit on Sunday night in the village district with the annual Orono Winter Festival and Tree Lighting.
As families packed around a lone spruce tree and Christmas …
The University of Maine was treated to a performance by Guitar Ensemble in Minsky Hall on Wednesday night. The talented group is made up of 14 UMaine students.
The performance began with a set of beautiful solos. …
Bless us University of Maine students and these electromagnetic waves which we are about to receive.
Come this evening, WMEB will be sidelining RoboDJ’s jams and giving some play time to a new segment entitled “Looking Around,” …
Pizza may be back on the menu for 2012 Republican presidential nomination candidate Herman Cain, as he announced his suspension from the campaign on Saturday — a move in response to waning support among followers.
The American …
When the Grammy Award nominations are rolled out at the end of every year, with them comes a boatload of controversy, prompting questions like “How did so-and-so not get nominated?”
This year’s hubbub is primarily centered on …
Platformers were once atop the gaming world, comprising just about every video game of the ’80s.
Without a doubt, they are my favorite type of video game.
Growing up, I spent most of my gaming time collecting every …
In its last Maine Infrastructure report card in 2008, the Maine Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers found more than a third of Maine’s bridges subject to federal standards weren’t up to code.
The study …
The film “Hugo,” based on Brian Selznick’s award-winning New York Times bestseller, “The Invention of Hugo Cabret,” is a wonderful family film containing lessons that may be beneficial to all of us.
“Hugo” is the tale of …
With the rapidly approaching Christmas season comes Christmas music, and there are few voices better suited to holly jolly holiday notes than Michael Bublé, known for his swing-era expertise.
Bublé released his Christmas album just in time …
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