Representing portions of Gray, No.Yarmouth & Pownal,
serving on the Business Research and Economic Development
Committee I gain and gather "good news"
just for you! The Second Special- Session is over
now but there is still plenty of information coming
across my screen.
Maine's nickname: "The Pine Tree State"
Why? Because of Maine's 17 (seventeen) million acres
of Forest. That amounts to about 89% of the state's
area…can you picture that?
High School Juniors & Seniors: Would you
like to take a big, big bite out of your college tuition?
There are over 700 majors with an out- of -state tuition
break for you and your future in Connecticut, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island. Check out
the New England Board of Higher Education's Regional
Student Program at www.nebhe.org for information on
programs that are not offered by Maine's public University
and our community college system but are available
at one of our neighboring New England public institutions
of higher learning. Contact person: Wendy Lindsay,
RSP Director at #617-357-9620, ext. 111 or e-mail
at wlindsay@nebhe.org
Who were our early inhabitants in what we now call
Maine? Abnaki and Etchimin Indians, "Red
Paint" people - 3000 B.C.; English explorers
- Popham Colony - 1607
St. Croix 1604 Education Trunks being utilized
in 200 Schools…..The St. Croix International
Waterway commission partnered with the US National
Park Service to fund an educational curriculum on
Saint Croix Island for perpetual use in 200 Maine
and New Brunswick schools.
The unique "trunk" offers hands-on learning
activities that encourage young people in developing
an appreciation and pride in their region's heritage.
400 years ago French explorers came into a river that
they named "Sainte Croix" to set up one
of the first permanent European settlements in the
New World.
St. Croix Island is now an International Historic
Site shared by the United States and Canada. It is
believed that it was on this island the first Christmas
was celebrated in North America. It is through the
Downeast Heritage Center in Calais which opened in
May 2004 that the vibrant natural and cultural heritage
of the St. Croix region can be studied on Maine soil.
