The Eastport, Maine Pirate Festival is looking for Buskers for the September 9-11 event.

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011, 7:49am

Held in Eastport, Maine - The Eastport Pirate Festival draws over 10,000 people to this incredible event that celebrates the regions thalassic heritage and gets everyone in town dressed up like a pirate for the entire weekend. There is non-stop entertainment, music and events. Over 95% of the Festival is free to participants. The Eastport Pirate Festival is looking for the best street performers on the planet. Selected Buskers are allowed to put out their "hat" and receive a stipend, promotion and performance time on the center stage.

"We are looking for all types of buskers from Rope Walkers to Acrobats, Sword Swallowers, Magicians, Clowns, Mimes, Fiddle Players and everything in between" says Pirate Festival founder John Miller. "Every year we take the 3-day event up a notch and the buskers will certainly be part of doing that this year.

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Greendrinks-Are You Going Tonight at 5pm?

Submitted by Wendy P. Smith, Community Blogger & Foodie

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011, 10:44am

Greendrinks is tonight for the month of June. Are you going? Its in Hampden at the Hampden Natural Food Store at 281 Western Avenue (Rt. 9) from 5pm-8pm. Greendrinks is a great event to learn more about a cause and connect with the community. Tonight is the second time Hampden Natural Food Store has hosted the event and they are co-hosting with ESTIA, a Maine-based ecological organization that promoting sustainability and peace through education. Its a farm-style event where you can meet local farmers, learn more about growing your own vegetables and enjoy local food and beer. Like Bangor Greendrinks on Facebook to learn more. I hope to see you all there tonight. :-)

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Movies: "Midnight in Paris"

Submitted by Peter Weyl, Movie Blogger

Monday, June 13th, 2011, 5:53am

For movie lovers, here’s a charming little palate cleanser between the main courses of summer blockbusters. No alien invaders, no explosions, no gunplay -- just a romantic trip to the Paris of today and yesterday, courtesy of writer/director Woody Allen.

I have to tell you that I had pretty much given up on the Woodman in recent years. His later movies seemed too whiny, too obsessed with toffee-nosed Brits (“Match Point” looked like it was shot through the window of a Ralph Lauren boutique), too misanthropic. And let’s face it, Woody’s private life was nothing to write home about.

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Blog Comments for Marketing and Getting More Blog Comments

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer

Sunday, June 12th, 2011, 8:31am

This week I did a webinar all about Blog Comments. To take my own advice, I wanted to write a blog post about some of the main topics we talked about in our webinar.

We know that blogging is good for SEO, targetting long-tail search terms and having a blog helps establish you as an expert in your field.

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Movies: "Super 8"

Submitted by Peter Weyl, Movie Blogger

Friday, June 10th, 2011, 2:33pm

It’s the summer of 1979 and strange things are happening in the small town of Lillian, Ohio. First there’s a terrifying train derailment. A detachment of secretive soldiers arrives to clear the wreckage. Then all the dogs in town run away. People start to disappear. And who would possibly want to rip out all the engines from the vehicles sitting in the used car lot?

Those are the first clues to the cleverly plotted “Super 8,” my pick for the best popcorn movie of the summer.

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Charlotte White Center Creating Team for Alzheimer's Walk

Submitted by Erica Hutchinson, Development Office

Friday, June 10th, 2011, 10:26am

The Charlotte White Center Wellness Committee is gathering a team together to participate in the Alzheimer's walk. We need you to be a walker! To sign up or make a donation to our team go to:

http://walktoendalz.kintera.org/bangor/cwc

The walk is October 1st in Bangor.

The wellness committee will be giving out prizes for those who raise money. The prize brackets are as follows:

$25-Water Bottle
$50-MP3 Player
$100-"Walk to End Alzheimer's" T-Shirt
$200- New Pair of Sneakers (of your choice up to $75 Value)

Donations can be made to individual participants or a general donation to the team by going to the link above.

Any further questions, contact Amanda Chambers at 564-2464.

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Deer Isle looking to eliminate computer teacher

Submitted by Around Town Web... on Thursday, June 9th, 7:35 pm

DEER ISLE, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --- A group of students at Deer Isle-Stonington High School say that the school board is being short-sighted in cutting the computer teacher's job.

Liz Small has been teaching classes like graphic art and web design at the school for 19 years. School leaders are now looking to eliminate her position due to declining student enrollment coupled with higher costs for the district.

Several of her students say Small is spending a lot of time in classrooms to help teachers integrate technology in their lessons, and they feel the subjects that she has been teaching are vital to their future success.

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