A Cruise on the Katahdin

By Melanie Brooks

Sidekick Shane surprised me with tickets for a ride on the Katahdin steamship this past weekend. It was a 3 hour tour around Moosehead Lake and a ton of fun. He got the tickets at WVII's Half Off Store so we saved a bunch of money -- which was also fun.

I brought along the camera from work to snap some photos. Here's a collection of them. For more, visit our Facebook page!

Guilford, Maine: ground zero for laptops

By: Leslie Bowman


This past Friday Henry Garfield and I went to SAD 4 in Guilford to learn where Maine's laptop program really started. Principal Jim Chasse hosted us for a full day visit with students and teachers.

Crystal Priest, the woman behind the first "one to one" program (that is one laptop per student) gave us a tour of the district's technology control center and selected classrooms. A feature on the laptop program will appear in an upcoming issue of Bangor Metro. Until then check out some photos below!