New York

The Fresh Air Fund is a not-for-profit agency that has provided free summer experiences to close to 2 million New York City area children from low-income communities.

This is awesome! New York City residents Brian, Thomas, and Casper the cat one year ago signed a lease for their new apartment. Their landlady is Rita. Rita likes to call them... a lot!

It has been nine days since the two inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped from the Clinton (NY) Correctional facility.

What is going on with angry cops?

This is kind of odd, funny, cute, but let's not forget creepy all in one. There are ads from people in New York looking for snow storm boyfriends and girlfriends.

Kaitlyn Doyle, a senior at Oak Hill High School in Wales, has been selected for the 2015 High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall in New York City, presented by WorldStrides.

Maine police officers officers are attending the funeral (Dec. 27) of New York Police Department Officer Rafael Ramos, who was shot and killed a week ago in Brooklyn. Ramos, 40, was killed last Saturday (Dec. 20) by a gunman who shot, him and fellow officer, 32-year-old Wenjian, in their patrol car before killing himself. Liu's funeral arrangements are still pending.

This is wonderful news. Bowdoin College in Brunswick announced today (Dec. 22) that it will “provide full financial aid” to Justin Ramos. Justin, son of officer Rafael Ramos, is currently a sophomore at Bowdoin.

Thankfully they’ve been rescued and they are ok now, but earlier this afternoon two window washers were stranded hanging from the platform at the 69th floor of the newly opened World Trade tower in New York City.

There is a trending story going around about a New York Yankees fan, Andrew Rector, who fell asleep at Yankee Stadium during a game as they took on the Red Sox back in April 2014. ESPN took video of fans in the stands and focused in on him because he was sleeping.  Rector is suing for $10 million for defamation of character. The organizations named in the suit are MLB, New York Yankees and ESPN. R

Jasmine Sanders is a beautiful young woman with a beautiful, powerhouse voice! She's also very well spoken and will be a great representative of Maine when she sings in front of a packed house next month in New York's Carnegie Hall....

I am always one for conspiracy theories when it comes to UFOs. Last evening in the Montreal area there was a a flash of light seen and a loud crashing boom heard at about 8 pm, but what was it? The crashing sound could also be heard in upstate New York. Was it a UFO? Was it a meteor breaking the sound barrier?

How lame is this? A guy in Brooklyn is bicycling down the road and leaves the bike lane to make a left turn after checking to make sure it's clear. Suddenly, a car, owned be the New York City Police Department, comes up beside him and he gets sideswiped and knocked down....

I've heard of going to extremes to avoid a girlfriend, but this is taking it to extremes. Rahmell Pettway, 36, of Brooklyn, NY faked his own kidnapping.

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch died early Friday morning at the age of 88 after spending the last several months in and out of hospitals.

Some people will shake their heads at this next statement and others will completely agree with me.  My wife, Marie Anne, asked if I'd like to see the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in person.  My response was, "I'd rather be hanging out in Millinocket driving the dirt roads." In retrospect, what I may have said is, "I'd rather drive a blunt object into my eyeballs."  Fact is, I wa