It's not even Halloween yet but there is still a chance for some accumulating snow on Friday. According to Todd Gutner at News Center Maine, it currently looks like the perfect combination of weather patterns to get us to a 'first snow' just before the weekend Halloween festivities...
Maine could be moving to a new time zone. According to the Sun Journal, a measure is under consideration by the Committee on State and Local Government, that would in effectively lock Maine into daylight saving all year, instead of just spring to fall.
This weekend we have to set the clocks back an hour.
Back in 1784 Benjamin Franklin had an idea to save candles by waking up earlier in the day to get things done during daylight. It is said he proposed a tax on window shutters and waking the public by ringing church bells and firing cannons early in the morning...
What is the real purpose in 2013 for Daylight Savings Time? I know it adds a bit of daylight to the end of the day rather than having it first thing in the morning. Today with a 24-hour lifestyle, it almost seem irrelevant at least as far as I can see. Locally in Maine, life my be slower, but in bigger cities and places further south with 24/7 grocery stores, round the clock shift work, etc. it al
It happens every spring and every time it happens people complain about the one less hour of sleep they'll be getting. I don't get it. Doesn't phase me in the least, but 61% of people surveyed says it has a negative affect on them.