Originally Posted by RalHal (Post 752239)

Hi Cookie,
My wife, Lorri, and I are from Alfred, Maine. We grew up in Limington & Limerick. All are in southern Maine. We are moving to TV the first week in Nov; have a house in Belvedere, off cr 466. Wife retiring Nov 1. I retired Apr 1. She's a legal secretary and I'm a retired deputy sheriff and investigator for the district attorney's office. Our Maine house is for sale, been on the market since July. Will be "snowbirds" if the Maine house does not sell soon, otherwise we plan on staying at TV all year. By the way, I'm also retired from the Maine Air National Guard, who are also called "Mainiacs"
Ralph & Lorri

Originally Posted by DAWN MARIE (Post 752759)

I'm also from Southern Maine. Born there and lived in Maine for 46 years before moving here. I was born and grew up in Portland but went to HS in Scarborough and lived in Limington for 10 years. I last lived in Fryeburg for another 10 years and coached at the HS there. I'm also called a Maniac down here and can't seem to get rid of that Maine accent. I have a lot of friends in the Limerick/Limington area still today.

Originally Posted by DAWN MARIE (Post 752759)

I'm also from Southern Maine. Born there and lived in Maine for 46 years before moving here. I was born and grew up in Portland but went to HS in Scarborough and lived in Limington for 10 years. I last lived in Fryeburg for another 10 years and coached at the HS there. I'm also called a Maniac down here and can't seem to get rid of that Maine accent. I have a lot of friends in the Limerick/Limington area still today.

Originally Posted by 123Cookie (Post 752790)

ah, the Fryburg fair -- last one of the fair season and perhaps the best!!! - I have not lived in maine for last 20 plus years and still have the down-easter accent.
br
Cookie

Originally Posted by judynlee (Post 757585)

OK, you are all making me homesick! Born in Bath, Maine; like the Marines will always be a Mainer, and forced, by parents, to move to NH, another beautiful state, at age 16. Lived also in Richmond (actually Bowdoinham) and Berwick, ME. Mmmmm, memories: smells of woodsmoke and crunchy fall leaves, low tide, sun on beach sand, lilacs and forsythia in the spring, wild strawberries and blueberries, learning to scull on the Kennebec, ice cream at Brown's in Cape Neddick......................sigh.