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Donald A. “Benny” Benson, October 17, 1940 – December 13, 2018

December 18, 2018 by Triker Tom Leave a Comment

Millinocket Donald A. “Benny” Benson, 78, of Millinocket, Maine, passed away peacefully on Dec. 13, 2018, at a Bangor hospital, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on Oct. 17, 1940, the son of Donald H. Benson and Anna (Smith) Benson. He graduated from Northbridge High School in Whitinsville, MA, in 1959. Following graduation, […]

Filed Under: In Memory

Dayton 2006

December 14, 2018 by Triker Tom Leave a Comment

A road trip of a lifetime and tribute to Benny Wn1OTV   I GOT MY NOVICE Ham license when I was fourteen years old, but even before getting my license I had heard about the Dayton ham event. They said things like “you can find anything you want there,” or “the biggest event in amateur […]

Filed Under: In Memory, WA1PJS Ham Radio

Buried Treasure in Springfield, Maine

December 12, 2018 by Triker Tom Leave a Comment

I found this article in a newspaper clipping dated May 09, 1897, the newspaper was the Sun from New York city. The newspaper was operated 1833 to 1916. After Buried Gold A Maine man with a dividing rod thinks he can locate it on old Mallett’s Farm.   Springfield Me.      As soon as the […]

Filed Under: Legends and ghost stories, Maine History

ADJ1 Donald D. Turner 1937 – 2017

August 31, 2018 by Triker Tom Leave a Comment

I met Don Turner went i was assigned to VP-23, CAC 2. He was the second Mech under Tom Poplin, who was the Plane Captain. Don was a great guy and easy to get along with and we made my first deployment in Oct, 1966 to Sigonella, Sicily. I remember one patrol we had been […]

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Great Ride to Port St. Joe

November 23, 2016 by Triker Tom Leave a Comment

Monday was a beautiful day and a great day to ride my trike. Weather was great mid 70’s and the sun was shining so about 10am I headed to Blountstown, Fl. for lunch. Went to Parramore’s Too for a seafood lunch. Parramore’s Too is a great restaurant and I recommend the seafood platter, as it […]

Filed Under: Florida History, Legends and ghost stories

Russell Alexander

September 15, 2016 by Triker Tom Leave a Comment

Thank you for your years of serice Russ and RIP. PHIPPSBURG- Russell Alexander, 82, of Sebasco Road, died September 13, 2016 at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick. Russell was born on January 16, 1934 to minister and fisherman Henry and Estella (McKenney) Alexander of Phippsburg. Russell began working at the age of 13 as a deck […]

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New Years Eve 2016 and Cedar Key

January 11, 2016 by Triker Tom Leave a Comment

I have always Loved Cedar Key, Florida so anything i get a chance to go I do. If you haven’t been to Cedar Key, Fl. you need to take a day trip. It is a very Quaint place and you can park your car and walk to just about anywhere. The seafood is great, Especially […]

Filed Under: Motorcycle Camping

Where it all Began

November 6, 2015 by Triker Tom Leave a Comment

When I drive down to Popham Beach it is hard to imagine what it must have looked like when the English settlers arrived in 1607. No Spinney’s restaurant, no houses, and no road to drive there. You read books about how hard it was back in the history of this country. Think about 100 to […]

Filed Under: Maine History

Brunswick Invades Falmouth

September 6, 2015 by Triker Tom Leave a Comment

As you are driving from Portland north or Brunswick south think about this little story: It was March of 1775, and our newly declared country was at war with England. There was an English ship in the harbor of Falmouth called the Canceaux, a man of war sent there to intimate the colonists as they […]

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Meadowbrook Camping Area, the old Winnegance Farm

May 1, 2015 by Triker Tom Leave a Comment

The Old Winnegance Farm By Jeff Darling My Historical paper is on the Old Winnegance Farm on the Meadowbrook Rd, in Phippsburg, Me. I don’t know for sure when the house was built because the records would be either in the county of York or Lincoln depending on the Date. It was built in the […]

Filed Under: Maine History, Motorcycle Camping

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