Red’s Eats is knocked down but not out
The end of August finds fields of sunflowers brown and ready for harvesting, while white and black grapes continue ripening.
And now for something completely different ... The Wiscasset Newspaper reports a UPS tractor trailer took out5 the deck at Reds Eats early Saturday morning. Debbie Gagnon, owner of Red’s, told the paper the deck was ‘totaled” and happened early Sunday morning and “So thankful that no one was in the area and hurt.” The historic lobster shack’s deck was ripped off its foundation. Shockingly, Gagnon said Reds opened for business Sunday and operated its usual hours..
https://www.wiscassetnewspaper.com/article/truck-crash-totals-red-s-eats-deck-wiscasset/177817
Now back to our regular programming ...well, maybe not. We are in France. Just as the heat was moderating along the east coast, we headed to the south of France for two weeks. Bad timing for us because the southern European heat wave continued for a week. Several days’y temperatures topped 100 degrees, mercifully cooling off to 70 at the start of the week.
We have rented a house near the town of Lourmarin in, in the heart of wine country. Green and black grapes hang from decades-old vines. The pace of life here is slower than it in Paris, more sightseeing than site-doing here. The super- heated weather also put the kibosh on some of our plans; after all, who wants to do a tour on bicycle when the heat is stifling.
Meanwhile, back in Wiscasset, locals tried out the one-car Coastliner, a Midcoast train that may, eventually, offer sightseeing trips between Bath and Rockland. The Wiscasset Newspaper said about 160 people took ’test rides’ over the weekend.
In other news, the Marshal Point Light Station is back to normal. A lightning strike took out the light for a week or so, but a week or so later, the bulb was back on, just in time for a photography workshop organized by you know who. About 15 photographers spent the evening scouring the horizon for the last rays of sunlight and the night sky for a meteor shower.
The Maine Art Gallery’s current exhibition includes a wide variety of media including drawing, painting, printmaking, crafts, sculpture and photography. More about the 2023 Members Show is here.
The end of August finds fields of sunflowers brown and ready for harvesting, while white and black grapes continue ripening.
About this blog:
Man about Wiscasset
Frank Barnako is a seasonal resident of Wiscasset at Clarks Point on the Sheepscot River. His career in journalism included on air and news director positions with CBS and NBC Radio and TV stations. He was a pioneer in the Internet, helping to create and co-found MarketWatch.com where he also developed a 200-station radio network and wrote daily columns focused on the stock market, business news, and technology. Barnako describes himself as “an aspiring photographer,” whose work can be seen at frankbarnako.com<http://frankbarnako.com>. He is a member of the town’s Investment Advisory Committee. Email him at wiscasset@barnako.com.
