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🌱 How a 1969 boom break in Solon sent logs cascading downstream

Solon, Maine Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • How a 1969 boom break in Solon sent logs cascading downstream

Also on today's calendar: Stargazing Social | June 20, 2026.

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 81 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 86, low: 53. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 81 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• River driver remembers Maine last log drive 50 years later (pressherald.com) — Solon appears in this look back at the Kennebec River’s final log drives, including a 1969 boom failure there that sent thousands of cords of pulpwood downstream. A former river driver from Canaan recalls the grueling, dangerous work, the towns along the river, and the camaraderie that defined Maine’s last big log-driving era 50 years ago.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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