By: David Mills
ROCKLAND, ME - It was a busy weekend throughout the Mid-Coast area with bunch of events going on. In Rockland on Friday and Saturday the Jingle Bell Express train aboard Maine Eastern Railroad. During the day on Saturday a lot was going on Christmas By The Sea (Camden, Maine that started Friday evening, Togus with human owner Don Carrigan riding Maine Eastern Railroad train apart of the Coats & Toys for kids campaign and books signing at Farnsworth Art Museum, just to name a few. Our report this morning will start with the Jingle Bell Express.
On Friday evening Kiwanis & Maine Eastern Railroad hosted the Jingle Bell Express Train where there were people lined up to enjoy this event. This event also took place on Saturday evening with three train times to fit the schedule of children parents. As a way to see what happened during this event please enjoy the following photographs.
Saturday we were able to ride down in Maine Eastern Railroad's locomotive to Brunswick for Coats & Toys For Kids with Don Carrigan from wcsh6 and Togus. In Brunswick there were 125 coats collected during the morning with a donation from John Reny's. People were also donated toys for kids in need this Christmas. After we left Brunswick abroad Maine Eastern Railroad it was on to Bath to collect more coats & toys for kids in need. At Bath the Bath leaders were able to get over 100 coats for kids in need. A group of students, Kyle, Rachael, Amy and Felicia from Morse High School Interact club were there to help collect coats and toys for kids. There was a student from Bath Middle School that was able to collect ten coats with his brother for a donation. Our next stop on the Maine Eastern Railroad Coats & Toys for kids was Rockland to end thee morning. Rockland had a bunch of people who made donations of coats and toys for kids in need. It is worth mentioning a women and son were able to collect around 40 coats for those kids in need. Please enjoy the flashback photographs from Coats & Toys for kids abroad Maine Eastern Railroad train.
Being abroad Maine Eastern Railroad to cover Coats & Toys campaign with Don Carrigan, Togus and operators was great. Maine Eastern Railroad train run from Rockland to Brunswick is a very scenic and relaxing trip with for everyone to enjoy. We want to thank Gordon Page for allowing us to cover this great and successful event.
Don Carrigan, wife and Togus (Maine Coon Cat) with Thomas Block were at the Farnsworth Art Museum for a book signing. The book titled "A Coon Cat Finds A Home" was illustrated by Thomas Block and written by Don Carrigan featuring Togus. There was a steady stream of people to get their copies of the book signed. The illustrates are amazing as Thomas Block did a great job. All in all, I think the book signing went great. You can enjoy flashback photographs of the book signing below.
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Rocky Coast News
David Mills, Reporter
Rockland, ME 04841
(203)585-7815
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