March 25, 2009 RSS feed / Irregular Regulars

Recipes from the Ridge

Eat Local Maple Syrup Maine Maple Sunday was last Sunday and is a tradition during which many local families enjoy the sweet taste of maple syrup on just about anything! More...

IRREDIOMS ~ A look at common idioms

Phrases, sayings & expressions, what they mean & where they came from

Take off Your Hat to Someone To admire or praise someone for a notable accomplishment. In the middle 1800s, when this expression was born, many men wore hats. When a gentleman met a lady on the street, he tipped his hat as a gesture of respect. More...

Moose Mountain

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Thought for the Week

Learn to say 'No'; it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin. More...

NORTH BY NORTHEAST

A life of skiing

7' 3" Wooden Skis, a 1935 Ford Phaeton V-8, and other gems from Roger Page's colorful life of skiing In my last column I wrote about Hannes Schnieder, Austrian national and American immigrant before World War II, and ski school pioneer in the More...

As the Ski Turns

Recently, Mauno Kankainen was perusing some old photos when he came across this one and decided to share it. As he tells it, members of a hunting party staying at the Herbert were swapping tales one of which left Mauno skeptical. More...

REAR VIEW

The next Sugarloaf Irregular in our archives is the Sept. 21, 1976, Vol. 9, No. 30 issue. Page one features the announcement that the Capricorn Lodge had been donated to the University of Maine Foundation by its owner, More...