Hope you get an option for fiber soon; I switched last year and cut more than a third of my bill despite almost doubling download speed and going from 4mb/s to about 900mb/s upload. (I need a good connection for work as I run my business out of my house and was on the "best" offer from the cable company before switching.)

I used to live in Portland; other than the back cove series I don't get there too often anymore.

My recommendations:

• Join the TMR email list, every Wednesday am email goes out with anything trail related for the next week (runs, races, challenges, etc.) There's a Facebook group as well, but the email has more regular info about upcoming runs.
• Join the MTC Facebook group. There's an email list too, but more ad hoc runs are organized through Facebook and it's a good spot to ask.
• Sign up for back cove... Not that I'm biased about that one... :)

I've heard good things about the pub runs if that is your thing, but they started after I left town and I haven't joined them.

Fleet Feet on marginal way is also a great resource; they have a paid run club and training programs for specific races that's another great resource for meeting people regularly. I used to help coach their program back when it was still Maine Running Company (stopped coaching almost a decade ago) but I'm still in touch with them regularly through the back cove series.

There are a lot, depending where you live.

If you are midcoast to southern Maine, the Maine Track Club has regular runs and is the largest club in the state.

If you are fast, Dirigo has weekly runs. You do need to run fast enough to meet standards to join.

If you enjoy trails, Trail Monster Running usually has at least two group runs a week. Anybody is welcome to join TMR runs even if they aren't a member. Runs vary in location.

From the end of May through the end of August, the Weekly Back Cove 5k Series in Portland is every Wednesday night at 6pm. You pay once whether you run one race or all 14 (so keep your bib) and it's a good size crowd without being so huge you get lost, 150-250/wk. (Disclaimer: I'm one of the race directors for the series.)

Those are the groups in most involved with. There are others, you can search the rrca.org website for other clubs in the state, especially if you aren't in the Portland area. Crow Athletics, Thick Quad Squad, Eden Athletics, I know Portland has a regular Pub Run group, and I think Bangor might too?

I met my wife through running; you don't seem interested in that so I don't have a lot else to suggest that hasn't already been shot down.

As mentioned, Maine is an outdoors kinda place; most of the singles I've met have been out in group runs. Make friends, meet their friends, hopefully one will be cute and single and interested.

Can't sell booze that wasn't bought in NH; if you get it while still in Maine or Mass you can still drink it. It won't affect passengers; it'll be the company that Amtrak has outsourced the beverage sales to.

I think they are planning to start enforcing it at the end of the month, from what I read earlier.

I cleared the driveway and pathways once at about 7"; much longer and the snowblower is a lot more difficult to work with. Probably won't bother going out again until tomorrow morning.

New bank account at a new bank; if you open a new account at your current bank or just remove your parents, they'll probably get themselves out back on without your knowledge.

The town has been trying to figure out how to fix this for years. There are regular public meetings discussing proposed changes, have you attended any of them? They have also done some tests to change the intersection, especially at Stanwood/Mill, to various levels of success.

Viobank is back up to 4.7%.

Bought into community dollar in spring 2021, online right before the new year so we got the tax credit, and been enjoying my $13/mo bill since late spring 2022 for the connection fee and first 50kwh. Break even has gone from 7 years to just over 2 years since we originally signed up.

Heat pumps are really efficient. A wood stove is probably more efficient than oil. We switched a couple years ago from oil to natural gas, and supplement with a wood stove.

In Brunswick, the farmer's markets often have some good starter plants, and there's usually a plant sale at the lodge at the corner of Baribeau and Botany.

When I first moved to Maine at 21, I met some folks through bars and the like, but most of my leading friendships from that time came from my main hobby. I joined a couple of running clubs, and most of the people were at least a decade older than me at the time, but I started to meet their kids and acquaintances, and the clubs I was in at that time have plenty of younger folk now than they did then pretty much across the board.

For organized clubs, the Maine Track Club is pretty large and had folks all over the state. Trail Monster Running is smaller but is very inclusive to anyone wanting to join us even if they never become a member. I know there is a pub run group in Portland that meets regularly but they didn't exist when I lived down there so don't have a lot of details. In the summer, there's a weekly 5k every Wednesday night around the Back Cove that provides a good opportunity to socialize.

I imagine there are similar opportunities for other hobbies than running with young folk. Some of the book clubs I attend have younger folk, though most of the town governance or other volunteer stuff I do lately skews towards an older demographic.

I haven't been to that one, but Rossignol's across town on Maine Street is great too. Shelby charges kid cuts at $1 for each year of their age; my 7 year old always gets excited when we tell him we have an appointment. (She has a fish tank, and often brings one or both of her dogs.)

Oh, nice, know where I'm stopping next time I'm up that way! Not a fan of cloud library.

Pineland Farms in New Gloucester has some nice trails; mix of fields and woods, not a ton of roots or technical trails.

Twin Brooks Recreation Center in Cumberland does too, though not as many trails as Pineland.