Schooner Cove Retirement Community

05/02/2025

Spring flowers at Schooner Cove!

04/23/2025

Today, Ethan and Ingrid Whitaker did a presentation on their 2024 adventure across the country to photograph as many species of birds as possible.

04/21/2025

Our Resident Services Coordinator, Charlene Bailey, drove the bus with residents and other staff to Colby College Art Museum last Thursday. We love museums and Colby was a delight!

04/03/2025

Yesterday, Brett Slater played guitar and sang in our Schooner Cove library. He performed a mix of light rock, Beatles, Harry Nilsson, Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan and original material, etc.

04/01/2025

Today is April Fools' Day, a day to be extra skeptical if you come across something out of the ordinary or that seems hard to believe. But how did this day of pranks and practical jokes get started? Angus Kress Gillespie, a folklorist and professor of American studies in the School of Arts Sciences, shares the explanation believed by most historians. And he promises this is no joke.

What are the origins of April Fools' Day?

The story goes back to the 1500s in France when the Julian calendar (established by Julius Caesar) was replaced with the Gregorian calendar (introduced by Pope Gregory XIII and still used in most parts of the world). In the old Julian calendar, the new year began on April 1, but with the new Gregorian calendar, the new year was set to begin on January 1.

News did not always travel fast in those days so not everyone got the word that the start of the New Year changed to January 1. They kept celebrating it on April 1, and they were widely mocked as April Fools.

How did this turn into a day of practical jokes?

The practice of telling April Fools' jokes spread rapidly, and it has continued over the last 500 years or so. These jokes work best on people who have not been paying attention to the calendar. Playing a joke on someone, you want to get to them early in the morning before they realize what day it is.

03/12/2025

Today at Schooner Cove, Michael Perry did a presentation on the Alaskan Highway and parts of Canada.

03/04/2025

Who was Percival P. Baxter? He was the Governor of Maine from 1921 to 1925, a conservationist and a preserver of Maine's mountains and forests through his gifts of the lands which now comprise Baxter State Park. He famously said: “Man is born to die, his works are short-lived. Buildings crumble, monuments decay, wealth vanishes. But Katahdin, in all its glory, forever shall remain the mountain of the people of Maine.”

02/05/2025

Even in the dead of winter, Schooner Cove residents enjoy a fabulous view of the water from our dining room.

01/21/2025

This afternoon, the Schooner Cove residents had a good time with the fun and folksy music of the Greenfields.

01/20/2025

The exercise room is available to residents anytime and exercise classes are available for signup, three times a week!

01/02/2025

How cool is this? Paul Landry, a Schooner Cove resident was recently interview about when he hosted Jimmy Carter at Pauls' home while Jimmy was running for president. Wicked!

Carter would stay with the Landry family and their nine children often when he came to the Granite State to campaign.