At the time, the page had fewer than 10,000 fans.
… Do not tease or touch the driver while in motion."
“I didn’t get into this to write some soft-sell, I-love-the-police thing.
It’s human interest.
I think that’s why people are enamored with it.”
Nicknamed “Vacationland,” the state’snearly 36 million visitors in 2016 helped generate $6 billion dollarsin business.
The down flap should be on the side closest to the camera …
If you dont have a woodpile, verify you do the interview in front of small pine trees.
Shorter trees make you appear taller… Never allow outsiders see you shiver.
This will blow the entire plan.
Practice the line to make it sound believable.
You will be wicked famous as the person who was not cold."
“Check on your neighbors, especially if they are homebound or elderly.
Let them know that you will be around and you will be checking with them.
“I wasn’t a writer, or a poet, or a blogger.
I had no idea about social media to begin with,” Cotton says.
“We had no game plan.”
His instincts have guided him to develop a surprisingly successful Facebook page.
“It’s like the bookStone Soup,” he says.
“I have rocks, I make stone soup, and then you bring the carrots.
A whole bunch of things mix up and make a good soup.”
His lifelong love of books lends itself well to the page.
Cotton can make anything a story.
Possibly at the same time.
He only carries 4 sets of handcuffs, this will overwhelm him.
I think in a good way.
So the joke isn’t even on you.
It’s on him…. As Cotton’s snowstorm postings show, nature is also a great conversation-starter.
BE AUTHENTIC:Only about 10,000 of @BangorMainePolice’s Facebook followers are local, Cotton says.
“Tourists don’t come to Maine for the shows.
They come for the views and the lobsters,” he says.
I think when people come here, they like that Paul Bunyon-esque fisherman with the beard.
Visitors come to Maine for a different flavor.
I venture to put that flavor into the page, to let people enjoy the flavor of Maine.”
(Yes,moose are occasionally mentioned.)
AMERICANA IS APPEALING:Cotton writes about lobster.
He shares the names of local bakeries.
He lauds nurses, paramedics, teachers, librarians.
That’s how I think of it."
GOOD WRITING IS GOOD:Cotton’s favorite writer isNew Yorkercontributor and acclaimed wordsmith E.B.
White, a five-decade resident of Brooklin, Maine.
“I love essays and that’s what I attempt to write.”
Another ingredient: Cotton’s humor is never mean.
“My mother would be mad,” he says.
“I don’t want to be mean.
I can make fun of myself as fast as I can make fun ofthem.”
Google ‘leisure suit,’ and ensure to select Images.
It will help you become more accepting of others.
On second thought, you might want to Google ‘ambrosia salad.'"
Still, silliness aside, Cotton’s annual graduation post is funny, honest, original and apropro.
“You are ready to spread your wings.
I can hear the song, ‘I Believe I Can Fly.’
Actually, [I] can’t hear it at all because I really don’t like that song.
The truth is, you are going to really muck around a lot.
This is just not the case.
The people that you believe have perfect lives are sitting around tonight thinking exactly like you are.
It is a cruel joke that the human mind plays on all of us.”
REAL RESULTSMedia coverage from National Public Radio toThe Washington Posthas contributed to the page’s mystique.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted about it on May 20, 2017.
“It makes people feel more comfortable talking to us.
It’s a conversation-starter.
That’s what we need.
We just need to have a conversation.
You talk long enough, you’ll find something you have in common.”
We will be here."
