Start those nippy Maine mornings well-carbed

The Kennebec River flowing along downtown Augusta, Maine’s capital.

“I’m from Maine. I eat apple pie for breakfast.’’

— Rachel Nichols, actress and model, was born in Augusta in 1980.

Maine State House, designed by Charles Bulfinch, built 1829–1832. Bulfinch more famously designed the Massachusetts State House. Maine was part of the Bay State until 1820.