All posts by Travis Gass

Travis Gass

About Travis Gass

I'm an editor on the Digital Desk at the Bangor Daily News. I'm also the host of West Of The Fields, a college radio show that has aired continuously on UMaine's WMEB 91.9 FM since 1998.

Excitable Canadian weatherman Frankie MacDonald back with forecast for latest blizzard

During the last blizzard to hit Maine, we posted about amateur Canadian weatherman Frankie MacDonald, whose excited forecast videos have garnered him more than 18,000 followers on Twitter and 47,000 subscribers on YouTube. Frankie is autistic, and his family, in an interview with the CBC, said his weather videos and updates are his life. Frankie has also become an […]

Website chooses the best song about every US state, and Maine’s is just what you feared (or maybe hoped?)

It’s list time again! Yesterday, thrillist.com, which bills itself as “a leading men’s digital lifestyle brand,” posted a round-up of what they declared were the best songs about each of the 50 states. They ranged from the expected (“Sweet Home Alabama” for Alabama, duh) to the somewhat obscure (“Say Shh” by Atmosphere for Minnesota). And what […]