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Question: Sand Lake Baptist Church is located in a hamlet with a population of what at the 2010 census?

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Averill Park, New York
Averill Park is a census-designated place within the town of Sand Lake in Rensselaer County, New York, United States  The population was 2,098 at the 2020 census 
The community is named after the local Averill family  It is located on Route 43, south of Crystal Lake and east of West Sand Lake 
The Sand Lake Baptist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 

Demographics
History
Originally known only as part of greater Sand Lake, the community along with neighboring towns grew with the nineteenth-century development of wool and cotton textile manufacturing by local watermills and knitting factories along the Wynants Kill tributary of the Hudson River  By the 1880s, several independent local mills produced hosiery, undergarments, and knit shirts The hamlet was named Averill in 1880 after a local leading family, then in 1882 renamed Averill Park in promotion of local summer-resort development and of the Troy & New England Railway, a never-completed trolley and freight line intended to connect the city of Troy, New York with the mills and summer resorts of Averill Park and its “upstate Coney Island” recreational Crystal Lake Beach, and with the mills of the neighboring town of West Sand Lake The local mills declined after the increasing efficiency of steam and electrical power improved competition from regional factories, and were then destroyed by a 1891 river flood  The Faith Knitting Company (later Faith Mills), founded in 1897, restored local industry by buying and re-equipping the old mills and rehiring local labor  Other late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century firms included Jake Warger’s Dry Goods Store; Gilbert Beebe’s blacksmith shop; Stout’s Hardware; and Park Pharmacy, where Jerry Lewis worked as a soda jerk in 1942 when his father was a superintendent at Faith Mills Mid-nineteenth- to early twentieth-century seasonal hotels included Al’s Place, Hilke’s Averill Park Hotel (previously housing Scram’s Collegiate Institute), Traveler’s Rest (aka Sand Lake House, Tillotson’s Hotel, and Wagner’s Hotel), the Lake View Hotel (aka Blake’s and the Gabler Hotel, later housing the Averill Park Female Seminary), and Clum’s  For mill workers and townspeople, Faith Mills’s Clubhouse was “the entertainment center of the town for many years,” complete with dance hall, motion picture parlor, cafeteria, bowling alleys, pocket billiard room, and shower room Faith Mills’s decline, and with it that of Averill Park, began in the Great Depression, during which local textile mills did not regain business till 1932  During World War II, manufacture of wool blankets and long woolen underwear for the military earned Faith Mills four rare “excellence in production” Army-Navy "E" Awards From 1955 to 1962, Faith Mills, by then one of only three remaining U S  manufacturers of woolen long underwear “considered obsolete by most persons” as the market shifted to cotton undergarments, was sold to holding companies and downsized to one factory in Averill Park employing as few as 54 workers, finally closing in 1962  In 1965, the factory was to manufacture a “floor-sweeping compound” and become a warehouse for corrugated shipping containers, employing 15 workers 

2010 demographics
As of the census of 2010, The racial makeup of the CDP was 85 4% White, 6 5% African American, 4 1% Asian, and 4 0% from two or more races  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7 4% of the population 
There were 571 households in the CDP, out of which 41 0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58 2% were married couples living together, 12 2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26 4% were non-families  20 2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older  The average household size was 2 68 and the average family size was 3 09  In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 28 8% under the age of 18, 7 9% from 18 to 24, 24 3% from 25 to 44, 29 7% from 45 to 64, and 9 3% who were 65 years of age or older  The median age was 39 years  For every 100 females, there were 93 7 males  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93 9 males  The median income for a household in the CDP was $44,000, and the median income for a family was $49,367  Males had a median income of $34,909 versus $26,890 for females  The per capita income for the CDP was $26,226  About 8 0% of families and 17 3 of the population were below the poverty line, including 10 4% of those under age 18 and 19 1% of those age 65 or over 

2000 demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,517 people, 597 households, and 420 families residing in the CDP  The population density was 507 2 inhabitants per square mile (195 8/km2)  There were 628 housing units at an average density of 210 0 per square mile (81 1/km2)  The racial makeup of the CDP was 96 89% White, 1 26% African American, 1 46% Asian, and 1 38% from two or more races  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2 99% of the population 

Schools
Averill Park School District
Averill Park High School
Miller Hill - Sand Lake Elementary School
Specialty Schools
Luis LaBoy Technical School
Crenshaw Charter School
Taborton Alternative School

Climate
This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters   According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Averill Park has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps 

Sites of interest
Arts Letters & Numbers, on Burden Lake Road, is a nonprofit arts center offering workshops, performances, and residencies, housed in a complex including the former Sand Lake Cotton Factory, which operated as Arnolds, Hunt & Co  until 1875 and was later run by Faith Mills; and also the residence built by mill owner George Arnold Hollywood Drive-In Theatre, on New York State Route 66, is a four-hundred-car drive-in theater built in 1952 
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Sand Lake, Michigan
Sand Lake is a village in Kent County in the U S  state of Michigan  The population was 522 at the 2020 census 

History
The village of Sand Lake was founded in 1869 in northern Kent County and has long served as a bedroom community about 25 miles (40 2 km) northeast of the city of Grand Rapids   In 2009, the village had the highest tax rates of the five villages in Kent County, and some residents petitioned for a vote to have the village disincorporated in order to lower taxes   This proposal was defeated, and Sand Lake continued as an incorporated village 

Geography
According to the U S  Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0 74 square miles (1 92 km2), of which 0 71 square miles (1 84 km2) is land and 0 03 square miles (0 08 km2) (4 05%) is water 

Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 500 people, 188 households, and 116 families living in the village   The population density was 625 per square mile   There were 211 housing units at an average density of 263 75 per square mile   The racial makeup of the village was 94 6% White, 0 80% African American, 0 2% Native American, 1% Asian, 1 4% from other races, and 2% from two or more races  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5 2% of the population 
There were 188 households, of which 34% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39 9% were married couples living together, 14 4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38 3% were non-families  33% of all households were made up of individuals, and 26 1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older   The average household size was 2 66 and the average family size was 3 34 
In the village, the population was spread out, with 33% under the age of 20, 7% from 20 to 24, 23 4% from 25 to 44, 24 8% from 45 to 64, and 11 8% who were 65 years of age or older   The median age was 33 2 years  For every 100 females, there were 65 29 males   For every 100 females age 20 and over, there were 95 91 males 

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 492 people, 184 households, and 110 families living in the village   The population density was 670 5 inhabitants per square mile (258 9/km2)   There were 207 housing units at an average density of 282 1 per square mile (108 9/km2)   The racial makeup of the village was 96 34% White, 0 20% African American, 1 22% Native American, 0 81% Asian, 1 02% from other races, and 0 41% from two or more races  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1 02% of the population 
There were 184 households, out of which 35 9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47 3% were married couples living together, 9 8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40 2% were non-families  34 2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older   The average household size was 2 64 and the average family size was 3 43 
In the village, the population was spread out, with 32 1% under the age of 18, 8 3% from 18 to 24, 28 7% from 25 to 44, 15 0% from 45 to 64, and 15 9% who were 65 years of age or older   The median age was 33 years  For every 100 females, there were 85 7 males   For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80 5 males 
The median income for a household in the village was $31,875, and the median income for a family was $46,250  Males had a median income of $27,500 versus $21,985 for females  The per capita income for the village was $14,184   About 9 3% of families and 14 5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9 0% of those under age 18 and 34 0% of those age 65 or over 

Education
Tri County Area Schools, which operates Tri County High School, serves Sand Lake  The district was a consolidation of the Sand Lake and Howard City school boards  It came into existence on April 3, 1962, the day members of those communities voted in favor of consolidating their schools  The consolidated schools began operation in fall 1962 Prior to the consolidation, Sand Lake High School, a K-12 school, served the community  Impetus for consolidation occurred when the State of Michigan adopted new standards for education which required school systems to spend additional funds  Some Sand Lake residents wished to consolidate with Cedar Springs Schools in Cedar Springs due to the strength of the Cedar Springs industrial economy and the good reputation of its school system, while others wished to consolidate with Howard City  Charles Northup, a former member of the Sand Lake school board, stated that Cedar Springs residents would have had primary control and naming of a consolidated school district including Sand Lake, while a consolidation with Howard City would result in joint control between the communities  According to a former principal of Sand Lake High, Earl Clegg, "community friction" occurred in the consolidation debate  About 300 people went to a meeting in Sand Lake on proposed school consolidation on February 13, 1961 The Nelson Township Branch of the Kent District Library is located in Sand Lake 

Notable people
Dick Terwilliger, Major League Baseball pitcher
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West Sand Lake, New York
West Sand Lake is a hamlet and census-designated place in Rensselaer County, New York, United States  The population was 2,845 people in 2015  The community is located in the northwestern corner of the town of Sand Lake 

Geography
West Sand Lake is located at 42°38′40″N 73°36′21″W (42 644579, -73 605928) According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4 8 square miles (12 km2), of which 4 7 square miles (12 km2)  is land and 0 04 square miles (0 10 km2)  (0 84%) is water 

Demographics
As of 2015, there were 2,845 people living in the town  The population density was 592 71 per square mile  The racial makeup of West Sand Lake was 95 8% Non Hispanic White, 0 2% African American, 0 08% Native American,  6 % Asian, and 1 5% from two or more races  Hispanic or Latino were 1 7% of the population  There were 907 households, out of which 38 0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63 2% were married couples living together, 9 2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24 4% were non-families  20 2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older  The average household size was 2 68 and the average family size was 3 09 
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 26 8% under the age of 18, 5 9% from 18 to 24, 27 3% from 25 to 44, 28 7% from 45 to 64, and 11 3% who were 65 years of age or older  The median age was 39 years  For every 100 females, there were 93 7 males  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91 9 males 
The median income for a household in West Sand Lake was $85,000, and the median income for a family was $92,367  The per capita income for the town was $36,235 About 5 0% of families and 7 8 of the population were below the poverty line, including 7 4% of those under age 18 and 19 1% of those age 65 or over 
The area has a population density of 592 71 people per sq  mile 

Notable people
Douglas Marland, writer of daytime drama
Edward W  Pattison, member of the United States House of Representatives 1975–1979
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Stone Lake (CDP), Wisconsin
Stone Lake is an unincorporated census-designated place in Sawyer and Washburn counties, Wisconsin, United States  Stone Lake is located on the eastern shore of Stone Lake and along Wisconsin Highway 70, 12 miles (19 km) west-northwest of Couderay  The Sawyer County portion of the community is located in the town of Sand Lake, while the Washburn County portion is located in the town of Stone Lake  As of the 2010 census, its population is 178 
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Carlton, Alabama
Carlton is an census-designated place in Clarke County, Alabama, United States  As of the 2020 census, its population was 46  It was formerly known as Hal's Lake  The Isaac Nettles Gravestones are located in Carlton in the Mount Nebo Baptist Church Cemetery  They are listed on the National Register of Historic Places  There was one convenience store in Carlton until 2009 

Geography
Carlton is located in southern Clarke County at 31 343°N 87 846°W﻿ / 31 343; -87 846 and has an elevation of 171 feet (52 m) 

Demographics
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Sand Lake Township, Itasca County, Minnesota
Sand Lake Township is a township in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States  The population was 146 at the 2010 census 

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 37 6 square miles (97 3 km2), of which 29 5 square miles (76 5 km2) is land and 8 0 square miles (20 8 km2), or 21 37%, is water 

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 128 people, 58 households, and 37 families living in the township  The population density was 4 3 people per square mile (1 7/km2)  There were 211 housing units at an average density of 7 1/sq mi (2 8/km2)  The racial makeup of the township was 89 06% White, 1 56% African American, 2 34% Native American, and 7 03% from two or more races 
There were 58 households, out of which 19 0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62 1% were married couples living together, 1 7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36 2% were non-families  34 5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older  The average household size was 2 21 and the average family size was 2 86 
In the township the population was spread out, with 23 4% under the age of 18, 2 3% from 18 to 24, 14 8% from 25 to 44, 39 1% from 45 to 64, and 20 3% who were 65 years of age or older  The median age was 50 years  For every 100 females, there were 141 5 males  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108 5 males 
The median income for a household in the township was $21,429, and the median income for a family was $29,583  Males had a median income of $27,917 versus $41,250 for females  The per capita income for the township was $11,320  There were 31 4% of families and 35 1% of the population living below the poverty line, including 45 1% of under eighteens and 30 4% of those over 64 
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Sand Lake Baptist Church
Sand Lake Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church at 2960 State Route 43 in Averill Park, Rensselaer County, New York  The church was built in 1805 and is a Federal period frame building  It is a rectangular, two-story, heavy wood-frame building set on a stone foundation  The church has a gable roof and features a two-stage, semi-engaged Greek Revival style tower added in 1840  The front facade features a Palladian window  Also on the property is a contributing parsonage (1846) and garage (1939) The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 
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Nathalie, Virginia
Nathalie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Halifax County, Virginia, United States, in the south-central region of the state  The population as of the 2010 census was 183 

Geography
Located in northern Halifax County at 36°56′6″N 78°56′50″W (36 9348619, −78 9472347), at an altitude of 524 feet (160 m), it lies along Road 603 15 miles (24 km) north of the town of Halifax, the county seat of Halifax County  According to the U S  Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3 0 square miles (7 8 km2), of which 0 02 square miles (0 06 km2), or 0 76%, are water  The community is drained by tributaries of Catawba Creek, which flows northeast to the Roanoke River at Clarkton 

History
It received its name in 1890 or 1891, being named after Natalie Otey (not "Nathalie"), daughter of Mrs  Rebecca Wimbish, an important local landowner  Prior to that time, the village at this location was considered to be a part of the Nathaniel Barksdale plantation  It had included a church since 1773 (the first Catawba Baptist Church) and a post office since 1828  This post office continues to operate today with the ZIP code of 24577 The former Clarkton Bridge over the Roanoke or "Staunton" River 4 miles (6 km) northeast of town was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 
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Wynantskill, New York
Wynantskill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rensselaer County, New York, United States  The population was 3,276 at the 2010 census   Wynantskill is located at the northern town line and the northeastern corner of the town of North Greenbush  The community is a suburb of Troy  state route 66 (Pawling Ave  in Troy, Main Ave  in Wynantskill) is the main route through the community  Wynantskill has a major grocery store, several banks and restaurants, a craft beverage store, convenience stores, a post office, and a bowling alley, with almost all houses located on side streets off Main Ave  Other major roads are Whiteview Road (NY 136), a primarily residential road that leads to US 4; and West Sand Lake Road (NY 150) 

Geography
Wynantskill is located at 42°41′32″N 73°38′40″W (42 692139, -73 644580) According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2 4 square miles (6 2 km2), all land 

Location
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,018 people, 1,246 households, and 857 families residing in the CDP  The population density was 1,245 1 inhabitants per square mile (480 7/km2)  There were 1,284 housing units at an average density of 529 7 per square mile (204 5/km2)  The racial makeup of the CDP was 97 81% White, 0 53% African American, 0 20% Native American, 0 30% Asian, 0 03% Pacific Islander, 0 03% from other races, and 1 09% from two or more races  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0 43% of the population 
There were 1,246 households, out of which 28 3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55 6% were married couples living together, 10 0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31 2% were non-families  26 8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older  The average household size was 2 42 and the average family size was 2 94 
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 21 4% under the age of 18, 6 5% from 18 to 24, 27 3% from 25 to 44, 25 9% from 45 to 64, and 18 9% who were 65 years of age or older  The median age was 42 years  For every 100 females, there were 90 5 males  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88 4 males 
The median income for a household in the CDP was $51,988, and the median income for a family was $61,951  Males had a median income of $40,391 versus $30,086 for females  The per capita income for the CDP was $23,277  About 0 4% of families and 1 3% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 1 8% of those age 65 or over 

Schools
Wynantskill is served by the Wynantskill Union Free School District, home to the K-8 Gardner-Dickinson Elementary/Middle School, but contains no high school   Most children from Wynantskill attend high school at nearby Troy High School, in the Averill Park Central School District, the Brunswick (Brittonkill) Central School District, or the East Greenbush Central School District   Students also have the option to attend Tech Valley High School 
At present time, the District is in solid academic and financial standing 

See also
Kill (body of water)
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Sand Lake, New York
Sand Lake is a town in south-central part of Rensselaer County, New York, United States  Sand Lake is about 13 miles east of Albany, New York  Within the town are three hamlets: Averill Park, Glass Lake and the hamlet of Sand Lake  Its four lakes are a source of recreation  Many commercial enterprises of the 19th century and into the 20th century relied on power generated from the Wynants Kill Creek and Burden Lake mills  The area is known for its fertile soil for grazing and agriculture  The estimated population for 2016 census was 8,490 

History
Early history
Sand Lake was first home to Native Americans  In 1629, Kiliaen van Rensselaer acquired a 700,000-acre land grant to establish a Dutch colony, encompassing what later became Sand Lake  Called the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, it was 48 miles across and 24 miles long  In 1664, it became a colony of England and was called the Province of New York  It flipped back to the Dutch in 1672, and returned to the English in 1674 In the 1750s, Dutch settlers moved into what is now Sand Lake, followed by German pioneers  By 1772, present day Sand Lake was in the Rensselaerwyck District of Albany County  It was held by the English until the Revolutionary War (1775–1783)  In 1792, when the town of Rensselaerwyck was divided into two towns, Greenbush and Stephentown  Present day Sand Lake extended into both towns In 1805, the Union Meetinghouse was built for worship by Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians  It was the town's oldest public building and was a station on the Underground Railroad 

Town of Sand Lake
The town of Sand Lake was formed from Greenbush and Berlin from an act of the legislature on March 21, 1812 and it was officially made a town on March 1, 1813  Municipal positions were established to be responsible to its citizens, including town clerk, assessors, and more  Calvin Thompson became the first Supervisor  The first postmaster, in 1815, was Daniel M  Gregory  The soil, especially on the eastern lowlands, is fertile for grazing and agriculture, particularly small fruit, strawberries, and other berrys A new church building was established for the Trinity Lutheran Church in 1816  The Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church opened in 1816 at the West Sand Lake site  There were a number of changes in the churches and its membership around the 1830s  The present town borders were established on March 2, 1848 when the town of Sand Lake was divided into towns, Sand Lake and Poestenkill  The town was governed by a supervisor, town clerk and four justices of the peace  Town business was conducted in homes and inns for decades 

There were a number of public and private schools established between 1825 and the early 20th century  A one-room schoolhouse operated in Sand Lake from 1895 until 1929 In 1866, the Wynantskill Improvement Association created three Burden Lakes from Wynantskill Creek  The lake water turned the Burden water wheel that powered commercial enterprises, like mills, of the Industrial Revolution The Troy and New England Railway provided electric trolley service into Sand Lake from 1895 to 1925  The nine-mile route ran from Albia (of Troy) east to Averill Park  The town's economy grew with tourism and people who became residents during the summer Municipal Home Rule Law was enacted in 1964 by the State Legislature, which gave towns greater powers  In 1968, Rensselaer County revised its form of government, replacing the Board of Supervisors with a County Executive and a County Legislature  In 1972, a town hall was established in the former Presbyterian Church The Albert R  Fox House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 

Hamlets
Averill Park, Sand Lake, and West Sand Lake are three hamlets within the greater town of Sand Lake 

Averill Park
Averill Park is a hamlet near the center of the town  The Averill post office was established in 1880, with Frank Pettit as first postmaster; the name was changed to Averill Park in 1882  Faith Mills (1829-1966) is one of the textile factories that were established,  starting in the early 19th century, along what is now Burden Lake Road  It was powered with water from the Wynantskill  It is located east of West Sand Lake and has a number of retail businesses, two churches, and the Averill Park High School  The main street has businesses from the mid-19th century 

Sand Lake
Sand Lake is the smallest hamlet of Sand Lake  There are several retail business, the Sand Lake Center for the Arts, a post office, town hall, a tavern, cemetery, and an elementary school  Historic and stately houses are found in Sand Lake, with houses further away from one another than the other two hamlets 

West Sand Lake
West Sand Lake is a hamlet in the northwestern corner of the town  In 1793, Bernhard Uhlein, a soldier of the American Revolutionary War, settled here and established a 325-acre farm  He received the land from a land grant from Patroon VanRensselaer  The settlement was first known as Ulinesville  The post office for was established in 1834, with Frost Myers as postmaster The community became West Sand Lake in 1838  It is the largest of the three hamlets, with the most residents  There are houses dating back to the early 1800s in the western part of the hamlet  It has a number of retail businesses, schools, banks, two churches and a post office 

Other areas
Sand Lake also has populated places named Maple Grove, Sliter's Corner, and Taborton 

Glass Lake
The Glass Lake area grew up around the Rensselaer Glass Factory that Jeremiah Van Rensselaer founded in 1804  It had homes for 34 workers, a store, school, doctor's office, and more residential and commercial buildings  It is located at Glass Lake, which is the headwaters of the Wynants Kill Creek  A historical marker is located at Routes 43 and 66 at Glass Lake Road 

South Sand Lake
The South Sand Lake post office was established there in 1854, with William Stevens as first postmaster 

Geography
While the surface of the town is undulating in the west, it is quite mountainous in the east, a part of the Rensselaer Plateau  Oak and Perigo hills are about 900 feet above sea level  According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36 2 square miles (94 km2), of which 35 2 square miles (91 km2)  is land and 0 9 square miles (2 3 km2)  (2 63%) is water 

Lakes
Within Sand Lake, there are four lakes: Burden Lake, Crooked Lake, Crystal Lake, and Glass Lake  The lakes, stocked with many kinds of fresh water fish, draws tourists to the area  Glass Lake is between Crooked and Crystal Lakes  At 123 acres, it is located in Averill Park and Nassau  Burden Lake is located in the southern part of the town of Sand Lake and is partially in the town of Nassau, it is a total of 369 acres  Crystal Lake, formerly called Sand Lake, is the largest lake in the Averill Park hamlet in the town of Sand Lake  It is 66 acres in size  Crooked Lake is located in the southern part of the town of Sand Lake, south of Glass Lake  It is 113 acres  Wynants Kill is a stream that flows from Crooked Lake, through Glass and Burden Lakes, and drains into both Richard Pond and the Hudson River 

Location
Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were  8,530 people, 3,009 households, and 2,229 families residing in the town   The population density was 226 9 inhabitants per square mile (87 6/km2)   There were 3,277 housing units at an average density of 93 1 per square mile (35 9/km2)   The racial makeup of the town was 96 4% Non Hispanic White, 0 4% African American, 0 11% Native American, 0 50% Asian and 1 1% from two or more races  Hispanic or Latino origin were 1 5% of the population  Ancestries: German (25 2%), Irish (22 6%), English (14 6%), Italian (13 8%), French (8 9%), Polish (6 1%) 
There were 3,009 households, out of which 37 1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58 6% were married couples living together, 11 8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25 9% were non-families  20 6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older   The average household size was 2 65 and the average family size was 3 08 
In the town, the population was spread out, with 26 6% under the age of 18, 6 1% from 18 to 24, 28 6% from 25 to 44, 28 1% from 45 to 64, and 10 6% who were 65 years of age or older   The median age was 39 years  For every 100 females, there were 95 7 males   For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93 7 males 
The median income for a household in the town was $77,372, and the median income for a family was $97,009  Males had a median income of $67,132 versus $48,321 for females  The per capita income for the town was $36,103  The Median household income for White households is $75,474 compared to $2,157,374 for Asian households and $223,858 for African American households  About 6 7% of families and 7 7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6 3% of those under age 18 and 10 3% of those age 65 or over 

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Redwood City Daily News
The Redwood City Daily News was a free daily newspaper in Redwood City, California, United States, published 6 days a week with an average daily circulation of 8,000  The newspaper was founded August 9, 2000 by Dave Price and Jim Pavelich, who also published the Palo Alto Daily News  The Redwood City Daily News was adjudicated as a newspaper of general circulation by the San Mateo County Superior Court in 2001, enabling it to publish legal notices  Both the Palo Alto and Redwood City Daily News editions were distributed in large red newspaper racks and in stores, coffee shops, restaurants, schools and major workplaces  The Redwood City Daily News, along with five other Daily News editions, was sold to Knight Ridder on Feb  15, 2005  After McClatchy's acquisition of Knight Ridder in early 2006, all six Daily News editions, including the Redwood City Daily News, were bundled with the San Jose Mercury News and sold to MediaNews Group of Denver, Colorado 
On November 12, 2004, the Redwood City Daily News became one of the first print media outlets in the United States to report late-breaking news of national interest  The trial of Scott Peterson for the murder of his wife Laci Peterson and their unborn son had taken place at the Redwood City courthouse, and less than an hour after the jury read their verdict the Daily News began circulation of an "extra" edition which announced the result The surviving Daily News papers merged on April 7, 2009 
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Sawin Millett
Howard Sawin Millett Jr  (born October 8, 1937) is a Maine politician  A Republican, Millett served as the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services in the administration of Governor Paul LePage from 2011 to 2014  In January 2011, Millett was unanimously approved as Commissioner by the Maine Senate, with key Democrats also endorsing his appointment  In December 2011, a poll of policymakers by the Bangor Daily News ranked Millett as the ninth most influential person in Maine politics 

Government career
Millett served in the administrations of four separate governors (Longley, McKernan, King and LePage) with two different political affiliations (two Independents and two Republicans)  Millett advanced in the field of education until he became commissioner of education for Maine's first independent governor, James Longley  He was appointed to the position in 1975 at the age of 37 and served until 1979  In 1979, Republican Governor John McKernan appointed Millett Commissioner of the state finance department  During his time in the McKernan administration, the government was shut down due to the inability to agree on a budget  He also served from 1995 to 2000 as Associate Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services for Independent Angus King  In 2011, Millett was unanimously confirmed as Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services by the Maine Senate after being selected by Republican Paul LePage 
Millett announced his retirement on April 3, 2014, to be effective on May 30  He stated he wanted to spend more time with his family and in his hometown   Governor LePage praised his service and knowledge of state budgeting  Millett retired in May 2014 and was replaced by Richard Rosen 

Legislative career
Millett first served in the legislature from 1969 to 1972  In 2002, Millett won a seat in the Maine House of Representatives  Unable to run for his seat again in 2010, he challenged John Patrick for Senate District 14 and was defeated  In 2018, he won election to the Maine House of Representatives from District 71 

Personal
Millett was born in Waterford, Maine in Oxford County, Maine and his family settled on a farm in Dixmont in Penobscot County when he was in fourth grade  Millett's father was a superintendent of schools and his mother was primarily a homemaker  He was one of five boys in his family  Millett, despite being an avid baseball fan and having lived his entire life in Maine, became a supporter of the St  Louis Cardinals during the 1946 World Series in which the Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox  He graduated from Carmel High School in Carmel, Maine in 1955 and attended the same college as his father, Bates College  After graduating, he returned to Penobscot County and began teaching at Hermon High School  He continued teaching in the district until 1971 In 1977, while serving as Commissioner of Education, Millett and his wife bought a home in Manchester, Maine to cut down on his daily commute for work in Augusta, but the couple disliked living in a subdivision so much that he and his wife bought 25 acres of land next to his parents farm in Waterford and built a house to live in   He could barely stand to address the Maine Senate during his 2011 confirmation hearing due to an infection after knee replacement surgery  Shortly after being appointed commissioner, Millett had to miss work due to a second infection in his knee; he was temporarily replaced by Ryan Low, who had served as Commissioner of Finance under Democrat John Baldacci  Low said of Millett "I would do just about anything for him   There's no one more of an expert on budgeting and legislative process; but even more than that, he's a genuinely nice person "
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Burlingame Daily News
The Burlingame Daily News was a free daily newspaper in Burlingame, California published six days a week with an average daily circulation of 7,000  The newspaper was founded August 9, 2000 by Dave Price (journalist) and Jim Pavelich, who also published the Palo Alto Daily News 

Distribution
Both papers were distributed in large red newspaper racks and in stores, coffee shops, restaurants, schools and major workplaces  
Burlingame Daily News, along with five other Daily News editions, was sold to Knight Ridder in 2005  
After McClatchy's acquisition of Knight Ridder in early 2006, all six Daily News editions, including the Burlingame Daily News, were bundled with the San Jose Mercury News and sold to MediaNews Group of Denver, Colorado  The surviving Daily News papers merged on April 7, 2009 

External links
Official site
Knight Ridder buys Daily News
Daily News publishers ride into sunset
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East Bay Daily News
The East Bay Daily News was a free daily newspaper in Berkeley, California published 5 days a week with an average daily circulation of 10,000  The newspaper was founded May 20, 2005 by journalist Dave Price and Jim Pavelich, who also published the Palo Alto Daily News  The East Bay Daily News was distributed in large red newspaper racks and in stores, coffee shops, restaurants, schools and major workplaces in Berkeley, Albany, Piedmont and Oakland  After McClatchy's acquisition of the paper's previous owner Knight Ridder in early 2006, the Palo Alto Daily News group, including the East Bay Daily News, was bundled with the San Jose Mercury News and sold to MediaNews Group of Denver, Colorado 

External links
East Bay Daily News Official Website
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Bangor Daily News
The Bangor Daily News is an American newspaper covering a large portion of central and eastern Maine, published six days per week in Bangor, Maine 
The Bangor Daily News was founded on June 18, 1889; it merged with the Bangor Whig and Courier in 1900  Also known as the News or the BDN, the paper is published by Bangor Publishing Company, a local family-owned company 
It has been owned by the Towle-Warren family for four generations; current publisher Richard J  Warren is the great-grandson of J  Norman Towle, who bought the paper in 1895  Since 2018, it has been the only independently owned daily newspaper in the state 

History
The Bangor Daily News's first issue was June 18, 1889; the main stockholder in the publishing company was Bangor shipping and logging businessman Thomas J  Stewart  Upon Stewart's death in 1890, his sons took control of the paper, which was originally a tabloid with "some news, but also plenty of gossip, lurid stories and scandals " In 1895, J  Norman Towle purchased the newspaper  Ownership of the paper remained in the family, and Towle's great-grandson Richard J  Warren remains the publisher today The Bangor Daily News merged with the Bangor Whig & Courier in 1900, leaving two newspapers in the city: BDN and the Bangor Daily Commercial (which ceased publication in 1949)  Towle's son-in-law Fred Jordan took control of the paper in 1929  Forty-six BDN staff members served in the U S  forces during World War II, and the paper's managing editor John M  O'Connell was sent to Europe as a war correspondent  After Fred Jordan's death in 1947, his widow Lillis Towle Jordan became publisher  Richard K  Warren became publisher in 1955 and remained in that role until 1984, a time when the newspaper's circulation dramatically increased  It has only missed one day of delivery in its entire history  On New Year's Eve 1962, a massive blizzard dumped over three feet of snow on Bangor, with 20-foot snowdrifts that made it impossible for the delivery trucks to move The newspaper's peak came in the mid-1980s, when Bangor Daily News had 150 reporters and editors and 150 other employees   At the time, published seven regional editions of the newspaper throughout Maine, and in addition to its main office on Main Street in Bangor had news bureaus at Madawaska, Presque Isle, Houlton, Pittsfield, Calais, Machias, Rockland, Augusta and Ellsworth In 1982, a reporter for the Bangor Daily News, Beurmond Banville, who ran a one-person news bureau for the paper in Madawaska, Maine, on the U S -Canada border, wrote about a pretrial hearing in a murder case in New Brunswick, Canada  After publishing an account of the restricted proceeding in BDN, Banville was convicted in a Canadian court for violating a publication ban, and was fined $160; in 1983, the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick upheld the conviction, but gave Banville an absolute discharge, meaning that he does not have any Canadian criminal record  Banville and the newspaper considered the Canadian court's ruling to be a prior restraint on freedom of the press, but decided not to further appeal considering the cost  The ruling appears in a textbook on Canadian media law Richard J  Warren succeeded his father as editor in 1984; five years later, the newspaper moved its printing plant from Bangor to a new printing plant in Hampden (which was closed in 2013 and sold in 2015) The newspaper was an early adopter of a policy prohibiting tobacco advertising  As of 1993, the Bangor Daily News was one of fewer than twenty American newspapers that declined to accept ads for tobacco products The newspaper launched its Web presence in 1997 at bangornews com, later moving to bangordailynews com in the 2000s  From 1997 to 2001, BDN acted as an Internet service provider in addition to a newspaper, working with two local, small telecommunications companies to provide dial-up Internet access to a few thousand people in Maine BDN adopted an aggressive "digital-first" publishing strategy, and became the most-read online news source in the state; in 2011, the Portland Press Herald outsold BDN in print copies by a few thousand papers on an average weekday, but BDN's website had more than 100,000 unique visitors than the Press Herald's website In 2008, the paper's editorial page director, Todd Benoit, was appointed BDN's director of new media; he later became  BDN's president and chief operating officer  In 2014, Richard J  Warren became publisher of the newspaper   The company that owns and operates the newspaper, Bangor Publishing Co , expanded through acquisitions of Bangor Metro magazine (2014), Madawaska's St  John Valley Times (2015), and Fort Kent's Fiddlehead Focus (2016)  The company also owns several weekly newspapers in Maine: the Presque Isle Star-Herald, Caribou Aroostook Republican and News, Dover-Foxcroft Piscataquis Observer, Houlton Pioneer Times, and Greater Bangor The Weekly In 2011 and 2012, BDN established the partnerships The Maine Campus (the independent student newspaper at the University of Maine) and The Free Press (the student newspaper at the University of Southern Maine) through the BDN media partners program  The program involves a content-sharing agreement as well as training and Web hosting services provided by BDN to the student newspapers In 2011, BDN hired an additional reporter to cover Greater Portland and reassigned another reporter to cover the southern mid-coast of Maine  Editor-in-chief Mike Dowd also named editorial-page editor Susan Young as "managing editor for investigative reporting and new initiatives" and appointed Tom Groening as editorial-page editor The Bangor Daily News and The Quoddy Tides sought records under the Maine Freedom of Access Act of closed-door tribal councils of the Passamaquoddy Tribe relating to a proposed $500 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on tribal land at the Pleasant Point Reservation  A Maine court decided that the newspapers were not entitled to the records because the tribal officials' negotiations with the Oklahoma-based LNG developer were undertaken in the reservation's capacity as "a profit-making business rather than municipal governance" and were therefore not subjected to the Freedom of Access Act  The Maine Supreme Judicial Court unanimously affirmed the ruling in 2006  In 2013, Bangor Daily News reporters submitted a public records request to Maine's state government for public information that included the names and addresses of the holders of concealed-weapon permits  The request, made in furtherance of newsgathering, prompted a fierce uproar, and the newspaper dropped the request In 2018, Bangor Daily News became the state's only independently owned daily newspaper in the state, after MaineToday Media, owned by Reade Brower, acquired additional newspapers in Maine  MaineToday now owns  seven of Maine's eight daily newspapers: the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, the Times Record of Brunswick, the Journal Tribune of Biddeford, the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, and the Coastal Journal in Bath  Although Brower's company does not own BDN, it does provide printing services for BDN As of 2020, about half of BDN's journalists were based in Bangor, with the other half spread across Maine In May 2022, the newsroom staff unionized with the Maine NewsGuild and won recognition from management 

Editorial stance
The Bangor Daily News's editorial stance has traditionally leaned toward conservatism and the Republican Party, in contrast to the Portland Press Herald, which was regarded as having a more liberal, pro-Democratic editorial stance  It historically endorsed Republican candidates for office, such as Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election, but has also sometimes endorsed Democratic candidates  In the 1974 Maine gubernatorial election, the Bangor Daily News endorsed independent candidate James B  Longley: "The newspaper had always endorsed Republicans, so backing an independent was stunning " The endorsement was a major boost to Longley's candidacy  The paper also backed independent candidate Herman "Buddy" Frankland and Republican Susan Collins BDN's editorial board endorsed Republican George W  Bush in the 2000 presidential election, but endorsed Democrat John Kerry over Bush in the 2004 presidential election  In 2008, BDN endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president, Republican Susan Collins for Senate, and Democrats Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree for Maine's congressional seats  The paper's editorial board endorsed Obama for re-election in 2012 over Republican challenger Mitt Romney 
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Lawrence Lockman
Lawrence E  Lockman is an American lumber worker, lobbyist and political activist from Amherst, Maine, who has served as a Republican member of the Maine House of Representatives since 2012  In 2020, Lockman ran for the Maine State Senate, challenging incumbent state Senator Kimberly Rosen in the Republican primary 

Background
Lockman is a 1967 graduate of Philadelphia-Montgomery Christian Academy in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania  He studied liberal arts at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia and Pasadena City College in California  Around 1976, he began working at a sawmill in Passadumkeag, Maine 

Controversies
In 1975, Lockman stopped paying federal and state income taxes and founded a group called Maine Patriots which put forth various tax protester arguments and urged other Mainers to follow his example In the mid-to-late 1980s, Lockman switched his emphasis to activism about HIV, the AIDS epidemic, and homosexuality  In a letter to the Lewiston Daily Sun, Lockman wrote "Clearly the practice of sodomy is learned behavior, and those addicted to this form of biologically-insane sex are at high risk for all manner of serious medical problems "In 1986 and 1988, Lockman ran in District 143 of the Maine House of Representatives against the incumbent Democrat Michael Michaud  He lost both, finishing with 639 votes to Michaud's 2,438 
In 1991, Lockman became one of the directors of the Pro Life Education Association, a Maine-based anti abortion organization In a 1995 op-ed, Lockman warned of a "secret gay affirmative action plan," claiming "You can bet the rent money they will demand that employers set up goals and timetables to achieve 10 percent homosexual representation in the workforce and in government contracts "In a 1995 letter in the Sun Journal in Lewiston, a reader quoted a press statement by Lockman, then part of the Pro Life Education Association, saying, “If a woman has (the right to an abortion), why shouldn’t a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman? At least the rapist’s pursuit of sexual freedom doesn’t (in most cases) result in anyone’s death ” In 2012, Lockman was elected to the House's District 30, which included portions of Hancock and Washington counties, with 2188 votes to 2082 for Democrat Dennis Mahar  He was a strong supporter of Maine's governor Paul LePage, who was challenged for re-election in the 2014 race by Lockman's previous opponent, Michael Michaud (who in 2013 came out as gay) LePage was succeeded by Democrat Janet Mills in 2018 

Response to controversy
Lockman has released a statement saying "I have always been passionate about my beliefs, and years ago I said things that I regret  I hold no animosity toward anyone by virtue of their gender or sexual orientation, and today I am focused on ensuring freedom and economic prosperity for all Mainers "

Personal life
In 1990, Lockman was part of a group seeking to break the union at the Passadumkeag Stud Mill where he worked, a drive which was defeated by an 81 to 18 vote  He had worked there for sixteen years before leaving in 1992 to work as a territory manager in eastern Maine for the National Federation of Independent Business, a position he held until 2010  He now works as a territory manager in eastern and central Maine for National Write Your Congressman 
Lockman and his wife Debbie were married in 1974  They have four adult children and five grandchildren 
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Ralph W  'Bud' Leavitt Jr 
Ralph W  "Bud" Leavitt Jr  (January 13, 1917 – December 20, 1994) was a Maine newspaperman who was executive sports editor of the Bangor Daily News, and a longtime outdoor columnist recognized statewide  In addition to his writing, Leavitt hosted one of Maine's earliest television shows, which was devoted to fishing, hunting and the out-of-doors  Leavitt's stature within the state  was such that columnist Roy Blount Jr  wrote of the Maine sportswriter that he "fishes with Ted Williams and Red Smith – or, rather, they trout-fish with him " An early conservationist and son of a paper mill union leader, Leavitt urged the state of Maine to acquire lands for public use; one such preserve is today named for the sportswriter and television personality 

Early life and career beginnings
Ralph W  Leavitt Jr  was born in Old Town, Maine, on January 13, 1917, to Ralph W  Leavitt Sr , union manager at Penobscot Chemical Fiber Company, and his wife Elise  Following graduation from Old Town High School, Leavitt went to work in the plant where his father was manager of the union – and quit the next day  "He didn't like getting all covered with dirt and sweat anywhere but on the athletic field", said Leavitt's cousin Alden Leavitt 
Following his one-day career in the industrial world, Leavitt went looking for other employment  He landed his first newspaper job at age 17 when he began writing for The Bangor Daily Commercial in 1934  At the outbreak of World War II, Leavitt joined the Army Air Corps as a civilian employee
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Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (also known as Spirit) is a 2002 American animated western film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures  The film was directed by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook (in their feature directorial debuts) from a screenplay by John Fusco, based on an idea by Jeffrey Katzenberg, who produced the film alongside Mireille Soria Set in the Old West in the late 19th century, the film follows Spirit, a Kiger mustang stallion (voiced by Matt Damon as a narrator), who is captured during the American Indian Wars by the United States Cavalry; he is eventually freed by a Lakota man named Little Creek with whom he bonds, as well as a mare named Rain  In contrast to the anthropomorphic style of animal characters in other animated features, Spirit and his fellow horses communicate with each other through non-linguistic sounds and body language (albeit with many human facial expressions and reactions) 
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron was released in cinemas on May 24, 2002 and was a box-office disappointment, earning only $122 million on an $80 million budget  It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Spirited Away  The film also launched a media franchise using computer animation, with a Netflix spin-off television series Spirit Riding Free premiering on May 5, 2017, followed by  a spin-off of the original film, titled Spirit Untamed, released on June 4, 2021 

Plot
In the 19th-century American West, a Kiger mustang colt, Spirit, is born to a herd of wild horses; he grows into a stallion and assumes the leadership of the herd  One night, upon following a strange light near his herd, Spirit finds horses tied to a log and their wranglers sleeping around a campfire  They awake and, after a chase, capture him and take him to a US cavalry fort 
The leader of the fort, the Colonel, orders Spirit to be broken; however, Spirit defies all attempts  The Colonel retaliates by having him tied to a post for three days without food or water  Meanwhile, a Lakota Native American named Little Creek is also brought into the fort and held captive  After three days, Spirit is weak enough that the Colonel takes control of him, boasting that any wild horse can eventually be tamed, but seeing the disappointment in the other captive horses, Spirit gets a second wind and throws him off  Humiliated and livid, the Colonel is about to shoot him before Little Creek frees himself from his bonds with a knife and saves Spirit; they escape, releasing the other horses in the process  However, Little Creek catches Spirit himself and takes him to his village 
After returning to the Lakota village, Little Creek attempts to tame Spirit with kindness, but Spirit still refuses to be broken  Little Creek ties Spirit with his mare Rain, hoping she can discipline him  Spirit eventually falls in love with Rain despite not understanding her attachment to humans  Soon, Little Creek and Spirit come to a mutual respect and the former realizes that the horse will never be tamed, so he lets Spirit go  Spirit is about to return to his herd and convince Rain to come with him when he notices the Colonel and his men charging to attack the village  During the battle, at which Spirit returns to help, the Colonel shoots Rain and she falls into a river; he is about to shoot Little Creek, but Spirit knocks the Colonel off his horse, deflecting the shot and saving his life  Spirit then runs after Rain in attempts to rescue her, but they both plummet over a waterfall  Spirit stays by Rain's side, only for the cavalry to recapture him but leave her for dead  Little Creek tends to Rain and vows to free Spirit in return for his life being saved by him 
Broken, Spirit is put in a train with other captured horses from the village and loses his self-worth  However, he has a vision of his family from his homeland running free, strengthening him again  Spirit is forced to work on the transcontinental railroad, pulling a steam locomotive with other horses  After noticing that the railroad will pass right through his home, Spirit quickly breaks free from the sledge and then frees the other horses  They all escape, but the loss of the horses causes the locomotive come tumbling down the hill with Spirit running for his life from it  It crashes into a station and into another locomotive, causing an explosion that sets the forest ablaze  Spirit is trapped when the chain around his neck snags on a fallen tree  Little Creek intervenes setting him free, and together they escape by jumping into a ravine 
The next morning, the Colonel and his cavalry find Spirit and Little Creek and a chase ensues through the Grand Canyon, where they get trapped on one side of a gorge  Spirit makes an incredible leap to the other side, and his bravery amazes the Colonel; he stops one of his privates from shooting Spirit, and humbly accepts defeat and leaves them be  Celebrating their victory & freedom, Little Creek returns to the Lakota village with Spirit and finds Rain nursed back to health, and names the stallion "Spirit Who Could Not Be Broken"  Spirit and Rain are then set loose by Little Creek; they depart to Spirit's homeland, where they reunite with his herd 

Cast
Matt Damon as Spirit, a Kiger mustang horse
James Cromwell as The Colonel, leader of a cavalry of soldiers  He is based on George Armstrong Custer 
Daniel Studi as Little Creek, a Lakota Native American whom Spirit befriends 
Chopper Bernet as Sgt  Adams, a cavalry sergeant
Jeff LeBeau as Murphy, the first soldier who tries to break Spirit
Jeff LeBeau also voices a Railroad Foreman
Richard McGonagle as Bill, a wrangler
Matt Levin as Joe, one of the wranglers
Robert Cait as Jake, one of the wranglers
Charles Napier as Roy, one of the wranglers
Zahn McClarnon as Little Creek's Friend
Michael Horse as Little Creek's Friend
Donald Fullilove as Train Pull Foreman

Production
Development
Writer John Fusco, best known for his work in the Western and Native American genres (such as the films Young Guns and Young Guns II), was hired by DreamWorks Animation to create an original screenplay based on an idea by Jeffrey Katzenberg  Fusco began by writing and submitting a novel to the studio and then adapted his own work into screenplay format  He remained on the project as the main writer over the course of four years, working closely with Katzenberg, the directors, and artists 

Animation and design
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron was made over the course of four years using a conscious blend of traditional hand-drawn animation and computer animation  James Baxter said that the animation was the most difficult piece of production he worked on for a movie: "I literally spent the first few weeks with my door shut, telling everyone, 'Go away; I've got to concentrate ' It was quite daunting because when I first started to draw horses, I suddenly realized how little I knew " The team at DreamWorks, under his guidance, used a horse named "Donner" as the model for Spirit and brought the horse to the animation studio in Glendale, California for the animators to study  Sound designer Tim Chau was dispatched to stables outside Los Angeles to record the sounds of real horses; the final product features real hoof beats and horse vocals that were used to express their vocalizations in the film  None of the animal characters in the film speak English beyond occasional reflective narration from the protagonist mustang, voiced by Matt Damon in the film  Many of the animators who worked on Spirit would later work on Shrek 2, as their influence can be seen for the character Donkey  The production team, consisting of Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook, Mireille Soria, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Kathy Altieri, Luc Desmarchelier, Ron Lukas, and story supervisor Ronnie del Carmen took a trip to the western United States to view scenic places they could use as inspiration for locations in the film  The homeland of the mustangs and Lakotas is based on Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, and the  Teton mountain range; the cavalry outpost was also based on Monument Valley 

Traveling to all those different places, we were reminded that this is a magnificent country, so in some respects, it was a way for us to honor and to celebrate the grandeur in our own backyard  Geographically, we kind of threw convention out the window  We took the best from nature and gave it our own spin, and ultimately it served the story well  Additional animation and fine line services were provided by Anvil Studios, Bardel Entertainment and Stardust Pictures 

Music
The instrumental score was composed by Hans Zimmer with songs by Bryan Adams in both the English and French versions of the album  The opening theme song for the film, "Here I Am" was written by Bryan Adams, Gretchen Peters, and Hans Zimmer  It was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis  Another song, not included in the film itself (although it can be heard in the ending credits), is "Don't Let Go", which is sung by Bryan Adams with Sarah McLachlan on harmonies and piano  It was written by Bryan Adams, Gavin Greenaway, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and Gretchen Peters  Many of the songs and arrangements were set in the American West, with themes based on love, landscapes, brotherhood, struggles, and journeys  Garth Brooks was originally supposed to write and record songs for the film but the deal fell through  The Italian versions of the songs were sung by Zucchero  The Spanish versions of the tracks on the album were sung by Erik Rubín (Hispanic America) and Raúl (Spain)  The Brazilian version of the movie soundtrack was sung in Portuguese by Paulo Ricardo  The Norwegian versions of the songs were sung by Vegard Ylvisåker of the Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis 

Release
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron was released in theaters on May 24, 2002 

Home media
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron was released on VHS and DVD on November 19, 2002  It was re-released on DVD on May 18, 2010  The film was released on Blu-ray by Paramount Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on May 13, 2014 

Reception
Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron holds an overall approval rating of 69% based on 127 reviews, with an average rating of 6 40/10  The site's critical consensus reads: "A visually stunning film that may be too predictable and politically correct for adults, but should serve children well " Review aggregator Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews"  Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale Critic Roger Ebert gave the film three stars out of four and said in his review, "Uncluttered by comic supporting characters and cute sidekicks, Spirit is more pure and direct than most of the stories we see in animation – a fable I suspect younger viewers will strongly identify with " Leonard Maltin of Hot Ticket called it "one of the most beautiful and exciting animated features ever made"  Clay Smith of Access Hollywood considered the film "An Instant Classic"  Jason Solomons described the film as "a crudely drawn DreamWorks animation about a horse that saves the West by bucking a US Army General"  USA Today's Claudia Puig gave it 3 stars out of 4, writing that the filmmakers' "most significant achievement is fashioning a movie that will touch the hearts of both children and adults, as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats " Dave Kehr of the New York Times criticized the way in which the film portrayed Spirit and Little Creek as "pure cliches" and suggested that the film could have benefited from a comic relief character  The film was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival  Rain was the first animated horse to receive an honorary registration certificate from the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) 

Box office
When the film opened on Memorial Day Weekend 2002, the film earned $17,770,036 on the Friday-Sunday period, and $23,213,736 through the four-day weekend for a $6,998 average from 3,317 theaters  The film overall opened in fourth place behind Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Spider-Man, and Insomnia  In its second weekend, the film retreated 36% to $11,303,814 for a $3,362 average from expanding to 3,362 theaters and finishing in fifth place for the weekend  In its third weekend, the film decreased 18% to $9,303,808 for a $2,767 average from 3,362 theaters  The film closed on September 12, 2002, after earning $73,280,117 in the United States and Canada with an additional $49,283,422 overseas for a worldwide total of $122,563,539, against an $80 million budget 

Accolades
Expanded franchise
Video games
Two video games based on the film were released on October 28, 2002, by THQ: the PC game Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron — Forever Free and the Game Boy Advance game Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron — Search for Homeland A third game "Lucky's Big Adventure" was released in 2021 based on the "Untamed" film sequel below 

Book series
Shortly after the movie, a book series called “Spirit of the West” was released by writer Kathleen Duey; telling the story of Spirit’s family lineage and herd 

Spin-off television series
A computer-animated spin-off television series based on the film, titled Spirit Riding Free, premiered on Netflix on May 5, 2017  The series follows all the daring adventures when Spirit, who is the offspring of the original, meets a girl named Lucky whose courage matches his own 

Spin-off film
A computer-animated film, titled Spirit Untamed, was released on June 4, 2021 by Universal Pictures  It is a film adaptation of the spin-off series Spirit Riding Free as well as a spin-off of the original film 

See also
List of animated feature films
Kiger Mustang, the horse breed of Spirit, the protagonist of the story
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John Paesano
John Paesano (born July 2, 1977) is an American composer working primarily in film, television and video games  He is known for collaborating with director Wes Ball on the Maze Runner film series, as well as composing for the Marvel Television series Daredevil and The Defenders  As a video game composer, he has contributed music to the acclaimed titles, Detroit Become Human, Marvel's Spider-Man and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales  For his work on Miles Morales, Paesano won the BAFTA for Best music in a video game 

Biography
Paesano was born in Detroit  He first studied classical music at Conservatoire de Paris located in Parc de la Villette, France before continuing his studies at Berklee College of Music pursuing a major in musical composition and film scoring  John knew from the age of nine years old, he wanted to become a music composer  He then worked under composers Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams providing additional music for the former, and orchestrating for the latter  Paesano cites Steven Spielberg's 1987 film Empire of the Sun as his motivation for getting into film scoring In 2014, Paesano was hired to compose the music for The Maze Runner  Speaking of the job, he recalled seeing Wes Ball's 2011 short film, Ruin and was intrigued by it, composing a short demo (which eventually would become the "Maze Runner" theme) for Ball  He visited the sets in New Orleans, observing the "environmental soundscape" and tried to incorporate the natural sounds into his score  He recorded the score with an orchestra at the Newman Scoring Stage with sessions running for 2 weeks  Paesano would later return to score the 2nd and 3rd film of the series, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials and Maze Runner: The Death Cure Paesano was later tasked with composing the score to Spider-Man developed by Insomniac Games, joining the game's development in the early stages  He worked with game director Bryan Intihar and brought about creating several character themes, emphasising the need for the music to be its "own character" in the game  Paesano ensured that his music struck a balance between the cinematics and the gameplay as he wanted the player to be fully immersed  He looked at distinguishing his music from past Spider-Man films and games and decided to focus on creating a musical identity for Peter Parker In 2021, he composed the music for the Avengers Campus themed area at Disney California Adventure, combining themes from the MCU's Avengers, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Captain Marvel, and Black Panther films; a single entitled "Welcome Recruits" was released in April 2022 

Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Theme park attractions
Awards
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Gift of the Night Fury
Gift of the Night Fury is a 2011 American computer-animated short film by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Tom Owens  It was released on November 15, 2011 on DVD and Blu-ray, along with another original animated short film Book of Dragons Based on How to Train Your Dragon, the short takes place in the middle of preparing for the Viking winter holiday  After all dragons inexplicably fly away, the last one of them unwittingly kidnaps Hiccup  Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T J  Miller, Kristen Wiig, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse all reprise their roles from the original film 

Plot
Right before Berk's traditional winter holiday of Snoggletog, all the dragons of Berk unexpectedly depart, leaving everyone distraught – except for Toothless, who cannot fly by himself  Out of compassion, Hiccup builds him a new automatic prosthesis allowing him independent flight, thus gifting him his freedom; he then flies off too 
Three days later, Meatlug, Fishlegs' dragon whom he had secretly kept chained, escapes, inadvertently taking Hiccup with her  Meatlug flies to an island with hot springs, where all the dragons (except Toothless, who is nowhere to be found) have been hatching their eggs  Meanwhile, on Berk, Astrid and the other teens discover dragon eggs in Meatlug's nest, which they scatter around Berk in hopes of lifting the villagers' spirits; this plan backfires, because dragon eggs hatch explosively (normally underwater)  Berk is severely damaged in the process 
On the dragons' island, Hiccup meets Stormfly (Astrid's dragon) and Hookfang (Snotlout's dragon) and their newly-hatched babies; in asking for a ride home, he inadvertently triggers the dragons' return migration  He quickly decides to use a nearby wrecked ship to carry the baby dragons, who cannot yet fly as far as Berk  The Berkians are overjoyed at their dragons' return and the new babies, though Hiccup is still distraught at Toothless' absence  During the ensuing Snoggletog celebration, Toothless returns with Hiccup's lost helmet, which he had dropped into the sea earlier; the two enjoy a heartfelt reunion 
The next day, Toothless discards his new tail, begging Hiccup to put the old tailfin on him and fly with him by controlling his fin manually as opposed to passively riding him; in doing so, he gives Hiccup a "better gift" – his friendship and companionship 

Voice cast
Jay Baruchel as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
America Ferrera as Astrid Hofferson
Craig Ferguson as Gobber the Belch
Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast
Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fishlegs Ingerman
Jonah Hill as Snotlout Jorgenson
T J  Miller as Tuffnut Thorston
Kristen Wiig as Ruffnut Thorston

Home media
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury was released on Blu-ray and DVD on November 15, 2011 along with Book of Dragons  It was released on Blu-ray and DVD as part of the DreamWorks Holiday Classics  It was re-released on DVD on October 1, 2013 along with Shrek the Halls, Merry Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda Holiday, and The Croods  The short was released again on Blu-ray and DVD on October 15, 2019 by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, this time as part of the DreamWorks Ultimate Holiday Collection set 

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Shrek the Third
Shrek the Third (also known as Shrek 3) is a 2007 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book Shrek! by William Steig  Directed by Chris Miller (in his feature directorial debut) and co-directed by Raman Hui from a screenplay by Jeffrey Price, Peter S  Seaman, Miller, and Aron Warner, the film is set after the events of Shrek 2 (2004) and is the third installment in the Shrek film series  The film features Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Julie Andrews, and John Cleese reprising their voice roles from the previous films, along with new additions Justin Timberlake as Arthur Pendragon and Eric Idle as Merlin  In the film, Prince Charming is plotting to overthrow Shrek and Fiona, who have inherited the throne following King Harold's death  Shrek has no interest in ruling the kingdom and attempts to convince Fiona's underachieving 16-year-old cousin Artie to reign instead 
Shrek the Third premiered at the Mann Village Theatre, Westwood in Los Angeles on May 6, 2007, and was theatrically released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on May 18, 2007  Despite mixed reviews, the film was a commercial success, grossing $813 million worldwide on a budget of $160 million, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2007  It was nominated for the Best Animated Film at the 61st British Academy Film Awards  The sequel, Shrek Forever After, was released in May 2010 

Plot
Some time after the events of the second film, Shrek and Princess Fiona are to succeed the dying King Harold, but Shrek's attempts to serve as the Regent during Harold's medical absence end in disaster  Shrek has no interest in being king of Far Far Away  With his dying breath, Harold tells Shrek of another heir: his nephew and Fiona's cousin, Arthur "Artie" Pendragon  Meanwhile, Prince Charming vows to avenge the death of his mother, the Fairy Godmother, and become king  Charming goes to the Poison Apple tavern and persuades fairy tale villains to fight for their "happily ever after" 
Shrek, Donkey, and Puss in Boots set out to retrieve Artie  As they sail away, Fiona reveals to Shrek that she is pregnant, much to Shrek's horror  He believes he is incapable of raising children  The trio journey to Worcestershire Academy, an elite magical boarding school, where they discover Artie is a scrawny, 16-year-old outcast  At the school pep rally, Shrek tells Artie he has been chosen to be king of Far Far Away  Artie is excited until Donkey and Puss inadvertently frighten him by discussing the king's responsibilities  Losing confidence, Artie tries to take control of the ship and steer it back to Worcestershire; following a scuffle with Shrek, the ship crashes on a remote island where they encounter Artie's retired wizard teacher, Merlin 
Fiona and Queen Lillian host a baby shower when Charming and other villains attack the castle  Gingy, Pinocchio, the Big Bad Wolf, and the Three Little Pigs stall Charming's group long enough for the ladies to escape  When one of the pigs accidentally reveals that Shrek has gone to retrieve Artie, Charming sends Captain Hook and his pirates to track them down  Rapunzel, having fallen in love with Charming, betrays Fiona, and the ladies are locked in a tower 
Hook and his pirates catch up to Shrek on Merlin's island  Shrek avoids capture, and Hook reveals Charming's takeover of Far Far Away  Shrek urges Artie to return to Worcestershire  Instead, Artie cons Merlin into using his magic to send them to Far Far Away  The spell causes Puss and Donkey to accidentally switch bodies  They find Pinocchio and learn that Charming plans to kill Shrek as part of a play  After breaking into the castle, they are caught and taken captive 
Charming prepares to kill Artie to retain the crown  To save Artie's life, Shrek lies, claiming that he was just using Artie to replace him as the next king  Charming believes Shrek and allows a disheartened Artie to leave  Donkey and Puss are imprisoned with Fiona and the ladies, where Fiona grows frustrated with their lack of initiative  Lillian smashes an opening in the stone wall of the prison with a headbutt  While the princesses launch a rescue mission for Shrek, Donkey and Puss free Gingy, Pinocchio, and the others along with Dragon and Donkey's children  Puss and Donkey mollify Artie by explaining that Shrek lied to save Artie's life 
Charming stages a showdown in a musical theater in front of the kingdom  Just as Charming is about to kill Shrek, Fiona, Puss, and Donkey, the princesses and other fairy tale characters confront the villains, but are quickly subdued  Artie shows up and gives a speech to the villains, convincing them that they can be accepted into society instead of being outcasts  Inspired by Artie's speech, the villains agree to give up their evil ways, while Charming refuses to listen and lunges at Artie with his sword



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prompt_front: Answer the question based on the given passages. Only give me the answer and do not output any other words.

Question: Why is Bangor Daily News talkin about Sawin Millett?

The following are given passages.
Context 2:  Following the War, in 1946 Leavitt took a job as general sportswriter at the Bangor Daily News, with which he associated as sportswriter, sports editor and outdoor columnist for the next 48 years  Leavitt's retirement from his Maine newspaper duties was considered noteworthy enough that Maine Senator George J  Mitchell issued a statement about it During his tenure as sports editor and outdoor columnist, Leavitt also occasionally filed stories to national publications, including Time magazine  High school graduate Leavitt's prose on sporting topics even turned up occasionally in the highbrow The New Yorker magazine  In its issue of June 25, 1979, The New Yorker quoted at length from sportswriter Leavitt's essay on fishing in Maine  "He wrote when the fog shuts out the land, it is like a pussy-footing cat laying down a paw", wrote the magazine, paraphrasing Leavitt's prose  Even Leavitt's admirers concede the columnist and sportswriter wasn't known for his adept turns of phrase  Some observers attributed his popularity in Maine to his no-nonsense, somewhat gruff style, in which he delivered the facts without embroidery 
Leavitt also frequently hunted and fished with his friend Nelson Bryant, outdoor columnist for The New York Times, who wrote about their jaunts in his newspaper  During this time, Leavitt began to make himself indispensable to the Bangor newspaper, where the owners noted that his presence on the sports pages came to embody for many readers the newspaper itself In 1948 Leavitt began writing a daily outdoor column for the newspaper in addition to his sportswriter duties  The column, in which Leavitt discussed hunting and fishing and life in Maine, ran in the Bangor Daily News until November 30, 1994, – six years after Leavitt had retired as the paper's sports editor, and only weeks before the columnist's death from cancer 

The columnist and the television host
Leavitt hosted one of the first outdoor shows on national television  In 1953 Maine's first TV station went on the air, and asked Leavitt to anchor a show on the themes he wrote about in his column  The Bud Leavitt Show debuted that year as one of the first local programs on the air in Maine  For the next 20 years Leavitt appeared every Saturday night to talk about the pressing issues of a Maine outdoorsman: how to remove a fishhook; the death of a favorite dog; snoeshowing and moose hunting and salmon fishing  There was little that Bud Leavitt wouldn't fish for  When the salmon runs on the rivers of Maine and New Brunswick tapered off, Leavitt often took to the rips off Maine's Petit Manan Light, where he cast a fly to schools of 25-pound pollock 
That Leavitt's newspaper permitted him to appear on a competing news outlet startled no one  "They had to have him", said Bangor Daily News managing editor Mike Dowd of the demand for the popular columnist  "He had to have it  So [Leavitt] became multimedia before the term was invented "Leavitt's last show on local Maine television was taped in 1973, but in 1978 the Maine Public Broadcasting Network asked the sportswriter to host a new show  Leavitt's early broadcasts on Maine's TV airwaves were marked by the times  The balding, avuncular Leavitt closed each show with the homily, "Remember, the family that plays together stays together " And the show's trademark music jingle is still the subject of Mainers posting to internet message boards, recalling Saturday night with beans and biscuits, watching Bud Leavitt  That show, called Woods and Waters, went on to become a public TV sensation  Within a year it was broadcast nationally  The Outdoor Writers of America later rated it the nation's best outdoor-oriented program  The show's success launched the local Maine sportswriter into the national consciousness: Leavitt was featured as a guest several times on the ABC show American Sportsman, and was a frequent guest on national radio programs 
Sometimes Leavitt was joined on his Maine TV show by friends like broadcaster Curt Gowdy, or baseball players Brooks Robinson or Ted Williams  "He was to outdoor journalism what Norman Rockwell was to art", wrote longtime Bangor Daily News sports columnist Larry Mahoney  The comparison was apt  Leavitt was not known for his eloquent turns-of-phrase, but for his directness and lack of artifice—what some might call his "Maine-ness" 
Thanks to his notoriety, Leavitt kept a running correspondence with people that he might never have met  His friendship with Albany, New York mayor Erastus Corning 2nd, for instance, lasted decades, and the pair's letters about angling are among the papers collected in Corning's archives Leavitt's friendship with baseball player Ted Williams spanned decades, and the two were frequent fishing buddies  Leavitt had been sent to Boston's Fenway Park in 1939 to write about the Boston Red Sox, where he met Williams, then a first-year rookie already making a name for himself as a slugger  Overhearing that the cub sportswriter was from Maine, Williams asked about the fishing up north  A lifelong friendship ensued 
"One journalist with whom Williams had a genuine friendship was the late Bud Leavitt, former sports editor and outdoor writer for the Bangor Daily News", wrote Tony Chamberlain of The Boston Globe  "Leavitt fished often with Williams in the lakes and streams of Maine and Canada  Most of their fishing up north was for salmon, and Williams fished with Leavitt near the writer's home along the Penobscot River "

Recognition in Maine and later years
Leavitt's stature as a writer on some of Maine's favorite topics, and his weekly television presence made him one of the state's celebrities – in the days when the words "Maine" and "celebrity" were oxymorons  Once, on a bird hunting drive in northern Maine with his friends Curt Gowdy and Brooks Robinson, Leavitt got lost  He stopped at a local home where he saw several men talking in the driveway  After inquiring after directions, Leavitt gestured at his car  Did the local Mainers know either of the two men in his automobile, Leavitt asked the group "No, we don't", answered one man, "but we sure know who you are  You're Bud Leavitt!"
Even Maine Senator Edmund Muskie tested the limits of political muscle when he brushed against Leavitt's following  It was arranged for Muskie to go ice-fishing with Leavitt—or as Muskie adviser Clyde MacDonald Jr  put it, "possibly the greatest political event that could be arranged at that time " MacDonald lived next to columnist Leavitt, whom the Muskie aide inveigled to accompany Muskie on a fishing trip to an Ellsworth, Maine, lake  Muskie landed the prize-winning fish, headlined in the next day's Bangor newspaper  As Muskie recalled, his fishing trip with Leavitt made a deeper impression than most of his electoral efforts  "Muskie throughout the rest of his career would say, 'You know, I fought for Dickey-Lincoln [Dam], and I prevented them from closing Loring, but the thing that people talk about is that fish '"Leavitt died on December 20, 1994, and his funeral mass was held in Bangor, not far from his home in Hampden, Maine, on December 26, 1994  His wife Barbara had predeceased him, dying five years prior in 1989  During his career, Leavitt wrote 13,104 columns for Maine newspapers, and a book called, simply, Twelve Months in Maine  Leavitt's essay most often collected in outdoor writing anthologies is "Hunting for Grouse and Woodcock" from his book Twelve Months in Maine  Following his death, the State of Maine named the Bud Leavitt Wildlife Management Area, 6,500 acres (26 km2) of upland forest 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Bangor, in honor of the sportswriter, a longtime advocate for conservation and public lands  In 2000, six years after Leavitt's death, the Maine Press Association posthumously inducted Leavitt into its Hall of Fame Leavitt is interred, alongside his wife Barbara, at Lakeview Cemetery in Hampden, Maine 

Works
Bud Leavitt and Senator William S  Cohen, Bangor: The Twentieth Century, Vol  II, Images of America, Richard R  Shaw, Arcadia Publishing, 1997 ISBN 0-7385-3703-9
Twelve Months in Maine, Bud Leavitt, Bangor Publishing Company, Bangor, Maine, 1977
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The Daily News (Palo Alto)
The Daily News, originally the Palo Alto Daily News, is a free newspaper owned by MediaNews Group and located in Menlo Park  Founded in 1995, it was formerly published seven days a week and at one point had a circulation of 67,000 (a figure that included five zoned editions which no longer exist)  The Daily News is distributed in red newspaper racks and in stores, coffee shops, restaurants, schools and major workplaces   As of April 7, 2009 the paper ceased to be published as The Palo Alto Daily News and was consolidated with other San Francisco Peninsula Daily News titles; it published five days a week, Tuesday through Saturday  Weekday editions were delivered to selected homes  While continuing to publish daily online, The Daily News cut its print edition back to three days a week in 2013, and one day a week in 2015 

Format and content
Originally, the Daily News had a distinctive format with pages that were 16 inches long and 10 75 inches wide, dimensions which were thought to make the Daily News easier to hold than traditional broadsheet papers, but allow more stories to be published per page than a typical tabloid 
On May 5, 2009, the paper went to a smaller page size (11-1/4 by 11-3/8 inches) to save money  "The change also brands our newspaper as different than the local competition, and makes it easier for our on-the-go readers to carry around," an announcement to readers said  They now have a larger version than their original one, with different sections, like add-ins or inserts 
The newspaper prints a combination of local stories and news from a number of wire services including The Associated Press, Bay City News, The New York Times and McClatchy-Tribune (the former Knight-Ridder Tribune)  Local columnists include John Angell Grant, Larry Magid and John Reid  Syndicated opinion columns include those by Bob Herbert, Thomas Friedman and Maureen Dowd 

History
The Palo Alto Daily News debuted on December 7, 1995, with an initial circulation of 3,000  Within nine months, the paper was in the black  The paper generates all of its revenue from advertising  The original publishers, Jim Pavelich and Dave Price, understood that the advertising would reach more potential customers if the paper were free and thus widely available 
The newspaper's press run is determined by consumer demand; by 1997, the circulation had nearly tripled to 10,000 copies a day 
On August 9, 2000, the newspaper expanded into San Mateo County by opening three dailies, the San Mateo Daily News, Redwood City Daily News and Burlingame Daily News  These became the first free daily newspapers in San Mateo County, although within two years, other free dailies started in that area, replicating the format of the Daily News 
On May 15, 2002, the Daily News launched the Los Gatos Daily News  In addition to Los Gatos, it served Saratoga, Campbell, Cupertino and western San Jose 
In the first quarter of 2003, the combined circulation of the Daily News reached 55,000 per day, and on March 23 a home-delivered Sunday edition was added 
On November 12, 2004, the Daily News beat the competition by putting out an "extra" minutes after a jury in Redwood City convicted Scott Peterson of murdering his wife Laci and their unborn son  Editors put the "Redwood City Daily News" flag at the top of the Extra because the trial was taking place in that city, but it was distributed in all of the communities served by the Daily News, including Palo Alto 
On February 15, 2005, Knight Ridder, then the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, bought the Palo Alto Daily News and its four sister papers for $25 million  Price and Pavelich, the publishers, were asked to stay on during the transition, but they left by the end of the year 
In May 2005, the Daily News launched the East Bay Daily News, which served Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont, Albany and the Oakland neighborhood of Rockridge 
In January 2006, Shareef Dajani, formerly general manager of the Knight Ridder-owned Hills Newspapers, a group of weeklies in Alameda County, was named publisher  In March, Dajani fired editor Diana Diamond, a long-time Palo Altan who was also a columnist  Her dismissal triggered numerous letters-to-the-editor and the competing Palo Alto Weekly picked up her column  Dajani replaced Diamond with Lucinda Ryan, who had worked with him at the Hills Newspapers 
In March 2006, Knight Ridder agreed to be purchased by The McClatchy Company, owner of the Sacramento Bee among other papers  McClatchy later announced it would sell 12 of the 32 Knight Ridder dailies, including the San Jose Mercury News and two other regional papers, The Monterey County Herald and the Contra Costa Times  The Palo Alto Daily News, along with other papers, was included in the Mercury News' 'bundle,' to be sold as one entity  MediaNews Group, which already owned several area papers, agreed to acquire The Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Monterey County Herald and the St  Paul Pioneer Press of Minnesota for $1 billion, with $263 million of that coming from the Hearst Corporation, owner of the San Francisco Chronicle  The two deals — the sale of Knight Ridder to McClatchy, and McClatchy's sale to MediaNews — closed in August 2006  However, a lawsuit filed by San Francisco real estate developer Clint Reilly challenged the sale on anti-trust grounds  The suit was settled with Hearst and MediaNews agreeing not to work together on national advertising or distribution 
In January 2007, Dajani was replaced by Carole Leigh Hutton, former editor and publisher of the Detroit Free Press when it was owned by Knight Ridder  When Knight Ridder sold the Free Press to Gannett on August 3, 2005, Hutton was named Knight Ridder's vice president of news, a position she held until the company folded in 2006 
In March 2007, former Oakland Tribune editor Mario Dianda replaced Lucinda Ryan as executive editor 
In May 2008, Daily News founders Dave Price and Jim Pavelich announced that they were reviving the original paper, in its original headquarters at 324 High St , under the name Palo Alto Daily Post In June 2008, the Daily News laid off five newsroom workers and eliminated its Monday edition in Palo Alto and its Tuesday edition in San Mateo, Redwood City and Burlingame  Those three cities had lost their Monday edition two years earlier In August 2008, it came to light that the Daily News had hired a company in India to manage writing, copy-editing and design of a weekly real-estate product In April 2009, the Daily News dropped its Sunday edition and editions for San Mateo, Burlingame and Redwood City 
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Mildred Brown Schrumpf
Mildred Brown "Brownie" Schrumpf (January 24, 1903 – March 2, 2001) was an American home economist, food educator, and author  Named the "Unofficial Ambassador of Good Eating" by the Maine Department of Agriculture, she wrote a weekly food column for the Bangor Daily News from 1951 to 1994 promoting traditional Maine recipes  She was the main proponent of the claim that the chocolate brownie was invented in Bangor  She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 1997 

Early life and education
Schrumpf was born Mildred Greely Brown on a farm in Readfield Depot, Maine, to Fred Brown and Nellie Mabel Gordon Brown  She was a member of the Kennebec County 4-H club and won a canning contest in her teens  After graduating from Winthrop High School in 1921, Schrumpfh attended the University of Maine – the first person in her family to go to college – and earned a bachelor's degree in home economics in 1925 

Career
Schrumpf began her career as a tester for home gas stoves for the Bangor Gas Company  She next worked as an assistant leader in 4-H clubs statewide and as the Penobscot County 4-H club agent through the 1930s, updating home demonstrators on "food preservation, kitchen design and farm life"  In the 1940s, Schrumpf worked for the United States Department of Agriculture Extension Service, giving demonstrations and classes and also teaching "camp cookery to forestry students"  She also taught home economics classes at the University of Maine In the 1950s and 1960s, Schrumpf became the Maine Food Products Promoter for the Maine Department of Agriculture, and also did cooking demonstrations on television 

Food columnist
Schrumpf began writing a weekly food column called "Brownie's Kitchen" for the Bangor Daily News on August 31, 1951  Each column opened with remembrances of life in 20th-century Maine and featured traditional recipes, using simple ingredients that could be found in any Maine grocery  Although she initially eschewed the use of ready-made ingredients, Schrumpf later printed recipes using convenience foods, which were included in her second cookbook collection, Memories from Brownie's Kitchen (1989)  She continued producing her column until April 4, 1994 

"Bangor Brownies"
Schrumpf received widespread publicity for her claim that the chocolate brownie was invented in Bangor, Maine  In its first edition (2007), The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink refuted her premise that "Bangor housewives" had created the brownie  The Oxford Companion noted that while Schrumpf cited the inclusion of the recipe in the Girl's Welfare Cook Book published in Bangor in 1912 as proof of the brownie's origins, a Fannie Farmer cookbook published in 1905 already contained a recipe for the chewy chocolate treat  However, in its second edition (2013), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America said it had discovered evidence to support Schrumpf's claim, in the form of several 1904 cookbooks that listed a recipe for "Bangor Brownies" 

Other activities
Schrumpf served as a judge for the Bangor State Fair and the national Pillsbury Bake-Off  She chaired the Maine Boiler Festival Chicken Barbecues and Luncheons, and headed delegations of Maine food demonstrators to the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts She maintained a lifelong association with the University of Maine and its alumni association, serving as class secretary for 40 years  She provided many artifacts for the "Brownie's Kitchen" exhibit, a replica of an early 20th-century farmhouse kitchen, at the Page Farm & Home Museum on the university campus 

Honors and awards
The University of Maine alumni association awarded her its Black Bear Award in 1957 and Pine Tree Alumni Service Emblem in 1974  She was named Woman of the Year by the Maine Press, Radio and TV Women in 1968 and "Unofficial Ambassador of Good Eating" by the Maine Department of Agriculture in 1970  She received a Kiwanis Recognition in Service Award from the Orono-Old Town Kiwanis chapter in 1976 and an Achievement Citation Award from the Maine chapter of the American Association of University Women in 1989  She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 1997 

Personal
Known for her lively and energetic personality, she was always happy to answer cooking questions and share recipe advice  As she advanced in years, her birthday celebrations were well-attended affairs that were said to "require traffic control"; for one "birthday bash", a 20-person committee coordinated the event She married William E  Schrumpf, an agricultural economist at the University of Maine Agricultural Experimental Station, in 1932; he predeceased her in 1976  In her final years, she resided in a nursing home in Orono, where she died on March 2, 2001, at the age of 98 The Brownie and William E  Schrumpf Papers, including her extensive collection of Maine community cookbooks and recipe pamphlets, are housed in the special collections department of the Raymond H  Fogler Library at the University of Maine 

Works
Memories from Brownie's Kitchen: A collection of recipes compiled over thirty-seven years (2nd ed )  Bangor Publishing Company  1989  ISBN 0962389005 
The Flavor of Maine: Recipes in honor of the bicentennial  Bangor Daily News  1976 
"Maine's Own: Baked Bean Recipes"  Maine Department of Agriculture  1951 

Notes
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San Mateo Daily News
The San Mateo Daily News was a free daily newspaper in San Mateo, California published 6 days a week with an average daily circulation of 22,000  The newspaper was founded August 9, 2000 by Dave Price (journalist) and Jim Pavelich, who also published the Palo Alto Daily News  Both papers were distributed in large red newspaper racks and inside stores, coffee shops, restaurants, schools, and major workplaces  The San Mateo Daily News, along with five other Daily News editions, was sold to Knight Ridder on February 15, 2005  After McClatchy's acquisition of Knight Ridder in 2006, all six Daily News editions, including the San Mateo Daily News were bundled with the San Jose Mercury News and sold to MediaNews Group of Denver, Colorado  The surviving Daily News, papers merged on April 7, 2009 

External links
Knight Ridder buys Daily News
Daily News publishers ride into sunset
Context 3:  Shrek blocks the blow and it appears that he has been stabbed  Charming decrees himself the new king, but Shrek reveals that the sword missed and pushes Charming aside, while Dragon knocks the tower down onto Charming 
Artie is crowned the new king of Far Far Away  While the kingdom celebrates, Merlin appears and reverts Puss and Donkey's body swap  Meanwhile, back at the swamp, Shrek and Fiona begin raising their new triplets, coping with parenthood with help from Donkey, Puss, Lillian, and Dragon 

Voice cast
Production
Following the success of Shrek 2, the third and fourth Shrek films, along with plans for a final, fifth film, were announced in May 2004 by Jeffrey Katzenberg: "Shrek 3 and 4 are going to reveal other unanswered questions and, finally, in the last chapter, we will understand how Shrek came to be in that swamp, when we meet him in the first movie "DreamWorks hired screenwriters Jeffrey Price and Peter S  Seaman (of both Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Doc Hollywood and How the Grinch Stole Christmas fame) to write the script of the film and Jon Zack, who wrote The Perfect Score, came on board as a consultant  Unlike the first two films, the film was not directed by Andrew Adamson due to his occupation with The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe  Adamson was still involved as an executive producer, and was giving advice approximately every four months on the state of the film  Shrek the Third was instead directed by Chris Miller, a story artist on the first film and a head of story on the second, and co-directed by Raman Hui, a supervising animator on the first two films The film was developed under the working title of Shrek 3  By March 2006, the title of the film was changed to Shrek the Third  According to Miller, the reason behind the title change was because they "didn't want to just sort of title it like it was just a sequel," instead they wanted "something to make it stand on its own, give it its own personality and really try to treat it as a chapter in Shrek's life " Hui also remarked: "It's about Shrek becoming the new king of Far Far Away; the title sounds kind of royal as well "The film was originally going to be released in November 2006; however, in December 2004, the date was changed to May 2007; "The sheer magnitude of the Shrek franchise has led us to conclude that a May release date, with a DVD release around the holiday season, will enable us to best maximize performance and increase profitability, thereby generating enhanced asset value and better returns for our shareholders " Katzenberg explained  Flushed Away, another film from DreamWorks Animation, was instead given the slot of November 2006  The release date change was also the day after Disney/Pixar changed the release date of Cars, from November 2005 to June 2006 

Reception
Box office
Shrek the Third opened in 4,122 North American cinemas on May 18, 2007, grossing $38 million on its first day, which was the biggest opening day for an animated film at the time  It grossed a total of $121 6 million in its first weekend, the best opening weekend ever for an animated film, and the second-highest opening for a film in the United States in 2007, behind Spider-Man 3  It held the animated opening weekend record for nine years until it was surpassed by Finding Dory's $135 1 million debut  At the time, its opening weekend was the third-highest of all time in these regions Shrek the Third grossed $322 7 million in the United States, and $490 7 million overseas, bringing its cumulative total to $813 4 million  The film was the fourth-highest-grossing film worldwide of 2007, and the second-highest-grossing film in the United States that year  In addition, it was the highest-grossing animated film of 2007, and the third-highest-grossing animated film ever, trailing only behind Finding Nemo and Shrek 2  The film sold an estimated 46,907,000 tickets in North America The film was released in the United Kingdom on June 29, 2007, and topped the country's box office for the next two weekends, before being dethroned by Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, Shrek the Third has an approval rating of 41% based on 213 reviews, with an average rating of 5 5/10, making it the lowest-rated film in the Shrek franchise by the website to date  The site's critical consensus reads, "Shrek the Third has pop culture potshots galore, but at the expense of the heart, charm, and wit that made the first two Shreks classics " On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 58 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews"  Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, a step down from the first two films' "A" Some critics were confused as to the film's target demographic  Carina Chocano of the Los Angeles Times felt themes about career and parenting anxieties, the lifestyle of celebrities, as well as its humor, would be above children: "Does a kids' movie really need, among other similar touches, a Hooters joke? I, for one, wouldn't want to have to explain it " Nonetheless, she also found certain moments to be funny: "Shrek's anxiety dream about procreating is fabulously surreal, and King Harold's deathbed scene, with its grimaces and false alarms, is pure kiddie comedy at its best " David Ansen of Newsweek wrote that the film's "slightly snarky wit is aimed almost entirely at parents    this one never touched my heart or got under my skin  It's a movie at war with itself: a kiddie movie that doesn't really want to be one "Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, saying the film "wasn't awful, but it's bland, with a barrel-scraping averageness  There are no new ideas, no very funny new characters   " He called the character Merlin a "frankly unfunny new character" and considered the character to be a "rip-off of Albus Dumbledore from the Harry Potter franchise"  He stated that the film contained "no decent musical numbers, incidentally, and the one cover version is bizarrely chosen  For Harold's funeral, we get a rendering of     Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die"  Er     huh? Because it's kind of sad and it has "die" in the title?"The Times of London rated it 2 out of 5 A  O  Scott from The New York Times described the film as "at once more energetic and more relaxed [than its predecessors], less desperate to prove its cleverness and therefore to some extent, smarter "

Awards and nominations
Soundtrack
Home media
The film was released on both DVD and HD DVD on November 13, 2007  The DVD was released in separate pan and scan and widescreen formats  The film and special features on the HD DVD version were presented in 1 78:1 widescreen high-definition 1080p and feature a Dolby Digital Plus 5 1 audio soundtrack, and special features for both formats include several deleted scenes, features, trailers, commentary, music videos, and exclusively on the HD DVD version, some web-enabled and HDi Interactive Format features such as a special trivia track, a film guide, and an interactive coloring book which can be downloaded as of street date Following Paramount's decision to discontinue HD DVD production (making Shrek the Third the only DreamWorks Animation film to be released on that format), the film was subsequently released on Blu-ray Disc on September 16, 2008  It was re-released on Blu-ray as part of the Shrek: The Whole Story boxset on December 7, 2010 before receiving another separate release on August 30, 2011, and on Blu-ray 3D on November 1, 2011 as a Best Buy exclusive DVD and Blu-Ray sales gathered revenue of $179 1 million 

Marketing
Shrek the Third was widely anticipated and DreamWorks backed the film with a large marketing campaign, with toys, books, games, clothes, and many other items becoming available throughout 2007  A video game based on the film has been released for the Wii, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable, PC, and Nintendo DS 
In May 2007, Shrek the Third was made into a mobile video game, developed by Gameloft  Shrek n' Roll, an action puzzle game based on the film, was released for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade on November 14, 2007 
A pinball machine based on the film has also been produced by Stern Pinball 

Satirical marketing effort
Adult Swim comedy team Tim and Eric, annoyed by the amount of advertisement they had witnessed in the months approaching the release of the film, decided to independently "promote" Shrek the Third in a series of internet videos
as well as appearances on television and radio to encourage people to see the film 

Controversy
In the beginning of the film, in Prince Charming's dinner theater, coconuts are revealed to be the source of the sound effect for horses' hoof beats  This same joke was used in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which also starred John Cleese and Eric Idle  Idle walked out of the premiere (though later reentered after calming himself down) and claimed to be considering suing the producers of Shrek for the unauthorized use of this gag, while the producers claim they were honouring Idle and Cleese by putting the part in 

Sequel
The film was followed by the sequel, Shrek Forever After, which was released in theatres on May 21, 2010 

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DreamWorks Dragons
Dragons, commonly referred to as DreamWorks Dragons, is an American computer-animated television series based on the 2010 film How to Train Your Dragon  The series serves as a bridge between the first film and its 2014 sequel Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T J  Miller, and David Tennant reprise their voice-acting roles from the film  Other cast members include Julie Marcus and Andree Vermeulen as Ruffnut (previously voiced by Kristen Wiig), Zack Pearlman as Snotlout (previously voiced by Jonah Hill), Chris Edgerly as Gobber the Belch (previously voiced by Craig Ferguson), and Nolan North as Stoick the Vast (previously voiced by Gerard Butler) 
Dragons was announced by Cartoon Network on October 12, 2010  According to Tim Johnson, executive producer for the film, the series was planned to be much darker and deeper than DreamWorks Animation's previous television series spin-offs, with a similar tone to the film  Dragons was the first DreamWorks Animation series to air on Cartoon Network rather than Nickelodeon A one-hour preview consisting of two episodes aired on August 7, 2012, on Cartoon Network, with the official premiere of the series airing on September 5, 2012  A total of 40 episodes aired on Cartoon Network during the first two seasons, subtitled Riders of Berk and Defenders of Berk respectively 
Afterwards, the series was subtitled Race to the Edge, the first season of which debuted on Netflix on June 26, 2015  The second and third seasons of Dragons: Race to the Edge premiered on January 8 and June 24, 2016, respectively  The fourth season was released on February 17, 2017  The series was renewed for a fifth season, which was released on Netflix on August 25, 2017  The series (alongside the Netflix exclusive, All Hail King Julien) is syndicated as part of the newly rebranded Universal Kids on September 9, 2017  Dragons: Race to the Edge was renewed for the sixth and final season which was released on February 16, 2018 

Plot
Taking place between How to Train Your Dragon and How to Train Your Dragon 2, DreamWorks Dragons follows Hiccup as he tries to keep balance within the new cohabitation of Dragons and Vikings  Alongside keeping up with Berk's newest installment—A Dragon Training Academy—Hiccup, Toothless, and the rest of the Viking Teens are put to the test when they are faced with new worlds harsher than Berk, new dragons that can't all be trained, and new enemies who are looking for every reason to destroy the harmony between Vikings and Dragons altogether 

Characters
Dragon Riders
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock, III  (voiced by Jay Baruchel) – An awkward and underweight Viking and son of the chief of Berk  He and his dragon, Toothless, share the strongest bond of all riders and dragons  He is the ancestor of Olivia and Thomas in Dragons: The Nine Realms Toothless – An extremely rare, male Night Fury befriended by Hiccup, and the dragon that lost his left tail fin in the first feature film   Toothless has dark black scales, retractable teeth, and the ability to shoot plasma blasts   Toothless also has the unique ability to navigate in dark places using echolocation Astrid Hofferson (voiced by America Ferrera) – Hiccup's close friend and partner; and the unofficial second-in-command of the dragon training academy  She has a strong character, is one of the most courageous of the Dragon Riders, and is very competitive  She has a strong bond with her dragon, Stormfly  During Season 5 of Race to the Edge, Hiccup gives Astrid a betrothal necklace, making them officially engaged to be married Stormfly – A blue, female Deadly Nadder befriended by Astrid  Like Hiccup and Toothless, Astrid and Stormfly display exceptional teamwork  Stormfly and Toothless share a friendly rivalry in most of the competitions Hiccup and Astrid devise  In addition to her magnesium-fueled fire bursts, Stormfly can launch spines from her tail Fishlegs Ingerman (voiced by Christopher Mintz-Plasse) – One of Hiccup's close friends; has a great encyclopedic knowledge of dragons  He is not as courageous as the other Dragon Riders, but is a loyal friend, especially to Hiccup and Astrid  He has formed a very close relationship with his dragon, Meatlug Meatlug – A brown, female Gronckle who bonded with Fishlegs  Because of her husky size and short wingspan, she lacks the aerobatic maneuverability and speed of the other dragons  She and Fishlegs have a very close, nurturing relationship  She also can eat a particular combination of iron ore and rocks and regurgitate a valuable metal known as "Gronckle iron" Snotlout Jorgenson (voiced by Zack Pearlman) –  One of Hiccup's friends; reckless, quarrelsome, and often seen mocking or annoying the other riders  He has a complicated relationship with his dragon, Hookfang Hookfang – A red, male Monstrous Nightmare, ridden by Snotlout  Hookfang has a habit of attacking Snotlout or abandoning him when Snotlout tries to assert dominance, and does not always pay attention to Snotlout  In battle, Hookfang covers his skin with his flammable saliva and sets it on fire, without harming himself; this ability is almost never used when Snotlout is riding him Tuffnut Thorston (voiced by T  J  Miller) and Ruffnut Thorston (voiced by Julie Marcus (season 1) and Andree Vermeulen (seasons 2–8)) – Male and female fraternal twins and followers of Hiccup  They constantly quarrel and disobey commands Barf and Belch – A green, male, two-headed Hideous Zippleback jointly ridden by the twins, normally with Ruffnut riding the dragon's right head, named Barf (which can exhale explosive gas), and Tuffnut riding the dragon's left head, named Belch (which can ignite the gas)  The heads are usually agreeable, but can have difficulty flying when their riders disagree, and sometimes quarrel as a result 

Notable inhabitants of Berk
Stoick the Vast (voiced by Nolan North) – The Chief of Berk and father to Hiccup; immensely strong, fearless, fierce, and possessed of shrewd judgement and compassion  His first dragon is a Thunderdrum named Thornado, who is later released back into the wild  His second dragon is Skullcrusher, a Rumblehorn 
Gobber the Belch (voiced by Chris Edgerly) – The blacksmith of Berk, Stoick's closest friend, and Hiccup's mentor  Later he is seen riding a Hotburple named Grump 
Spitelout Jorgenson (voiced by David Tennant) – Snotlout's father  Spitelout takes pride in his son's achievements, but seldom forgives his failures  He is a member of the A-team and rides a Deadly Nadder named Kingstail 
Gustav Larson (voiced by Lucas Grabeel) – Gustav is a teenager who aspires to be a Dragon Rider  He takes Snotlout as his model and hero, especially in the first two seasons  He becomes the leader of Berk's A-Team and he rides a Monstrous Nightmare named Fanghook, based on Hookfang's name 
Gothi (voiced by Angela Bartys) – The village's shaman  As a mute, she communicates by gesturing or drawing lines and hieroglyphic-like pictures, translated by Gobber or Fishlegs  She rides a Gronckle as part of the A-team 
Mildew (voiced by Stephen Root) – Mildew is a cantankerous, spiteful, aged and generally disliked Berk local  He is a cabbage farmer and retains a strong hatred of dragons 
Bucket (voiced by Thomas F  Wilson) – A mentally impaired Viking, named for the bucket he wears on his head, allegedly to conceal a missing part of his brain  When the bucket grows tighter, the locals regard this as an early storm warning 
Mulch (voiced by Tim Conway (seasons 1–2) and Tom Kenny (seasons 3–8)) – Bucket's closest friend, usually seen by his side and frequently picking up the slack for Bucket 

Villains
Johann (voiced by Michael Goldstrom) – A seafaring merchant who occasionally visits Berk and trades mostly in curiosities  Prior to Dragons: Race to the Edge Season 5, he was thought to be an ally of the Dragon Riders  However, in the finale of Season 5, it is revealed that he has been undercover and is secretly working with Krogan to find and control a Bewilderbeast  He meets his end in "King of Dragons, Part 2", when the Bewilderbeast uses its ice to freeze him to death 
Krogan (voiced by Hakeem Kae-Kazim) – The leader of the Dragon Flyers who works for Drago Bludvist  His overconfidence often clashes with Viggo's patience  When he fails to retrieve a Bewilderbeast for his master in “King of Dragons, Part 2”, Drago has him executed 
Viggo Grimborn (voiced by Alfred Molina) – The leader of the Dragon Hunters and is usually accompanied by his older brother, Ryker Grimborn  Viggo is less strong than his brother, but for what he lacks in build he makes up for in intellect, frequently tricking and outsmarting the Dragon Riders  In "Triple Cross", he is betrayed by Johann and Krogan and has a change of heart before sacrificing himself to allow Hiccup and Toothless to escape 
Ryker Grimborn (voiced by JB Blanc) – The second-in-command of the Dragon Hunters and the elder brother of Viggo Grimborn  Ryker is physically stronger and more stubborn than his younger brother  He is killed in "Shell Shocked, Part 2" when the Submaripper swallows his ship 
Savage (voiced by Paul Rugg) – Alvin's right-hand man and later that of Dagur before he goes on his own in Dragons: Race to the Edge Season 4  In "Something Rotten on Berserker Island", he attempts to overthrow Dagur to become the new Chief of the Berserker Tribe, only to be defeated and imprisoned by him 

Secondary characters
Alvin the Treacherous (voiced by Mark Hamill) – Exiled from Berk for unspecified treachery (later revealed to be catching innocent bystanders in the crossfire of a dragon attack), he plots to displace his old friend, Stoick  He later becomes an ally of Berk at the end of Season 2 
Heather (voiced by Mae Whitman) – A mysterious teenage girl found by the Viking youths  Although she was at first introduced for actions against Berk, her true motive, to rescue her parents from Alvin the Treacherous, proved her loyalty  She returns in Season 3, bonding with a Razorwhip dragon named Windshear  She is later revealed to be Dagur's long-lost sister and pretends to be in league with him in order to get close to him and the newly unveiled dragon hunters  She leaves to parts unknown after her plot is uncovered by Viggo  She soon returns, showing romantic feelings for Fishlegs and joins the Dragon Riders  After being with the Dragon Riders for a while, she decides to leave for Berserker Island with her brother, Dagur 
Dagur the Deranged (voiced by David Faustino) – A villain-turned-ally and leader of the Berserker Tribe  He becomes obsessed with plotting to hunt and capture Toothless  He is later revealed to be the long-lost brother of Heather  After Dragons: Race to the Edge Season Two, he begins to acknowledge the aims of the Dragon Riders and starts to help them, along with his sister, Heather  Later, Dagur becomes a Dragon Rider with a Gronckle he named Shattermaster, and later on, Sleuther, a Triple Stryke that the Dragon Riders had previously rescued  In Season 6, he falls in love with and eventually marries Mala  Though he acts tough and aggressive, he is also rather sensitive



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Defenders of the Wing – A tribe of warriors who first appear in the episode "Defenders of the Wing: Part 1"  They worship dragons as holy beings and are led by Queen Mala (voiced by Adelaide Kane)  They are at war with the Dragon Hunters and are therefore extremely distrusting of outsiders  Prior to encountering the Dragon Riders, they know nothing of riding or training dragons, as their culture forbids it  They live on a volcanic island home to an enormous dragon called the Eruptodon  They worship and protect the Eruptodon at all cost, as it feeds on the volcano's lava and prevents their village from being destroyed  Mala later falls in love with and marries Dagur the Deranged 
Wingmaidens – An exclusively female warrior tribe led by their chieftess Atali (voiced by Rose McIver) who first appear in the episode "Snotlout’s Angels"  They care for baby Razorwhips who become their wings until they are old enough to fend for themselves because the adult males of the species would devour the infants and could drive the species to extinction 

Episodes
Production
On October 12, 2010, it was announced that Cartoon Network had acquired worldwide broadcast rights to a weekly animated series based on the film  According to Tim Johnson, executive producer for How to Train Your Dragon, the series was planned to be much darker and deeper than DreamWorks Animation's previous television series spin-offs, with a similar tone to the film, and would follow after the events of the first film  DreamWorks Dragons is the first DreamWorks Animation series to air on Cartoon Network; DreamWorks Animation's previous television series, including The Penguins of Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, and Monsters vs  Aliens, had aired on Nickelodeon Although it was initially announced that the series would be called Dragons: The Series, the San Diego Comic-Con schedule announced in June 2012 revealed the new title to be Dragons: Riders of Berk  The second season of the show was titled Dragons: Defenders of Berk  At the end of May 2014, DreamWorks Animation announced that the series would move to Netflix in spring 2015 

Reception
Critical response
Dragons: Riders of Berk has received positive reviews  Brian Lowry of Variety reviewed the series: "The program is dazzling visually, and pretty effortlessly picks up where the narrative left off," although he noted the initial episodes' "lack of actual villains" and "not-particularly-stirring array of characters"  Mary McNamara of Los Angeles Times said that it "retains both the personality and production value of its progenitor  Dragons promise to be lively and entertaining, with great visuals of dragons swooping and soaring " She praised its look: "It looks pretty dang spectacular even by today's standards  It's so crisply drawn and fluid that a person of a certain age would be forgiven for wondering how on earth we survived with things like Scooby-Doo and The Perils of Penelope Pitstop " According to Nielsen Media Research, episodes of the first season ranked on average #1 in their timeslot among boys 2–14 

Accolades
Video games
A 3D Unity-based in-browser game, titled Dragons: Wild Skies, was launched on August 27, 2012, on CartoonNetwork com  Players will go through a tutorial with Hiccup, and train a Deadly Nadder, before being able to free roam around the several islands in the Barbaric Archipelago, with dragons scattered around them  The player can choose to be a blonde/brunette male or female Viking, before setting off to explore the islands  To train a dragon, players must feed the dragons correct food before doing correct gestures to gain the dragon's trust  In the game, players do not die or otherwise fail  Players complete challenges to earn gold for buying tools to obtain food for training dragons  The overworld consists of six islands, each with a unique dragon to tame  The number of dragons and worlds to explore is set to expand over time, as the series introduces more and more places and dragons   

Home media
A DVD collection of the first four episodes, titled Dragons: Riders of Berk, was released on November 20, 2012  The first season of the series was released on DVD in two parts on July 23, 2013  Dragons: Riders of Berk: Part 1 contained episodes from 1 to 11, and Dragons: Riders of Berk: Part 2, episodes from 12 to 20  In December 2013, Walmart released an exclusive pack containing the Complete 1st Season in a special edition "Toothless" plastic package  A DVD collection of the first 10 episodes of the second season, titled Dragons: Defenders of Berk: Part 1, was released on March 25, 2014  The second part, titled Dragons: Defenders of Berk: Part 2, was later released on May 27, 2014  On February 12, 2019, the first two seasons of Dragons: Race to the Edge was released on DVD in one set  Seasons three and four were released on DVD on March 5, 2019, and seasons five and six were released on DVD on March 26, 2019, albeit all only in Region 1 format 
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How to Train Your Dragon (franchise)
How to Train Your Dragon (abbreviated HTTYD) is an American media franchise from DreamWorks Animation and loosely based on the eponymous series of children's books by British author Cressida Cowell  It consists of three feature films: How to Train Your Dragon (2010), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)  The franchise also contains five short films: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010), Book of Dragons (2010), Gift of the Night Fury (2011), Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014) and How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)  A live-action reboot from Universal Pictures is in development and scheduled for release on March 14, 2025 The television series based on the events of the first film, DreamWorks Dragons, began airing on Cartoon Network in September 2012  The first and second seasons were titled Dragons: Riders of Berk and Dragons: Defenders of Berk respectively  After the two seasons on Cartoon Network, the series was given the new title Dragons: Race to the Edge  The characters are older and it served as a prequel to the second film, running from June 2015 to February 2018  A second series, titled Dragons: Rescue Riders, began airing on Netflix in 2019 and features a completely different cast and locale than the original series of films and TV shows, but is set in the same universe  A third series, Dragons: The Nine Realms, began streaming on Hulu and Peacock in December 2021, with Rescue Riders transferring to Peacock beginning with the third season under the Heroes of the Sky subtitle  Unlike past entries in the franchise, The Nine Realms is set in the 21st century, specifically 1,300 years after the events of The Hidden World 
The franchise primarily follows the adventures of a young Viking named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (voiced by Jay Baruchel), son of Stoick the Vast, leader of the Viking island of Berk  Although initially dismissed as a clumsy and underweight misfit, he soon becomes renowned as a courageous expert in dragons, alongside Toothless, a member of the rare Night Fury breed as his flying mount and his closest companion  Together with his friends, he manages the village's allied dragon population in defense of his home as leader of a flying corps of dragon riders  Upon becoming leaders of their kind, Hiccup and Toothless are forced to make choices that will truly ensure peace between people and dragons  Dean DeBlois, the director of the film trilogy, described its story as "Hiccup's coming of age", taking place across a span of five years between the first and second film, and a year between the second and third film The film series has been highly acclaimed, with each film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, in addition to the first film's nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Score 

Films
Original animated trilogy
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon, the first film in the series, was released on March 26, 2010  It was directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders, and is inspired by the 2003 book of the same name by Cressida Cowell  The story takes place in a mythical Viking world where a young Viking teenager named Hiccup aspires to follow his tribe's tradition of becoming a dragon slayer  After finally capturing his first dragon, and with his chance of finally gaining the tribe's acceptance, he finds that he no longer has the desire to kill the dragon and instead befriends it  The film grossed nearly $500 million worldwide, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature 

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
A sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2, was confirmed on April 27, 2010  The film was written and directed by DeBlois, the co-director of the first film  Bonnie Arnold, the producer of the first film, also returned, with Sanders, who co-directed the first film, only exec-producing this time due to his involvement with The Croods and its sequel until the latter was delayed  The film was released on June 13, 2014  It was announced that the entire original voice cast – Baruchel, Butler, Ferguson, Ferrera, Hill, Mintz-Plasse, Miller and Wiig – would return for the sequel  New cast includes Kit Harington as Eret, Cate Blanchett as Valka, and Djimon Hounsou as Drago Bludvist  John Powell, the composer of the first film's score, returned for the second and third film 
Set five years after the events of the original film, Hiccup and Toothless have successfully united dragons and Vikings  Now 20 years old, Hiccup is pressed to succeed his father as chieftain  When he discovers a group of dragon trappers led by Drago Bludvist, he goes on a quest to find Drago, while also coming across his long-lost mother Valka 

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
In December 2010, DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg confirmed that there would also be a third film in the series: "How To Train Your Dragon is at least three: maybe more, but we know there are at least three chapters to that story " DeBlois, the writer, and director of the second and the third film, said that How to Train Your Dragon 2 is being intentionally designed as the second act of the trilogy: "There are certain characters and situations that come into play in the second film that will have to become much more crucial to the story by the third "The film's release date was changed several times  In September 2012, 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation announced an initial release date of June 18, 2016, which was later changed to June 16, 2016  It was then moved to June 9, 2017, and later to May 18, 2018, taking over the release date of Warner Animation Group's The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part  On December 5, 2016, the release date was pushed back again to March 2, 2019  This was the first DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by Universal Pictures, after NBCUniversal's acquisition of the company in 2016, and followed DreamWorks' departure from 20th Century Fox after 2017's Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie 
The film was produced by Arnold, and exec-produced by DeBlois and Sanders  Baruchel, Butler, Blanchett, Ferguson, Ferrera, Hill, Mintz-Plasse, Harington and Wiig reprised their roles from previous films  F  Murray Abraham joined the cast as the film's main villain, Grimmel Set one year after the events of the second film, Hiccup had become the new chieftain of Berk for dragons and Vikings  His late father had told a younger Hiccup to seek out the haven of dragons, known as "the Hidden World"  Upon discovering a female Night Fury dragon, Toothless initiates a new bond with her  The Night Fury killer, Grimmel the Grisly, sets out to find and kill Toothless, prompting Hiccup to choose between keeping the dragons or setting them all free 

Live-action reboot
In February 2023, a live-action film unrelated to the animated trilogy, re-adapting the original How to Train Your Dragon novel series, was announced to be in development, to be produced by Marc Platt Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures, with Dean DeBlois set to return to write and direct  It is scheduled for release on March 14, 2025  Filming was scheduled to begin on June 30, 2023, in Los Angeles In February 2023, John Powell was confirmed to return to write the score for the live-action film  Later in May, Mason Thames and Nico Parker were announced to have been cast as Hiccup and Astrid, respectively 

Television series
Three television series make up the bulk of the DreamWorks Dragons television franchise: DreamWorks Dragons, Rescue Riders, and The Nine Realms               All series in total amount to 210 episodes across 20 seasons of television 

DreamWorks Dragons (2012–2018)
On October 12, 2010, it was announced that Cartoon Network had acquired worldwide broadcast rights to a weekly animated series based on the movie, which was scheduled to begin sometime in 2012  In January 2011, producer Tim Johnson confirmed that work had begun on the series and that, unlike the TV series spin-offs of the films Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and Monsters vs  Aliens, How To Train Your Dragon's series is much darker and deeper, like the movie  The show is the first DreamWorks Animation series that airs on Cartoon Network instead of Nickelodeon, unlike previous series such as The Penguins of Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and Monsters vs  Aliens Although it was announced that the series would be called Dragons: The Series, TV promos shown in June 2012 revealed a new title – Dragons: Riders of Berk  The series began airing in the third quarter of 2012  John Sanford, the director of seven episodes in the first season, confirmed that there would also be a second season  Jay Baruchel, who voiced Hiccup, also stars in the series, as well as America Ferrera (Astrid), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Fishlegs), and T  J  Miller (Tuffnut)  The second season is accompanied with the new subtitle, Defenders of Berk, replacing the previous Riders of Berk subtitle  Starting with the third season, the series moved to Netflix and is accompanied by the subtitle Race to the Edge 

DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders (2019–2022)
A preschool-oriented spin-off, DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders was released on Netflix on September 27, 2019 

DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms (2021–present)
On October 13, 2021, DreamWorks announced DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms, set 1,300 years after The Hidden World  The six-episode series was released on Peacock and Hulu on December 23, 2021  The Nine Realms stars Jeremy Shada, and is executive produced by showrunner John Tellegen, Chuck Austen and Henry Gilroy 

Short films
Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010)
Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon is a 16 minute sequel short film to the feature film How to Train Your Dragon  The short was originally broadcast on television on October 14, 2010, on Cartoon Network, and released next day as a special feature on Blu-ray and double DVD edition of the original feature film The film follows Hiccup and his young fellows accompanying their mentor, Gobber, on a quest to kill the legendary Boneknapper Dragon  About half the film is done in traditional animation, showing Gobber's history and his encounters with the Boneknapper, and how he comes to look like he does now 

Book of Dragons (2011)
Book of Dragons is an 18-minute short film, based on How to Train Your Dragon, and was released on November 15, 2011, on DVD and Blu-ray, along with Gift of the Night Fury  The short shows Hiccup, Astrid, Fishlegs, Toothless and Gobber telling the legend behind the Book of Dragons and revealing insider training secrets about new, never before seen dragons  The short shows a total of 14 different dragons, each separated into 7 classes: Stoker (Terrible Terror, Monstrous Nightmare), Boulder (Gronckle, Whispering Death), Fear (Hideous Zippleback, Snaptrapper), Sharp (Deadly Nadder, Timberjack), Tidal (Scauldron, Thunderdrum), Mystery (Changewing, Boneknapper) and Strike (Skrill, Night Fury) 

Gift of the Night Fury (2011)
Gift of the Night Fury is a 22-minute How to Train Your Dragon Christmas special, directed by Tom Owens  It was released on November 15, 2011, on DVD and Blu-ray, along with Book of Dragons 
Based on How to Train Your Dragon, the short takes place in the middle of preparing for the Viking winter holiday, 'Snoggletog', when suddenly all the dragons inexplicably go on a mass migration, except for Toothless, so Hiccup gives him something to help 

Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014)
A 25-minute short film, titled Dawn of the Dragon Racers, was released on November 11, 2014, on the DVD/Blu-ray/digital release of How to Train Your Dragon 2  It was released on DVD separately on March 3, 2015, and it also includes Book of Dragons and Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon  It was directed by John Sanford and Elaine Bogan, and it features the voices of Jay Baruchel and America Ferrera along with the cast from the television series  In the short, a hunt for a lost sheep turns into a competition between Hiccup and his friends for the first title of Dragon Racing Champion of Berk 

How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming is a 22-minute holiday special which aired on NBC on December 3, 2019  It is set ten years after the dragons left the Vikings in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, but within the film's epilogue  Hiccup and Astrid's children believe dragons are dangerous monsters after finding Stoick's old journals, leading Hiccup and Astrid to bring back the Snoggletog Pageant in order to convince them otherwise  Meanwhile, Toothless and the Light Fury's three Night Light children come to New Berk looking for Hiccup, prompting their parents to go after them 

Snoggletog Log (2019)
Snoggletog Log is a 28-minute slow television short film inspired by The Yule Log; it is a single continuous 28-minute shot of a Christmas fireplace, with various gags involving the franchise's main characters, Viking and dragon alike, happening every so often  It has been available on Hulu since the 2019 holiday season 

Video games
An action adventure video game released by Activision called How to Train Your Dragon was released for the Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo DS gaming consoles  It is loosely based on the film and was released on March 23, 2010 
Super Star Kartz video game was released by Activision on November 15, 2011, for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS  The game features 14 different characters from DreamWorks' films – How to Train Your Dragon, Madagascar, Shrek, and Monsters vs  Aliens 
Dragons: TapDragonDrop, a mobile video game, developed by PikPok, was released on May 3, 2012, on App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch 
Dragons: Wild Skies, a 3D virtual world game based on the television series DreamWorks Dragons has been launched on August 27, 2012, on CartoonNetwork com  The game allows players to find, train and ride wild dragons, including new ones as they are introduced in the series 
School of Dragons, a 3D educational massively multiplayer online role-playing game produced by JumpStart, game concept was co-created by Producer David Jaloza and Lead Designer Justin Prate was released online in July 2013, after a month-long beta testing  A Facebook version was released in October 2013, followed by an iPad app in December 2013, a version for Android-powered tablets in March 2014, and a version for the PC in 2014  In the game, each player is able to adopt, raise and train a dragon, while learning how they function  The game was shut down on June 30, 2023 
Dragons Adventure, an augmented reality game, was released in November 2013, exclusively for Nokia Lumia 2520 
Dragons: Rise of Berk is a free game which allows players to build their own Berk village, send Hiccup and Toothless out on exploration, hatch and collect up to 30 dragons and train their own dragon at the academy  Developed by Ludia, it was released in May 2014 for iOS, and on June 20, 2014, for Android and Facebook 
How to Train Your Dragon 2, an action adventure game, was released in June 2014 for Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U and PlayStation 3  The game was published by Little Orbit 
Canadian developer Ludia announced Dragons: Titan Uprising in November 2018, for release in early 2019 
Dragons: Dawn of New Riders, an action adventure game, developed by Climax Studios and released in 2019 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC  The game involves the playable characters Scribbler and Patch on their quest to defeat Eir, by exploring the world and its puzzle and battle elements 
Dragons: Legends of the Nine Realms, an action adventure game, developed by Aheartfulofgames and released in 2022 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC 

Literature
Comic books
A series of comic books, titled Dragons: Riders of Berk, were released by Titan Comics, starting with the first volume, Dragon Down, on April 30, 2014  The comics were written by Simon Furman and drawn by Iwan Nazif  Other volumes are Dangers of the Deep (2014), The Ice Castle (2015), The Stowaway (2015), The Legend of Ragnarok (2015), and Underworld (2015)  Two more comic books were published on February 24, 2016, titled Dragons: Defenders of Berk  The following volumes are The Endless Night (2016) and Snowmageddon (2016) 

Graphic novels
Dark Horse Comics have released a series of graphic novels based on the franchise, starting with How to Train Your Dragon: The Serpent's Heir in 2016  The series was co-written by Dean DeBlois, writer and director of the film series, and Richard Hamilton, writer of Dragons: Race to the Edge, with the production designer of How to Train Your Dragon 2, Pierre-Olivier Vincent, providing cover artwork  The series took place between the events of second and third film, with the first novel picking up right after the conclusion of the second film 

Live performance
Ice show
A Broadway-style production titled How To Train Your Dragon On Ice is currently on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas 

Arena show
How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular or How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular is an arena show adaptation of the original film  The show is being produced in partnership with Global Creatures, the company behind another arena show Walking with Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular, and directed by Nigel Jamieson  The score was composed by John Powell and Jónsi from Sigur Rós  Arena Spectacular features 24 animatronic dragons – 10 different species in various sizes: Nadder, Gronckle, Monstrous Nightmare, Night Fury (Toothless), Red Death, Skrill, Stinger, Kite Dragon, Zippleback and Egg Biter  It also features villagers and Vikings, including Hiccup (Rarmian Newton/Riley Miner), Astrid (Sarah McCreanor/Gemma Nguyen), Stoick (Robert Morgan), and Gobber (Will Watkins) The show premiered as How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular on March 3, 2012, in Melbourne, Australia, and was followed by a New Zealand tour in April 2012  Renamed to How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular, it toured United States and Canada between June 2012 and January 2013, when it was cancelled in favour of taking the show to China where it premiered in July 2014  It was also planned to come to England but was later scrapped due to an increase in market demand in China 

Theme parks
Heide Park
In 2016, the German theme park Heide Park created a whole section of the park offering various rides based on the franchise called "How to Train Your Dragon: The Island"  It offers three different flying attractions and a boat ride where guests venture into the dark Dragon Caves to meet and help Hiccup, Toothless and their friends 

Motiongate Dubai
The Dubai Hollywood-inspired theme park Motiongate Dubai also features a section of the park based on the films and television series  The most prominent attraction is the hanging roller coaster named "Dragon Gliders"  Riders join Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid, and Stormfly in flying through the caves of the Forbidden Island, where they come across an unexpected threat  Guests can also meet and greet with Hiccup, Toothless, and Astrid 

Universal Studios
To promote How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Universal Studios Florida briefly had a limited-time virtual reality experience where guests could experience riding on Toothless, while Universal Studios Hollywood allowed visitors to meet and greet with Toothless  Universal Studios Beijing's Hollywood Boulevard area contains Untrainable, an immersive How to Train Your Dragon-themed stage show with largescale puppets and sets 

DreamWorks Water Park
A Proslide KrakenRACER mat racing slide called Dragon Racers opened at DreamWorks Water Park at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on October 1, 2020, along with a Proslide and the world's tallest and longest hydromagnetic water coaster called Toothless Trickling Torpedo 

Reception
Box office
Having earned over $1 6 billion worldwide, How to Train Your Dragon is the 13th highest-grossing animated franchise 

Critical and public response
Accolades
The franchise was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film 

Recurring cast and characters
Additional crew and production details



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