The 39th Annual Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Music Festival begins Thursday and runs through Saturday at the Litchfield Fairgrounds. This year’s headlining act is Georgia quintet Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out.
August 2012
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There’s a new kid on the block in ‘The Bourne Legacy’
The CIA in the Bourne world has a new motto: No more mister nice guy. Matt Damon was a tortured nice guy at heart who ran off the Langely reservation, found a god of a sort in his memory bank, fell in love too much, and vanished from the grid.
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Ecuador grants asylum to WikiLeaks’ Assange
Britain’s Foreign Office says it still plans to fulfill its legal obligation to extradite Assange to Sweden, where he faces sexual assault allegations.
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Road re-opens after trailer blocks Route 27 in Augusta
An overturned trailer temporarily blocked both lanes of Civic Center Drive at Leighton Road this morning.
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Dunkin’ Donuts launches mobile pay app
Customers can forgo cash or plastic with the app and just flash a smartphone, as well as send virtual gift cards via text, email or Facebook.
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Study: Companies paid more to CEOs than in US tax
The study said the companies, including AT&T, Boeing and Citigroup, paid their CEOs an average of $20.4 million last year while paying little or no federal tax.
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Man dies when motorcycle hits camper in Vassalboro
State police say Paul Galipeau, 62, of Warren struck the camper when the van towing it turned onto a side road.
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SNAPSHOT: Showy Gladiola
Paul Cates, 87, weeds Wednesday around the bed of Kokadjo gladiolas in a plot at his family’s Vassalboro farm.
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Powerball ticket worth $337M sold in Michigan
The Michigan Lottery says the ticket was sold in Lapeer, about 45 miles north of Detroit. There wasn’t immediate word about the buyer’s identity.
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Obama to make 3rd trip to NH this year
Frequent visits by the president, Vice President Joe Biden and first lady Michelle Obama underscore the state’s status as a battleground state.