Festivities include a pirate ball, a pirate parade, pirate music bashes, a pirate bed race and a walk-the-plank party.
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Garlic brownies, anyone? Maine Garlic Festival is the place
The 14th annual Mount Desert Island Garlic Festival gets under way on Saturday in Southwest Harbor.
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King airs first TV ad of campaign
In the ad, dubbed ‘Think Independent,’ the former governor promises to ‘shake up Washington.’
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Convention notes
Protest standoff resolved As dozens of protesters blocked an intersection near the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte on Thursday, they were surrounded and outnumbered by heavily armed police officers who appeared ready to move in. When the situation was resolved with a conversation instead of a confrontation, it helped demonstrate why the tallies of arrests […]
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Lasos’ late goal lifts Tigers to win
ROCKLAND — Jesus Lasos scored the game-winning goal with 59 seconds remaining to give Gardiner a 3-2 win over Oceanside in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B boys soccer game Thursday.
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Water deal clears way for apartment project
FARMINGTON — Concerns that a proposed apartment building project on Fairbanks Road could contaminate the town’s drinking water have been addressed, clearing the way for the $4 million project to move forward.
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Waterville van accident caused by medical problem
WATERVILLE — An Oakland man lost control of his van and drove into a wooded area after apparently losing consciousness Wednesday afternoon on Kennedy Memorial Drive, police said.
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MLB: Gardiner police to present colors at Fenway
It matters little that the Red Sox are no longer in playoff contention. Gardiner police sergeant Ike Peppard and his fellow officers have been waiting for this day for two years.
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Readfield man, who took advantage of churchgoers, pleads guilty to burglaries, thefts
AUGUSTA — A Readfield man pleaded guilty Thursday to six burglaries and six thefts that occurred last spring while the victims attended church events.
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Ten laid off as Inland Hospital cuts back
WATERVILLE — Inland Hospital is laying off 10 employees and closing its Walmart clinic as part of a budget reduction effort, hospital president John Dalton said Thursday.