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Life & Culture
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Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
On Music: Dean Dinning of Toad the Wet Sprocket
Guster On The Ocean is coming to Portland’s Thompson’s Point for three days and two nights of concert performances with such acts as Grace Potter, Trousdale, Toad the Wet Sprocket and, of course, Guster. When I learned that Toad the Wet Sprocket was returning to Maine the excitement caused a call to their management to […]
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Maine island mystique: Why so many books feature these isolated settings
Authors say these often idyllic locales – where there’s nowhere to run or hide – present opportunities for heightened drama, suspense and romance.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
A musician returns – and reconnects – to her Maine hometown after decades
Laurel Dodge’s debut novel, ‘The Buoyant Letters of Mimsy Bell,’ is moving and unfolds in unexpected ways.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
So many reasons to love ninebark
Let us count the ways: It’s gorgeous, productive, easy to prune, and it has an interesting backstory.
Posted inOn this date
July 28, 2003: Randolph woman takes breeder tiff to ‘Judge Mathis’ TV show, and top state election officials trying to stimulate younger people to vote
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Posted inOn this date
July 27, 1983: Central Maine Americans team win Babe Ruth championship in Brunswick, Unity College president Louis V. Wilcox resigns, and the Maine School Superintendents Association meets
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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Health, Nation & World
Recall of Boar’s Head deli meats announced during investigation of listeria outbreak
The outbreak was first reported last week. Since late May, 34 people were sickened across 13 states, with all but one hospitalized.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Downtown, Up River’ and ‘Bungalow Terrace’
Nostalgic, often forgotten moments of Bangor’s life in the 1970s, and a debut novel about a rock ‘n’ roll
band’s meteoric rise to star status.
Posted inOn this date
July 26, 1999: Augusta Board of Education preparing application for new Cony High School, errant car crashes into full Winslow restaurant, and meet this once-comatose woman from Wells who is reclaiming her life
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