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July 1, 1978: Around 700 workers at Scott Paper Co. plant in Winslow vote to strike, an elderly man was rescued from waters of Belgrade Lake early yesterday morning, and this Blue Hill business is supplying fireworks for 45 Maine customers including Waterville on the 4th
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
The plan for this garden is, well, let’s just call it casual
Tom and Nancy Atwell practice a style of landscape design they call ‘design with shovel.’
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A Mainer took refuge in her garden during COVID, then wrote about it
In the understated and evocatively written ‘A Gardener at the End of the World,’ Margot Anne Kelley muses on time, pandemics and plants.
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June 30, 1995: Gardiner couple renews 60-year-old wedding vows, Gov. Angus King signs $3.5 million budget, and fourth of July doesn’t mean a holiday for all
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June 29, 1989: Puzzled residents want to fix ‘slipped’ boundary on the Madison-Skowhegan line, Plymouth disaster drill brings surprise, and abortion opponents expect mixed court ruling in Augusta
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Photos: Like father, like daughter, 2 generations run the trails in Augusta
Scout Boudreau was only 19 months old in 2011 when her father completed a 5K trail run at Bond Brook Recreation Area while pushing her in a stroller. This week, she returned to complete the course under her own power.
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La Fogata Mexican Restaurant in Skowhegan is off to busy start
The Mexican restaurant at 60 Waterville Road opened about two weeks ago after about four months of floor-to-ceiling renovations to the space.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Fire Exit’ and ‘Art of Penobscot Bay’
A debut novel from a masterful writer, and a magnificent tribute to Maine art
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June 28, 1978: Augusta woman accused of firing gun at Gardiner dispatcher & threatening Waterville officer pleads guilty in court, residents come together to help Monmouth theater, and it’s strawberry season at a farm on Rices Rips Road in Waterville
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