Famed folk singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler to return to Maine for show April 25 at One Longfellow Square in Portland
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April 17, 2000: Franklin County seeing uptick in businesses as owners see area as ‘attractive’, the Maine Legislature has been very productive lately, and you may see a census taker knock on your door if not already
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Movie Review: ‘Wicked Little Letters’ a wonderful film, J.P. Devine writes
Olivia Colman, the belle of the new cinema, emerges here as a buttoned-up serial nut case in a family of local “crabs.”
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April 16, 1992: Upcoming ‘Mall at Augusta’ reported to bring in minimum of 650 new jobs to area, 57-year-old cyclist hurt in accident in Augusta, and State Cable in Augusta offers Showtime and The Movie Channel to its premium, pay channel list
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Your morning coffee may be more than a half million years old
The coffee that picked you up this morning is 600,000 years old
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April 15, 1985: 30 years after Jonas Salk vaccine, no polio has been reported in Maine, and abortion bills lead legislative hearing list this week
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After Blue Mango Veggie Burger company folds, others step in to fill the gap
Several Maine companies that make veggie burgers are expanding their production.
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When a neighbor took down several big pine trees, the sunshine poured in
Things will be different in the Atwell’s vegetable garden this year. Among other things, the couple is eager for bell peppers that get enough sun to actually ripen.
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April 14, 1978: Self-proclaimed ‘frustrated architect’ makes Augusta’s Lithgow Public Library model, writing conference at UMaine Augusta brings high school and university students to campus, and Augusta area people with personal crisis will have a hotline to call again by June
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Eid al-Fitr celebration breaks Ramadan fasting in a big way
University of Maine at Augusta hosts Muslim holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.