The Sandy River Players will be hitting the Emery Community Arts theater to present “You Can’t Take it With You”, a comedic play in three acts.
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Maestro’ is a ‘big’ picture
“Maestro” movie star Bradley Cooper’s big, new film about composer and world-famous manic conductor Leonard Bernstein, just opened on Netflix. Bernstein, even as a star, was always addressed as “Lenny” by everyone in his world. “Maestro” opens with an aging Bernstein, as he is being interviewed by a film crew at the end of his […]
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Jan. 4, 1997: 1997 is going to stink literally for some living near the Hatch Hill landfill in Augusta, traffic jams growing in Augusta, Waterville as communal commuting starts to grow, and four major state officer sworn in at State House in Augusta
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Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Nation & World
13-year-old gamer becomes the first to beat the ‘unbeatable’ Tetris – by breaking it
The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match.
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark, Op-Eds
Peaceful Means duo talks about using music to uplift, heal
Jan. 6 event is combination of teaching, singing in community with participants.
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Jan. 3, 1978: Paul R. LaVerdiere will become Waterville’s 40th mayor tonight, city officials to meet with airport consultants on $54,000 plan for Robert LaFleur airport, and cost of road salt up 14 percent
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Jan. 2, 2001: Meet Todd Matthew McKay Jr. of South Gardiner, the first baby of the new millennium, United Way of Kennebec Valley to honor Sylvia Lund, and barbers are aging in Maine and working hard to keep up
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Jan. 1, 1981: Waterville, area towns lose out in annual dump sweepstakes, CMP wants to shift its Mason Station in Wiscasset from oil to coal, and you can send Maine to a friend
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Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Home Plates: Jambalaya, with a few twists
A Scarborough home cook likes the Creole recipe because it easily accommodates substitutes, plus it lets eaters personalize their portions to suit themselves.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Sorta, kinda gardening resolutions for the new year
Don’t sweat the small stuff, columnist Tom Atwell vows to himself, but do play a part in fixing the big, ominous environmental picture.