A new Andy Carpenter mystery, and a roadside tour of the Maine’s ‘history, culture, food, funk and oddities’
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Dec. 22, 1998: Consultants suggest changing the rotaries and adding modern transit system in Augusta, EnvisioNet coming to Augusta and bringing hundreds of jobs, and it will be a brown Christmas for a lot of Mainers
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Dec. 21, 1987: Waterville, Lewiston, and Orono lost the most amount of people between 1980-86 according to new study, Franklin Memorial Hospital patients will need permission to smoke inside rooms, and Hinckley School asks help for fire victims
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘George C. Scott’s Scrooge will never be topped,’ J.P. Devine writes
After spending a lifetime watching Charles Dickens, I settled long ago on Clive Donner’s 1984 version with the best Ebenezer Scrooge of all, George C. Scott. First of all, it was the best television production we’ve ever seen. Scott has all the requisite physical gnarls and attitudes to convey the loathing the public has for […]
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Dec. 20, 1996: Ex-medics sue Winthrop saying town owes them money, longtime selectman from Jefferson is retiring after 34 years, and a cookbook ‘dedicated to all the children of Windsor’ is out now
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Dec. 19, 1972: Police probe safe smashing and Sacred Heart Church break-in, Waterville city council will discuss opening dump on Sunday, and you can feed a family of 6 with KFC’s ‘family special’ dinner for only $3.99
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Dec. 18, 1997: Vienna ‘Santa’ is about as real as it gets, controversy was ‘scarce’ during Kennebec County budget hearings, and money to replace two state hospitals high on Gov. King’s list
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Houseplant inventory
Come winter, a Maine gardener’s gaze turns inward.
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A history of books in wartime – and of unexpected book-burners
Accounts from Andrew Pettegree’s ‘The Book at War’ will make you wonder what role books are playing in current conflicts.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
This chicken paprikash lightens up a classic but keeps the big flavor
This popular Hungarian stew gets its bright flavor from aromatic, intensely hued paprika.