Barbara Beauregard says she’ll try anything once.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
One of Maine’s most famous poets was a brilliant and witty charmer … with an edge
A complex portrait of Edna St. Vincent Millay emerges from two new collections of her letters and diaries.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Fall is coming. That means it’s time to think about spring
This is the season for planting bulbs. When the snow starts to melt, their cheerful blossoms are the first sign of spring.
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Sept. 10, 1994: UMA instructor goes from student to faculty member, 10,000 bikers to zoom through Augusta for Toy Run, and O.J. Simpson escapes death penalty
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Sept. 9, 1976: Meet Gertrude, a young Amazon parrot who spends her time at a Waterville pet shop, talk slated on organizing a Jaycee unit in Newport, and Waterville police many items stolen from a parked vehicle yesterday
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Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Bald Eagles, Bear Cubs and Hermit Bill’ and ‘Death of an Ice Cream Scooper’
A fascinating memoir from a wildlife biologist, and a new murder mystery by Lee Hollis
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Sept. 8, 1998: East side-west side commuter rail shuttle proposed for Augusta, St. Augustine catholic school’s science lab modernized, and police in Maine are returning to schools as a deterrent
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘For the People’ has best ‘action’ writing since ‘West Wing’
It debuted on March 13, 2018, at 10 p.m. on ABC. So why should we go back that far to dig in on what some are calling Shonda Rhimes’ “Grey’s Anatomy” in a courtroom? First of all, it moves faster, has better deeper characters and is written by Paul William Davies, who gives it the […]
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Sept. 7, 1984: Eight indicted in undercover drug operation in Franklin County, ‘sacred cows’ defended in school debate, and a judge bars Maine State Police from soliciting advertisements in magazine ‘The Maine Trooper’
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Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Nelson talks about bringing back their dad’s legacy
Twins to perform ‘Ricky Nelson Remembered’ show Sept. 17 at Waterville Opera House.