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Posted inLife & Culture
Wilton woman would love cards for 103rd birthday
Ferna Girardin of Wilton turns 103 on Thursday, would love cards to help her celebrate.
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Sept. 5, 1973: Maine Criminal Justice Academy campus goes coed for the first time, power supply issues in New England fixed, and young Keith Norris was off to a rough start during his first day of school in Newport
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Sept. 4, 1986: Samantha Smith’s mother sues airline that crashed and killed her daughter 13 months ago, man arrested and another sought in Augusta shooting, and it’s time to reserve your lobster…plates, that is
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Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
A fresh corn primer: How to choose, store and cook summer’s golden treasure
Four area chefs offer their expertise so you can enjoy this season’s sweet corn crop to the fullest.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Home Plates: Pasta and a tea kettle help keep this marriage together
When his wife was heavily pregnant, George Murray mastered an unusual spaghetti recipe.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Read all about it! This summer’s vegan news, and lots of it
A new donut shop, a new plant-based butter, and more vegan scoops.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
A progress report: The columnist’s garden in September
The plentiful blooms make a powerful argument for late bloomers. But the tomatoes, sigh, are taking their own sweet time.
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Sept. 3, 1992: No one injured when gunman enters Skowhegan bar and fired two guns, crews moving houses in anticipation of new Waterville-Winslow bridge, and a Farmington drug store is meeting Walmart’s challenge
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Posted inFood & Dining
For 100 years, a family has gathered in Penobscot County to reconnect and eat beans
Two marriages first conjoined the Smith and Smart families, and an anniversary party in 1923 turned into an annual reunion that marked a major anniversary of its own this summer.