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Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Tape Face to bring alternative comedy to Waterville
‘America’s Got Talent’ contestant Sam Wills now performing gig in Las Vegas.
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April 5, 1988: World’s oldest living person may be living in Waterville, UMaine officials push for largest bond issue in university history, and gas tax supporter foresees bumpy road
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April 4, 1970: Waterville girl named new Miss Maine-U.S.A., 10 freight cars leave tracks between Pittsfield & Burnham, and Nixon signs Sen. Muskie’s water quality bill
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April 3, 1990: Rights panel sues Le Club Calumet in Augusta, town of Winthrop wins recycling grant, and 3,000 lose power in Gardiner yesterday for around 45 minutes
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Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: A fool for fools? Who can blame you?
This centuries-old English dessert is not only simple and delicious, but it’s also an excellent vehicle for using up leftover fruits, jams, syrups and other bits and bobs from your refrigerator and pantry.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Of all the cakes she’s baked, there’s just one this cookbook writer makes for Passover
Elinor Klivans wrote 14 baking books from her home in Camden. But for Passover there is just a single dessert: Mom’s Walnut and Wine Passover Cake.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
A resilient Greek nanny changes the course of her young charge’s life
In ‘My Xanthi,’ a now-adult Nick reads his nanny’s old letters and comes face to face with the brutality of her life in wartime Greece.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Try live staking to prevent runoff from harming lakes, ponds and streams
If you own waterfront property, consider creating a buffer zone. It’ll help curb pollution.
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April 2, 1973: Meat boycott underway nationwide and ‘meatless’ meals pose no problems for ladies of a Fairfield church, open water season begins and the fish are few in Bingham, and Vassalboro fire deemed suspicious
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