Life & Culture

Hundreds of self-proclaimed nerds from across the state gathered Sunday for the Maine Sci-Fi & Fantasy Nerd Fest at The Olde Mill Place, where they showed off their costumes, socialized, shopped and competed in events.

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Feb. 8, 1985: Used car dealers in Maine put on notice to sell cars ‘as is’, New England Telephone adds new ‘626’ numbers to Augusta-area talkers, and real-life chopper takes center stage at expo

Feb. 7, 1991: Sex-fantasy calls boost Waterville woman’s phone bill, parking sign in Madison causes hazard, and New Portland computer glitch causes problems

Feb. 6, 1982: Augusta man charged in downtown shooting, two policeman use fire extinguishers to put out blaze in Hallowell home, and Reagan orders probe of potato industry

Nerd Fest draws hundreds of science fiction, fantasy lovers to Vassalboro

Year-round iced coffee drinkers have their reasons, even in Maine

Try a vegan charcuterie board for your Super Bowl party (and invite Tom Brady)

In the depths of winter, a gardener looks for something, anything, to do

Lemons aren’t (remotely) local. Can you substitute something else?

Feb. 5, 1966: Smoke overcomes three prisoners in Gardiner, St. Albans man indicted in death of pedestrian, and UMaine says student stole psychology test

Feb. 4, 2001: Internet comes into Augusta, Waterville homes by way of DSL, laid-off Farmington shoe employees getting back on their feet, and are the wheel on your car the same size?