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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Something for everyone in newest ‘Great Expectations,’ writes J.P. Devine
I was taken, in my New York days, by a girl named Estella, who insisted that I read Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations,” because she was named after the character in the novel. I didn’t get very far with the book or Estella, and abandoned both. Make of that what you will. I just finished three […]
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April 6, 1999: Hundreds of bricks fall outside Lamey-Wellehan shoe store in Augusta, a former Navy doctor is finding peace in Manchester, and a Palermo woman is seeing new doors open with reading class
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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.
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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.