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Alana MacDonald reminisces about days with Devonsquare, performing solo, upcoming Portland concert
There are some Maine acts that have had a huge impact on me and what I do. One such group is Devonsquare, a trio of folk/rock singer-songwriters that, in my humble opinion, was the best vocal band this state has ever produced. I interviewed Herb Ludwig many times over the years before his untimely death […]
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Jan. 17, 1953: Gov. and Mrs. Burton M. Cross become 11th First Family of Maine, Monmouth Center passenger station might be closing, and Manchester gets new ‘heavy duty’ snow plow
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Ex-premier Johnson signs deal for memoir
The former journalist has written several books.
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Jan. 16, 1976: Study finds ‘pot’ impairs breathing, DEP OK’s oil tankers to be stored in Maine waters, and Vatican eases stand on ‘incurable’ homosexuals
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Jan. 15, 1991: Depot Warehouse wholesale chain eyes Augusta site, new no smoking policy at Togus angers patients, and Augusta school board agrees policy is needed for home-school athletes
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Jan. 14, 1980: High winds ‘peel’ Don’s IGA roof in Farmington, CMP asking for $35 million rate jump, and a Winslow billboard is literally ‘Gone with the Wind’
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Jan. 13, 1940: Woman leaps from flaming house in Augusta and saves baby, Chizzle Wizzle cast named, and Wirthmore poultrymen predict good year at meeting
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Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Notes on the Landscape of Home’ and ‘The Outhouse in Winter’
A collection of 32 essays that explore sense of community, and a coming-of-age adventure during the summer of 1959
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AUTHOR EVENT: Tim Cotton
Listen as Cotton tells stories about all things in the dooryard