If you are a fan of the Dark Tower books, this somewhat offbeat version of them is likely to capture your attention.
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Dec. 30, 1977: Waterville postmaster warns about latest chain letter game, and Waterville woman gets rare ’29 hand’ in cribbage
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Dec. 30, 1935: Waterville boy saves life of his dog but loses his own, fishermen tell tale of being adrift for four days, and two Augusta men mentioned as possible heads of Maine State Police
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‘The Apartment’ is gonna make your New Year’s Eve
Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond’s (That magic team who gave us “Some Like It Hot”) great, immortal love story begins with a wide shot of C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) appearing as one of what appears to be 300 other corporate lemmings, sitting at 300 desks, punching out numbers on 300 tabulators. It ends with an […]
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Dec. 29, 1987: New $2.6 million Oakland business park set, police hunt for missing Winslow woman, and the spring floods in central Maine voted Maine’s top story of ’87
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Princeton University plans Toni Morrison tribute in 2023
The author, who died in 2019 at 88, won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993.
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Dec. 28, 1948: New Farmingdale grammar school to be dedicated, President Truman says some Russian leaders anxious to end Cold War, and bill to ban fireworks in Maine headed to legislature next month
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Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Paul D’Alessio talks about son music genre
It’s not often that I get to go with a new-to-me genre, so it was with a little trepidation that I approached today’s band: Primo Cubano, which performs son music, the primary contributor to the blend of Latin styles known as salsa. I set up an interview with Paul D’Alessio of the Portland-based group to […]
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Dec. 27, 1957: No more strip tease acts in Maine night clubs? Also, farmstead burns in Belgrade, and Gov. Muskie’s daughter celebrates first birthday
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Dec. 26, 1985: Church brightens Christmas for 250 with hot meal in Waterville, settlement reached in 6-year dispute at Oak Grove-Coburn School in Vassalboro, and we go behind-the-scenes at how the pizza is made at Domino’s
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