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Jan. 21, 1954: Augusta shop turns out 100 types of signs used throughout Maine, new fire captain for Augusta named, and ice-glazed highways cause injuries in region
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Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, Word on the Street
Word on the Street: MLK sculpture controversy a reminder of lists naming the ‘ugliest’ statues, including one in Augusta
The Big Boyz Worker statue on Riverside Drive was once described online as “a physical specimen with a droopy mustache, a big belly, Popeye arms, and a head that’s too big for his body.”
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Jan. 20, 1964: Farmington sees 4th fire in four days, Muskie to seek second six-year term in Senate, and ‘human transplant era is near’
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Posted inFood & Dining, Nation & World
New USDA rule boosts ‘organic’ food oversight, targets fraud
The new rule, aimed at cracking down on fraud and boosting oversight, takes effect in March.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Authors, News
Great Falls Forum: Crime novelist Gerry Boyle talks murder and justice
The former journalist recently released the 13th installment of his popular ‘Jack McMorrow’ series. He spoke to a Great Falls Forum audience Thursday about why he returns to crime, murder and mayhem in his stories.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Penguin Classics, Marvel to issue new editions of 3 comics
Bestselling authors Leigh Bardugo, Jerry Craft and Rainbow Rowell are contributing forewords.
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Jan. 19, 1988: Public pitches in to help homeless Dresden family, blazes destroys home of Bowdoinham family, and 47th edition of Maine Agricultural Trades show begins today at the Augusta Civic Center
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘The English’ players perfectly cast, J.P. Devine writes
“The English,” shot on the dry vastness of Pawnee, Oklahoma, beautifully drops us into another 1890 western, but surprisingly one with a lot of flair, breath-taking surprises and a crumpet box of dazzling British players. The action begins with Lady Cornelia Locke (Emily Blunt, “A Quiet Place”), arriving by stage coach at a thrown-together hotel […]
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Jan. 18, 1982: City of Waterville closes The Chez following arson, Gov. Joseph E. Brennan opens new Madison mill, and a student from Waterville has a front-row seat of the unrest in Ghana
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