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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Oct. 13, 1992: You can now call 911 in Readfield and Wayne as of last week, Maine Technical college system plans for 3,000 to join for training, and Somerville opens its first town office ever
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On Music: ‘Let’s Sing Taylor’ singer says gig is most rewarding
The Waterville show will be the band’s first Maine performance.
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Oct. 12, 1981: Wyandotte Industries, one of Waterville’s largest employers, ceases operations. Also, women band together to fight alcohol in Waterville, and will a B-1 long range bomber Reagan wants to benefit Loring Air Force Base in Aroostook County?
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Waterville to host ‘Nightmare on Main Street’
Halloween activities during the Oct. 26 event in downtown Waterville are to include pumpkin carving, a movie, live bands, a dance performance, a whodunit mystery show, many treats, an adult costume contest and a Taylor Swift sing-along.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Real Spies Don’t Use Rowboats’ and ‘Hard Line’
The first volume in the “The Boy Spies of Maine” series by Jeffrey Hope, and the last book in the popular Jack McMorrow mystery series by Gerry Boyle.
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Oct. 11, 2003: Want tickets to the Red Sox vs. Yankees game? You better pony up $1,600. Also, heating oil prices up several cents a gallon over last year in Maine
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Han Kang is first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize for literature
Kang, a poet and novelist, was awarded for books, including ‘The Vegetarian’ and ‘Human Acts,’ that explore the pain of being human and the scars of Korea’s turbulent history.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Leaf peepers come for the dramatic tree colors on mountainsides
In your own garden, plenty of shrubs can provide their own fall show.
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Oct. 10, 1988: 43 Waterville High School students get two-day suspensions for walkout, 1987 crime rise ends 5-year decline, and a snowman (yes, a snowman) melts away in Unity
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