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‘Wicked’ is a box office hit, and 2 Mainers helped make it happen
Cinematographer Alice Brooks and singer Meg Doherty both played behind-the-scenes roles in the 2024 musical, which is on track to be the biggest movie of the year.
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Dec. 11, 1985: Are Waterville-area shoppers leaving the Elm City to shop in Augusta? Also, local sewer bills could rise by 50-60 percent next year and UMaine’s plan to shift education courses draws fire
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Posted inCentral Maine Eats, Food & Dining, Maine, News
Waterville’s Cushnoc Cantina targets January open date
Also in Central Maine Eats: Construction of a Dunkin’ is planned in Fairfield.
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Dec. 10, 1994: Meet ‘Bear’, the new therapist dog in Augusta that has ‘touch for patients’, Bath Iron Works to suffer in Aegis cutback, and which school is ‘sick’ in the Farmingdale-area?
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Here’s what’s new in Maine gardening catalogs so you can place your orders now
A lime-green snack cucumber, disease-resistant corn and a Hungarian potato are among the new offerings.
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Dec. 9, 2006: Jackman woman accidentally crashes Skowhegan police cruiser due to slippery roads, Plum Creek Timber Co. plan jeered & cheered, and Rite-Aid looking to relocate in Farmington
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Dec. 8, 1982: Town of Bowdoinham wants to ‘save the sucker’, Gardiner job applications piling up, and the slow speed of an audit in Winthrop draws complaints from council members
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Dec. 7, 1991: Waterville man tells his eyewitness account to Pearl Harbor attack in 1942, and could Fairfield be home to a new low-level nuclear waste facility?
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Watch: Christmas light show dazzles Monmouth, and every other town within miles
This is not your traditional Christmas decorating. The display is all encompassing, from the spotlights on the roof to the animated Christmas trees and candy canes on the front lawn.