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Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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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Posted inLife & Culture, Maine
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.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
OFF RADAR: ‘Mother Tongue’
Dana Wilde wraps up his column with Jim Bishop’s quintessentially skillful, insightful Maine postwar poetry.
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Dec. 6, 2000: Chelsea man continues to wait to see his newly adopted 13-month-old girl from Panama, Richmond residents vote to purchase former Etonic building, and fire crews battle illegal fire in Augusta near interstate
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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Nation & World
Casual restaurant bankruptcies accelerate as customers retreat
Casual restaurants have seen more pronounced difficulties because they depend on customers with lower incomes and have to compete with fast food chains employing the same tactics.
Posted inLife & Culture
Photos: Gardiner hosts Festival of Trees
All photos by Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal