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Life & Culture

British TV station defends decision to air Princess Diana tape

July 31, 2017

The recordings will feature in a documentary due to air Sunday.

Life & Culture, Maine, News

25th annual Taste of Waterville opens Wednesday with new locations for The Bite, vendors, beer garden

by Amy Calder July 31, 2017July 31, 2017

Thousands expected downtown for a day and evening of live music, dance, food and children’s activities.

Life & Culture, Nation & World, News

Sam Shepard, actor and one of America’s greatest playwrights, dies at 73

by JAKE COYLE Associated Press July 31, 2017July 31, 2017

Shepard produced 44 plays and was nominated for an Oscar as pilot Chuck Yeager in 1983’s ‘The Right Stuff.’

Life & Culture, Outdoors

Gotta go hiking? Trail club holds privy-building demo

by Colin Ellis July 30, 2017July 30, 2017

Maine’s part of the Appalachian Trail has 42 aging outhouses that need to be replaced.

Life & Culture, Maine, News

45th annual East Benton Fiddlers Convention and Contest brings young and old together

by Colin Ellis July 30, 2017July 30, 2017

The festival at Littlefield Farm is a traditional folk fiddle and bluegrass music, bringing hundreds to the area.

Life & Culture, Maine, News

Maine Appalachian Trail Club does the dirty work ahead of conference

by Colin Ellis July 30, 2017July 31, 2017

The group demonstrated how to build a privy, a restroom for the trail, in an effort to rebuild dozens of aging privies along Maine’s section of the Appalachian Trail.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

Our untold past comes to life in South Berwick

by Colin Woodard July 30, 2017July 31, 2017

The ‘Forgotten Frontier’ exhibit at the Counting House Museum tells stories of natives and newcomers in the 1600s who helped shape today’s Maine and New Hampshire.