A trooper gave the British actor an honorary captain certificate in 1989.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Dina Merrill, who defied rich parents to become an actress, dies at 93
Her mother was heiress to the Post cereal fortune and her father was the stockbroker E.F. Hutton.
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In The Onion’s latest spoof, leaked memos reveal Trump’s fear of lighthouses
‘We need to stop the lighthouses now. Does anyone know what their foghorns are trying to say?’
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Lisbon Falls’ ‘Mr. Moxie,’ Frank Anicetti, dies at age 77
Anicetti helped create the Moxie Festival, which draws 50,000 people to Lisbon Falls each year.
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Roger Moore, star of 7 James Bond films, dies at 89
The suave English actor died Tuesday of cancer, his family says.
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Former chair for humanities William ‘Bro’ Adams says he’ll be an advocate
As changes began at the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Falmouth man and former Colby College president said ‘now was a reasonable time’ to step away.
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New wine bar to open in downtown Augusta
Circa 1885 will join Fashions on Water Street as two of downtown Augusta’s newest businesses.
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Timeline: Maine’s brewery boom, year by year
A timeline of the explosive growth of breweries in Maine, from 1986 to the present.
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Interactive chart: Maine’s top 25 breweries, from 2006 to today
As upstarts enter the market, some of the state’s pioneering craft breweries have receded in prominence.
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Dine Out Maine: Tiny and boisterous, Izakaya Minato seems to have floated in from Tokyo
The omakase menu is one of Portland’s best bargains.