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Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Oct. 16, 1997: Authorities warn families in Unity-area of ‘Santa’ sex offender, Kennebec County commissioners have a problem with the budget on their hands, and this St. Albans man is ‘scheming’ in his new book about World War II.
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Photos: Sukkah erected for weeklong Sukkot celebration in Waterville
All photos by Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Oct. 15, 1988: Property owners have illegally altered the shores at Purgatory Pond in Litchfield says officials, Maine’s budget surplus swelled again in September, and Augusta’s Duke says Duke is no winner in election
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Waterville, synagogue, arts group organize events for Sukkot holiday
The city plans to build a sukkah, or hut, at Castonguay Square on Tuesday that the public is invited to visit and use.
Oct. 14. 2003: Extras pack Skowhegan field for football scene in HBO movie ‘Empire Falls’, Northeast Laboratory Services in Winslow has a national reputation, and a low-carb diet really works
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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.
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.