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Monica Wood takes ‘How to Read a Book’ on a tour of small-town Maine
After a delay in the novel’s release, the Portland author was looking for a way to reinvigorate her excitement about it. She’s been finding it in little libraries throughout the state.
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Sept. 18, 1993: What’s the best site for a manure lagoon in China? This man can help pinpoint the best location. Also, Fairfield school hit with fine from DEP and lightning strikes twice for this pilot in Skowhegan
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Sept. 17, 1977: Chubby Checker and Fats Domino slated to perform at Augusta Civic Center on Oct. 30, west side rotary traffic in Augusta to be affected by paving job, and modern farming complicates a lakes problem locally
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Farmington Fair continues under a sun-blazed sky
Children, adults participate in Agricultural Education Day on Monday at the Farmington Fair.
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Common Ground Country Fair kicks off 3-day run Friday in Unity
The fair is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
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On Music: Maine-based musician talks about upcoming Somerset Abbey debut
Everything changed when Tom DiMenna sang “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
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Sept. 16, 1986: It took a dentist, veterinarian, and surgeon to give this duck in Augusta a new artificial beak, and the last meal served at Silent Woman restaurant on Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville
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Alice In Wonderland room tour part of Wayne library event
The room contains 17 panels depicting the story “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
The lost pears of Maine
‘It is a pretty exciting time for pears.’ Heirloom pears, both European and Maine varieties, are beginning to get attention in Maine.