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It’s neat when Mainers hit the national scene and the latest example of that, for me, happens to be singer/songwriter Louisa Stancioff. The musician has traveled around the country working on farms in Alaska, assisted a director on a TV series in Hollywood, worked shifts at a grocery store in Echo Park and picked apples […]

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Aug. 24, 1985: Pilot is OK after single-engine plane flips at Waterville airport, Maine removes stone blockade from antique shop in Fairfield, and these French foreign exchange students visiting central Maine are eager for more

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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: Trio of books for children from Maine authors

Aug. 23, 1991: Belgrade farm to be ‘home’ to massive influx of sewage, and a waste disposal plan at two Chelsea farms is upsetting neighbors

Aug. 22, 1979: Several Kennebec County Jail inmates ‘destroy new toilets’ installed this past spring, education commissioner says ‘no need’ for 4 day school weeks, and Maine’s new Dairy Princess gets down and dirty milking a cow

Aug. 21, 1989: The gypsy moth caterpillars might be making a comeback this year in central Maine, Hallowell shed site plan to be changed, and an Augusta city worker just received a hero award

Aug. 20, 2001: Owners of JFK Mall in Waterville want to develop lot behind L.L. Bean call center, Hempstock festival in Starks goes off without issues, and stem-cell research takes look at adults

Aug. 19, 1988: Part-time Readfield resident blames town for erosion damage on property, 2 Augusta wards up for grabs during election, and Augusta waterfront park gets a new sidewalk

On Music: Louisa Stancioff talks about upcoming Farmington festival concert

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