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SNAPSHOT: Not so good for birdies and golfers

High School golfers walk across the greens Tuesday before the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference tournament held at Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro. The students teed off in pouring rain to determine which teams and individuals qualified for the state tournament. Some sun and cooler temperatures are forecast for the remainder of the week. 

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Price check

Liam McAuliffe, 8, checks the price of a pumpkin Tuesday while browsing the harvest at Bailey Orchards in Whitefield.  McAuliffe, of Richmond, picked apples with his sister, Shannon, brother, James and buddy, Isabella Ucci, before selecting a gourd.  Kay and Rodney Bailey said they plan to sell fruit and produce until either the middle of […]

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SNAPSHOT: Crocodile rock

Theatre Arts Day Camp instructor Lucy Rioux, right, teaches students forming a crocodile how to clamp the jaws recently during a session of the weeklong program held at the Carry Ricker School in Litchfield. Students from elementary to high school age have enrolled in the camp, taught by Rioux and Cindy Turcotte during the last […]

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SNAPSHOT: Staycation

Chris Bowen steers a canoe Sunday carrying his wife, Lisa, and son, Luke, 9, up Cobbossee Stream in West Gardiner during a downpour.  The Farmingdale family spent their vacation week casting for bass on the stream which, Chris said, produced several nice fish.  Storms are expected through Wednesday this week when bright sun is forecast […]

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SNAPSHOT: Much ado about something

Customers line up with umbrellas at a concession stand Wednesday at Cumston Hall before a showing of “Much Ado About Nothing” by the Theater at Monmouth. People planning to attend a performance Thursday may want to pack an umbrella for a matinee of “James and the Giant Peach” but, with sun expected in the late […]

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SNAPSHOT: High and dry in Readfield

Winnie and Alex McPhedran return to their Readfield home Sunday after inspecting a clean-up effort under way in the family’s barn. Alex, 82, a practicing physician, has commenced storing items in the barn erected at the former Townsend Farm in 1913, while Winnie recovers from a recent illness. Winnie said her husband has made progress […]

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SNAPSHOT: Assessing dams

Shannon Chapin, left, records notes from surveying a dam Wednesday with Steve Knapp at an impoundment on Vaughan Stream in Hallowell.  The Kleinschmidt Associates employees are locating and assessing  dams across Maine for the National Marine Fisheries Service to locate barriers to fish passage for native species, according to a statement from the federal agency.  […]