Tess Chakkalakal and Brock Clarke host the ‘Dead Writers’ podcast, airing on Maine Public and focusing on the lives and homes of several notable writers with ties to the state.
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Aug. 11, 2002: Meet Gardiner Public Safety Director Mike Coty, the man with many hats. Also, these Readfield residents are hurling frying pans during this year’s Heritage Days
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Aug. 10, 1981: Woman in Waterville hotel calls 911 and gets Portland police on the line, Waterville National Little League loses to South Portland in state championship, and police put together travels of fugitives
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Aug. 9, 1993: 28-year-old Waterville man tops list of ‘most wanted’ in Kennebec County, Belgrade to hold special town meeting on landfill closure project, and this 81-year-old is perfecting his golf swing albeit differently
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘A Gardener at the End of the World’ and ‘The Sea Flower’
Port Clyde author and gardener Margot Anne Kelley examines 10 months of her life as COVID changed her lifestyle and outlook, and the republication of beloved author Ruth Moore’s 10th novel.
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Photos: Opening day at Skowhegan State Fair
All photos by Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel.
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Aug. 8, 1978: This 9-year-old Pittsifeld girl is packing for Hawaii with her CB-radio group. Also, 37 walk out in strike at Maine-Cascade Iron Works in Clinton
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Aug. 7, 1990: Fisherman illegally hooking Atlantic salmon in Kennebec River being targeted, new park in Augusta envisioned as ‘oasis’, and permit for new church building on China Planning Board agenda tonight
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‘It’s a great time’: Skowhegan State Fair returns Thursday for 206th year
The 10-day fair, the oldest of its kind in the country, runs from Thursday, Aug. 8, to Saturday, Aug. 17, and organizers expect about 100,000 people to attend.
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Aug. 6, 1976: Clinton man wins $10,000 with lottery ticket from Belgrade market, 3-year-old not seriously injured when car strikes girl’s tricycle in Waterville, and new $2 million science center coming to Colby College in fall of 1977
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