But there’s an exception to every rule: Several types of shrubs and certain pruning jobs are suitable for fall.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Is it summer or fall in Maine? Depends on whom you ask
The first three weeks of September fall into a gap between the meteorological and astronomical starts of fall, and fluctuating temperatures add to the uncertainty.
Sept. 8, 1993: Home, cows saved after dog spots Palmyra house fire, more workers are staying home, and a Colby College sports complex is rising from the ashes
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Sept. 7, 2000: Chelsea woman who has multiple sclerosis suing Funtown U.S.A. for $2 million, Kennebec Historical Society to show old photographs during open house, and Fayette’s got a lot of junk apparently
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OFF RADAR: ‘Old Orchard’s Palace: Poems’
Robert Gibbons’ second collection of poems is written about his current hometown.
Sept. 6, 1976: ‘Now you see it, now you don’t’ for one white rabbit who mysteriously disappears in Augusta, Muskie studies traces electricity use in Maine, and how to get rid of bats and more
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Sept. 5, 1992: Expanded parking lot for Augusta House of Pancakes put on hold, Chelsea man wants to aid Hurricane Andrew victims, and Augusta schools becoming child care centers for kids after school
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Sept. 4, 1981: More than 50 fill Oakland town office to balk at downtown redesign plans, Oak Grove-Coburn School sale snag gets resolved, and ‘look’ of new fascia at Waterville Junior High debated
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Restaurants around the world are catering to a growing number of solo diners
In the U.S., solo dining reservations have risen 29% over the last 2 years, according to OpenTable, the restaurant reservation site.
Sept. 3, 1999: Maine driver’s licenses are going digital, Winthrop Town Council votes to ban personal watercrafts on Little Cobbossee Lake but not other ponds, and the Sand Hill food bank in Augusta is getting a ‘reprieve’
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