The annual event takes place in Rockland.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Things to Do
Aw, shucks: Steamer the clam opens up about life as a festival mascot
The face of the Yarmouth Clam Festival answers our questions about the best parts of the event, what it’s like to watch the shucking contest and life in the off-season.
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July 15, 1996: Reform Party’s convention in Augusta to feature Ross Perot, Richard Lamm, Le Festival de la Bastille not a complete washout this past weekend in Augusta, and this Augusta street is on the move again
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Salute to cinema underway at 27th Maine International Film Festival in downtown Waterville
MIFF, which opened this weekend, runs through Sunday, July 21, and offers more than 100 films.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Why plant American chestnut seedlings that are almost certainly doomed?
The answer lies in genetics and a dogged quest for immunity from blight.
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July 14, 2005: Winslow hot dog business owner steamed up vendor ordinance town approved this week, new after school program may open in Fairfield, and Maine International Film Festival to offer two-day screenwriting workshop
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July 13, 1982: 113 new laws enacted today by Maine Legislature, including so-called ‘johns’ law punishing the customers of prostitutes, and out-of-state banks are attracted to Maine
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
MIFF Movie Review: ‘Daliland’ is about Dali’s journey down spiraling madness, J.P. Devine writes
Once you’re drawn into viewing Harron’s cinematic kaleidoscopic world of “Daliland,” allow yourself to be transported into the work of one of the film world’s most gifted actors, and that’s really why you’re here, J.P. Devine writes.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘To Woo and To Wed’ and ‘Ghost Town’
A delightfully charming and funny Victorian rom-com, and a complex suspense thriller
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MIFF Movie Review: ‘Goodfellas’ the greatest lasagna of Italians ever, J.P. Devine writes
It’s rumored that Martin hated the title of the book, so Pileggi grudgingly changed it to “Goodfellas,” J.P. Devine writes.