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March 10, 2005: 95-year-old Augusta resident reflects on ‘many bad winters’ in Maine, National Guard honors Maine soldier in memorial service at Augusta Civic Center, and Chelsea & Jefferson schools are ‘on the bubble’ for more state funds
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March 9, 1985: 110 new streetlights may be coming to Farmington’s downtown, two 18-year-old girls arrested after police say they fired pellets from guns and hit one youngster, and its Town Meeting season in our coverage area
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Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘We’re Going Home’ and ‘Princess of the Wild Sea’
A loving tribute to the author Cynthia Thayer’s husband Bill Thayer and their 40-year marriage, and a novel for young readers by Megan Frazer Blakemore.
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March 8, 1996: Customers in Maine may find it hard to bite into a Girl Scout Samoa cookie this year, bus driver suspended after allegedly beating man at Turnpike Mall in Augusta, and Gardiner’s history will be published in pictures
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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Nation & World
Candy companies pitch gum as stress reliever, concentration aid to revive stale U.S. sales
Gum-makers are trying to figure out what will make Americans start chewing again.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
MOVIE REVIEW: Danielle Macdonald makes ‘Falling for Figaro’ rom-com float
We find ourselves here in a pretty much predictable rom-com film set, at first, in a boardroom in a big city where futures are decided, especially for our Millie Cantwell, (Danielle Macdonald, “Dumplin” 2018, “Bird Box” 2018.) But hold on, after the boardroom and some nonsexual chatty bedroom scenes, the story suddenly takes us to […]
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March 7, 1979: Fairfield city manager fires town’s police chief ‘effective immediately’, top management shift announced at Keyes Fibre Co. in Waterville, and spring flooding has started along streets roads and storm drains in Waterville
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Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
ON MUSIC: Celtic band Bailey’s Mistake to perform at Somerset Abbey
If you have been reading this column for any length of time, you may be aware that I’m very partial to Celtic music, especially when it’s made with bagpipes included. So bands like Enter The Haggis, Seven Nations, and Mackeel (a band that my wife and I discovered when we honeymooned on Prince Edward Island) […]
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March 6, 1993: Augusta is the place to be today if its chili that lights your fire, Augusta Mental Health Institute regains Medicaid certification, and meet Sarah Mason, a 4th-grade student who wants to be a storyteller
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