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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
A history of books in wartime – and of unexpected book-burners
Accounts from Andrew Pettegree’s ‘The Book at War’ will make you wonder what role books are playing in current conflicts.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
This chicken paprikash lightens up a classic but keeps the big flavor
This popular Hungarian stew gets its bright flavor from aromatic, intensely hued paprika.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Review: Teenage twins go missing in a coastal Maine town, putting its police chief to the test
Writer Albert Waitt’s murder mystery, ‘The Ruins of Woodman’s Village,’ paints a picture of a small town, biases and all.
Posted inFood & Dining
If Stilton is everywhere, it must be Christmas in London
You can adapt the tradition locally, with the many excellent blue cheeses made in Maine.
Posted inOn this date
Dec. 17, 1987: Live-in guard at Kennebec Count Jail charged with giving drugs to prisoners, Oakland targeted for major business park, and the greater Waterville-area were slip slidin’ away as snowstorm hits region
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Dec. 16, 2006: Augusta store takes heat for selling ‘problem solved’ t-shirt, Hallowell city council approves settlement for its former city manager, and meet some of the new graduates from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy
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Dec. 15, 1984: Former Waterville resident dies after car crashes through woman’s bedroom wall in Fla., area legislators and business leaders kicked off two projects to save Keyes Fibre Co. plant in Waterville, and WTVL-AM in Waterville now broadcasting
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Dec. 14, 2001: DOT backs park/ride project in downtown Oakland, armed standoff in Skowhegan ends peacefully yesterday, and group eyes land in Winslow for new soccer field
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Netflix to divorce ‘Love Actually’ on Christmas, J.P. Devine says
Did you know that “ Love Actually,” the movie love story of eight different couples in Britain trying to figure how to get through Christmas 2003, will be dumped by Netflix on Dec. 25? 2003! That makes this the 20th anniversary of this big, wonderful Christmas story of eight everyday London couples. In Hollywood, there […]