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Yellow Brick Road — A Tribute to Elton John plans benefit show for Lewiston folks
Band will perform Dec. 15 at Sidney’s Snow Pond Center for the Performing Arts.
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Dec. 6, 1994: Gardiner woman to take bias claim to feds, septic system problem in Mount Vernon resolved, and could Winthrop gain a new downtown beat police officer next summer?
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Dec. 5, 1988: Motorist damages police cruiser & Big Apple store in car-ramming spree in Farmington, Santa makes a visit to Skowhegan in parade, and Sidney begins exploration of trash-disposal alternatives
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Dec. 4, 2006: Loved ones recalled in glow of candles in Gardiner, Augusta-area towns come together to save some money, and sports keeps this Fayette student going
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Heaven scent: Holiday aromas emanate from Bates College’s tourtières
For decades, the dining commons kitchen at the Lewiston school has baked and sold fragrant meat pies for the school community, a tradition that links the college with city’s French Canadian heritage.
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Climate change is already affecting your grocery bill
And it’s only getting worse. Expect to pay more for items from olive oil and coffee to wheat.
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Dec. 3, 1992: 3-year-old Winslow boy recovering after 5th heart operation, Sen. Mitchell says US economy needs stimulus plan, and former town office clerk in Norridgewock given suspended jail sentence
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Dec. 2, 1978: Hitchhiking blind man from Augusta to begin trek in a few days, Main State United Cerebral Palsy staff moving to new home in Augusta, and cable TV only $6.75 a month in Augusta
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Avoid pre-cut cantaloupe, CDC says, as deadly salmonella outbreak grows
At least 117 people in 34 U.S. states have been sickened by contaminated cantaloupe, including 61 who were hospitalized and two who died.