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Come one, come all: Many new things added to Farmington Fair this year
New contests, raffles, displays, demonstrations and more have been added to the 182nd edition of Farmington’s fair.
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Sept. 12, 2000: Legislators want to know the progress of replacing Augusta mental health hospital, referendum to decide SAD 16 housing for grades 3-5, and Al Gore to bunk overnight in Lewiston
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Sept. 11, 1987: ‘Mart cart’ makes it’s debut at Shop ‘n Save in Waterville, republicans in Waterville aim for full slate of candidates in November’s election, and the Clinton Lions Agricultural Fair is back and in full swing
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Home Plates: A restricted childhood diet bred an adventurous cook and eater
Barbara Beauregard says she’ll try anything once.
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One of Maine’s most famous poets was a brilliant and witty charmer … with an edge
A complex portrait of Edna St. Vincent Millay emerges from two new collections of her letters and diaries.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Fall is coming. That means it’s time to think about spring
This is the season for planting bulbs. When the snow starts to melt, their cheerful blossoms are the first sign of spring.
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Sept. 10, 1994: UMA instructor goes from student to faculty member, 10,000 bikers to zoom through Augusta for Toy Run, and O.J. Simpson escapes death penalty
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Sept. 9, 1976: Meet Gertrude, a young Amazon parrot who spends her time at a Waterville pet shop, talk slated on organizing a Jaycee unit in Newport, and Waterville police many items stolen from a parked vehicle yesterday
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Bald Eagles, Bear Cubs and Hermit Bill’ and ‘Death of an Ice Cream Scooper’
A fascinating memoir from a wildlife biologist, and a new murder mystery by Lee Hollis