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OFF RADAR: ‘Small Off Things’ by Suzanne Farrell Smith
It’s probably not going to cheer you up to find out someone has it, overall, possibly worse than you.
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Aug 4, 1972: ‘Christmas in August’ as sidewalk sales bring thousands to downtown Waterville, police vehicle hit by truck on Water St. in Waterville yesterday, and the Lakewood Theatre goes back to ‘1776’ in new musical comedy
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘And Just Like That’ Aiden returns
I’ve given up trying to make sense of the women in “Sex and the City,” I’m sorry, “And Just Like That.” Carrie Bradshaw, who only a week ago was prowling the streets in what looked like a collection of shopping bags from a designers tire store, seems to be the one of the trio who […]
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Aug. 3, 1991: Le Club Calumet in Augusta told it ‘must’ let women join its ranks, Whitefield house fire struck by fire, and group demands Annabessacook Lake near Winthrop to be cleaned up
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Aug. 2, 1989: New Webb Road interstate exit-ramp switch passes by wide margin, Fairfield residents ‘pleased’ with town’s vote to deny liquor license to Ruby Lounge and Arnold Motel, and Joseph Cicippio receives 48-hour reprieve
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Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark, Op-Eds
K.Flay talks about new music, hearing loss
I recently received an email concerning an impending concert at the State Theatre in Portland that caught my interest. The performer, who is a two-time Grammy nominee, goes by the name K.Flay (born Kristine Flaherty) and is touring to support the release of her soon-to-be-released album (“Mono” comes out on Sept. 15); it also should […]
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Aug. 1, 1974: Richmond town manager under fire for gripes, new barn at Windsor fair grounds, and area GOP outspend their Democratic counterparts by ‘better than 10 to 1’
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Farmers’ Almanac looks ahead to ‘Greatest Show on Earth’
Lewiston-based almanac eyes total eclipse next spring — and colder weather, too.
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July 31, 1998: Madison man sues Walmart claiming blood-pressure machine at Skowhegan location caused him permanent arm pain, former Pittsfield Police Dept. dispatcher sues town, police chief claiming slander, and is Sylvia Ramsdell the luckiest person in Caanan? Some think so.
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