The Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance also honored the food anthology ‘Breaking Bread’ and memoir ‘Woodsqueer,’ along with poetry and youth literature.
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Return of sturgeon art marks unofficial launch of downtown Augusta’s summer season
The reinstallation of 26 painted fiberglass sturgeon in downtown Augusta kicks off a summer season of events in the historic neighborhood of Maine’s capital city.
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May 22, 1961: Accused slayer who was former resident of Augusta caught robbing store in N.H., martial law proclaimed in Montgomery, Ala., and large safe found in Augusta causing a lot of headaches
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Invasive pests spoil the party for some local plant sales
But the Cumberland County Master Gardener Plant Sale is still going strong.
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May 21, 1979: Winslow woman captures U.S. weightlifting crown, new economic study confirms Maine is primarily a manufacturing state, and the black flies are the ‘common enemy’
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Posted inFood & Dining, Kennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Culinary arts students at Augusta-based technical center learn by running school’s food trailer
Chef Heidi Parent strives to be innovative with her culinary arts program, including using COVID-19 pandemic relief funding to buy a food trailer for her students to run.
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May 20, 1992: Tactical team resolves three-hour standoff of man at his Monmouth home, fever puts Farmingdale woman’s lung transplant plans on hold, and Augusta collects 3 tons of plastic
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May 19, 1981: 10,000 birds die in fire of suspicious origins at farm in Plymouth, Gov. Brennan to announce plan today regarding poultry industry in Maine, and real estate market in central Maine has gotten ‘tougher’
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AUTHOR EVENT: Kathryn Miles
Award-winning journalist will talk about her new book “Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders.”
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News
Florida’s St. George Island beach named nation’s best in annual ranking
Coast Guard Beach in Cape Cod was the only New England beach to make the top 10 list.