The volume of the 2022 harvest was about the same as the 2020 catch, but the dollar value was only half the total of last year’s.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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OFF RADAR: ‘Another Good Day Begins’
Bob Marley’s cosmic truth in the poetry of Dave Morrison
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March 3, 1948: Men shoot two bobcats at dooryard of Canaan home, central Maine covered with another 5 inches of snow with more on the way, and Missouri town is ready for a big St. Patrick’s Day
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Why don’t we farm lobster?
Many have tried over time, but most believe that Maine’s management of the fishery is the most economical method for getting it to market.
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‘Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate’ famous comedy show
Remember when Richard Nixon won his first Presidential election in 1969, and appeared on the original “Laugh In” with the show’s comedy line “Sock it to me?” Right now on Netflix, you can see it all again because that famous comedy show that ran from 1968-73 on NBC with its hosts Dan Rowan and Dick […]
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March 2, 1979: Ironworkers on strike at Augusta steel plant, Maine senate votes for ban of smoking at public meetings in the state, and the oil squeeze last month is real here in central Maine
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Vermont’s Grace Potter talks music, album, March 11 solo concert
Singer, songwriter reminisces about first Maine performance at Colby 22 years ago.
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March 1, 1988: Central Maine boasts 4 leap-year babies, Jesse Jackson ‘throw-away’ votes look pretty good here, and a state official blows whistle on satanists
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Feb. 28, 1996: ‘Blacks remain biggest target of bias crimes’, Vassalboro school property sale to be discussed tonight, and the Manchester post office goes mobile… literally.
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Feb. 27, 1981: Ice fishing season ends on very unseasonable note, 1 local burglary solved as another is probed, and Waterville high school parents sent immunization program packets
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