Lever Architecture, based in Portland, Oregon, and Los Angeles, was chosen ahead of three other finalists to design a new building on the site of the former Children’s Museum that will be integrated into the museum’s existing campus overlooking Congress Square.
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Jan. 6, 1979: Jay crash victim was following friend’s car, new laundromat to open in Madison, and Waterville police receive two separate reports of damage by egg-throwing vandals
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OFF RADAR: ‘Elegiaca Americana: Poems’
Claire Millikin’s intense poems track the inner life of the poet from her childhood in the South to her adulthood in New England.
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Jan. 5, 1978: Shot fired at skiers using Capitol Park in Augusta, safety monitor for state’s energy program says nuclear power is the solution, and Bogosians Shoes and Boots having their ‘well known’ one on one sale
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Yellowstone’ returns with new governor, pack of wolves in pinstripe suits
“One Hundred Years is Nothing,” Season 5, episode 1.
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Jan. 4, 1983: Former Kingfield resident, Abbot businessman indicted by Piscataquis grand jury, 2 Winslow officers get pat on the back, and mobile home gets the big move to Belgrade
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Molly Gawler says music holds family, band together
Gawler Family Band set to perform Jan. 12 at One Longfellow Square in Portland.
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Jan. 3, 1969: Parking dilemma at State House hits new low, pedestrian injured after accident on Route 220 in Liberty, and Newcastle man to give talk on his children’s toy collection at Wiscasset museum
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Jan. 2, 1976: Fairfield woman in Portland for burn treatment after kerosene explosion, fires in both Sidney and Etna, and U.S. Rep. William S. Cohen expected to announce today if he’s running against Sen. Edmund Muskie
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Then and now: Reflecting on nearly 50 years on one patch of earth
In the early days, Atwell and his wife tilled, installed lawn, and reached for fertilizers and insecticides. But as time has gone by, the couple has become more and more attuned to nature’s needs in their garden.