The festival on the Skowhegan-Canaan line features vendors, live music and other activities, and is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.
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Sept. 30, 1985: President Carter blasts ‘Star Wars’ weapons program while in Maine, Hurricane Gloria keeps over 500 in greater Waterville powerless, and Kennebec County sheriff got quite a jolt of electricity
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On Music: Transatlantic folk duo Sons of Town Hall talk about upcoming Portland debut
A folk duo that not only sings but also acts out a mythic back story that will transport the audience at One Longfellow Square across time and space.
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Sept. 29, 2002: Friday night football has become ‘the event’ in central Maine, recent AP poll suggests war is top issue for voters, and it’s the ol’ deer-in-a-tree trick for success
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When Lyndon B. Johnson came to Portland 60 years ago, a hundred thousand followed
Johnson’s 1964 visit drew what may have been the largest crowd Portland has ever seen. Sixty years later, those in attendance still remember the group’s energy.
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Sept. 28, 1991: Norridgewock townspeople want ‘Big Al’ Lewis back in business, and district attorney Janet Mills calls for investigation of anti-drug agency
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Flood Tide’ and ‘Stephen King’s Maine’
The second book in Albert Waitt’s LT Nichols mystery series, and a journey across Maine looking for towns, businesses, professions and locations featured in Stephen King’s books.
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How Elizabeth Strout came to bring 3 beloved characters together in ‘Tell Me Everything’
When the author realized Olive Kitteridge, Lucy Barton and Bob Burgess from her previous books were all living in Crosby, Maine, she knew they had to meet.
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Sept. 27, 1982: Central Maine Power sets expansion plans on Old Winthrop Road facility in Augusta, Hallowell-area school district to set special tuition rates, and the story of 2 moose who almost got away on interstate in Sidney
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Halloween superfans see the culture catching up to them
Five years ago this Halloween, Home Depot introduced the 12-foot-tall skeleton.