Children, adults participate in Agricultural Education Day on Monday at the Farmington Fair.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Common Ground Country Fair kicks off 3-day run Friday in Unity
The fair is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
On Music: Maine-based musician talks about upcoming Somerset Abbey debut
Everything changed when Tom DiMenna sang “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
Sept. 16, 1986: It took a dentist, veterinarian, and surgeon to give this duck in Augusta a new artificial beak, and the last meal served at Silent Woman restaurant on Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville
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Alice In Wonderland room tour part of Wayne library event
The room contains 17 panels depicting the story “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
The lost pears of Maine
‘It is a pretty exciting time for pears.’ Heirloom pears, both European and Maine varieties, are beginning to get attention in Maine.
Spotlight from this election season shines on vegetarian issues
From oat milk to Indian food, talk about vegan and vegetarian diets is popping up like never before on the campaign trail.
Are your peonies too crowded?
It’s the right time to divide and move them, and it’s not too hard.
Sept. 15, 1994: 21 troopers encircle Farmingdale home after Gardiner man breaks into residence, Winthrop split on how to meet school needs, and the loss of a old home in Augusta’s north end
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Sept. 14, 1976: At least 6 boxcars topple off freight train near Winslow end of Kennebec River bridge, sergeant and 2 patrolmen join Waterville Police Department roster, and an axe wedding?
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