It turns out you don’t need a deluxe Wolf or Bertazzoni stove to make first-rate dinners and desserts.
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Aug. 17, 1976: 66th annual Monmouth Fair thrives with more than 5,000 in attendance despite poor weather, the water quality in Echo Lake is ‘excellent’, and Richmond Water Works is getting a shake up
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Going to the fair? Here’s some sage advice from a pig scramble champ.
Photojournalist Anna Chadwick sat down with her mother, Laurel Chadwick, recently to reminisce about her time as a pig scramble champ at the Pittston Fair.
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Aug. 16, 1983: Could drum, bugle corps be coming to central Maine? Also, Waterville police continue probe into breaks at two Main Street businesses, and those baseball cards might be worth more than you think
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Winthrop Arts Festival set to feature 18 local artists
The 36th annual festival on Main Street will coincide with the monthly Vintage Vault market on Saturday.
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Aug. 15, 2007: Upgrade project funding for Lithgow Public Library dividing Augusta leaders, Bodwell House buyer has ambitious plans, and folks are seeing pink in the area for a Hall-Dale softball fundraiser
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The Way It Was in Skowhegan: Week of August 19-26
Showcasing what happened in the Skowhegan-area on this date for the week of August 19-26. Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
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Movie Review: There is no one smart guy holding up the dumb one in ‘The Instigators’
No. I don’t know what that title means or if it defines the two brain-dead, small-time corner boys played by Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in Doug Liman’s (The Bourne sequels) new comedy thriller “The Instigators” on Apple TV+. Would you believe me if I told you that the movie begins in a shrink’s office […]
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Aug. 14, 1987: C.F. Hathaway Co. plant boasts strong booming mill, denies any ‘storm clouds’ that could be lurking, and a Franklin County legislator asks state police troopers to return to Jay paper mill after violence erupts
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Check out this Augusta boy who’s hunting for gems, geodes and rocks in the Sandy River in Farmington
Bodhi Bilyeu, 8, has made it a hobby to dig for rocks and gems. He has two shelves of gems and geodes at his home, he said.