The eight-bedroom Bel Air estate goes for a reported $8.5 million.
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BOOKS: Maine authors
Maine writer Nancy Griffin’s debut children’s book reveals to youngsters what a great place Maine is to live or visit.
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BOOKS: Publishers Weekly best sellers
Best sellers for the week of Jan. 26, 2012
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BOOKS: Behind-the-scenes view of PBS series
The wise Lord Grantham suggests that we all have “chapters we would rather keep unpublished.” So true. But what we’re happy to see published is “The World of Downton Abbey,” a fascinating companion to the hit PBS series about an aristocratic family and their army of servants.
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BOOKS: New Mysteries
Finding the dead is the impetus behind Stef Penney’s “The Invisible Ones,” a superb novel with two richly drawn narrators.
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TRAVELIN’ MAINERS: Inn by the Sea is a dream destination in Cape Elizabeth
We could live at Cape Elizabeth’s Inn by the Sea . . . in a two-story suite with amazing ocean views, taking our meals at the world-class Sea Glass Restaurant, walking daily on Crescent Beach right in front of the inn, birdwatching in the surrounding gardens, enjoying daily treatments in the luxurious spa . . .
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HIKING :Yurt let’s you get away from it all
Tucked into the forest, high on a ridgetop in the hills of Montville — about 20 miles west of Belfast — is a unique and comfortable spot to spend a winter’s night, known as Goose Ridge Yurt. Easily accessible via a five-minute hike, snowshoe or ski trek uphill from the parking area off Halldale Road, the yurt feels amazingly remote, as if it were miles deep in the woods.
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SKIING :There are many deals available for senior skiers
Let’s face it, as some of us reach and proceed through senior citizenry, we search for, and take advantage of, every little special deal we can find. Not that those of us who’ve passed into what some call our Golden Years don’t have a great deal to be thankful for: making it this far, being able to enjoy our lives, our families, our memories and our ever-expanding circle of friends and, for some, good physical condition and the extra leisure time for recreation that retirement affords.
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FOR THE BIRDS: Christmas Bird Counts yielded wide variety along the coast
This column is the second of three reviewing the results of the most recent Christmas Bird Counts in Maine. Let’s visit some coastal count circles together, working our way from York County downeast to Eastport.
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Landlord vs. tenants: What you need to know about repairs
There are ways you can get needed work done while both sides stay happy.