As our Maine Gardener column turns 20, writer Tom Atwell reflects on how gardening has changed.
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March 31, 1996: Hundreds pay respects to Maine elder statesmen Edmund Muskie in Arlington, Va., GOP & Democrats hoping issues won in Augusta help them in election, and Augusta & Waterville emergency rooms aren’t what you see on TV’s ‘ER’
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March 30, 1988: Former teller at Key Bank at Turnpike Mall in Augusta accused of stealing $10,000 from bank, discussions about Belgrade’s landfill to come, and striking International Paper workers protest exclusion from mill inspection in Augusta
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Hop the globe with these Easter food traditions
Mainers of varied backgrounds share memories and stories of the family dishes that signal Easter to them.
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March 29, 2001: Waterville fire chief undergoes triple-bypass surgery in Portland, Somerset County officials seek grace period to respond to complaints about county jail, and two Farmington police officers return after spending week in war-ravaged Bosnia
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Movie Review: ‘Love at First Sight’ has plenty of music about love
British actors, Phillips, Tom Taylor, Dexter Fletcher are sweet and charming as Oliver’s family ‚ it almost becomes another script for another movie, J.P. Devine writes.
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March 28, 1997: Former janitor at Windsor Elementary School suing town’s school department saying she lost her job to younger man, a rabbid fox has been found dead in Pittston, and Mount Vernon to maintain a full-time principal at its elementary school
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Sugarhouses to open Saturday, after storm disrupts Maine Maple Sunday Weekend
An early spring storm dumped snow and ice over much of the state, keeping many sugarhouses from opening on their most lucrative weekend.
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
On Music: John McEuen returns to Boothbay Harbor Opera House
Last week, I chatted with a new-to-me bluegrass band, the Kitchen Dwellers, and this time ‘round I reconnected with none other than Mr. John McEuen, a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, who will be coming to the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor on March 30. He and I have chatted back when […]
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March 27, 1978: $1,000 in damage and theft of several items from chicken house reported to Waterville police recently, rumors of Unity processing plant to close go unsupported, and Kennebec county teenagers are big spenders, nearly $13,000 worth last year alone
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