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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Sept. 25, 1990: Colby College campus police shut down WMHB radio station for several minutes due to comments from high school DJ’s, Waterville schools to get three new teacher aids, and Vassalboro rabbitry owner touts his rabbits
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Here we come a-brambling
The Irish countryside is awash in blackberries, which Irish bakers have cleverly learned to pair with apples.
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Retired academics – devoted spouses and lovers of poetry – reveal a sinister side in Stephen King’s latest
The shy but tough Holly Gibney finally takes the lead, and the title, in ‘Holly.’
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Take the lazy man’s route to saving the fruits of your labor
Skip the canning and the pickling. Sometimes the simplest way to preserve the harvest is to do nothing at all.
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Sept. 24, 1981: Belgrade students to attend school on Saturday 11 times this school year, Maine could get millions from the oil companies, and the Augusta State Airport main runway will close temporarily for repairs
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Sept. 23, 2003: Opponents of proposal to build a new bridge, bypass around Skowhegan asking to run idea past voters, Norridgewock man admits to setting fire to coin laundry bathroom, and weather favors moose hunters on 1st outing
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Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Dead Man’s Wake’ and ‘Bangor’
A new Mike Bowditch mystery from Paul Doiron, and vintage and contemporary photographs from historian Richard Shaw
Posted inFood & Dining
Take our poll: Whether you like it or not, it’s pumpkin spice time
Each autumn for the last two decades, pumpkin spice turns up in everything from beer and lattes to pastries and ice creams – even soaps and scented brooms. Maine makers have developed plenty of products to meet the demand.
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Sept. 22, 1982: Gardiner police chief bags moose with antler spread just an inch and a quarter shy of state record, proposed Maine banking rule draws opposition, and state delays hearing on CMP expansion on Old Winthrop Road in Augusta
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