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Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Ugly History of Beautiful Things’ and ‘Just East of Nowhere’
Essays on desire and consumption by Katy Kelleher, and a complex and provocative story by Scot Lehigh
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Aug. 25, 1990: Automation of postal system eliminates 14 employees at Augusta Post Office, 13 members of National Guard placed on alert for active duty, and two friends from Pittston who’ve talked about doing mission work together fulfill their dreams
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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte turns 20, beloved by millions and despised by some
The seasonal beverage has produced a huge – and growing – industry of imitators.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Four hearts collide in ‘Sam & Kate’
Isn’t it nice, enjoying a soft, moving duo love story, without servings of the gratuitous mingling of bodies under soft percale sheets. Here in “Sam & Kate,” we savor a piece of cake with cracks of flawed icing giving us two veterans of movie history, the great Dustin Hoffman and still sparkling Sissy Spacek embracing […]
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Aug. 24, 2002: Winslow woman creates part of 5,000 square-foot 9/11 quilt, region gears up for influx of Somali families possibly moving here, and governor’s staff seeks change to Maine quarter design
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Posted inFood & Dining, Local & State
Woolwich woman eliminated from ‘MasterChef’ TV competition
Nina Interlandi Bell was eliminated Wednesday night on the Fox television show.
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Motor Booty Affair still going strong after 28 years
Group to take Somerset Abbey stage in Madison Aug. 26.
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Aug. 23, 1986: 5×7 foot piece of Winthrop St. pavement suddenly disappears in Augusta, social security payroll tax continues to climb, and a 33-year-old Augusta woman lives the life of an 80-year-old
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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Nation & World, News
A rice shortage is sending prices soaring across the world. And things could get worse
Wholesalers are yet to receive new stocks since India, the world’s largest exporter of rice by far, said last month that it would ban some rice shipments.