A Portland couple carries on a tradition started by one of their grandmothers, who took over an inn in Litchfield as a retirement project.
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Aug. 6, 1981: Mud wrestling hits Skowhegan, Waterville mayor says city still working through problems, and new 14-acre subdivision in the works in Oakland
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Aug. 5, 2003: State stocks Kennebec River with $7.4 million worth of American shad, Augusta officials look to replace water source with existing wells at Bond Brook, and cell phones are displacing landlines in the US
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OFF RADAR: ‘Small Off Things’ by Suzanne Farrell Smith
It’s probably not going to cheer you up to find out someone has it, overall, possibly worse than you.
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Aug 4, 1972: ‘Christmas in August’ as sidewalk sales bring thousands to downtown Waterville, police vehicle hit by truck on Water St. in Waterville yesterday, and the Lakewood Theatre goes back to ‘1776’ in new musical comedy
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‘And Just Like That’ Aiden returns
I’ve given up trying to make sense of the women in “Sex and the City,” I’m sorry, “And Just Like That.” Carrie Bradshaw, who only a week ago was prowling the streets in what looked like a collection of shopping bags from a designers tire store, seems to be the one of the trio who […]
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Aug. 3, 1991: Le Club Calumet in Augusta told it ‘must’ let women join its ranks, Whitefield house fire struck by fire, and group demands Annabessacook Lake near Winthrop to be cleaned up
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Aug. 2, 1989: New Webb Road interstate exit-ramp switch passes by wide margin, Fairfield residents ‘pleased’ with town’s vote to deny liquor license to Ruby Lounge and Arnold Motel, and Joseph Cicippio receives 48-hour reprieve
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K.Flay talks about new music, hearing loss
I recently received an email concerning an impending concert at the State Theatre in Portland that caught my interest. The performer, who is a two-time Grammy nominee, goes by the name K.Flay (born Kristine Flaherty) and is touring to support the release of her soon-to-be-released album (“Mono” comes out on Sept. 15); it also should […]
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Aug. 1, 1974: Richmond town manager under fire for gripes, new barn at Windsor fair grounds, and area GOP outspend their Democratic counterparts by ‘better than 10 to 1’
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