If you own waterfront property, consider creating a buffer zone. It’ll help curb pollution.
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April 2, 1973: Meat boycott underway nationwide and ‘meatless’ meals pose no problems for ladies of a Fairfield church, open water season begins and the fish are few in Bingham, and Vassalboro fire deemed suspicious
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Tell us why you love your mom: Upload a video and send it to us before Mother’s Day
Contest ends Friday, May 5th. We’ll pick our favorite video from the bunch and the winner will be eligible for a small prize!
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April 1, 1918: Smallpox discovered in Augusta boy after recent appendicitis surgery, Solon High School receive patriotic flag during event, and local news from the long but not forgotten village of Iceboro
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March 31, 1970: Planned Vassalboro rock festival hits snag, Maine’s governor favors strict license control program which could be ‘last resort’, and Apollo 13 blasts off on April 11 for ‘riskiest moon journey yet’
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The Sea Dogs will soon be back, along with the Sea Dogs Biscuit
The Gifford’s HomeMaine Ice Cream treat will be available at the Portland Sea Dogs home opener and for the remainder of the team’s 2023 season
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Tell us why you love your mom! Upload a video and send it to us before Mother’s Day.
Contest ends Friday, May 5th. We’ll pick our favorite video from the bunch and the winner will be eligible for a small prize!
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TV Review: I Spy A Spy ‘A Spy Among Friends’ writes JP Devine
I remember this story because I’m old. If you’re older than 60, you will as well, but at the time, here in America, you probably didn’t care. It was 1963, and the assassination of JFK was enough to deal with, and no one here even knew the rest of the world existed or cared. But […]
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March 30, 1990: New roof needed at Fort Western sooner than city officials anticipated, junkyard fire destroys four buildings and drives elderly man out of home in Wales, and mud and a broken water main leaves a propane truck stuck in Augusta yesterday
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The Quarry in Monson named a finalist for a James Beard award
But 10 other semi-finalists from Maine did not move on. Winners of the prestigious culinary awards will be announced in June.