I really like finding new-to-me bands, especially when they are heading to Maine — such is the case with the trio of Annalise Mahanes (vocals), Cal Tucker (bass) and Michael Monahan (guitar) better known as IMY2. These rockers will perform on Sunday, May 26, at the Sandy River Music Festival in Farmington and to that […]
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May 21, 1990: Mayor of Soviet Union & delegation will be visiting Waterville in June for a week, 10 injured in car collision on Route 2 in Caanan, and a Kingfield museum acquires a major selection of photographs
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Sour Patch Kids Oreos? Peeps Pepsi? What’s behind the weird flavors popping up on store shelves
Surprising flavor combinations are showing up more frequently in grocery stores and restaurants.
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May 20, 2002: Monmouth woman raising money for marrow donor for her nephew, China Planning Board members approve new fuel tank, and the Augusta City Council will look at the proposed budget again tonight
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Why more cooks – and gardeners – should embrace sorrel, an underrated lemony leaf
The perennial herb comes up in Maine gardens in early spring.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Boothbay botanical garden gets a gift of irises
The late Currier McEwen of Harpswell hybridized dozens of Siberian irises. A collection of his irises will go on display at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
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May 19, 1997: Senior prom at Winslow High School briefly evacuated due to bomb threat called in from local restaurant, motor home destroyed in blaze in Jackman yesterday, and Lakewood Theater begins its 97th season this month
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May 18, 1982: Litchfield Community School trying out double-grade classes to ease space, population crunch, plans for Augusta City Hall/Fort Western museum gets ‘easy’ endorsement from council, and was a recent Maine bridge report ‘overdramatized’?
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May 17, 1996: Murphy, the Pittsfield pooch who became an ’80s canine celebrity’, dies, Republicans in the US House push new budget-balancing plan, and doughnuts and other bakery items are being made once again at Harris Baking Co. in Waterville after a year hiatus
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Movie Review: ‘Wildcat’ won’t be anyone’s choice for a summer’s beach read
Here we are once again watching the work of director Ethan Hawke, one of Hollywood’s birds of paradise who flits from one tree to another in that land of artists looking for the right branch in which to build a permanent nest. Hawke’s problem, if it is one, is that he’s pretty good at all […]