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Nov. 8, 1993: Calumet Club bestows highest honor to an Augusta community activist, local schools not taking position on Lewiston school’s controversial order, and Cony field hockey teams are state champs
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Oct. 7, 1992: Key Bank will break ground next week on new branch office on Whitten Road in Augusta, Maine Public Television is saying ‘bonjour!’ to a new french language program, and the stigma still attached to mental illness for one man
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Swine & Stein Brewfest returns for 15th year in downtown Gardiner
The event this Saturday, modeled after Oktoberfest in Germany, celebrates the work of breweries, wineries, distilleries and meaderies across the region and state.
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Oct. 6, 1976: Students from UMaine Farmington will dribble their way from Farmington to Newburyport, Mass., and environmental protection board won’t force closure of sardine or potato chip factories due to water quality deadline failure
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Oct. 5, 1983: Cleaning two wells in Monmouth didn’t help them pass state inspection, 1908 Cobbossee lighthouse in Manchester may make historic list, and dismissed policeman’s appeal set today
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Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
OFF RADAR: ‘Ukrainian Poetry of War and Hope’
When Steve Luttrell encountered some Ukrainian poets and artists — people trying to make sense out of bewildering chaos — he tried to think of how to help.
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Oct. 4, 2002: Colby College offers to pay $100,000 for fire-rescue truck for city of Waterville, Skowhegan-area school superintendent to retire, and Waterville Republican caucus turns up no candidates for council
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Landmark Yarmouth restaurant Muddy Rudder closes, listed for sale
The restaurant, which opened in 1976, is located on Route 1 along the Cousins River and can be seen from I-295. It is listed for sale for $1.4 million.
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Hannaford recalls some fresh salads, pasta meals over listeria concerns
Customers should not eat the products, which were sold from Sept. 23 to Oct. 1 in the deli and produce departments.