Inflation has been easing broadly for more than a year now, and it’s been cooling faster for grocery items since the middle of the year.
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Sept. 26, 2000: Police say they’ve raided Vassalboro home filled with 500 pot plans, guns. Also, rope manufacturer in Winslow facing 4 lawsuits, and Skowhegan board allows police contract.
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Drag queen Pattie Gonia aims to give the climate movement a makeover with joy and laughter
In its second year at New York Climate Week, ‘Save Her! Environmental Drag Show’ has become a popular attraction.
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The Way It Was in Skowhegan: Week of Sept. 30-Oct. 7
Showcasing what happened in the Skowhegan-area on this date for the week of Sept. 30-Oct. 7
Posted inLife & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Movie Review: ‘The Critic’ a drama of unexpected darkness where evil lives
Director Anand Tucker and writer Patrick Marber’s fun and devilish film is set in London in the early World War II bad old times. Tucker and David Higgs’ camera take us down the foggy and lamp-lit streets of London’s theater district. It’s here that something wicked comes. This will be Jimmy Erskine. The great English […]
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Wednesday is 10th annual National Lobster Day
For 10 years, Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King have introduced and sponsored federal legislation to recognize Maine’s iconic industry.
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Sept. 25, 1987: Maine apple growers brand media as rotten apples over pesticide issue, Gov. McKernan gets involved in International Paper Co. strike, and Ku Klux Klan plans rally in Rumford tomorrow
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The Alna Store makes the New York Times’ 2024 list of the country’s best restaurants
The highly praised fine-dining destination was the only Maine restaurant to win the recognition.
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
On Music: Band member Shawn Pedini talks about the energy with King Jeremy: The Pearl Jam Experience
The band plans to make an encore performance Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Somerset Abbey in Madison.
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Sept. 24, 1996: Elm City’s Al Corey doesn’t miss a beat when it comes to music, and part 3 of a six-part series looking at the backbone of Route 201 in Somerset County
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