Whether or not a yard was originally the length of King Henry I’s arm, as we all know these days it consists of 36 inches, or three feet.
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Disc golf: A sport for all seasons
Neither winter nor a pandemic have kept area disc golf players from enjoying their favorite sport. ‘It’s easy to keep your distance. It’s outside. What else could you ask for?’ said one local self-described addict.
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Face Time: Meghan Webber — Leeds high school senior advising Maine’s education commissioner
The Leavitt Area High School senior serves on the Maine Department of Education’s Student Cabinet.
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Talk O’ the Town: Remember to spring back this Sunday
St. Patrick’s Day It may shock you to learn that I’ve never done much by way of celebrating St. Paddy’s Day, in spite of my sort of Irish heritage. I drank green beer once, but it turns out it had just been sitting on the coffee table for six weeks and had gone rancid. Boy, […]
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In a word: Unpresidented array of media miscues
If the president’s wife is the First Lady, then wouldn’t that make the veep’s hubby the Second Gentleman?
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Mystery photo for March 14, 2021
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you will be entered into a random drawing for a $20 Hannaford gift card.
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In a word: That all sounds so foreign to me
In Italy I fancied myself one of the cognoscenti (people in the know), and was living la dolce vita (the sweet life).
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Seven Maine roads — 522 miles of nationally recognized awesome
Maine has three new National Scenic Byways, giving you even more historical, recreational and cultural reasons to hit the open road as summer beckons.
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Stray dogs and pale green pants
All bark, no bite Some safety minded folks were disturbed, apparently, over my description of my abandoned play with strange dogs. I hang my head and tuck my tail with shame. The fact is, I exaggerated in that column, if you can imagine it, for dramatic effect. I have two rules when it comes to […]
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Face Time: Jeffrey Thomson — a poet in a newly poetic age
He didn’t set out for a career writing and teaching, but found himself ‘a poet of the landscape, a poet of the ground.’