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Bliss Thru Shopping: Steven Seagal, kitty cats, coffee cups – it’s a retail mash-up

So Steven Seagal is trying to warm U.S.-Russian relations. I mean, why not? The man of action recently helped a U.S. congressional delegation fact-finding tour in Russia, reportedly getting access to some hard-to-reach Russian officials. The story made Bag Lady do a double take. I hadn’t thought about Steven Seagal for years, at least not […]

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Check out what’s new at The Riverview (Café, that is)

Marc Patry has cooked at, owned and operated the Riverview Café for six years. Prior to that, the structure was a vegetable stand and a bakery and, before he purchased the building and opened the cafe, Patry worked at another local eatery. What possessed him to purchase a restaurant? “Insanity,” he says. But, since then […]

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Enjoy the blues in Naples

Richardson’s Causeway Dairy Bar on Roosevelt Trail on the causeway.     Father’s Day weekend and you don’t know what to do for dad? Well here’s an idea: how about taking him to the 8th annual Maine Blues Festival held in Naples and always on Father’s Day weekend. There will be 40 live acts and […]

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Facetime: Kevin Mills

Everywhere I go, people ask me about Kevin Mills. What’s he like? Are his books any good? What does he smell like? I bet he smells like clove or something manly like that. Settle down, people. The fact is, I’ve worked with the mysterious sportswriter for near 20 years and I barely know anything about […]

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The sad history of Malaga Island

Malaga Island on a bright spring morning might be the most beautiful place in all of New England. Its history, though, couldn’t be uglier. Slightly more than 100 years ago, the state of Maine evicted from the island the mixed-race community of about 45 souls. Most of the islanders were deemed feeble-minded and forced into […]

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Face Time: Deb Snyder, speaker, spiritual teacher, author

Deb Snyder’s life is touched in many ways by the spiritual. She’s a spiritual teacher, author on intuitive parenting and she once received a “form of energy communication” from her daughter that helped save the little girl’s life. Snyder has also written a pair of self-published books for children about what dogs and cats can […]