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Nightlife calendar

Some events require tickets or are subject to other limitations. If in doubt, we recommend you contact the venue. Night Life listings must be e-mailed to [email protected] and received no later than Monday. Tonight Film: All In – The Poker Movie, 6 and 8 p.m., Frontier, Brunswick Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 […]

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Regrets: Appliances — When good appliances go bad . . . or unwanted

Alas, now it’s three weeks later and there aren’t enough exclamation points in the world to express your rage. (Read on for actual rice-cooker rage.) When a good appliance goes bad, tempers rise like yeast in a $99 bread maker. You feel betrayed. You feel cheated. That pretty lady on TV swore that robotic vacuum […]

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Face Time: Jason Oxman, Auburn native and new global CEO

Auburn native Jason Oxman was recently named CEO of the Electronic Transactions Association, an international trade group. If you have a debit or credit card, it means more to you than you may know. He talks about his new job, as well as his choice of head wear, how not to impress the boss at […]

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Eats: Cake artist takes an organic twist

When local baker Kristi Touchette decided to share her recipe for blueberry-chocolate chip blondies with readers — an organic dessert bar that is very moist and flavorful — she said, “It’s not what the average person would expect from a vegan!” Knowing that some people might erroneously imagine that cakes made with organic ingredients might […]

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Gripes

Gripes Stoplights don’t mean stop and yak on your phone or rummage or do whatever, and then flip me off when I have to remind you that green means go! — Anonymous Those new city of Auburn water meters tick. It’s like the “Tell-Tale Heart.” Tick . . . tick . . . tick. They […]