Talk of the Town: Tricky words, ornery pedestrians and back at Hobby Lobby for . . . never you mind.
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In a word: What’s in a word? Often lots of silent letters
‘M’ keeps quiet in ‘mnemonic.’ I also found a sign on the internet that warns ‘Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.’
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Mystery Photo for July 17, 2022
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you could win a $20 Hannaford gift card.
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The Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity
The museum at 121 Main St., Bridgton, is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (last tour at 3:30) through Oct. 8 or by appointment. Admission: $8 for adults, $4 for students, free for children ages 15 and under. There is no charge to visit the museum gift shop. Masks are required. […]
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Bridgton museum highlights life of Rufus Porter, ‘the Yankee DaVinci’
The Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity captures the life and times of the early-American artist and inventor who was known as both a Renaissance man and a ‘terrible businessman.’
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Face Time: Myles Felch — a Maine rock star
The University of Maine at Farmington alum caught the geology bug at college and is now curator at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum in Bethel, overseeing — among other things — the largest museum collection of lunar material in the world. He doesn’t take it for granite.
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Adults and their toys
We all know how it is. Sometimes after a long day of toil, all a working Joe or Jane wants to do is come home and jump on the Razor scooter. Or get the drone up in the air. Or build something really exotic with Legos, the type being marketed for play-craving grown-ups like yourselves. […]
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In a word: Fun with Merriam-Webster’s ‘Words at Play’
The dictionary’s playful website feature puts the antics in semantics.
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Mark LaFlamme: Does anything say summer like spittle, beguilement and nagging hoot owls?
Talk of the Town: Just don’t get within spittin’ distance.
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How I got my driver’s license: The bumpy roads our readers took to becoming licensed
Area readers say it wouldn’t have happened without patient moms, too-helpful driving instructors, ambulances, far-sighted DMV clerks, invisible stumps and creatively demanding dads.