Let’s say that I wanted to pare a pair of pears, for instance.
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Mystery Photo for March 12, 2023
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you could win a $20 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.
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How to write your own obit
If you want to pen your own obituary, one route is to look for workshops offered by your local senior college, senior center or adult education program. If nothing is available, Maine chaplain Jean Berman suggests writing with friends at a “death dinner party.” Friends can act as your contributors and editors. Reading some examples […]
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Mark LaFlamme: Good times in the plumbing aisle
Talk of the Town takes on clogged drains, dry trains, bulky names and so much more.
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Granite: By the numbers
300 feet: Depth of deepest granite quarry in the U.S. (Barre, Vermont) 72 feet: Length of longest sheets of granite quarried in the U.S. (Vinalhaven) 1902: Year in which Maine ranked No. 1 in granite production in the U.S. 4,500: Number of quarrymen working on the coast of Maine that year 4: Number of men […]
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Mystery Photo for March 5, 2023
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you could win a $20 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.
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Mark LaFlamme: Old man Snodgrass and the rampaging bison
Talk of the Town ponders the beasts of Aroostook County, the revealing nature of Daylight Saving Time, the new 911 tone and so much more.
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Maine granite rocks!
While Maine’s pegmatite can be prettier and may become the state’s official rock, its tougher cousin, granite, has been creating and beautifying buildings and monuments across the country for centuries.
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In a word: ‘More than one way to burn a book’
Our long history of attempted book censorship continues as society confronts gender identity.
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Mark LaFlamme: Menacing mollusks and mermaids in the muck
Talk of the Town goes where no unicorn, cat lady or canal mermaid have gone before. So clam down!