1927 – 2015 LEWISTON — Latricia “Terry” Anne Foster, 87, died Saturday, Oct. 31, at the d’Youville Pavilion in Lewiston. Born in Auburn on Dec. 30, 1927, she was the daughter of Ralph D. and Alice M. Purington Turner. She was educated locally and worked for 25 years in sales at King’s Department Store, until […]
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Leon A. Gorman
Chairman Emeritus, L.L.Bean, Inc., 1934 – 2015 YARMOUTH — Leon A. Gorman, who loved the state of Maine and shared its values and spirit with the world through the company his grandfather founded in 1912, died on Thursday, Sept. 3, in Yarmouth. Although Leon always considered himself a Mainer, he was born in Nashua, N.H., […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Bringing fanny back, thanking your plow driver
First, Bag Lady was going to write about the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife’s online store. Wait. They have an online store? They do! And they sell LED-lit fleece beanies, limited-edition wildlife prints and more official green-logo’d merch than you can shake a frozen snake at. So many possibilities. But then I was […]
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The Boot: Derek Jeter, the Durham connection and sideways slippage
Some little-known trivia behind L.L. Bean’s most wanted Christmas gift They’re as Maine as mud season and moose, as Stephen King and Red’s Eats, as dee-ah and “The Way Life Should Be,” and L.L.Bean can’t make ’em fast enough. The company expects to sell 450,000 pairs of its Bean boots in 2014, according to L.L.Bean […]
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Slide show to explore Gaspe Peninsula at Freeport store on Sept. 26
FREEPORT — Dreams Unlimited’s Michael Perry will present a slide show adventure to Quebec’s beautiful Gaspe Peninsula, where the historic St. Lawrence River enters into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, from 7-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at L.L.Bean Flagship Store, 95 Main St. See the gannet rookery on Bonaventure Island, kayak through the great arch […]
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L.L.Bean sews totes out of Red Sox’s rain-delay tarp
FREEPORT — It’s re-purposing, Maine-style: L.L.Bean is making limited edition totes from the Boston Red Sox’s rain-delay tarp from last season. The company made the announcement Friday. The green and white 2013 tarp will make about 3,000 bags, according to a spokesman. They’re sewn onto a blue canvas bottom and made in Maine. The Boat […]
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‘Bow Ties & Bean Boots’ to raise funds to support Maine teens and Outing Clubs
SCARBOROUGH — Teens To Trails’ fundraising event “Bow Ties & Bean Boots” will take place from 6-10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, at Camp Ketcha. The event will be a night of live music, lawn games, and a silent and live auction. Proceeds from the event will help Teens To Trails fulfill its mission by helping […]
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L.L.Bean’s new Home catalog has 30 shades of blue and counting
FREEPORT — The new L.L. Bean Home catalog celebrates the blues. The pop culture website Jezebel ran a story this week that was entirely a list of colors in the new L.L.Bean Home catalog, no other words, just 151 shades and among them, more than 30 names for variations of the color blue. Foggy Blue. […]