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1 week ago | 
centralmaine.com | Stacy Blanchet
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1 week ago | 
centralmaine.com | Stacy Blanchet
OK. So much darkness is happening, politically and locally, nationally and internationally, let’s get happy with a found letter from She, my deceased wife, that might brighten your day. Let’s start with what you have read so many times. I wrote this here previously: “From kindergarten to sixth grade, I was under the tutelage of the black-robed Sisters of Saint Joseph who lived in a huge convent just across the street from where I was born.” Duh! As if you didn’t know all about that.
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1 week ago | 
centralmaine.com | Stacy Blanchet
HALLOWELL — The second annual Hallowell Artwalk is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays, June 28 and Aug. 30. Visitors can explore a diverse array of artwork from local and regional artists, including paintings, photography, ceramics and woodwork. Featured will be art exhibits, live music, interactive workshops, and food and beverages. The event is free. For more information, updates and applications to participate, visit waterstreethallowell.org or @HallowellArtwalk on Instagram.
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2 weeks ago | 
centralmaine.com | Stacy Blanchet
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2 weeks ago | 
centralmaine.com | Stacy Blanchet
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2 weeks ago | 
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Catch a play at Lakewood TheaterMADISON — “In-Laws, Outlaws & Other People (who should be shot),” is set to be staged May 22-31 at Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Road. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, May 28, 29, 30 and 31; 4 p.m. Sunday; and 2 p.m. May 28. Tickets cost $28-$34; lakewoodtheater.org or 207-474-7176. It is 6 p.m. and the Douglas family is busily preparing to be invaded by their quirky relatives for their traditional Christmas Eve dinner.
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3 weeks ago | 
centralmaine.com | Stacy Blanchet
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3 weeks ago | 
centralmaine.com | Stacy Blanchet
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3 weeks ago | 
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AUGUSTA — A Monmouth man who allegedly crashed a stolen U-Haul truck into a FedEx van while being chased by police in Winthrop was indicted by a grand jury on several charges. A U-Haul truck reported stolen Feb. 18 from an Auburn rental facility was reported being driven erratically the following day in Winthrop. Paul Ferland, chief of Winthrop and Monmouth police, came across it as he was on his way home from work, driving east on U.S. Route 202 near Charlie’s Chevrolet.
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4 weeks ago | 
centralmaine.com | Stacy Blanchet
In the late fall of 1942, almost a year past the Sunday morning attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Veronica Conlon Devine — still lovely, dark-haired and green-eyed, widowed at 49 years on earth — sat with her 10-year-old son on her lap, watching a comic opera being played out before us. A big collection of chickens of all breeds, strayed from the collection of garden master Sister Amelia at an aging convent across the street, had gotten free.
