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Dance the Night Away… at the Library

Where do people meet for fun on cold winter nights in Maine? How about the library? Forget all that stuff about “Quiet.” These days in many Maine communities, libraries have become social-gathering places, offering up everything from sleepovers to movie nights. Some libraries even push back the chairs and reading tables and fire up the

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Students Consider Energy Future

Four students and two teachers clutched the sides of a white sheet with three small, numbered holes. One student sat on the floor and peered up through the bottom of the sheet to make sure numbered wiffle balls fell through their corresponding holes and into the waiting cardboard box below. As each ball plunked into

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Knitting as an Art Form

Knitting for pleasure is often associated with the production of sweaters and blankets for babies. It is a hobby for women. For Katharine Cobey, an artist who resides in Cushing, knitting is an art form, a means of creating pieces that speak to everyone’s hearts and minds. Cobey’s blue eyes pierce the fog’s gloom as

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Hometown Crowd, Hometown Seafood

The river is visible from every seat in Thomaston’s newest restaurant, The Slipway. The hull of a sailboat bobs peacefully on the nearby St. George River as the 44-year-old chef and owner Scott Yakovenko sits at a small table describing his hometown venture. The Slipway is located at the Thomaston docks in the building that

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