2012
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Where artists create Studios get personal
An artist’s workspace is as personal as the artwork. Talk to different artists, and you’ll get a variety of individual requirements for the spaces in which they create: Some need a lot of space, others very little. Some need quiet, others crank the music to deafening levels. There are those who want every piece of […]
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Have babysitters; will travel
At the beginning of the summer, before I headed to Boston for the weekend, I posted on the Dinner with the Smileys’ Facebook page, “Have babysitter; will travel.” Halfway across the world, my husband, Dustin, whose military training has afforded him far more etiquette than even my Southern background gave me, saw the post and […]
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Keeping hedges looking good
If you haven’t gotten your hedge clippers out yet this season, it’s not too late to do some work on hedges. And even if you have done some trimming, this is a good time for a tune-up. You can keep hedges to a constant size, but it requires some work once or twice a year […]
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USDA buys meat to help drought-stricken farmers
WASHINGTON The government will buy up to $170 million worth of pork, lamb, chicken and catfish to help drought-stricken farmers, the White House said Monday as President Barack Obama brought his re-election campaign to rural voters in Iowa. The purchase for food banks and other federal food nutrition programs is expected to help producers struggling […]
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Topsham police investigate overnight break-in, welcome tips
TOPSHAM — Topsham police say Woody’s Performance Center was broken into sometime overnight and are asking for the public’s help to find whoever is responsible. Woody’s Performance Center, a Yamaha dealer that sells and services all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, motorcycles, generators and water crafts, is located on Topsham Fair Mall Road. Detective Mark LaFountain said today […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Massabesic loses more than a coach
WATERBORO — Massabesic High School lost the coach of its swim team on Sunday, when Kevin Broad lost his two-year battle with stomach cancer. But really, the school, and the community lost much more. Broad started coaching the boys and girls swim teams at Massabesic eight years ago, and he turned around the programs. The […]
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Dayton supports RSU withdrawal effort
Dayton residents at a Special Town Meeting Monday night line up to vote on whether to form a committee to withdraw from RSU 23. The vote was 115-3 to form the committee. (LIZ GOTTHELF/ Journal Tribune)
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With Olympics over, eyes turn to high school sports
For the past two weeks, we have watched some of the greatest athletes in the world compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. We have seen amazing feats of athletic skill, blunders, tears and smiles, but alas, these two weeks of athletic greatness came to an end on Sunday night during the Olympics closing […]
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Over time, there’s nothing like a good friend
Although we rarely see one another in person these days, it’s fair to say my buddy Don and I enjoy a mutually rewarding relationship. I think I know him pretty well, and a recent episode confirms that he reads me like, well, a book. Don and I attended the same large state university together a […]