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Review: Waldoboro Couple Publishes Captivating Children’s Bedtime Book

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“Goodnight Bob,” the newest book from Waldoboro husband-and-wife team Ann and John Hassett, is one of those one-of-a-kind children’s books about bedtime – like Anna Dewdney’s “Llama Llama Red Pajama” and Peggy Rathman’s “Good Night, Gorilla” – that has the word “classic” written all over it. Released in September by Illinois-based children’s book publisher Albert Whitman & Co., “Goodnight Bob” tells the story – in simple language and endearing, colorful pictures – of a little boy named Bob who repeatedly shines his flashlight on all the eyes he sees in the night as he tries to fall asleep. It is both a universally familiar story and one with a wonderful twist near the end of the book (no spoiler here).

Welder-Turned-Artist Delights at Historical Society Talk

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After a 5:30 p.m. potluck dinner in the vestry of the Broad Bay Congregational United Church of Christ in Waldoboro, potluck attendees filed into the church’s sanctuary for the Waldoborough Historical Society’s final program of the 2016 season on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 12. The program featured 55-year-old Warren metal artist Jay Sawyer, “one of its own,” as the historical society described him in a press release announcing the event. The burly, bright-eyed, and bearded former Merchant Marine is a graduate of Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro.

Alna Railway Museum Completes Turntable

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“Heave, ho,” onlookers called out as six volunteers from the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Alna pushed Engine No. 9 on the museum’s new turntable Saturday, Oct. 15. The turntable, built from an 1894 Portland Co. design, is the latest addition to the museum, which is devoted to the mission of reconstructing Maine’s historic 2-foot narrow-gauge railway line, engineer Jason Lamontagne said.

Investigators: Child Playing With Matches Started Boothbay Fire

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Investigators with the Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office have determined that a child playing with matches started the fire that killed two Chicago men in Boothbay the morning of Sunday, Oct. 9, according to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland.

Subaru Rolls Over at Damariscotta Intersection

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A 24-year-old Waldoboro woman was taken by ambulance to LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus with non-life-threatening injuries after a rollover at the corner of Main Street and School Street in Damariscotta the morning of Thursday, Oct. 13.

Damariscotta Voters to Decide Bond Issues

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Damariscotta voters will decide in November whether to borrow more than $500,000 for a construction project in the Elm Street neighborhood, the construction of public restrooms in the municipal parking lot, a new tractor, and the replacement of a large culvert on Egypt Road.


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