Black Cat
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The Black Cat on the prowl.
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A ring's tale
Jan 11Our colleague, Kipp Wright, hit a rough patch over the weekend. Really, it was more of a slimy patch, and at the center of it all, a wedding ring. ...
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Nov 11Goodbye, Andy The passing of Andy Rooney last week saddened many, as the end of a long era closed for a man who said in October he would not be ...
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Oct 27Ellie missing in Hope Ellie, a Jack Russell Terrier, has been missing from her Hope home since Tuesday, Oct. 18. She and her "sibling" had been ...
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Oct 20Chow for Chow-E Lauralee Clayton, of Lincolnville, writes about a certain black cat with his own unique history: A black cat with down-turned ...
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Oct 06Send off the season with a bang at Polly's Folly Fall Regatta Sailors, kayakers, power boat lovers and anyone else who likes messing around in ...
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Oct 02From the humble Farmer A friend took a picture of me while I was speaking at the Common Ground Fair and posted it on my Facebook page. A woman ...
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Sep 22Walk for Fukushima The walkers for Fukushima began their journey in Rockland on Sept. 4 and have been gathering energy and support, including ...
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Sep 01Rumming with the Heron The lovely schooner Heron, whose homeport is Rockport, is one of the stars appearing in a major film premiering Oct. 28 ...
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Aug 15High Summer has settled into the Midcoast, vegetable gardens are getting heavy with tomatoes, zucchini and cucumbers, boats are getting used, and ...
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Jun 30From the humble Farmer In yesterday's online newspaper almost 500 people wrote in to rain hellfire on the gay marriage law that just passed in ...
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Jun 23Welcome summer! Animal antics and other phenomenons of nature seem to fill our corner of the world this June. From the amazing double rainbow ...
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Jun 02New arrivals Animals — birds and otherwise — are taking center stage these first few weeks of growing (and hatching and birthing) season. Nature ...
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May 19Beware!Visitors to the cemetery on Heal Road in Lincolnville may receive an unexpected greeting from the cemetery's keeper, which would be ... a ...
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May 12Spring 2011 Mother's Day arrived with sunny, warm breezes, and right on schedule with it, this year's crop of black flies. But that only means ...
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Apr 21Peas are in the ground After the storm blew through on Sunday morning, April 17, the world was suddenly a lot warmer, and a lot greener. A ...
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Apr 07Yeah, yeah, April Fools' The illustrious weather on April 1 was our special collective version of a great April Fools' joke, and the prank was ...
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Mar 12Who are these men? Francina Pearse, of Hope, has this photo in her collection and would like help identifying the men in it. They were the ...
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Feb 27Signs of spring are surfacing slowly (really!), at least indoors. Some windows of downtown storefronts are bursting with potted geraniums and ...
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Feb 13Thank you, John Wooster! A friend visited us the other day, mollified but extremely grateful to the Camden Post Office, more specifically, ...
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Dec 09The Black Cat has been slumbering lately, that late autumn chill keeping the prowler inside by the stove. But what a difference a few holiday ...
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Nov 11Precious cargo From Union, Vicki Harriman recounts a hen's tale ... In early October, Herbie's Happy Hens of Come Spring Farm in Union flew the ...
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Nov 04Midcoast in the national news A recent article in USA Today focused on Camden and the concern of regional groups to stop the exodus of young ...
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Oct 09Knight in camouflage armor A friend writes: "Here's me thinking: I'll just run out real quick to get gas, no matter it's early evening, there's ...
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Sep 30Attempt under way to save elm struck by lightening The elm tree at the head of the Camden Harbor that was struck by lightening two weeks ago is ...
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Sep 26Hurricane damage (not) Our friend on Vinalhaven writes that Hurricane Earl passed across the Gulf of Maine, and felt fortunate enough to include ...
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Sep 19Where did that storm come from? As if on cue, Labor Day arrived and suddenly we were pulling on the long pants, socks and sweaters. Temperatures ...
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By Staff - Aug 27Fair winds and following seas There will be a passel of homes throughout the Midcoast over the next few weeks needing full boxes of Kleenex as ...
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By Staff - Jul 29Purple footprints Patrick Corcoran of Rockland started noticing something strange shortly after he finished fifth grade in June: all around the ...
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By Staff - Jul 22Letting go One visitor to Ducktrap, at the outlet of said river to Penobscot Bay, was taking great joy in the midsummer light, enjoying the ...
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By Staff - Jul 09One's outlook this week depends on the measure of heat a body can stand. Some folks are soaking it up, happily messing about harbors or hiking up ...
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By Staff - Jun 25It got hot "Supposed to get hot this weekend." "They say it's going to be hot." "I'm checking Channel 6. They say hot." Hot, hot, hot. ...
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By Staff - Jun 12It's June and the pollen has busted out Most folks have their gardens in the ground by now, and we are hearing reports that the corn is up and ...
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By Staff - May 22Summer folks are trickling back into the region, bearing gifts, such as Valencia oranges grown in their Florida gardens. It makes us winter ...
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By Staff - Apr 30An award-winning detective Detective Nellie Woodruff, who works with the Cocoa Police Department in Florida, recently received a Distinguished ...
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By Staff - Apr 08On Monday night, April 12, the tastes of Maine will have a national audience. At 8:30 p.m., the Food Network's long-running series "Unwrapped" ...
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By Staff - Mar 26Greens are up Ollie Curtis called from his Owls Head estate to report that he dug his first dandelion greens of the season on March 22. Curtis ...
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By Staff - Mar 18School affairs If one is looking for the parent group of Camden Hills Regional High School, try Zoot's, where parents congregate informally to ...
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By Staff - Mar 12Away with winter, maybe The wonder of bare ground and the tempting lyrics of an early spring have Mainers behaving like ancient mariners lured ...
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By Staff - Feb 26What a winter. Not. Daffodils are poking up in Lincolnville as an early spring is tempting us in too many ways. The weekend saw a lot of folks ...
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By Staff - Feb 18Warming days The cat is on the prowl these days, what with warmer nights that hint of spring. The sunny days are heating decks, and cats, like ...
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By Staff - Feb 05Teens For Jeans A jean drive is on at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport where the main office is accepting donations of gently worn ...
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By Staff - Jan 29Civic-minded reader has palindrome stats on radar The palindromically inclined are weighing in on the Black Cat's palindrome of two weeks ago, ...
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By Staff - Jan 15Same backward and forward Monday was a palindrome. No, not the day that marks the start of the workweek but the date: 01-11-10. To write the day ...
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By Staff - Jan 08Get (thinking about) gardening Now that the sun is heading back this way (supposedly, though we haven't seen it through a week of snow showers), ...
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By Staff - Dec 24A tree lights up Cushing From Cushing, a note of hope and love for this Christmas season. A lot of Cushing citizens communicate by e-mail, which ...
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By Staff - Dec 18We've fallen full fathom into the holidays, with a multitude of festivities under way -- concerts, gatherings, observances and services scheduled. ...
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By Staff - Dec 04All the glitter makes for a happy cat The prowling cat has much to enjoy these days, what with all the holiday decorations to admire, and ...
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By Staff - Nov 27Nellie Thomas A few weeks ago, The Herald Gazette published a photo of the 1985 Camden polling station, featuring Nellie Thomas and John L. ...
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By Staff - Nov 20Braving the chill The Black Cat was prowling the streets early Tuesday morning when lo and behold, our favorite feline was startled to find ...
