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Kennebunkport, Maine, in Winter | Paint the Town Red

Please note that businesses, attractions, and events throughout New England have been modified, closed, and/or canceled in response to the COVID-19 health crisis. Please travel responsibly, and check with state guidelines and individual businesses and organizations before making travel plans. Summer in Kennebunkport, Maine, needs no introduction. The clam shacks and salty ocean breezes have made the tiny tourist town ninety minutes north of Boston a popular vacation destination for more than 150 years. The fun continues right through the holiday season, when Kennebunkport celebrates its annual Christmas Prelude, but what about the long months of winter that follow? It turns out that winter is still a wonderful time to visit, with opportunities for romantic escapes, less-hectic shopping, off-season rates, culinary adventures,...

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Polly Pocket Mattel Jigsaw Puzzle with 500 Interlocking Pieces only $4.83

Get Polly Pocket Mattel Image of Micro Doll Playset Jigsaw Puzzle with 500 Interlocking Pieces & Mini-Poster for only $4.83. Compare: Walmart.com ($14.71) | Bonanza ($19.27) | eBay.com ($19.99)Tagged as: HBK71 | 887961991147 | Toys & GamesClick here for complete deal detail and steps on how to get it.Share this deal with your friend/family by sending them this URL: https://www.edealinfo.com/d/00887961991147/Polly-Pocket-Mattel-Image-of-Micro-Doll-Playset-Jigsaw-PuzzleCheckout eDealPC.com to find best deals on Laptop, Desktop & All-in-One configurations that YOU select directly from Dell, Lenovo and HP. Click here to check it out.

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Taking Shape - The Top Floor and the Roof Get Built!

In two weeks - with two weather delays - we got the top floor completed and the roof on!  That's a huge milestone that will help us keep the building dry and weather resistant.  Hooray!It was a big job.  We're using a custom fabricated truss system to provide tall, cathedral ceilings on the upper floors (they make any space seem so much bigger!).  However, it makes the roof a bit more complicated to install. But the finished product will be so great for the homeowners.The trusses arrived right after the blizzard.  I know it looks like a jumble of lumber, but each piece is numbered and it creates a giant jigsaw puzzle that the guys will assemble into a fabulous...

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10 Ideas for Building Libraries of Things

Libraries have long claimed that they’re not just warehouses for books, but many have been increasing their circulating collections of non-traditional library materials–otherwise known as “Library of Things”—in the past few years. After all, media isn’t the only way to increase your knowledge; equipment and tools are just as essential to boosting your skills and providing entertainment when participating in certain activities. Communities can also come together by sharing items they need, without having to worry about purchasing, maintaining and repairing, and storing things that they might not need to use frequently or long-term. HLS has covered non-traditional library collections before, including how to build a seed library, but I wanted to bring attention to more ideas for creating or...

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Vikings: Valhalla Season 1 Review: You Have My Axe

Netflix's "Vikings: Valhalla" is very keen to remind its audience that it's a sequel show -- especially in the early episodes, which are packed rather densely with name-dropping. Ragnar, Rollo, Lagertha, Bjorn, Ivar and numerous other characters are shoehorned into speeches with the subtlety of a falling axe.To its credit, "Valhalla" also slips the message into these speeches that it's time to put the past behind us and focus on a new generation of heroes. But before we do that, it's worth looking back at the original "Vikings" -- which, in its prime, was better than even the golden years of "Game of Thrones." It's also worth acknowledging that, from its very beginnings, "Vikings" had several advantages that "Valhalla" does...

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