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Kathleen’s Surprise Wedding

Dan and I had been dating for almost a year and had talked about getting married. We had already bought our rings and gotten our marriage license, and were thinking of doing a small ceremony at our lakeside cabin in July. When I got up to go to school on Monday April 30, I thought [...]

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Green Wedding Giveaway 2012 Winners Announced

Cape Neddick, Maine – The winners in Clay Hill Farm’s fourth Green Wedding Giveaway were announced at an intimate ceremony with finalists and local contest sponsors. Clay Hill Farm’s annual wedding contest that encourages couples to explore the parallel between a commitment to each other and a commitment to the Earth, asks engaged couples to [...]

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Self-proclaimed nerds to get married after newspaper proposal

OLD TOWN, Maine — When Rachel Rier met Sean Carter, it was instant nerd love. The two, both University of Maine students, met at the Bear’s Den during karaoke night. “He chatted me up about math languages — be still my heart. Then we sang ‘Crazy’ by Gnarls Barkley,” said Rier as Carter started singing [...]

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A Love Story: An East Coast State of Mind

The love story of: Courtney Hyde and Anthony Del Broccolo July 3, 2011 | York Harbor Inn, York Harbor, Maine Story by David M. Fitzpatrick; Photography by Patrick McNamara Photography Not long after Courtney Hyde met Anthony Del Broccolo through an online dating site, they decided to really meet. “He was a normal, funny, smart, [...]

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Cheerleaders help local man pop the question during fundraiser

By Natalie Bazinet, Aroostook Republican & News LIMESTONE, Maine — For all Buffy Thibodeau knew, it was just another cheerleading routine set to the song “Isn’t She Lovely” by Stevie Wonder — until the cheerleaders traded the standard “go, fight, win” rhetoric for a more romantic cheer. In five gravity-defying mounts, cheerleaders revealed five signs [...]

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Lewiston man, 88, marries Auburn woman, 87, after dating 17 years

By Kathryn Skelton, Sun Journal LEWISTON, Maine — They sat in padded armchairs facing each other, holding hands, Paul Walker with a corsage on his orange T-shirt, Ann Thayer in a smart black pantsuit. In front of family and friends and a lobby filled with soft jazz on Tuesday afternoon, the ceremony was sweet, simple [...]

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