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Author Sandy Stott at DDG Booksellers for book signing

FARMINGTON — DDG Booksellers, 193 Broadway, will host an author presentation and book signing of the book “Critical Hours” by Sandy Stott at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 3. Sandy Stott, editor of “Accidents,” the journal of the Appalachian Mountain Club, delivers both a history and a celebration of the search and rescue workers who save countless lives […]

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Baron Wormser to sign books at DDG Booksellers

FARMINGTON — DDG Booksellers, 193 Broadway, will host an author presentation and book signing of the books “Tom o’ Vietnam” and “Legends of the Slow Explosion” by the former Poet Laureate of Maine, Baron Wormser, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 18. Wormser’s 15th book, “Tom o’ Vietnam,” traces the travels of a Vietnam veteran in the fall of […]

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'Quakeland' author to read, sign books

FARMINGTON — DDG Booksellers, 193 Broadway, will host an author presentation and book signing of the book “Quakeland: On the Road to America’s Next Devastating Earthquake” by Kathryn Miles at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5. Miles descends into mines in the Northwest, dissects Mississippi levee engineering studies, uncovers the horrific risks of an earthquake in […]

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UMF's Patricia O’Donnell to read, sign books

FARMINGTON — Author Patricia O’Donnell will read from her latest work, “Gods for Sale,” and sign copies at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at DDG Booksellers, 193 Broadway. A resident of Wilton, she  is a professor of creative writing at the University of Maine at Farmington, where she teaches fiction writing. She also directs the bachelor […]

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Bill Roorbach will speak, sign books at DDG

FARMINGTON — DDG Booksellers, 193 Broadway, will host an author presentation and book signing of the book “Girl of the Lake” by award-winning Maine author Bill Roorbach at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22.  Roorbach’s “Girl of the Lake” is a collection of short stories released from Algonquin in June of this year. His new collection captures a virtuoso […]

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Cider Monday brings out shoppers in Farmington

FARMINGTON — Local businesses drew shoppers downtown for Cider Monday with offers and promotions to rival online buying on Cyber Monday. Monday morning was fruitful as more customers than normal browsed Maine-made products and crafts and enjoyed hot apple cider while looking for deals. “A lot of people are really engaged in shopping locally,” Kenny […]