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  For five years now, a couple in Richmond has been expanding the vocabulary of those passing by their 'house with the word'. According to the Portland Press Herald, this all started 5 years ago when Ruthanne Harrison and her husband, Doug Chess, came home after grabbing coffee, to their driveway plowed! They had no idea who did it, so they stuck a sign on their lawn that said, 'Thank You'. Everyone around town started saying, 'You're welcome!' That sparked the idea of putting up random words to see if they could get a response. For instance, right now the word is Cahokia. (

Richmond couple makes signs with random words in yard to keep community talking Richmond couple Ruthanne Harrison and Doug Chess choose a new word to feature on a yard sign every two weeks or so. Author: Erin Keller (NEWS CENTER Maine), Sebastian Bennage (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 11:46 PM EDT May 11, 2021 Updated: 11:46 PM EDT May 11, 2021 RICHMOND, Maine — About five winters ago, Richmond couple Ruthanne Harrison and Doug Chess took a break from shoveling their driveway to walk down the street and get some coffee. When they came back, th...

Letter to the editor: Burning of Bowdoinham donkey statue meant to harass, intimidate Share When I was watching the reports of the mob siege of our Capitol in Washington, D.C., it brought me back to last summer when, right here in our little town of Bowdoinham, we had a much smaller but still emotional vandalism of a piece of art we had on display on Main Street. We lovingly called him “Mr. H.” He was a full-size donkey who was helping us get out the message of our Democratic Party here in Sagadahoc County. Last Sept. 18, Mr. H was set on fire and completely burned in the dooryard of a fo...