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Alaskan Sled Dog, On Loose In Bangor, Has Been Captured In what's got to be one of the happiest endings, to a story that's had most of Bangor on alert for the past month: Beaver, the Alaskan Sled Dog has been found, safe and sound! As we reported in an article earlier this month, Beaver was a retired Iditarod Sled Dog, being transported to Maine to be adopted by a family from Searsport. Unfortunately, Beaver got spooked as she exited the plane, and took off! She was wearing her harness, leash and collar, thankfully, so when folks started to spot her running around, she was pretty easy to iden...

Volunteers making sandwiches at the Silver Road Community Centre in Norwich. - Credit: Catherine Wright Ten years ago, a community was locked in a battle to stop a former day centre being lost to developers. But, a decade on, the community centre which they toiled to get off the ground is thriving - thanks to the efforts of volunteers. A new community fridge is the latest initiative launched at the Silver Road Community Centre in Norwich, while volunteers will be delivering about 70 Easter Hampers and packed lunches during the holidays. The Silver Road Community Centre, formerly the Silver R...

Children buying confectionery at the cinema in Norwich. Dated: July 11, 1970. - Credit: Archant Library Certain tastes and smells have a way of transporting us back in time. The chocolatey aroma wafting from the Caley's factory in Norwich. Sugary seaside rock from Docwra's on trips to Great Yarmouth beach. The dazzling array of colours in the Woolworths confectionery section before going to the cinema.  Schoolboys part with some of their pocket money for a few sweets from Smith's sweet shop in Wisbech. Dated: 1950s. - Credit: Archant Library For those of us with a sweet tooth growing up...

Published: 6:00 AM February 5, 2021    Ben Gibbins, Matt Dakers and Bagel the spaniel outside the new pop-up wine and spirits shop in St Benedicts Street, Norwich. - Credit: Archant Two friends - and a pet spaniel - have launched a pop-up wine shop in the Norwich Lanes. Ben Gibbins and Matt Dakers. - Credit: Archant Matthew Dakers and Ben Gibbins have opened Melville & Mayell, in honour of their mums' maiden names. They are joined by a cuddly member of the team, Bagel the spaniel. The pair inside the new wine and spirits shop. - Credit: Archant A small number of neighbours and the landlord...

Once upon a time there was a nasty old man who lived with his daughter and grandson in a tumbledown house in the middle of an ancient forest. Vidar Björnlund denies himself cheese even though he is