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It’s getting to be flannel shirt season in Maine and the flagship L.L. Bean store in Freeport is a popular place to shop for them. In this photo that ran in the Maine Sunday Telegram on Sept. 13, 1987, cars drive by and you can see a crowded parking lot. The store opened in 1917 and has been open 24 hours a day since 1951. Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

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Aimsel Ponti is a music writer and content producer for the Portland Press Herald. She has been obsessed with – and inspired by – music since she listened to Monkees records borrowed from the town...

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