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Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Hallowell-based singer Andrew Thomas to release first-full length album
Late last year, I made a wonderful discovery: a new-to-me singer/songwriter/keyboardist named Andrew Thomas who calls Hallowell home. He was kind enough to send me a copy of his new album, “Amaze Your Friends,” and about a minute into the first track (“Resolution”) I fired off an email to him asking if he’d be willing […]
Jan. 10, 1989: Two Conn. investors hope to create delicatessen products conglomerate in central Maine, educators not thrilled with Gov. McKernan’s extra day proposal, and a man in R.I. wants you to take his land
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Jan. 9, 2001: Water-main leak forces 48 to evacuate from Somerset County Jail in Skowhegan, Waterville school board agrees to formulate laptop policy, and it’s a ‘Mid-Summer Night’s Dream’ in January in Madison
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Jan. 8, 1974: One of Augusta’s oldest landmarks, the Augusta House, to be torn down to make new bank, Gov. Curtis requests AMTRAK service from Boston to Bangor, and a sleigh ride with Thumper
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Home Plates: Mom’s Italian Chili is comfort food at its best
For Steep Falls resident (and loving daughter) Amy Stanley Whitmore, the endlessly adaptable recipe hits the mark for a ‘truly great recipe.’
He knew about the shoreland zoning laws in theory
Now he knows about them in fact.
Bonnie Jo Campbell’s ‘The Waters’ is pure magic
The author’s first novel in a dozen years (her last was “Once Upon a River”) sprinkles pixie dust on a world of resilient women and hardscrabble farmers.
‘When the Island Had Fish’ is a portrait of Vinalhaven through its most prominent industry
Writer Janna Malamud Smith draws from historical records and interviews with contemporary fishermen to depict the fishing community of Vinalhaven, from bounteous ocean to ‘fished out.’
A tasty roundup of recent vegan news for your reading (and eating) pleasure
From cats to cookbooks, wine to tattoos – we cover the ground.