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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
A research program aims to help farmers and gardeners cope with climate change
Barracuda, a project of universities in Maine and Vermont, gathers and shares data.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Dumplings bring luck – and family togetherness – for the Chinese New Year
Learn to make the iconic new year’s dish at home.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Portland author launches Disney-published debut novel with a dance
Emily Zack, a former French teacher and a founder of Vivid Motion, wrote ‘The Moorings of Mackerel Sky’ under the pen name MZ.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
A collection of essays set in the Blue Hill peninsula captures Maine in every season
In ‘Cold Spell,” writer Todd R. Nelson writes with humor and imagination about his experiences in his adopted state.
Posted inOn this date
Feb. 4, 2002: Patriots win Super Bowl XXXVI using demonstration of ‘spirit, determination, and teamwork’, Augusta water utilities look to increase security, and 80-year-old Chelsea retiree walks his way to health, activity
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Feb. 3, 1979: Claude the groundhog from ‘Crazyquilt, Maine’ says get ready for a mild, shorter winter, Gov. Brennan chooses two women for his cabinet, and Maine named in suit over welfare help in some of its towns
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Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
OFF RADAR: ‘Maine Mediums, Mystics and Healers’
A resource of wisdom for your life’s journey by Cathy Cook
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Feb. 2, 1993: Augusta police sergeant upset over bad rap against local force on CBS TV show, yesterday’s snowstorm a surprise to many in the Augusta-area, and 161-year-old State House nearly froze when heating system malfunctioned when temps dropped below zero
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Op-Eds
TV SERIES REVIEW: ‘The Dry’ is a strange, often bewildering sitcom
In the opening scenes of Paddy Breathnach and Nancy Harris’s “The Dry,” we meet Shiv (short for Siobhan played by Roisin Gallagher) arriving home unexpectedly from London in a cab. She seems surprised that no one in the family is there to meet her. Once you meet this family, you’ll wonder if she really grew […]