In a tough, fast-paced business where something often goes wrong, Maine restaurateurs, bakers and brewers have countless tales of coming to one another’s aid – or being the recipient of help.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inOn this date
Nov. 18, 1973: Sidney cub scout, 9, saves playmate from giant oak tree, oil dealers say heating fuel prices could hit 55 cents a gallon, and Nixon marches into Georgia amid Watergate scandal
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Nation & World
Salmonella in cantaloupes sickens dozens in 15 states, U.S. health officials say
At least 43 people in 15 states have been infected in the outbreak announced Friday, including 17 people who were hospitalized.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Nation & World, News
British writer A.S. Byatt, author of the novel ‘Possession,’ dies at 87
‘Possession,’ published in 1990, follows 2 modern-day academics investigating the lives of a pair of Victorian poets. It won the prestigious Booker Prize that year and was adapted as a 2002 film.
Posted inOn this date
Nov. 17, 1995: Young moose survives adventure down Kennebec River in Skowhegan, government shutdown in DC thwarts Waterville students’ field trip attempt, and two families in Caanan face eviction because landlord wants to sell house to town
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘The Killer’ slated to be Netflix’s top film of the winter
“Forbid empathy. Empathy is weakness. Weakness is vulnerability.” The Killer’s credo. David Fincher (“Fight Club,” “Gone Girl,”) is back in all shades of black added by writer Andrew Kevin Walker, who adapted it from a French graphic novel by Matz and Lucy Jacamon. All players here are nameless, only given titles. At the opening, Fincher […]
Posted inOn this date
Nov. 16, 1985: Augusta board says 25-foot high Exxon price sign on Western Avenue is too big and must go, the Kennebec County Jail gets a new administrator, and togas & classical music were all the rage in Gardiner yesterday
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine
The Snug, a neighborhood pub in Portland’s East End, will soon close
Self-described as ‘Irish-ish’ and ‘not for the squeamish,’ the bar opened on Congress Street across from the Eastern Cemetery in 2006.
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Tayler Holder, a TikTok influencer, talks about becoming a mainstream country artist
Holder to make Maine debut Nov. 30, opening for Dylan Scott.
Posted inOn this date
Nov. 15, 1988: LaFleur Airport in Waterville involved in land struggle, some concerned Oakland citizens seek referendum vote on moratorium and sewers, and a nanny for your thoughts at McDonald’s in Waterville
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.