Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Home Plates: Jambalaya, with a few twists
A Scarborough home cook likes the Creole recipe because it easily accommodates substitutes, plus it lets eaters personalize their portions to suit themselves.
advertisement
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Sorta, kinda gardening resolutions for the new year
Don’t sweat the small stuff, columnist Tom Atwell vows to himself, but do play a part in fixing the big, ominous environmental picture.
Posted inOn this date
Dec. 31, 1996: New chickadee license plates coming to all Maine cars beginning July 1, 1999, Nynex & Bell Atlantic telephone companies to merge, and it’s either a cab or a night in jail this New Year’s Eve
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
What Mainers read in 2023
Maine authors and subjects were big sellers at the state’s indie bookstores this year, including recent releases ‘Big Heart, Little Stove’ by Lost Kitchen owner Erin French and ‘Maine: A Love Story” by artist Blue Butterfield.
Posted inOn this date
Dec. 30, 1985: Woman plummets 35 feet in Eaton Mt. lift accident in Skowhegan, new business magazine coming to Maine later this winter, and fixed-rate home mortgages are gaining popularity in Maine
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Life & Culture
Photo Column: Kwanzaa families celebrate Kwanzaa
“Anybody can do Kwanzaa, Black, white, Hispanic, anybody,” Shantrice Deschaine of Auburn, says.
Posted inOn this date
Dec. 29, 1993: Hallowell restaurant owner ‘grudgingly’ partially removes roof of his structure in ordinance with court order, Augusta-area homeless shelters are empty or below capacity, and are two competing bridal shows coming to Augusta?
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
Golden moment in ‘Archie’ makes entire series worth seeing, J.P. Devine writes
What we have here is a story, one of many, of the man we all loved and thought we knew. Archibald Alexander Leach, better known as Cary Grant, was arguably, the most famous, best known and imitated movie star in film history. Director Paul Andrew Williams’ (“The Cottage,” 2008) “Archie” is partly based on “Dear […]
Posted inOn this date
Dec. 28, 1977: Waterville Area Humane Society to move to brand new shelter on Drummond Avenue next month, Winslow town manager candidates narrowed from 53 to five, and a Pittsfield hotel & restaurant is back on the public bidding block
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.