CD release show to feature new album ‘Bearings.’
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Oct. 18, 1999: Megabucks players flee as ‘jackpot fatigue’ starting to set in Maine, $154 million long-term borrowing package awaiting Election Day verdict, and Waterville police plans check-ins on elderly, shut-ins
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Oct. 17, 1987: Suspicious fires being investigated inside Sidney boarding home, a Ward 5 councilor is concerned with the way Augusta School Department is doing its financial books, and Augusta making sure you are safe for Halloween
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Oct. 16, 1982: What do Sen. George Mitchell and Garfield the comic strip cat have in common? They both love lasagna. Also, PUC orders probe of alleged CMP cover-up, and anti-government protests continue in Poland
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Dine Out Maine: At Station 118, go for the cornbread, stay for the brisket sliders
The BBQ restaurant in Thomaston has some excellent vegetarian options, too.
Hard cider is having a renaissance, and it’s taken hold in Maine
Maine has twice as many producers as it did just four years ago, while cider sales have increased 10% in the past year.
The newest names in Maine hard cider
These seven cideries have cropped up around the state in the last few years as Maine’s fermented cider scene continues to expand.
Oct. 15, 2005: Madison Area High School cancels homecoming festivities due to bomb threat, Bingham Hardware store sold, to be renamed as ‘Valley Building Supplies’, and fumes from household trash containers send two city workers to the hospital
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Norridgewock unveils mural celebrating community history
Artist Cary Wendell unveiled Norridgewock’s newest public art piece on the town square on Saturday a four-panel mural designed to tie Norridgewock’s present to its past.
For these artists, the beer can is their canvas
The art on Maine beer labels grows more creative every year and with more than 150 breweries in the state, there is plenty to look at.