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Influential Midcoast artist Harold Garde dies at age 99
The New York native and abstract expressionist painter moved to Belfast in the 1980s and had his most productive period there.
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Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Wreck of the Portland’ and ‘Muddled Through’
Journalist J. North Conway’s dramatic story of the 1898 storm that ravaged the New England coast, and the 10th book in the ‘Maine Clambake Mystery’ series
Posted inOn this date
Oct. 14, 1957: Gardiner among finalists in All-America city contest
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Oct. 13, 1936: Area farmer fires at hen thief
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Flora and Son’ simply about love and music
John Carney, Irish to his toes, has no Marvel heroes, capes or swords, rescued damsels, car chases or shoot-outs in his bag of tricks. His “Flora and Son” is as fresh and bright as newly washed clothes hanging on a line in the sun, with a cast of sparkling actors: Eve Hewson (Flora), Joseph Gordon-Levitt […]
Posted inKennebec Journal, On this date
Oct. 12, 1882: Area’s onion crop ‘a comparative failure’
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Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
The Glenn Miller Orchestra director talks about band’s history, music
I was not alive when Big Band music was in its heyday, but I do remember my father listening to his 78s and me trying to look uninterested because there was something almost magical about the way that music would make you feel. At my age back then, the music of our parents was inherently […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Life & Culture, Local & State
Gardiner woman hopes country music star will let her spread her mother’s ashes at his Nashville home
Sue Castle is flying south to fulfill her mom’s wish to stay forever close to singer Alan Jackson.