Seven that stood out from an increasingly crowded field.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Big Truck Little Island,’ ‘The Light We Carry’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Mustard is easy to make and customize to different tastes
Personalized mustard makes a great gift, and a grainy version goes great in a creamy sauce for chicken thighs.
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Lynn Steger Strong turns her lens to sibling tensions amid grief in new novel
‘Flight’ is set at a family’s first Christmas gathering since their mother died. Resentment and love are intertwined.
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Dec. 11, 1986: Damaged playground keeps Winthrop Grade School students inside, jail administrator with Kennebec County Sheriff’s Department resigns, and new phone books are out
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Dec. 10, 1943: Snowball thrown at car in Waterville causes injury to Bangor man, Temple St. building gets damaged by fire, and dainty bed jackets are on sale at Emery-Brown Co. in Waterville
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Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Beyond the Tides’ and ‘The Natural Genius of Ants’
Bringing a short-story collection back to life, and a delightfully entertaining and educational novel for middle-grade readers
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Dec. 9, 1980: Augusta school administration eyes shake-up, trustees and state agree on new veterans home design, and Beatle John Lennon is shot to death in NYC
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Dec. 8, 1989: Farmington men use shelled corn for warmth, jury finds Waterville man guilty of murder, and a Fairfield homeless shelter is backed in court
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Perfectly cast group returns in ‘Slow Horses’
In a time of sex, gore, vampires and endless Jeopardy winners, the masterful “Slow Horses” is more than welcome back. This British contemporary spy thriller, based on the 11th book in the “Lamb” series by writer Mick Herron, (whose background is currently being featured in the Dec. 5 issue of New Yorker Magazine) is back […]