The gift from 1985 graduate John Lyons, a film editor, and his wife, Susannah Gray, a retired pharmaceutical executive, was announced this week. The lab opens this fall for students.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
OFF RADAR: ‘The Midcoast: A Novel’
Adam White’s first novel barrels head-on into class frictions along Maine’s coast.
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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
The Wrap: Kennebec Cheesery wins big at Maine Cheese Awards; Allagash expands to Scarborough
Plus, food festivals in Portland and Kittery, and Barton Seaver cooks in Kennebunk.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine, News
Boycotts, backlash over lobster fishery’s addition to ‘red list’
Maine’s lobster industry and its supporters are fighting back after Seafood Watch placed lobster on a list of seafood to avoid because of sustainability concerns.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
In a debut novel set on a fictional Maine island, an unusual boy comes of age
The orphaned ‘Faron Goss’ struggles to overcome his haunted childhood in a tight-knit lobstering community.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: A new tactic being considered to combat the spotted wing drosophila
The pest destroys as much as 30 percent of Maine’s blueberry crop annually.
Posted inBooks, Food & Dining
‘Foodtopia’ and the fifth wave: Maine’s millennial farmers stand on the shoulders of their forebears
Maine author Margot Anne Kelley’s new book explores historic back-to-the-land movements and how they helped today’s young breakaway farmers succeed.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Using powdered alliums isn’t cheating when you make them yourself
Garlic and onion powder aren’t just conveniences. In this meatball recipe, they’re needed flavor boosters.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Kennebec Journal, Maine, News
Plans for Augusta bagel shop in former mill building draw praise for community focus
Sand Hill Bagel Co. developers hope the shop, which is slated to open next spring in the last remaining building of the former mill, will become one with the neighborhood and city park.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Benjamin Franklin Butler’ and ‘On the Wrong Side of the River’
A fabulous biography of ‘Colby’s most important Civil War-era alumnus,’ and stories from a Maine Guide