The memorial sculpture was made by Warren artist Jay Sawyer, who had a career in the maritime industry before becoming an artist.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inGreen plate special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Making ketchup is perfect cooking project for less patient little ones
The process is amenable to stopping and starting in accordance with kids’ attention spans.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
Bedside table: A book you won’t want to put down
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘The Midcoast,’ ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inVegan Kitchen
Author who catapulted vegetarianism to speak at Common Ground Fair
Frances Moore Lappé’s ‘Diet for a Small Planet’ was published in 1971, the same year the fair started.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
Review: In Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel, Lucy Barton confronts the pandemic
Despite its grim backdrop, ‘Lucy by the Sea’ offers considerable pleasures, among them a chance to spend more time with Barton, a recurring Strout character.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Falmouth gardens that feed the hungry are growing
Tidewater Farm is expanding its gardens and building structures, where it plans to hold classes.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Life & Culture, Maine
Apple orchard car show draws hundreds to Kents Hill
The idea came about roughly one year ago when show manager Brent St. Clair approached Kents Hill Orchard operator John Harker about how the farm looked like it was fertile ground for a car show.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Gift of $5 million will establish new arts lab at Colby College
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.
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.