The Baharat bar manager was the first winner of a new Portland bartending competition.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
Cool off with a range of icy treats, from colorful shave ice to boozy ice pops
We’ve got the answer to the sweltering heat Maine has experienced for much of the summer: Ice Ice Baby.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Advice we can follow: Stay cool, and eat more pie
Banana Cream Pie keeps your kitchen, and you, cool.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Prep now for a better garden next year
It might be boring, but so will next spring if you’re housebound with nothing to do.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Life & Culture, Maine
Fundraiser to expand Augusta Skate Park seeks to make park more inviting to newcomers
The fundraiser also seeks to honor the late Chris Thompson, a frequent skater known for welcoming new skaters to the park, who died in a car crash earlier this year.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, News
Restaurant delivery service expanding to Brunswick
The Portland food delivery service 2DineIn will launch its first satellite location Aug. 17.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Authors
OFF RADAR: ‘Breathe Here: Selected Poems’
Ellie O’Leary’s first collection of poems long overdue
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Authors
Book celebrates mom who saved suffrage
Maine author, Emmy winner, and former WMTW-TV anchor Elisa Boxer has just released a children’s book “The Voice That Won the Vote: How One Woman’s Words Made History”
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Pete Hamill, legendary New York columnist and novelist, dies
Hamill, who was 85, died at a Brooklyn hospital from heart and kidney failure.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
The Wrap: Closings and openings, rare peaches and server stress
And cocktails to go may be here to stay – at least for a while.