For obvious reasons, the venture was not seen as viable.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Crime, Nation & World, News
FTC sees spike in online scams using romance as tool to deceive
Such schemes accounted for more lost money than any other consumer fraud in 2018.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
Opportunity, NASA’s record-setting Mars rover, is declared dead after 15 years
The enterprising robot uncovered signs that warm, liquid water had altered the planet’s ancient rocks – evidence that the conditions for life once existed on Mars.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News
Wired to win: Wire fox terrier is Westminster’s best in show
A dog from Brazil that’s won big in Europe becomes America’s top dog, beating out a crowd-pleasing longhaired dachshund and a popular Sussex spaniel.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine
The Wrap: Portland native, entrepreneur to open Gorham wine bar
Austin Street Brewery has opened a new location at 115 Fox St., and Maine Beer Co. plans to open an expanded tasting room on March 9.
Posted inAnimals, Life & Culture, Maine, Schools and Education
Owl killed by car will help UNE students learn specimen preservation
Associate Professor Noah Perlut, an ornithologist and the chairman of the environmental studies department, is offering a class in specimen preservation that teaches students a museum skill and adds to the school’s wildlife collection.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, Schools and Education
Committee rejects Maine bill requiring parental notification of ‘obscene material’ in classrooms
Lawmakers were uncomfortable with the prospect of teachers facing criminal charges for failing to notify parents when using books that have literary value but contain descriptions of sexual situations.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
PSO offers Broadway love songs for Valentine’s Day
The PSO Pops! concert revisits classics from ‘West Side Story,’ ‘Carousel’ and others.
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Music’s Quill shows affinity for Elizabethan compositions with ‘First Book of Songs’
The concert follows the group’s performance last year of the ‘Second Book of Songs.’