The evidence suggests that monks weren’t the only people making lavishly illustrated religious and secular texts in the Middle Ages.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Last Cruise’ and ‘Lexington and Concord: The Battle Heard Round the World’
Passengers and crew accounts of the last voyage of the aging liner Queen Isabella and an excellent story of April 19, 1775, when Massachusetts militiamen fought British redcoats
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South Portland bakery Little Bigs closes
The Main Street bakery was in business for six years.
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The Wrap: A host of new fare in 2019, from offbeat desserts to Sichuan cuisine
If the variety of restaurant choices in Greater Portland already overwhelms you, it’s best you don’t read further.
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Tricky Britches concert set for Brunswick
Tricky Britches will bring its high-energy string band to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, 1 Middle St., at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, as part of the Concerts for a Cause series. From their roots of playing foot-stomping old-time fiddle tunes, the band has progressed into a fusion of original material, classic bluegrass, country, […]
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London’s Heathrow halts some flights after drone is spotted
Takeoffs from one of the world’s busiest airports are suspended about 6 p.m. Tuesday.
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Maine songwriter Amy Allen is ‘through-the-roof excited’ to have her first No. 1 hit
‘Without Me’ by Halsey reaches No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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As Children’s Museum & Theatre prepares to relocate, its longtime director retires
Suzanne Olson will leave the museum she has directed for 19 years in June.
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Bridgton bookstore says goodbye to shop cat
On Dec. 14, Serge, 17, made his last trip to the Bridgton Veterinary Hospital.
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Residents recycled over 1,000 Christmas trees at Westbrook farm
The supply should keep the goats at Smiling Hill Farm ‘happy’ until summer, the farm says on Facebook.