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Tours mark 350th anniversary of Eastern Cemetery in Portland

by Beth Quimby July 15, 2018July 15, 2018

The Colonial-era burial ground comes alive during tours four days a week leading up to special events later this summer.

Life & Culture, Local & State

Influx of arts, events in downtown Augusta signals new push for activity

by Keith Edwards July 15, 2018July 15, 2018

Officials hope to draw more people downtown with riverfront concerts and other events, a new outdoor movie night, a growing number of large colorful murals and 6 new pieces of metal sculpture.

Food & Dining, Life & Culture, Local & State

Food trucks serving state workers on Augusta east campus

by Keith Edwards July 15, 2018July 15, 2018

The new food trucks are open to passersby, but their main target audience is the roughly 750-strong state workforce on the site.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture

Against tremendous odds, Abdi Nor Iftin made it from war-ravaged Somalia to America

by Frank O Smith July 15, 2018July 13, 2018

Now a Maine resident, he tells his harrowing tale in his new memoir.

Books, Source

Source’s Serious Summer Reading Guide

by Mary Pols July 15, 2018July 14, 2018

These books have a Maine theme or Maine-based writer.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

From Maine rivers to prison walls, a veteran artist’s study in ‘Blue’

by Bob Keyes July 15, 2018January 2, 2019

A horrifying moment in Iraq in 2004 forever scarred Kelly Thorndike, but also gave him a way to respond to violence and to plead for humanity … and a reason to paint.