Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Old Mill Pub owners install stained glass window bearing new family name
The Skowhegan restaurant’s owners gave the McCarthy family, the previous owners, the old window with their name on it that hung for 33 years.
Maine Lobster Shack opens in Portland’s Old Port
The new, 38-seat restaurant will add outdoor seating this summer on a private patio.
Fictional mall shootings in Maine provide focus of 2 new novels
‘Shelter In Place,’ by bestselling author Nora Roberts, and ‘If We Had Known,’ by Elise Juska both come out this spring.
Maine girls joining boys in Cub Scouts amid national demographic shift
In a historic move, the Boy Scouts are starting to welcome girls officially and a handful of Maine Cub Scout packs are getting ahead of the rollout.
For a Randolph couple, a cold and muddy run sounds like wedding bells
In an unusual ceremony, two runners tie the knot after completing the annual Dirty Dog Mud Race at Thomas College while decked out in wedding gear.
Society Notebook: And the Source award goes to …
The Portland Press Herald honors the state’s environmental heroes at ‘the Oscars of sustainability.’
Finally ready, Woolwich painter tells her disabled daughter’s story through portraits
Martha Miller captures the essence of Lisbeth, who never recovered from a childhood brain injury.
Dine Out Maine: Tuscan Table is gorgeous, but uneven
One evening, service was great and food just OK. Another night, it went the other way.