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Life & Culture
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School program teaches students mindfulness and responsibility with real-life role models
Stories of Sitting Bull and Buddha become teaching tools in the Spirit Series.
Winthrop Ice Out Plunge raises more than $27,000 for Special Olympics Maine
Dozens of people jumped into Maranacook Lake on Saturday through a hole carved in the ice.
Belgrade snowshoer leaves art in Augusta area fields
Several huge designs were created in the snow by carpenter Jason Cote.
Early job woes, early death? Maybe
A research team offers a theory to explain a trend in the white working class toward middle-age sickness and worse.
Don McLean’s ex-wife says tweet constituted contempt
Patrisha McLean has gone to court about a tweet the singer made saying he was ‘delighted’ about a protection order.
U.S. Dept. of Interior considers allowing employees to bring dogs to work
In a test of the program, dogs will be allowed at the Washington headquarters on four days in May and September.
Waterville native channels personal loss into art, dialogue about drug addiction
Michael Libby lost three siblings over the years to drug- and alcohol-related deaths, and his artwork recently on display at Thomas College explores what it means to say goodbye and welcome grief.
Dip in temps may mean sap won’t just go with the flow
But Maine Maple Sunday is still on tap with fresh syrup, candy and tours of sugarhouses statewide.
Central Maine maple producers say Sunday celebration looking good after fits and starts
The sap is running — sporadically — just in time for Maine Maple Sunday, following a topsy-turvy stretch of winter weather that’s enabled sap to flow a little earlier than usual only to be halted at times by late-season chills.