According to an Amtrak service alert, northbound and southbound trains were affected by the incident.
Bob Keyes
Bob Keyes writes about the visual and performing arts for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He appreciates that his job requires him to visit museums and attend plays and concerts across Maine, and most enjoys interviewing artists in their studios. He’s a New Englander by birth, and has lived in Maine off and on, most recently since 2002. He lives in Berwick with his wife, Vicki, and their son Luke.
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Uncertainty of vaccine rollout puts summer performance plans in limbo
This is when arts presenters usually set their summer schedules, but they don’t know what size audiences they can expect.
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Susan Conley comes home to Maine with latest novel ‘Landslide’
The Maine writer set the novel in fictional Sewall, based on Phippsburg.
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York musician Harvey Reid knows the value of the troubadour. He wrote the book on it.
The performer spent downtime from touring to research and write ‘The Troubadour Chronicles.’
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Painter makes home, and art, in Phippsburg fishing village
Fishermen and their boats are frequent subjects of Jillian Herrigen’s work.
Posted inFood & Dining
Phippsburg oyster farmer builds community at home and business afar
With his Portland restaurant Maine Oyster Co. in takeout mode, John Herrigel shifts his focus to shipping shellfish and welcoming people into his wholesale operation.
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Colby museum receives 500 photos, including works of Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange
Alumni Bill and Nancy Tsiaras give a gift from their extraordinary photography collection.
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In tribute to Jackson Pollock, a Maine artist unbottles his anxiety
John Moon shows his experiments with abstract expressionism in empty space at the mall.
Posted inLocal & State, Religion and Values
Shuttered by water damage, Portland synagogue readying to reopen for 100th year
Though there no plans for religious services, Etz Chaim Synagogue is home to the Maine Jewish Museum, which has a new exhibition in the works.
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Reflecting on the chaos, Bethel poet Richard Blanco sees hope
Eight years after reading ‘One Today’ at Barack Obama’s second inauguration, the Bethel poet’s message remains largely the same.