When Will Barnet’s mother died, he lacked a proper way to grieve. He was not a particularly religious man, so finding solace in a church was not an option.

When Will Barnet’s mother died, he lacked a proper way to grieve. He was not a particularly religious man, so finding solace in a church was not an option.

As a little girl, Molly Neptune Parker played with wood scraps that her mother had discarded. She fashioned those scraps of ash into little baskets, impressing her mother and other traditional basketmakers.

If you suspended reality, Friday’s 50th reunion Beach Boys concert on the Bangor waterfront felt pretty authentic . . .

The chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts will spend parts of two days in Maine this week, touring the arts-centric cities of Rockland and Portland for a first-hand look at how federal dollars spur economic development in the state through the arts and creative enterprise.

Two Searsport juniors and a Bonny Eagle junior win $2,500 each for their entries in the Maine Community College System writing contest.

Maine’s community of writers will come together Friday to help an author and friend who lost a barn and livestock and suffered untold emotional trauma in a devastating fire earlier this month.