Life & Culture

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. How many times have we heard that cliche? It should, by now, be relegated to the embroidered throw pillow in your grandma’s favorite chair. Here then is 2008’s “27 Dresses” directed by Anne Fletcher (“The Proposal” 2009, and “Hocus Pocus 2” 2022.) So why did a humble reviewer agree […]

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March 22, 1977: Augusta school bus drivers to ‘air out their complaints’ at special meeting with Augusta Board of Education, new seafood restaurant ‘Jolly Roger’ to open in Augusta, and more than 20 show up to quit smoking at Department of Human Services

Movie Review: ‘27 Dresses’ is a terrible movie, writes JP Devine

March 21, 2001: Waterville city councilors approve $3.5 million toward a new fire station, Jackson Laboratory is first to sign on at new Fairfield biotech center, and local experts are finding the lower interest rates a cause for celebration

On Music: Kitchen Dwellers talk about bringing their folk-tinged bluegrass sound back to Maine

March 20, 1982: For a few hours this week, Augusta had highest drunk driving arrest record in state, Uncle Sam keeps Winthrop schools’ larder full of food, and area radio stations are battling for ratings especially for the next 3 months

May 19, 1994: Meet the Lawrence Bulldogs’ ‘No. 1’ fan and chauffeur, Somerset county deputies sport Mohawk-style haircuts in sign of solidarity, and Keyes Fibre Company’s efforts to cut water use in Waterville may have ripple effects to other customers in district.

March 18, 1980: Citizen incorporators OK plans to consolidate Augusta and Gardiner hospitals, several bills to help preserve the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife get approval, and was that a meteorite that fell into a lake in Cumberland?

Skip the seedlings and opt to direct-sow flower seeds this year

In the bleachers, in a tub or in the woods, here’s where Mainers read

In a world recovering from climate collapse, a family grapples with daily conflict and troubled pasts