Clive Owen (“Inside Man,” “Croupier”) appears this week on AMC’s “Monsieur Spade” as Sam Spade. If that classic name seems familiar to you, you’re a lot older than you look. Sam Spade was famously the name on an office window atop Hyde Street in San Francisco, where the cable cars still turn. It spelled out […]
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Want an inside look at the Oscars of the food world?
Here’s the scoop on the James Beard Awards.
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Jan. 25, 1984: Some 700 mourn popular Waterville ‘physician who cared’ at service, central Maine roads turn slick during mid-thaw, and shoe industry asks federal government to place quotas on imported shoes
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine, News
James Beard Foundation names 10 semifinalists from Maine
The state’s restaurants and food professionals were nominated in numerous categories, including Outstanding Restaurateur, Best New Restaurant and Best Chef: Northeast.
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
ON MUSIC: Different Augusta-based Breakin’ Strings back with new bluegrass music
A lot of the stories I write are sparked by something that catches my attention and this week’s entry is no exception. On a whim I clicked on the website of an Augusta-based bluegrass band called Breakin’ Strings because an old friend, Steve Peterson, from my days as an art teacher in Pittsfield, was once […]
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Jan. 24, 1998: Another large ice storm on the way for central Maine as loaned line crews on standby in case of power outages, State Cable scrambling to restore service for customers ahead of Super Bowl, and prosecutors in DC likely to indict Monica Lewinsky
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine, Nation & World
Amanda Peters picks up library medal for ‘The Berry Pickers,’ set in Maine
Her novel wins an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, presented by the American Library Association.
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Jan. 22, 2003: Town officials in Rome looking for volunteers to respond to medical emergencies, Oakland council considers plan for sidewalks, and Windsor is only town in Kennebec County where taxpayers will see drop in rates this year
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Plants are learning how to self-pollinate – and that’s not good
Pansies have figured out how as a response to the dire drop in pollinator numbers, but self-pollination produces weaker plants.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Home Plates: May we introduce you to kasha?
A Saco cook of Polish and Ukrainian descent grew up on homey bowls of buckwheat groats – and she thinks you should try them, too.