The longtime jam band, with frontman John Popper, has been drawing big crowds for three decades and most recently performed at the Waterville Opera House. Photos by Morning Sentinel photographer Michael G. Seamans.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inCommunity, Life & Culture
Here’s a listing of Memorial Day events around central Maine this weekend
There’s no shortage of things to do this weekend with events happening from Anson to Whitefield and everywhere in-between.
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Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘And Poison Fell From The Sky’ and ‘The Mystery of Lake Kanakodah’
Terry Martin and her husband tried to warn the people of Rumford, Maine of the deadly dangers of toxic paper mill pollutants. And nobody listened.
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May 26, 1983: Attorneys continue to haggle over Cumberland Farms store building in Gardiner, SAD 16 budget OK’d without ‘a word of dissent’, and fire damages garage and storage building in Augusta last night
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Julia Dreyfus should have passed on ‘You Hurt My Feelings,’ writes JP Devine
“Writer-director Nicole Holofcener is the gift that keeps on giving. Consider her work, all of which features the gifts of Catherine Keener: ‘Walking and Talking,’ ‘Lovely and Amazing’ and the wonderful ‘Friends With Money.’ If you’re a Keener fan, welcome home. Happiness is a thing called Keener.” I wrote those words about Nicole Holofcener 2010 […]
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May 25, 1995: Momma Baldacci’s Italian Restaurant set to reopen in Madison after around 2 year hiatus, full-time Oakland police officers may need to have college degree in order to be on force, and area students accepted into new Limestone magnet school await fate of school
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May 24, 1985: Gardiner watch repairman to retire after 40 years of keeping time, new Hallowell winery boasts drinks from Chile and other countries, and new R.V. dealer to open in Windsor
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Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Nation & World
Car seats and baby formula are regulated. Is social media next?
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy wants policymakers need to address the harms of social media because there isn’t enough evidence to show it’s safe for kids and teens.
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May 23, 1997: China woman shares rare sheet music from 1940s Japanese prisoner of war camp, two men face charges after in theft of autos through five towns, and Mainers can expect up to 70 percent in savings in long-distance phone calls
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Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Skowhegan’s Kobe Bailey talks about coming home for June 2 show before tour
Now living in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer-songwriter working on album.