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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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March 31, 1970: Planned Vassalboro rock festival hits snag, Maine’s governor favors strict license control program which could be ‘last resort’, and Apollo 13 blasts off on April 11 for ‘riskiest moon journey yet’
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine, News
The Sea Dogs will soon be back, along with the Sea Dogs Biscuit
The Gifford’s HomeMaine Ice Cream treat will be available at the Portland Sea Dogs home opener and for the remainder of the team’s 2023 season
Posted inLife & Culture
Tell us why you love your mom! Upload a video and send it to us before Mother’s Day.
Contest ends Friday, May 5th. We’ll pick our favorite video from the bunch and the winner will be eligible for a small prize!
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
TV Review: I Spy A Spy ‘A Spy Among Friends’ writes JP Devine
I remember this story because I’m old. If you’re older than 60, you will as well, but at the time, here in America, you probably didn’t care. It was 1963, and the assassination of JFK was enough to deal with, and no one here even knew the rest of the world existed or cared. But […]
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March 30, 1990: New roof needed at Fort Western sooner than city officials anticipated, junkyard fire destroys four buildings and drives elderly man out of home in Wales, and mud and a broken water main leaves a propane truck stuck in Augusta yesterday
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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine, News
The Quarry in Monson named a finalist for a James Beard award
But 10 other semi-finalists from Maine did not move on. Winners of the prestigious culinary awards will be announced in June.
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Bluesman Jontavious Willis talks about growing up on old-school singing, performing
Multi-instrumentalist to make Maine debut in Portland on April 8.
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March 29, 1976: Thieves stole CB radio antennas off at least four cars in Waterville, Kennebec river’s rise declared ‘normal’, and Winslow girl gives ‘sensitive’ performance on ice at arena in Hallowell
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Posted inFood & Dining, Nation & World
Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball
An Australian company’s meatball is made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct mammoth.