Chasing award-winning plants has its perils. Despite the plaudits, they won’t necessarily be winners in your garden.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Save the Jacob’s Cattle heirloom bean!
Given that they are a ‘fine eating bean’ – rich, nutty, dense, meaty and fragrant – this assignment is a cinch.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
Book review: ‘Mother Brain’ delves into the science of how our brains are rewired by parenthood
The book interweaves research and data with personal stories from new parents.
Posted inOn this date
Oct. 15, 1926: 55 extra votes for Joseph E. Jewett appear on chair
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Influential Midcoast artist Harold Garde dies at age 99
The New York native and abstract expressionist painter moved to Belfast in the 1980s and had his most productive period there.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Wreck of the Portland’ and ‘Muddled Through’
Journalist J. North Conway’s dramatic story of the 1898 storm that ravaged the New England coast, and the 10th book in the ‘Maine Clambake Mystery’ series
Posted inOn this date
Oct. 14, 1957: Gardiner among finalists in All-America city contest
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Posted inMorning Sentinel, On this date
Oct. 13, 1936: Area farmer fires at hen thief
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Flora and Son’ simply about love and music
John Carney, Irish to his toes, has no Marvel heroes, capes or swords, rescued damsels, car chases or shoot-outs in his bag of tricks. His “Flora and Son” is as fresh and bright as newly washed clothes hanging on a line in the sun, with a cast of sparkling actors: Eve Hewson (Flora), Joseph Gordon-Levitt […]
Posted inKennebec Journal, On this date
Oct. 12, 1882: Area’s onion crop ‘a comparative failure’
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