Director Anand Tucker and writer Patrick Marber’s fun and devilish film is set in London in the early World War II bad old times. Tucker and David Higgs’ camera take us down the foggy and lamp-lit streets of London’s theater district. It’s here that something wicked comes. This will be Jimmy Erskine. The great English […]
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Wednesday is 10th annual National Lobster Day
For 10 years, Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King have introduced and sponsored federal legislation to recognize Maine’s iconic industry.
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Sept. 25, 1987: Maine apple growers brand media as rotten apples over pesticide issue, Gov. McKernan gets involved in International Paper Co. strike, and Ku Klux Klan plans rally in Rumford tomorrow
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The Alna Store makes the New York Times’ 2024 list of the country’s best restaurants
The highly praised fine-dining destination was the only Maine restaurant to win the recognition.
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On Music: Band member Shawn Pedini talks about the energy with King Jeremy: The Pearl Jam Experience
The band plans to make an encore performance Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Somerset Abbey in Madison.
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Sept. 24, 1996: Elm City’s Al Corey doesn’t miss a beat when it comes to music, and part 3 of a six-part series looking at the backbone of Route 201 in Somerset County
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Maine Lit Fest kicks off with events from Portland to Presque Isle
This year’s festival, featuring events from Portland to Presque Isle, has a wider geographic reach than the inaugural event in 2022.
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Sept. 23, 1977: 1st annual Common Ground Fair kicks off today in Litchfield, controversy erupts over sanitary landfill possibly opening in Whitefield, and antiquers will want to come to Manchester this weekend
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Plant-based food columnist explores Maine’s buried vegetarian history
Avery Yale Kamila talks about her co-curated exhibit, ‘Maine’s Untold Vegetarian History,’ which opened this month at the Maine Historical Society Museum.
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A new(ish) chef finds his way at the charming River House in Damariscotta
The hyperlocal restaurant is a ‘slow-burning winner.’