A new exhibit at the Fifth Maine Museum shows how the community evolved in the 1970s.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Clintons, Mariah Carey turn out for Barbra Streisand concert
Babs returns to New York City’s Madison Square Garden after 13 years for a show that turned political.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
‘Hobbs & Shaw’ topples ‘Lion King’ from box office throne
The first spinoff in the 18-year-old ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise stars Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Granitas offer a twofer in the kitchen – keep cool, and use up bits of this and that
Picture sorbet, but flakier, plus you don’t need any special equipment to make it.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
A guide to growing bramble berries
An Ohio State guide says raspberries are a weed. Crazy talk and another reason to be glad we live in Maine.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Bandwagon builds for LGBTQ diversity on children’s TV
From a girl knight-in-training with two dads to a 12-year-old nonbinary protagonist who doesn’t want to grow up, representation is becoming more common.
Posted inFood & Dining, Source
Allagash beers get uber-local with new on-site orchard
Its first cherry harvest is being used in a sour blonde ale.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Priests accused of sexual abuse turned to under-the-radar group
For nearly two decades, a small nonprofit group called Opus Bono Sacerdotii has provided money, shelter, transport, legal help and other support to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of them.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Vatican envoy: Nicaraguan government ends talks with opposition
Apostolic Nuncio Waldemar Somertag declines to say whether Pope Francis could intervene, but stresses that dialogue is the ‘only way’ to resolve the stalemate.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values, Uncategorized
Leaders of religious right balk at labeling Trump a racist
Amid furor over his disparaging tweets and comments, they instead maintain public silence or insist that the president’s tactics reflect hard-nosed politics rather than racism.