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German whiskey booming as micro distilleries keep popping up
Whiskey distilleries are popping up across Germany, producing a craft product to help fill a growing demand.
OFF RADAR: Poems from Alice Persons and Peter Kilgore
“Be There or Be Square” is a pleasant poetic amble through what might be a day’s worth of unhurried reveries on the past and present, and “Quarry: The Collected Poems of Peter Kilgore” offers crisply imagistic poetry of the Maine coast.
Union Duke to perform March 21
The Toronto band Union Duke will make Maine’s only Maine appearance at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at Old South Congregational Church, 235 Main St, Farmington. The folk quintet bridges soulful indie folk/rock with bluegrass and splash of country, the group belts out soaring harmonies with three, four and even five voices. These five guys […]
Perpetual Motion concert planned for March 24
Pineland Suzuki School will present its 19th annual Benefit Concert, Perpetual Motion: Music that Moves, at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at the Messalonskee High School Performing Arts Center, 131 Messalonskee High Drive in Oakland. A silent auction and reception to follow. Perpetual Motion features more than eighty Suzuki student violinists, violists and cellists, ages […]
Hawaii could be first state to ban most plastics at restaurants
Some businesses say the ban would be asking for too much too fast.
Jury finds Roundup weed killer major factor in man’s cancer
The ruling is a positive sign for hundreds of similar lawsuits.
Peregrine falcon nesting box to be moved to protect workers on I-95 bridge
The aggressive, endangered birds pose a safety risk for workers repaving the Piscataqua River Bridge between New Hampshire and Maine over the next three years, officials say.
Bullying takes center stage as Richmond native brings band DaCav to Maine for music video
Sydney Choate, a 2013 graduate of Richmond Middle and High School, directed the group’s recent release, “Let’s Take a Walk,” which was filmed in part at the school and stars local students.
Touring several tropical botanical gardens sparks a few ideas for planting back home
Botanical gardens may be beautiful or scientific or a combination of the two.