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Lifestyle
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inLife & Culture, Religion and Values
U.S. Catholics losing faith in clergy’s honesty
A new Gallup poll shows that fewer than a third of them rate clergy honesty as ‘high.’
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Posted inLife & Culture, Religion and Values
‘McJesus’ sculpture outrages Israel’s Christians
An art exhibit featuring a crucified Ronald McDonald has sparked protests by the country’s Arab Christian minority.
Posted inAnimals, Nation & World, Science
Researchers come face-to-face with huge great white shark
It is unclear if the shark is the famed Deep Blue, believed to be the largest great white ever recorded.
Posted inAnimals, Business, Life & Culture, Nation & World, News
The unlikely tenants of a studio apartment in Silicon Valley: Two cats
The inseparable pair are living there for $1,500 a month, a good deal in the Bay Area’s super-tight housing market.
Posted inCommunity, Lifestyle
New exhibition on Live Theater to open Jan. 24
Mantor Library to host opening reception.
Posted inLifestyle, Movie Review J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’
Jenkins (director-writer) is blessed with a splendid cast who bring their gifts to their scenes, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inLifestyle, On Music Lucky Clark
Lucky Clark on Music: Neat & Clean
Kenny Cox and Dave Gagne to return Jan. 21 to Slates in Hallowell.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Source
Three-day hearing on proposed oyster farm concludes in Brunswick
The Department of Marine Resources will decide whether to grant Mere Point Oyster Co. a 10-year, 40-acre lease expanding its oyster production on Maquoit Bay.
Posted inLifestyle, Maine Authors
OFF RADAR: ‘Big Little City: Poems’
Mike Bove’s post-Beat poems from Portland