2018 brought too few red peppers, too many ravenous squirrels, and the perfect number of pretty poppies.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Ali Mediate is helping Maine families start gardens
How the Boston native turned into a raised bed raiser, on a shoestring.
Climate anxiety: A strain of emotional stress is on the rise
The most common prescription is to go local and go outdoors, mental health professionals say.
For a picture of food waste then and now, we look to the books
Our Green Plate Special columnist compares and contrasts two cookbooks on food waste, one from 2018, the other from 1975.
‘We have work to do’: Augusta rabbi calls on interfaith community to act, not just pray
About 200 people attended Shabbat services to support the Jewish community in wake of the Pittsburgh synsagogue shootings.
OFF RADAR: ‘Add Water, Add Fire’
Karie Friedman’s poetic diamonds in the backwoods rough
Trick or Treat event brings families, ghosts, ghouls to downtown Augusta for Halloween
Hundreds of area residents collected candy from downtown businesses at the August Downtown Alliance’s event, biled as a fun, safe evening
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Free Solo’
Alex Honnold climbs El Capitan wall without rope or equipment, Devine writes.
Lucky Clark On Music: Caroline Cotter
World traveler, teacher, folksinger-songwriter to make her Slates’ debut Nov. 5.
Augusta area Muslims march in support of Jewish community
The event, held to join Jews in their grief about fatal shootings at a Pittsburgh synagogue, coincided with the Shia Muslim observance of Arba’een.