Laura Pierce makes buttons from colorful sea glass and pottery shards spit out by North Atlantic waters.
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No-sweat way to extend pleasure of summer tomatoes
Save energy and get rid of unwanted parts easily with a coring and freezing method.
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How do cruise ships stack up in environmental impact?
Portland is set to see its biggest cruise ship ever this month. And carbon footprint-wise (and counterintuitively) bigger may be better.
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TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Pittsfield
Vittles Restaurant committed to creativity, community.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Maine guitarist shares his long trip back from the brink of death
Jason Crigler’s recovery from a near-fatal brain hemorrhage is a testament to his strength, the support of his family and the power of music.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Film
Movies used to distract us from the news; now they reflect it
Summer films have changed from vehicles of distraction to reflections of the world’s troubles.
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Prey’s paintings from her world travels are on view
‘On Site: Barbara Ernst Prey Travelogues’ will be shown in Port Clyde through Sept. 5.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Film
How Baz Luhrmann captured the essence of hip-hop in Netflix’s ‘The Get Down’
The new series about the beginnings of the culture in the Bronx is streaming on Netflix.
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Invasive green crabs are scuttling from dilemma to delicacy
Moleche, anyone? A group of Georgetown fishermen and others are getting expert advice from Venice, Italy, to turn a rampant threat to Maine’s fisheries into a marketable part of the solution.
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Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 in ‘Star Wars,’ dies at 81
The 3-foot 8-inch Englishman was the actor inside R2-D2’s cylindrical costume.