AUGUSTA — Old Fort Western, the 1754 National Historic Landmark fort, store and house museum on the Kennebec River, will host its 21st annual Maple Syrup Day from 1 to 3 p.m. During the 18th century maple syrup demonstrations, volunteers will whittle spiles, tap trees and collect and boil sap over an open fire. Inside […]
Uncategorized
Posted inUncategorized
Maine Jewish Film Festival this weekend in Waterville
WATERVILLE — The Maine Film Center will host a satellite of the Maine Jewish Film Festival at Railroad Square Cinema Saturday and Sunday. Satellite events will include an opening party, five film screenings, and a visit from filmmaker Monica Haim, who will present her film “Awake Zion,” according to a Maine Film Center press release. […]
advertisement
Posted inUncategorized
Listen to recording of MaineCare expansion poll
Hundreds of Mainers received an automated telephone call that could influence the ongoing debate to expand Medicaid to more than 60,000 uninsured Mainers. Listen to a recording of the poll The computerized poll asks survey participants if they would support expanding Medicaid health insurance if they knew that one in three people eligible for coverage […]
Posted inUncategorized
TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS)
Darby’s Restaurant, in Belfast, offers wonderful meals served in a building that has housed a restaurant for 140 years.
Posted inUncategorized
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS
‘Railroad to the Moon’ and ‘Deer Isle’s Undefeated America’s Cup Crews’
are new offerings from Maine authors.
Posted inUncategorized
DANA WILDE
‘Wayward Shadow,’ a new book of poetry by Bruce Holsapple, is well worth a look.
Posted inUncategorized
TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS)
Waterford Inn offers stunning views inside and out, overlooking the western Maine landscape while inside a chockablock full of art and collectibles.
Posted inUncategorized
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS
THE BATTLE FOR THE FOURTEENTH COLONY: AMERICA’S WAR OF LIBERATION IN CANADA, 1775-1776 By Mark R. Anderson University Press of New England, 2013 456 pages, $35 ISBN 978-1-61168-497-1 Most Mainers know that Maine played a pivotal role in the American invasion of Canada in 1775-1776 during the American Revolution, but few know the whole […]
Posted inUncategorized
Free Ski Night set for Titcomb
FARMINGTON — The Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County Communities Transforming initiative and University Credit Union are partnering to offer a free ski night for area youth and families from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Titcomb Mountain. The organizations aim is to get youth and families active and involved. Nordic and alpine rentals […]