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Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Local & State
Coffee By Design closes original location on Congress Street after 29 years
The temporary closure of the Portland coffee shop this month has become permanent.
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Posted inLife & Culture
Tips and tricks for trick-or-treating
With the holiday season in full swing, it is getting to be time of the year to dress up and scour the streets in search of candy, but here are some tips to stay safe during Halloween night.
Posted inOn this date
Oct. 30, 2007: Waterville Planning Board OKs plan for 66 residential units to built inside former Hathaway shirt building, Bob Marley recalls his years in Waterville as a kid, and the Red Sox are in celebration mode in Boston
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Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Home Plates: The tale of Snow the Goat and the Gingerbread Cookies
The day a hungry, adventurous goat helped himself to a plate of cookies.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
The optimist sees the beautiful blooms. The pessimist sees climate change
Dazed and confused, or maybe just stressed, trees and shrubs that normally bloom in the spring are blooming this fall.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
There’s nothing spooky about vegan chocolate
Maine’s best chocolatiers offer plenty of choices for vegan trick-or-treaters – and their parents.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Children’s author/illustrator Peter Brown brings his robot to the wilds of Maine
After years of living in big cities and creating stories set in wilderness, the best-selling author of the ‘Wild Robot’ series moved to the Midcoast last year.
Posted inFood & Dining
Maine’s ‘haunted’ hospitality venues serve up plenty of spooky stories
Ghost lore abounds at some of the state’s older restaurants and bars.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
‘Making Maine’ gives a decidedly unsentimental picture of the nascent state
Scoundrels, smugglers and their ilk helped to make Maine, according to a new history of the War of 1812.