Too much spring cleanup can hurt beneficial native insects, some experts say. But how to balance those concerns with the needs and convenience of the gardener?
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Nation & World
John Naisbitt, author of bestseller ‘Megatrends,’ dies at 92
The book was about understanding the present in order to predict the future.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Film, Life & Culture, Local & State
Maine native to film project 10 years in the making in Auburn
Beth Morrison, whose theater career began at Auburn’s Community Little Theatre, is spending the next 10 days at the Bates Mill Complex to film scenes for the opera film “Black Lodge.”
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Sorry For Your Trouble’ and ‘Mainely Fear: A Goff Langdon Mainely Mystery’
A new short story collection from Richard Ford and Matt Cost’s second volume in a mystery trilogy
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Nation & World
Man, a steal! Rare Superman comic sells for record $3.25 million
While hundreds of thousands of copies of Action Comics #1 were initially published, it’s estimated only about 100 exist today, and in varying conditions.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Local & State
Cousins Maine Lobster owners host new Food Network show
Sabin Lomac and Jim Tselikis, whose own business benefited from reality TV, will coach food truck entrepreneurs in a show that debuts Sunday.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
The Wrap: Restaurant reopenings, new one-stop fermentation shop and an April ice bar
Plus, the U.S. Coast Guard’s galley in South Portland wins a national award.
Posted inFood & Dining, Things to Do
Run & Eat: Pick a bowl, then pick it up quick, from Crunchy Poke
The Old Port poke shop has been a reliable takeout spot throughout the pandemic.
Posted inFood & Dining, Things to Do
Tap Lines: Belleflower’s opening in East Bayside marks start of better days
The new brewery, owned by former employees of Boston’s Trillium, moved into the space occupied by now-closed Brewery Extrava.
Posted inFood & Dining
Millennials are eating up reboots of popular shows, clothes – and food – from the ’90s
And the rest of us are joining in. Remember Dunkaroos, Pop-Tarts Crunch Cereal, Frasier? They’re ba-ack! (Oops, wrong decade.)