The new food trucks are open to passersby, but their main target audience is the roughly 750-strong state workforce on the site.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture
Against tremendous odds, Abdi Nor Iftin made it from war-ravaged Somalia to America
Now a Maine resident, he tells his harrowing tale in his new memoir.
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Posted inBooks, Source
Source’s Serious Summer Reading Guide
These books have a Maine theme or Maine-based writer.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
From Maine rivers to prison walls, a veteran artist’s study in ‘Blue’
A horrifying moment in Iraq in 2004 forever scarred Kelly Thorndike, but also gave him a way to respond to violence and to plead for humanity … and a reason to paint.
Posted inLife & Culture, Restaurant reviews
Dine Out Maine: Overly complicated preparations mar some dishes at Walkers Maine
The components are all there. But sometimes there are just too many of them.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
Hundreds dance in funky procession through the Old Port
Part of the proceeds from the fifth annual Dance Mile event will benefit Girls on the Run.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
Rapper’s offer of free movie tickets draws a crowd to Portland cinema
Rory Ferreira of Biddeford bought all 129 tickets to a Saturday matinee of a film directed by fellow rapper Boots Riley.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
Aroostook County man proves he can still chug more Moxie than anyone else
Beau Bradstreet of Bridgewater bests two competitors for his eighth title in a row at the annual Moxie Chugging Challenge in Lisbon.
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Nation & World
It’s not your imagination: Airline restrooms are getting smaller
Airlines say the new restrooms are just a few inches smaller, but it’s not like they were that big to begin with.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
Nancy Sinatra Sr., first wife of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101
She raised the couple’s three children: Nancy, Frank Jr. and Tina.