Life & Culture

Here we are once again watching the work of director Ethan Hawke, one of Hollywood’s birds of paradise who flits from one tree to another in that land of artists looking for the right branch in which to build a permanent nest. Hawke’s problem, if it is one, is that he’s pretty good at all […]

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May 21, 1990: Mayor of Soviet Union & delegation will be visiting Waterville in June for a week, 10 injured in car collision on Route 2 in Caanan, and a Kingfield museum acquires a major selection of photographs

Sour Patch Kids Oreos? Peeps Pepsi? What’s behind the weird flavors popping up on store shelves

May 20, 2002: Monmouth woman raising money for marrow donor for her nephew, China Planning Board members approve new fuel tank, and the Augusta City Council will look at the proposed budget again tonight

Why more cooks – and gardeners – should embrace sorrel, an underrated lemony leaf

Boothbay botanical garden gets a gift of irises

May 19, 1997: Senior prom at Winslow High School briefly evacuated due to bomb threat called in from local restaurant, motor home destroyed in blaze in Jackman yesterday, and Lakewood Theater begins its 97th season this month

May 18, 1982: Litchfield Community School trying out double-grade classes to ease space, population crunch, plans for Augusta City Hall/Fort Western museum gets ‘easy’ endorsement from council, and was a recent Maine bridge report ‘overdramatized’?

May 17, 1996: Murphy, the Pittsfield pooch who became an ’80s canine celebrity’, dies, Republicans in the US House push new budget-balancing plan, and doughnuts and other bakery items are being made once again at Harris Baking Co. in Waterville after a year hiatus

Movie Review: ‘Wildcat’ won’t be anyone’s choice for a summer’s beach read

May 16, 1978: Accidental gunshot sparks flurry of police activity on Eastern Avenue in Augusta, Maine’s ‘largest stolen auto ring’ smashed in Bangor, and high-speed chase in the Belgrade Lakes region kills one or two and injures a state trooper