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Arts & Entertainment

Judge gives control of ‘Tiger King’ properties to rival

by Associated Press June 2, 2020June 3, 2020

Carole Baskin, owner of Big Cat Rescue Corp, now has full ownership of the zoo formerly run by Joe Exotic.

Lewiston Catholic church resumes in-person Mass. Photos show many changes.

by Staff Report Portland Press Herald June 1, 2020June 2, 2020

More Catholic parishes plan to hold similar services for those who reserve a slot, but the church also is continuing to stream services online and offer some drive-up services.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World

Music industry calls for Black Out Tuesday amid unrest

by MESFIN FEKADU Associated Press June 1, 2020June 2, 2020

It will hold a day to reflect and implement change in response to the death of George Floyd and other blacks.

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State

These are winners of this year’s Maine Literary Awards

by Bob Keyes June 1, 2020June 1, 2020

Distinguished Achievement Award winner poet Betsy Sholl says celebrating poetry and literature is important because they help create empathy, something that today’s world could use.

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State

After half a century, Portland String Quartet violist quietly takes her bow

by Bob Keyes June 1, 2020June 1, 2020

The pandemic means the revered musician will not get the public sendoff her ensemble mates had planned.

Food & Dining, Maine Gardener

Maine Gardener: Do the environment a big favor; shrink your lawn

by Tom Atwell May 31, 2020June 1, 2020

Replace it with a flower garden, and as a bonus, you won’t have to mow so much.

Food & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes

Green Plate Special: Can reusable shopping bags really transmit the coronavirus?

by Christine Burns Rudalevige May 31, 2020June 1, 2020

Or is spreading that fear the work of the plastics industry and climate change skeptics?

Arts & Entertainment

How this chain saw sculptor came to make a carving fit for the Kings

by Ray Routhier May 31, 2020May 31, 2020

Josh Landry of North Anson has been carving with a chain saw for years, but he’s never created anything quite like the 15-foot bookshelf animal sanctuary in the Bangor yard of Tabitha and Stephen King.