More local farmers are growing the tubers, which turn out to be a perfect pair for Maine maple syrup.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine Authors, Times Record
Governor lends her voice to new televised poetry series
Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum builds on the success of the ‘Poems from Here’ radio program and expands it into a TV series, featuring Mainers – including Gov. Janet Mills – speaking poems.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Robert Conrad, star of ‘The Wild, Wild West,’ dies at 84
The rugged, contentious actor also starred in another hugely popular 1960s television series, “Hawaiian Eye.”
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Portland’s a star among U.S. cities in turnout for performing arts
A survey shows the metro area’s rate of attendance at plays, concerts and other performances is well above the national average.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Trump puts global religious freedom in the political fray
Can a long-standing bipartisan priority stay that way amid the white-hot politics of an election year?
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Prince Andrew’s daughter Princess Beatrice to marry in May
Britain is set for another royal wedding when 31-year-old Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 37, wed in the Chapel Royal of St. James’s Palace.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Rolling Stones returning to North America for 15-city tour
The band says it will kick off the stretch of concerts in its No Filter tour in San Diego on May 8.
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark, Things to Do
Lucky Clark On Music: Christine Letcher
UMA professor to bring classical/jazz presentation to Jewett Hall Feb. 23.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
Kirk Douglas, longtime influential movie star, dies at 103
Douglas, the muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in ‘Spartacus’ and dozens of other films, helped fatally weaken the Hollywood blacklist.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Aretha Franklin family drama plays out in courtroom in latest estate hearing
The half-hour hearing was the first court proceeding since Sabrina Owens announced she will be stepping down as the estate’s personal representative.