The Maine Literary Awards honors recently retired Bangor Public Library director Barbara McDade.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Local & State, News
Four competing to design artwork for Portland’s 1st roundabout
The Portland Public Art Committee will present the concepts at a public meeting Wednesday.
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Rapper T.I. and Atlanta church work to end mass imprisonment
Ebenezer Baptist Church, once attended by the late Martin Luther King Jr., is hosting a three-day conference to help communities fight the rising prison industrial complex.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Not all single-use plates, forks and spoons are created equal
When you are throwing a large party that requires disposable dishware, choose carefully.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Hollywood’s sequel factory churns out worrisome duds this summer
Box office results indicate fans are getting pickier about the glut of reboots that studios have force-fed moviegoers for years.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Uncategorized
Exhibit explores how a vision blossomed into Haystack center of craft
The Portland Museum of Art blockbuster tells the school’s early story, providing the context for its continued success and influence.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Despite the cold, wet spring, your gardens may be right as rain
Many shrubs that blossom in the spring have liked all the rain, and consider this: You don’t have to constantly drag hoses around the yard.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Notre Dame celebrates first Mass since devastating fire
Only about 30 people were allowed inside and were required to wear hard-hats as the cathedral remains in a ‘fragile’ state.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Church loses battle in Christian Science trust case in N.H.
The state’s highest court rules that a Christian Science church in Australia cannot sue trusts created following the 1910 death of Christian Science movement founder Mary Baker Eddy.
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Vatican investigator of child sex abuse meets Polish bishops
Archbishop Charles Scicluna shares his experience in tracking crimes after the Polish church admitted knowing about hundreds of cases inn which priests abused minors.