Shannon Bryan

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Published
July 24, 2011

Next Maine Event: The history of horsepower down on the farm in Eliot

With life’s modern conveniences, it can be easy to take for granted how the laundry gets done, how the beets get harvested, or how the peanuts get shelled. It wasn’t that long ago that such tasks took a good chunk of time. Advances in agricultural machinery eventually sped things up and automated what were once […]
Published
July 23, 2011

Cohen chooses a different route but follows in father’s footsteps

Kevin Cohen goes to Hollywood instead of Washington but ends up writing books like Dad.
Published
July 20, 2011

Off Beat: Like (to watch) a challenge?

The spectacle of 1,000 competitors tackling 16 tough obstacles at Sunday River is sure to be a remarkable show.
Published
July 14, 2011

Off Beat: Glory days for cheese-chasers and spud-wrestlers

Summer festival season brings fried dough to the people. It also brings the tantalizing opportunity to crush the neighbor’s pride in festival competition, as your Pampered progeny crawls across the finish line first during the annual Diaper Derby at the Yarmouth Clam Festival. Or, if judges have deemed your 13-year-old too grown-up to compete, you […]
Published
July 10, 2011

Next Maine Event: Native American Pow-Wow a family event

Between the daytime laughter of kids at the playground and the strum of a guitar during an evening concert at the gazebo, Wells Harbor Park echoes with sounds of community. Next weekend, the usual park noises will be met with the rhythmic thud of drums and whistle of flutes during the 9th annual Native American […]
Published
July 7, 2011

Off Beat: Skip it if you dare

A Boothbay Harbor contest that started among family now draws a throng of arch-rivals and spectators.
Published
July 6, 2011

At Boothbay fair, meet the minds behind the books

Summer is beach reading season. A dog-eared paperback is practically as essential on the sand as sunscreen and an oversized towel. If the weather cooperates — and it better — summer readers will need to stock up on good books. And it just so happens there are plenty of Maine writers who have written a […]
Published
July 3, 2011

Next Maine Event: Moxie fest’s the place to acquire the taste

Maybe Moxie does little to assuage nervousness, insomnia or softening of the brain, as it was once touted to do when it hit the market as a patent medicine in the late 19th century. But it does make a nice mustard fusion. Moxie mustard — along with Moxie pulled pork and hot dogs — will […]
Published
June 23, 2011

Off Beat: I’m getting that sinking feeling

It seems like a nowhere-to-go-but-down proposition, but you’ll never know for sure unless you try the Great Cardboard Boat Race.
Published
June 19, 2011

Next Maine Event: Sea gives way to sky at Old Orchard balloon festival

It’s hard to knock the views from the sand at Old Orchard Beach. Year-round, the seashore scene is impressive: a stretch of beach leading to a rhythmic roll of waves and out farther to blue-green water that eventually meets up at the horizon with an even bluer sky. It’s an enviable view. And it’s even […]