Local farmers markets will soon be springing back to life. Here’s a schedule: May 3 Brunswick Farmers Market, Tuesdays and Fridays, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Park Row and Maine Streets, Brunswick. May 4 Bath Farmers Market moves to Waterfront Park for the season, Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-noon, 61 Commercial St., Bath. Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Farmers Market at […]

Last week I wrote about Marshall Dodge and how he brought Maine humor to the nation through his “Bert and I” records. He was not the first to do so. A century earlier, a Maine humorist named Charles Farrar Browne earned nationwide fame with his writings and comedy tours. Along the way he invented stand-up […]

Nikaline Iacono, owner and manager of Vessel & Vine, 4 Pleasant St., Brunswick, has a vision. She wants to be a major part of the vibrant culinary community that is Brunswick. Using her background growing up in the restaurant business and, recently, as bar manager at Enoteca Athena (also on Maine Street in Brunswick), she […]

I have often heard debate over the authenticity of Tim Sample’s Maine accent, and rumors that he isn’t even from Maine (he is). This may be malicious gossip, or people might be confusing Sample with his predecessor, Marshall Dodge. When Dodge made the groundbreaking Maine humor album, “Bert and I,” he was a philosophy major […]

Like many nerds of my generation, I played some Dungeons & Dragons during my junior high school years. Sometimes it was an ancient DOS computer version, and sometimes I would head over to my buddy’s house to play with some other guys. I generally played a wizard named Fishlips, and sometimes the games would get […]

At the age of 12, my granddaughter, Lu, is already a kitchen goddess. It never ceases to amaze me what goodies she creates in her limited amount of down time. The perfect eggs Benedict, homemade soups, and all manner of baked goods are already in her repertoire. A fresh batch of giant chocolate chip cookies […]