From the author of “Lunenberg” and “The Ladies Foursome” comes “Halfway There,” a hilarious and heartwarming comedy about the unshakeable bonds of female friendship playing March 14-23 at The Public Theatre in Lewiston. The Public Theatre describes the show as “Steel Magnolias” meets “The Golden Girls.” Four lovable ladies meet every day for coffee and […]
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Damariscotta boutique opens second location on Main Street
Beal House, formerly known as Weatherbird, recently opened a second location at 153 Main St. in Damariscotta. Beal House Annex brings the business’s carefully curated boutique collection — including women’s clothing, jewelry and accessories — to the heart of downtown. The new Main Street space, previously home to Se Vende, became available last fall, and […]
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Guest conductor leads Midcoast Symphony Orchestra in fire-themed program
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra continues its 35th season with a concert titled “Passionate & Fiery Compositions” in Lewiston on March 22 and in Topsham on March 23. Guest conductor Hiroya Miura, associate professor of music at Bates College, will lead the orchestra in these fire-themed performances. Miura has chosen Robert Schumann’s “Symphony No. 2” as the […]
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Last chance to see two exhibitions at Bowdoin College’s Arctic Museum
Bowdoin College will say goodbye to two exhibitions at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, “Collections and Recollections: Objects and the Stories They Tell” and “Northern Nightmares: Monsters in Inuit Art,” on March 23. “Collections and Recollections” is one of the inaugural exhibits on view since May 2023 when the museum opened in its new location at […]
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Cooking at the Cove: For St. Patrick’s Day, the simpler the better
With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, I’m remembering the homey suppers I’ve enjoyed in the Land of Green and wanted to recreate one for you. Irish food is satisfying fare that some would consider to be quite plain. However, this supper not only reminds me of my heritage but also of how delicious a meal […]
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Zelenskyy, Ukraine and Trump’s Amerika
It was political theatre of the surreal, the person who attempted to engineer the destruction of democracy shamelessly taunting the individual who is fighting to defend democracy. A battle royal emerged in the White House last week as two world leaders — President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — had an acerbic fracas […]
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Freeport’s working waterfront goes electric
The Island Institute launched a toolkit for those eyeing marine electrification. Some local aquaculture farms are already pivoting, transforming Maine’s coastline one boat at a time.
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Midcoast group protests federal workforce cuts
Indivisible Sagadahoc gathered in Bath to protest the slashing of the federal workforce by the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency run by billionaire Elon Musk.
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How not to name a puppy
If you think that people are disagreeable these days about politics and culture, you can’t imagine how heated people got when I asked for suggestions on what to name my yellow Labrador puppy four years ago. Blame social media. My puppy’s breeders, Mike and Maryanne, named each pup based on its behavior. They called my […]
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Don’t wreck the postal service — reform it
The idea that Donald Trump is going to shut the post office down is another one of those internet rumors generated by the ignorant to raise the hackles of the ill-informed. It does, however, point to an essential truth: the United States Postal Service is poorly managed, in a state of almost perpetually near-bankruptcy and […]
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