Sunday marks 24th annual Maine Farm Day

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Published
July 18, 2013

Sunday marks 24th annual Maine Farm Day

Androscoggin County Harvest Hill Farms, Mechanic Falls Nezinscot Farm, Turner Cumberland County Bessie’s Farm Goods, Freeport Cashmere Cabin at Elmledge Farm, Windham Longwoods Alpaca Farm, LLC, Cumberland North Star Sheep Farm, Windham Pineland Farms, New Gloucester Queen’s Land Farm Alpacas, New Gloucester Sabbbathday Lake Shaker Village, New Gloucester Smiling Hill Farm, Westbrook Upper Farm Alpacas, […]
Published
July 18, 2013

Children’s Heritage Fair Saturday

SKOWHEGAN -- Skowhegan History House Museum & Research Center, in association with the Kennebec Heritage Council's "Maine Plays," will host a Children's Heritage Fair from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the museum at 66 Elm St.
Published
July 18, 2013

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Fine dinner, fine art

When we were invited to tour the expanded Colby Museum of Art, it gave us an opportunity to combine fine art with a fine dinner at Waterville's 18 Below.
Published
July 12, 2013

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): We found a perfect pairing at the Cellardoor Winery Wine Dinner

They were perfectly paired: one of our favorite chefs, Kerry Alterio of Rockland’s Cafe Miranda with one of the state’s top wineries — Cellardoor, in Lincolnville.
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July 8, 2013

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Windows on the Harbor: Dining room with a view

Windows on the Harbor Restaurant at the Boothbay Harbor Inn is well named. From the large picture windows in front of our table, we could see the entire harbor. Gorgeous!

Published
July 7, 2013

LOCAL AUTHOR: HIKING with THOREAU

Henry David Thoreau was a regular hiker and mountain climber, activities he did throughout his life in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire -- experiences that he then wrote about in daily journals and in books.
Published
July 5, 2013

Movies July 19-25

Â All movie times are subject to change. AUGUSTA: Regal Augusta 10, Â Marketplace Drive, 623-8183 visitÂ www.regmovies.com Â Farmington: Narrow Gauge Cinemas, Front Street, 778-4877 Friday-Tuesday “Despicable Me 2” In 3-D: 12:20; In 2-D: 2:30, 4:30 “Turbo” In 3-D: 12:30; In 2-D: 7:20 Friday-Sunday, 2:40, 4:40 daily “The Heat,” 7, 9:35 “The Wolverine,” 12:50, 3:30, […]
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July 4, 2013

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: “The Age of Edison” and “Unleashed”

THE AGE OF EDISON: ELECTRIC LIGHT AND THE INVENTION OF MODERN AMERICA By Ernest Freeberg Penguin Press, 2013 368 pages, $27.95 ISBN 978-1-59420-426-5 In the early 1880s the development of the incandescent lightbulb was “one of the signal achievements of our technological age,” according to historian Ernest Freeberg, sparking a widespread wave of invention […]
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July 3, 2013

MOVIES July 5-11

Â All movie times are subject to change. AUGUSTA: Regal Augusta 10, Â Marketplace Drive, 623-8183 visitÂ www.regmovies.com Â Farmington: Narrow Gauge Cinemas, Front Street, 778-4877 Friday-Tuesday “Despicable Me 2,” In 3-D: 7 nightly, noon daily; In 2-D: 9:40 nightly; 12:30, 2:15, 2:45, 4:30, 5 daily “Monsters University” In 3-D: 7:20 nightly; 12:15 daily; In 2-D: […]
Published
July 3, 2013

Fireworks — where and when!

More fireworks Friday, Saturday and Sunday!