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‘Manga 101’ reviewer Olivia Gelerman’s latest creative phase
This 12-year-old is already getting commissions for her drawings
Mon, 02/04/2019 - 6:45pm

ROCKPORT— If we know one thing about 12-year-old Olivia Gelerman, we know she loves the literary art form of manga. As Penobscot Bay Pilot’s exclusive teen reviewer of the “Manga 101” series, she isn’t just into reading them, she’s now into drawing original characters for them. And recently, one of her illustrations, hung up at her parents’ coffee shop 47 West, got her noticed. Approximately four months ago, a yoga instructor came into the shop and was so impressed by Olivia’s artwork, that she...
For individuals, collaborators in social and environmental justice work
Grassroots pop-up offices in Belfast and Rockland Feb. 5, 6
Mon, 02/04/2019 - 9:30am

MIDCOAST— Do you have a great idea to help your community but just need that leg up to find more support and collaboration? New England Grassroots Environment Fund, an organization dedicated to inspire, connect, and support community-based environmental projects throughout New England, is coming to Maine with a series of “pop-up offices.” Based in N.H. with satellite offices in Vermont, the Grassroots Fund services all of New England. A number of free pop-up office events are coming to Maine...
Taking over the old Billy’s Tavern
Threshers Brewing Co. to expand in Thomaston with tasting room and restaurant
Mon, 01/28/2019 - 11:45am

THOMASTON—Carpenters and brewers Ethan Evangelos and Scott Bendtson built the foundation of their Searsmont brewery two years ago when they opened Thresher’s Brewing Co. in 2016. And now it’s time for a new story. The duo had envisioned expanding, but were looking around for the ideal property. Turns out, while Evangelos was building a custom set of kitchen cabinets for the owner of 1 Starr Street in Thomaston (the blue building that formerly housed Billy’s Tavern), he and the owner got talking...
And we mean that in a good way....
Glacier Ice Bar is going to the dogs
Thu, 01/24/2019 - 10:00am

ROCKLAND—Glacier Ice Bar, now into its second weekend for January 24 to 26, is the definition of dog-friendly. This year’s theme took inspiration from its premier sponsor Tito’s Vodka, to focus on and celebrate dogs. Tito Beveridge, born and raised in San Antonio, moved to Austin when he got tired of working for a drilling company. With degrees in geology and geophysics, Tito still pursued the day job in 1992 while handmaking flavored vodka as gifts for friends. He then obtained the first legal...
Peace Ridge Animal Sanctuary took in more than 100 chickens ducks, rabbits and pigs
For third time in two years, neglected animals rescued from Downeast farm
Mon, 01/21/2019 - 12:15pm

SORRENTO — On Monday Jan. 7, Maine’s Animal Welfare agents removed more than 100 farm animals from a farmer’s property after the court found he violated an April 2018 deferred disposition agreement that followed cruelty to animal charges, according to Liam Hughes, Maine’s Director of Animal Welfare. On January 3, the order was signed giving custody of all of the remaining animals to the state of Maine and on January 8, the Animal Welfare program agents obtained a search warrant to remove 75...
No, literally, check it out of the Rockland Public Library for two weeks!
Check it out: A take-home fitness kit to work with in private
Mon, 01/21/2019 - 10:00am

ROCKLAND — It’s January, the time for resolutions and reassessments. For many, losing weight and getting fit are a priority. Inspired by Let’s Move , a national health and wellness initiative spearheaded by former First Lady Michelle Obama, Rockland Public Library’s Deputy Director Patricia King decided to survey other libraries nationally to see if they were offering take-home fitness kits that could be checked out of the library. “I also wanted to see which...
Christina DeHoff established Rockland Friday Night Art Walk years ago
Former Rockland artist/gallery owner opens new gallery in Hawaii
Thu, 01/17/2019 - 10:45am

It is the dream of many artists in Maine, not only to find gallery success with their work, but to someday open a gallery of their own. Christina DeHoff, an artist who grew up in Camden, has had lightning strike twice in her career, once in Rockland, 20 years ago and most recently, in Hawaii, after opening her second gallery. In 2002, as a reporter for Village Soup, I covered DeHoff in a story, Painting from the gut, in which she’d become one of Rockland’s youngest gallery owners at 357 Main...
More stepping up every day
Local businesses pitch in to help furloughed workers during shutdown
Thu, 01/17/2019 - 9:30am

As the government shutdown stretches into its fourth week, affecting some 800,000 federal workers and with no resolution in sight, Mainers are not untouched. According to the most recent data , there are 15,344 federal employees in Maine, including postal workers. There are 758 active-duty military, with the majority (551) in the Coast Guard, the only agency not funded during the government shutdown. Households affected are mostly on the lower end of the middle-class spectrum, with average take...
Plus: Tips visiting a park that is open but with no services
How the federal shutdown is affecting Maine’s wilderness parks and areas
Fri, 01/11/2019 - 9:15am

As the partial federal government shutdown enters its third week, during which many pieces of public land remain open to visitors but with low or no staffing, horror stories have emerged all over the United States about people leaving trash strewn everywhere, vandalism, injuries and deaths still under investigation. The shutdown has not produced that kind of behavior in Maine, according to several administrators familiar with Acadia National Park and the Appalachian...
Updated with new listings
Cheap Dates: You be chillin’ at these ice bars in January-February
Wed, 01/09/2019 - 10:30am

I’ve been writing about ice bars in Maine since the first cube hit the deck with the moniker “the hottest coolest bar and lounge” and now it seems in 2019, everybody around the state is “freeze-associating” that phrase. (I’ll see myself out.) Here are some of the best places to bundle up, rock that sheepskin ear flaps hat and do a luge shot this winter. The Samoset Resort. Photo by Kay Stephens Rockport January 18-20 and January 25 -26...
Session uses a thin fabric hammock for core exercises
Swing by for an AntiGravity Aerial Fitness workout
Mon, 01/07/2019 - 11:00am

CAMDEN— Remember when you were a kid and could swing for hours on a swing or hammock? Sometimes you’d flip over and lie on your stomach and do the “Superman.” Turns out, that child-like play was fantastic for building up one’s core muscles and balance — and now we have an adult version of it in Camden. Tucked in on the backside of what once housed Tibbett’s manufacturing on Virginia Ave is an inspired boutique fitness studio called The Balanced Body Studio, which opened in October, 2017. In the...
A storm is rolling in next Tuesday; are you ready?
How to keep your car ‘emergency prepared’ for winter blizzards
Fri, 01/04/2019 - 11:45am

So, far we’ve been lucky. No major storms have interrupted work and school in the fall and winter of 2018. But, coming this Tuesday, Jan. 8, we’re facing some potential significant snowfall, which is the perfect time this weekend to evaluate a “What would you do?” situation, particularly if you went off the road in your vehicle in an area with no cell phone coverage. Rockport Police Chief Randy Gagne, said, “My first bit of advice to drivers is to stay off the roads during hazardous weather...
Brandon Yeaton, Matt Ripley, winners of Annual Lobster Trap Tree Raffle
What’s it going to be, the traps or the cash?
Thu, 01/03/2019 - 2:00pm

ROCKLAND— With 50 brand new traps made from Brooks Trap Mill or $2,250 cash riding on the winning ticket, two random names were pulled out of a bag at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 3 for the Lobster Trap Tree Raffle drawing. A total of 250 tickets were sold this year with one ticket given away to promote the downtown effort, and so, according to the Raffle’s custom, there are always two winners. Gordon Page, Executive Director of Rockland Main Street, Inc., announced that Brandon Yeaton, of Cushing,...
Still no snow, but twice as ice
Where to go ice skating in the Midcoast
Mon, 12/31/2018 - 11:45am

Very few times of the year are conditions as ideal as they have been the month of December for ice skating outdoors in Maine—on ponds and lakes that have “buttoned up.” After a number of rainy days, lakes and ponds have frozen over with glassy surfaces and numerous people in the Midcoast are taking advantage of perfect skating conditions. To determine whether a pond or lake has fully “iced in” that is, frozen over so that’s it’s safe to walk/skate on, consult Lake Stewards of Maine...
Shop Local Spotlight: Pure Maine Birch Syrup
Mon, 12/31/2018 - 7:00am

For the month of December, we continue our “Shop Local” series to shine the spotlight on craftspeople who make things by hand. Temple Tappers Mike Romanyshyn and his wife, Susie Dennison, owners of Temple Tappers, small batch pure Maine birch syrup made from birch trees. The back story : In 2012, Romanyshyn and Dennison, and their sons, Auley,14, and Maurice,12, were walking around their land in Temple, Maine, wondering how they might be able to use their...
In memory of Kolby Adams
A silent night of softly lit lanterns
Mon, 12/24/2018 - 12:00pm

HOPE— Emulating an Asian cultural practice of lighting up paper lanterns around the winter solstice, Sweet Tree Arts led a free workshop on Saturday, Dec. 22, for a group lantern project and silent walk. In China, lanterns symbolize people letting go of worries from the past year and welcoming better times in the new year. In Japan, the release of sky lanterns symbolize joy, celebration, good fortune and longevity. And in Northern Thailand : “It is...
Paying off lunch balances, provide backpacks with school supplies, Christmas presents
'We work hard; but we raise the community up with us’
Mon, 12/24/2018 - 11:15am

SEARSPORT — A little over a year ago, Jen Wenz, owner of the Aquarian Gift Shop in Searsport, heard some disturbing news from friends who were faculty in several local school systems. “I was made aware of certain children who had fallen behind in their lunch accounts and were denied school lunches because they had no money,” she said. “I had a little money from my business to pay it forward, so instead of paying for the next 10 cars behind me at Dunkin Donuts, which has already been done, I...
Equinox Guiding Service takes people up on vertical adventures
The meditative, completely not frightening, world of ice climbing
Mon, 12/24/2018 - 9:30am

CAMDEN— Thanks to the Banff Film Fest, many equate ice climbing with hanging by ice picks on a trecherous overhang of frozen water. “People have described ice climbing as this really extreme sport, but really, it’s actually almost meditative,” said Noah Kleiner, owner of Equinox Guiding Service, based in Camden. “ You have to focus about where you’re using your ice picks and where you’re placing your footing each step of the way. But, it gets you moving. It’s a vertical adventure.” As a former...
Advances to the second competitive round for $100K
Belfast’s Kids Unplugged makes it past first round of Greenlight Maine
Wed, 12/19/2018 - 8:30am

BELFAST— Kids Unplugged, a local multi-use indoor play space for all ages, just made the cut in the first competitive pitching round of Greenlight Maine, a TV show that functions as a Maine business pitch and mentoring competition for $100,000. “The day of the deadline to enter the contest, I literally whipped up our submission video and then a month later, we taped the show in mid-July,” said founder, Lee Parent. On Sunday, December 2, the episode aired where Parent and her director of...
Hail To The Rad Kids
Searsport teen wrote 33,000-word novel in one month
Tue, 12/18/2018 - 12:15pm

SEARSPORT— NaNoWriMo, otherwise known as National Novel Writing Month, is a challenge many new and seasoned adult authors take on each year to write 50,000 words by November 30. Many try but don’t hit that word mark. Searsport eighth grader, Terrin Connor, decided she was also going to take on this challenge at the beginning of November. By the time, she was done, she had 33,000 words under her belt nearly 15 chapters and three quarters of the novel finished, winning the coveted Highest Word...
Shop Local Spotlight: Robot sculptures made from vintage finds
Mon, 12/17/2018 - 9:15am

For the month of December, we continue our “Shop Local” series to shine the spotlight on local craftspeople who make things by hand. So each week, until Dec. 25, we will bring you this series until you can’t take it anymore. Ready. Set. Go. Recycle Me Silly Design Robot sculptures made with found objects and vintage tins by Bill Tozier in Augusta. The back story Tozier, the vice president of a Credit Union, has a couple of side gigs that fulfill his creative...
Beyond The Sea takes over The Red Barn Baking Co. on 47 Bay View
Camden bakery transforms into pop-up bookshop until December 25
Sat, 12/15/2018 - 11:00am

CAMDEN— December is the season of giving and two businesses are making use of the collaborative model of a pop-up shop in a seasonally vacant space. Beyond The Sea bookshop, which had to close in October in Lincolnville Beach after 12 years, is open again temporarily until Christmas. The move was born from necessity. “I still had inventory left over from the shop and it was in boxes all over my living room,” said owner Nanette Gionfriddo. “So, I contacted Katie Capra and Dale Turk, co-owners of...
Shop Local Spotlight: Upcycled handmade hats from old sweaters
Thu, 12/13/2018 - 8:30am

For the month of December, we continue our “Shop Local” series to shine the spotlight on local craftspeople who make things by hand. So each week, until Dec. 25, we will bring you this series until you can’t take it anymore. Ready. Set. Go. Mary Alice Bird’s Hat Designs Upcycled handmade hats from old sweaters The Back Story : It all started 25 years ago, when Rockland resident Mary Alice Bird heard a story from her daughter, Sarah Bird, who...
The mythological creations of artist-author Chris Ann Derby
The Brownies who live in old Maine barns
Mon, 12/10/2018 - 1:00pm

WALDOBORO — Mention the word brownie and people think you’re either referring to a junior division of the Girl Scouts or that baked, delicious treat. But actually, brownies are mythological creatures of Scottish and English folklore, industrious little hobgoblins with pointed ears who like to hide out in houses or barns and who only come out at night to assist with unfinished chores. Waldoboro crafter Chris Ann Derby has made a full time career of introducing brownies to Maine, not only in her...
Head Start 4 Hunger’s innovative meal subscription kit inspires, educates families how to cook together
Waldo Community Action Partners’ innovative meal kit educates families how to cook together
Fri, 12/07/2018 - 12:30pm

BELFAST— For the past year, a bag of food and a specific recipe have come home each week with Crystal and Tai Ivers’s young sons, Noah, 3 and Gerald, 5, from the children’s Head Start program, thanks to a new pilot project from Waldo Community Action Program (WCAP) called “Head Start 4 Hunger.” The boys were excited to unpack the bag each time, for it meant they could do some of the chopping and prepping for the night’s dinner. The project came out of a desire to do something similar to a...
Penobscot Marine Museum’s walk-through Open House Dec. 7 & 8
Walk through an 1865 house for a Victorian Christmas
Fri, 12/07/2018 - 12:00pm

SEARSPORT— Inside the yellow 19th century sea captain’s house on 1 Church Street, rooms have been decorated for a Victorian-era Christmas, with entry ways bedecked with evergreens, small trees with nautical ornaments, and other details that reflect what the holidays would have been for a 19th century family. The Fowler-True-Ross house is part of Penobscot Marine Museum’s collection of historic buildings. Nine area businesses and community groups have taken over the decoration of each room and...
Opening reception to public Friday Dec. 7 at 5 p.m.
Sneak peek at Waterfall Arts’ ‘Handmade’ show in Belfast
Fri, 12/07/2018 - 12:00pm

BELFAST— Each year, Waterfall Arts invites Maine artists to submit handmade art and high-quality goods to be part of their juried “Handmade” show. The gallery is transformed into a modern marketplace complete with displays and racks full of everything from accessories to printed goods, clothing to hanging works of art and much, much more. Proceeds from sales at Handmade benefit programs at Waterfall Arts. “This is our seventh year,” said Meg Fournier, Director of Programming & Outreach. “...
Franny’s Bistro to open Dec. 5, bringing back beloved dishes, New American cuisine
Wed, 12/05/2018 - 12:00pm

CAMDEN — Paying homage to the little girl after whom the original café on 55 Chestnut Street was named, as well as to the local restaurant made popular by Chef Brian Hill, Jennifer and Jack Neal, the new owners of Franny’s Bistro, are excited to make their neighborhood bistro a local’s hang out once again. “We wanted to keep a version of the original name while making it our own,” said Jennifer. “We’re tipping our hat to what’s been here before and taking ‘Francine’ — the original little girl...
Pecha Kucha presenter
Behind The Slides: The story of Photographer Ni Rong
Tue, 12/04/2018 - 1:00pm

Behind the Slides, our ongoing feature, is where we meet with an artist who presented at a recent PechaKucha event and find out the deeper story beneath the images he or she chooses to portray. Ni Rong is a Rockport-based photographer. Born and raised in China, her series In America-Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter is a personal project that Rong began in 2012 to investigate her Asian-American identity through self-portraiture. The project stemmed from years of searching for an...
A local chapter to a national grassroots organization
Great Old Broads for Wilderness start chapter in Midcoast Maine
Tue, 12/04/2018 - 12:45pm

ROCKLAND — A small group of “Broads and Bros” over the age of 50 gathered at Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center November 14 for a specific purpose: To advocate for Maine’s wilderness and public lands, while having fun doing it. The group is a Midcoast Maine chapter of Great Old Broads for Wilderness, a national grassroots organization based out of Durango, Colorado, lead by women that engages and inspires activism to preserve and protect wilderness and wild lands...
Shop Local Spotlight: Gourmet Maine Lobster Crackers
Tue, 12/04/2018 - 12:30pm

For the month of December, we continue our “Shop Local” series to shine the spotlight on local craftspeople who make things by hand. It’s important to shop local and to support the innovators and entrepreneurs who keep the creative economy alive in the Midcoast. So each week, until Dec. 25, we will bring you this series until you can’t take it anymore. Ready. Set. Go. Gourmet Maine Lobster Crackers Real Maine lobster baked in a delicious cracker The Back Story...
North Beacon Oyster’s Maine Revolvah
What’s In that cocktail?
Mon, 11/26/2018 - 4:15pm

ROCKLAND — North Beacon Oyster’s pine state take on the classic San Francisco cocktail is the perfect sip for when the sun disappears too early and you want a companion who’ll listen to all of your dark secrets. "The Maine Revolvah is definitely a hearty drink,” said chef/owner Mike Mastronardi of North Beacon Oyster. “It’s a really simple cocktail and that’s the beauty of it, but it’s potent.” Sipped in a martini glass by a roaring fire, or as an elegant warm-up to a holiday cocktail party,...
dream car is a Camaro ZL1
Hail to the Rad Kids: Meet Ro, mechanic-in-training at Midcoast School of Technology
Mon, 11/26/2018 - 9:45am

OWLS HEAD —Rohobot Carlson, or “Ro” as he is known to his friends and teachers, is a second year student at the Midcoast School of Technology in Rockland and one of 12 students studying automotive technology. At age 16, he is studying how to identify, analyze and diagnose every single mechanical part of a car, which has about 30,000 parts, down to the smallest screws. He just received MCST’s award for “Student of the Month” in auto tech. The enormous warehouse that sits in...
40+ vendors packed the Rockland Elks Lodge on November 24
The people behind the Festival of Lights Craft Show
Sun, 11/25/2018 - 9:00am

ROCKLAND — Shopping at the Festival of Lights Craft Show, hosted by Pope Memorial Humane Society, was a win-win on Small Business Saturday, for both the artisans and crafters and the shelter animals who benefited. “We have more than 40 tables here, which were booked at maximum capacity by October of this year,” Kasey Bielecki, Event Coordinator at Pope Memorial Humane Society. This popular craft event, once a mainstay at the Samoset Resort, moved to the spacious and warm-toned Elks Club in...
And three easy tips for Maine small businesses today
Small companies make a big impression for Small Business Saturday
Sat, 11/24/2018 - 8:00am

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is largely regarded as the first day of the traditional Christmas shopping season, often benefiting big box stores and online giants such as Amazon, but where does that leave the little guys — the local shops, restaurants, inns, and artisans? November 24 is Small Business Saturday, where shoppers plan to support small and entrepreneurial businesses around the country, a movement spearheaded by American Express in 2010. Maine is home to a little more...
Plus: ‘Come Write In’ places to gather for NaNoWriMo
Maine writers: November is your month!
Tue, 11/20/2018 - 1:45pm

NaNoWriMo, what is that? November is National Novel Writing Month. On November 1, participants all over the world begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 p.m. on November 30. In Maine, there is a statewide community with a number of “Come Write In” meetups happening in libraries and coffee shops all month which can be found here (type in Maine). Locally, the St George River Café, in Warren, is one of the “Come Write-In” sponsored...
Center For Furniture Craftsmanship scholarship-winning student
Light passing through wood: the work of a North Haven furniture maker
Tue, 11/20/2018 - 11:45am

NORTH HAVEN— The emerging talent currently on display at Center For Furniture Craftmanship’s Messler Gallery, is, as usual, exceptional. The exhibition opened September 21 with 21 pieces on display. What makes this show different from most is that each piece was created by scholarship and fellowship awardees and selected by a jury. One cherry bench, in particular, made a play of light from the late afternoon sun coming through the windows. The piece, with maple inlay and scrollwork, belongs to...
Women on Main(e) Street, a panel hosted by Midcoast Women
Four takeaways from three successful Rockland entrepreneurs
Fri, 11/16/2018 - 12:30pm

ROCKLAND — For anyone who has ever imagined owning a business, Midcoast Women (formerly Midcoast Women’s Collective) hosted three female entrepreneurs with small businesses on Rockland’s Main Street on Thursday, November 15, at the Rockland Public Library. Here are four takeaways from that night, with insights on dealing with the obstacles and what energizes them to keep going. Inspiration “I grew up in the environment of small businesses,” said Lacy Simons, owner of hello...
With help from Portland’s The Telling Room, Elizabeth Flanagan debuts historical novel
Waldoboro teen author wrote, published her first novel in one school year
Wed, 11/14/2018 - 3:00pm

WALDOBORO— Elizabeth Flanagan, 18, a senior at Medomak Valley High School, got a crash course this past year in what it’s like to be a published author, thanks to Portland’s Telling Room, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering youth in writing and storytelling. “She applied for our Young Emerging Authors program last year and had to submit a book pitch, 10 sample pages and a recommendation,” said Kathryn Williams, the lead teacher of the YEA program. “Of the number of applicants, we chose four...
Waldo Arts and Cultural Plan is spearheaded by Belfast Creative Coaltion
Belfast Creative Coalition works to boost economy with community meet-ups
Tue, 11/13/2018 - 3:45pm

SEARSPORT— Apple crisp, cider and enthusiasm for the creative economy was on the docket Monday night, November 12, for the Belfast Creative Coalition, which organized a public information gathering event at the Mermaid Plaza in Searsport. “We’re hosting these community events as a way to get feedback from the people who live here on a cultural plan we’re developing for Waldo county,” said Larraine Brown, Director of Belfast Creative Coalition. “We’ve got an economic tool to develop the creative...
The Ascrizzi Gene: Family of artists harken back to Italian roots
Tue, 11/13/2018 - 3:45pm

BELFAST — Joseph Ascrizzi and his son, Max, will tell you that, along with Joseph’s brother, Tony, who passed away in 2014, the three family members never consciously set out to thematically echo one another’s artistic styles. It is evident however, from the layered artwork that currently hangs at Waterfall Arts’ Corridor Gallery, that the Ascrizzi Gene, as Joe calls it, is part of every piece. “Sure there’s a genetic thread, but we don’t try to collude,” said Joe. Apart from a similar show put...
Rodent watch
Keep mice, squirrels, rodents at bay from houses and cars
Mon, 11/12/2018 - 2:15pm

The days are shorter and the nights, colder. And rodents are locked in an age-old battle with humans: They want in. You want them out. This past summer, an unusual number of squirrels zipped frantically across the roads. The Portland Press Herald and The Bangor Daily News both published articles this past summer pointing to “population irruption” or a population spike, particularly with gray and red squirrels, due to an abundance of acorns and last winter’s protective snow...
Hail to The Rad Kids
Meet theater triple threat Isabelle Olson
Fri, 11/09/2018 - 3:00pm

CAMDEN—The day I met 17-year-old Isabelle Olson, she was soft spoken, apologizing for her voice, because she was fighting a cold. That’s generally not a problem when you’re a senior in high school and just have to get through the school day. But, Isabelle is one of the lead actors in the CHRHS play Anything Goes, staged at the Strom Auditorium—and a strained voice is not ideal when you’re singing soprano. However, she’s already a professional and knows the show must go on. A full day...
Multimedia artist Abigail Read collected, brought each piece from Matinicus Island
Lobster trap debris becomes a patchwork quilt art installation
Mon, 11/05/2018 - 8:45am

APPLETON— In most paintings of Maine islands, conspicuously absent is the debris and junk that regularly washes up onto its shorelines. A lot of it tends to be ghost gear— lobster traps that have been smashed apart by the weather and have drifted to shore in mangled pieces. Appleton artist Abbie Read, whose family owns property on Matinicus Island, noticed the junk along the shoreline and decided to haul piece by piece back to the mainland. No, not to the dump, to her studio. “I spend a lot of...
The skeletons and skulls behind Day of the Dead
Sat, 11/03/2018 - 8:00am

CAMDEN—Skulls and skeletons still linger days after Halloween has passed. On November 1 and 2, the world celebrated Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos , a Mexican holiday that honors loved ones who have passed on. If you ever wondered what this was all about, the festivities originated by the Aztecs around 3,000 years ago. The cultural practice merged with elements of Christianity to coincide with All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Death was recognized as a normal part of the human...
From biker gang hangout to a microbrewery, the building has a colorful history
Liberator Brewing Co, Rockland South End’s new nanobrewery opens its doors
Fri, 11/02/2018 - 12:30pm

ROCKLAND — In a long-awaited moment for brewer Rich Ruggerio, the doors of his WW II aviation-themed nanobrewery, Liberator Brewing Co., officially opened to the public Wednesday, Oct. 31. “Back in the ‘90s, I had a brewery called Rocky Bay and over the years, I put in breweries for other people, but I just felt it was time to do something on my own,” he said. “It just felt awesome to finally open the doors.” With a two-barrel system, Liberator opened with four beers on the opening day menu,...
Waldo County Technical Center’s Friday lunches will run until June
New student-run lunch cafe in Belfast pairs great food with culinary training
Thu, 11/01/2018 - 3:30pm

BELFAST— The kitchen at Waldo County Technical Center is fired up with activity on Friday mornings as Chef Matt Maniscalco works with high school students on preparing a simple menu. On October 26, it was potato and corn chowder, spaghetti with a homemade meat sauce, and an apple crisp with strawberry puree. By 8 a.m., Maniscalco and his students were busy prepping the pre-fixe menu, setting up demos of how each dish is prepared, in anticipation of the lunch crowd. “We’ve only been open since...
An open mic storyelling event in the style of The MOTH Radio Hour
St. George Cafe adds literary night, Tuesday, Oct. 30
Tue, 10/30/2018 - 1:30pm

WARREN—Ever since partners Ann Gonzalez and Fanny Faye Davis opened the St. George River Café in 2016, they’ve always wanted to add a literary component to their weekly music offerings and artist showcase. Starting Tuesday, October 30, they plan on hosting a monthly Tuesday Story Hour, a nod to the Moth Radio Hour on NPR, in which local storytellers can share a story, whether it’s funny, serious, sad, real, or invented. “Doing something on the literary side has been an interest of mine for a...
Girls Who Code turns hobbies into computer science at Camden Public Library
Mon, 10/29/2018 - 1:45pm

CAMDEN — Every Thursday, up to 10 girls from sixth to 11th grade meet at the Camden Public Library in a club called Girls Who Code. The club, a local offshoot of a national network of the same name, “allows girls to join a safe, supportive environment of peers and role models to see themselves as computer scientists.” Before the topic of coding gets underway, the girls first get a little distracted by candy, a favorite snack. “But it’s not just about eating candy,” said sixth grader...
Isuken is the nation’s first Somali Bantu farm-to-table cooperative food truck
Somali cuisine on the menu as Belfast Co-op welcomes Lewiston food truck
Tue, 10/23/2018 - 8:45am

BELFAST— The word “Isuken” means unity in the Somali language, and after a successful crowdsourcing campaign this summer, six Somali Bantu members of a farm-to-table cooperative in Lewiston were able to parlay the word into the official name for their new business — the nation’s first Somali Bantu farm-to-table cooperative food truck. With October being National Cooperative Month, the Belfast Co-op invited the Isuken Co-op food truck to Belfast on Saturday, October 20, to share the fresh, local...

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