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Bob McGowan on the Irish staple as it was meant to be
Sorry people, corned beef was never supposed to be pink on the outside
Tue, 03/12/2013 - 1:00pm

CAMDEN — Bob McGowan, a longtime butcher for French & Brawn Market Place in downtown Camden, drags out a couple of 8 pound cuts of corned beef from the cooler and lays them down on butcher paper. "Real corned beef should look gray on the outside, like ours, not red inside the wrapper," he said. "A lot of people shudder when they look at our corned beef at first, because they are used to seeing it in a grocery store and it's pink--but that's from nitrates. When you cut into ours, it's pink...
Where to eat, drink and enjoy Irish entertainment this weekend
Your St. Paddy's Day rundown
Tue, 03/12/2013 - 11:00am

St. Patrick's Day is on a Sunday this year? Well, that's just all kinds of wrong for employers expecting bright-eyed bushy-tailed workers Monday morning, now isn't it? Regardless, there will be other things to do for the weekend leading up St. Paddy's Day. Enjoy! Friday, March 15 Billy's Tavern , Thomaston Billy's Tavern traditionally hosts the largest, most authentic St. Paddy’s Day Celebration in the Midcoast. This year, the celebration will be all weekend...
Menu features dishes from Mexico, El Salvador, Cuba, Central and South America
Latin flavors sizzle with Camden’s latest restaurant, Comida
Sun, 03/10/2013 - 12:00am

CAMDEN - For many people, owning one’s own restaurant is the American Dream. Night after night of working in someone else’s kitchen, chefs can’t help dream of what it would be like to run their own kitchen, come up with their own menu, and introduce regional flavors to a new community. Tom Sigler’s time has finally come. He is the chef-owner, along with his wife, Lisa Laurita-Spanglet, of the new Latin-inspired restaurant Comida on 31 Elm Street in Camden next to Zoot Coffee. They’ve been open...
Post your photos to our Facebook page... Because you're still in Maine, nobody's going to be jealous
Cheap Dates: Throw a tropical party during the cruelest month of the year
Thu, 03/07/2013 - 11:15am

Yes, it's 40 degrees out and it is still snowing. We're almost upon mud season, yet it it is likely to snow some more. Welcome to March, the month when everyone in Maine is ready to go a little bonky. It doesn't help that your friends on vacation in Thailand or Hawaii or wherever are still finding time out of their sun-drenched days on the beach to post photos of themselves on a sun-drenched beach. <sarcasm>I'm so happy for you guys! </endsarcasm> Invite everyone by Facebook and...
Hail To The Rad Kids
Jolly Brown's interior world is so much better than TV
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 10:30pm

A long time ago, like a lot of adults, I used to buy into the teen complaint that “there’s nothing to do around here.” But then I realized, it’s not the exterior world we live in that defines what we’re capable of; it’s our own interior world. There are teens who just make stuff happen. All Jalina “Jolly” Brown had to do is hear a haunting, driving song called “Sail” by AWOLNATION one day and something in her brain caught on fire. See accompanying video. The next time a kid shows you a scrap of...
Local cake decorator comments on the worst cakes ever made
Friday, March 1, 2013 - 2:00pm
CAMDEN — Anybody who has ever seen Cake Wrecks, a blog started in 2008 with photos of "professional cakes that have gone horribly, hilariously wrong," knows that bad cake making is an elevated art form. (Well, not necessarily to the maker of the cake). But that's the point. We asked Hillary Bousum, a.k.a. "Camden Cake Lady," a cake designer from the Midcoast, to comment on some of the worst professional cakes she's ever seen on Cake...
Tricky Britches: 8 p.m. tonight
Thomaston tavern brings ‘young, alternative and edgy’ music scene to Midcoast
Fri, 03/01/2013 - 11:30am

THOMASTON — Over the last three years, something has been subtly shifting in the Midcoast. It hasn’t been overtly noticeable to everyone, but if you grew up here in the 1980s, raged in the decade-long party that was the 1990s, suffered through the stagnant, suffocating lack of a cultural scene in the 2000s, something is different now. Midcoast is becoming way hipper. But it’s still an underground secret in a lot of ways. National magazines have already picked up on the art and foodie trend in...
Pilot Distractions
Caption Contest
Wed, 02/27/2013 - 8:30am
One-on-one free business counseling in Camden and Belfast outreach locations
New business center opens in Camden for female entrepreneurs
Mon, 02/25/2013 - 8:30am

CAMDEN — Whether they're starting small lifestyle businesses or bigger operations with a few employees, women in Maine are proving themselves to be strong entrepreneurs. Former Maine Women's Fund Executive Director Elizabeth Stefanski said in the last 10 years she had seen "massive growth in women-owned businesses," with women starting them "twice as often as men." But starting a business, as anyone knows, is not easy. Running counter to the "Superwoman" credo that women can...
When bad clothes happen to good people
Saturday, February 23, 2013 - 8:45am
ROCKPORT-Maine's own Motor Booty Affair, the self-described "Ultimate Disco Party Band"came up to the Midcoast Friday night, Feb. 22. "The freaks from planet Funktar laid down a nasty groove of funk disco and soul" at the Rockport Opera House for Grand Banks Entertainment's Great Cabin Fever Escape Dance Party, Pt. II (Release the Funk) The show started at 7:00 p.m. and indeed, anyone with a...
Free live streaming event of the 2013 Oscars along with champagne specials and prizes
The Strand's Oscar Picks and Red Carpet Gala
Fri, 02/22/2013 - 10:00am

Who do you think will win? For 85 years, Academy Award season has centered around this question and this Sunday, Feb. 24, the Strand Theatre in Rockland will be rolling out their red carpet, offering prizes and offering live coverage of the Oscars 2013 on their high definition big screens. First, to answer the above question, we asked Kate Fletcher, the Strand's Marketing and Community Relations Manager to give us their informal list of predicted Oscar winners: Best Picture: ARGO -...
We've got dance parties, whiskey tastins' and the big Oscar Night blowout
Your fabulous weekend rundown, Feb 21-24
Thu, 02/21/2013 - 3:00pm

Every once in awhile we get one of those bad mama jama type of weekends where there are so many fun things happening, you can't actually attend them all. Here is your "fabahlus" (the correct way to pronounce it) weekend rundown of things to do in the Midcoast. Friday Night Feb. 22 Great Cabin Fever Escape Dance Party Rockport Opera House, Rockport The NEMO storm of the century may have canceled the Feb. 9 Great Cabin Fever Escape Dance Party, Pt. II (Release...
This month's killer monthly review of books, movies, and music
Thu, 02/21/2013 - 8:45am

Our reviewers have some of the best suggestions on what to read, what to see and and what to hear each month. Let Lacy Simons, of hello hello books, Jim Dandy and Tiffany Howard, of Opera House Video, and Nathaniel Bernier, of Wild Rufus Consignments, fill you in on this month's killer book, movie and music reviews. Books Black Swan Green This month, I'm revisiting one of my favorite novels, David Mitchell's Black Swan Green . Simple summary from...
Pilot Distractions
You had one job! One!
Wed, 02/20/2013 - 8:30am

This nugget of Pilot distractions is brought to you by the website, Know Your Meme , which is dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena, viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more. “You Had One Job” is an expression used to call attention to perceived blunders made by individuals on the job. Take a look at the gallery photos to understand why someone would shout in frustration, "You had one job. One!" Feel free to email us any photos that can be added to this gallery at...
The Doc turns 50! Rockland Public Library is hosting a free screening of "Blink" episode
Cheap Dates: Nerd out with Doctor Who on Feb. 21
Tue, 02/19/2013 - 1:30pm

ROCKLAND-In the Dictionary of Pop Culture Literacy (not a real book, i just made it up), there should be a section alone on what a TARDIS is. I don't care how cool you are, if you don't have a working knowledge of Star Wars, Monty Python or Doctor Who and his fun time magical TARDIS by the time you're 18 years old, your parents have failed you. Doctor Who was one of those TV programs that came on right after Batman in the 1970s. As a little kid, I got...
Pints for P.A.W.S. kicks off annual benefit at Rollie's this Wednesday evening
Helping local dogs and cats, one beer at a time
Mon, 02/18/2013 - 12:45pm

BELFAST — We're combining this month's "Look at that face!" column on adoptable dogs and cats with a super good cause. All it requires is that you pop into Rollie's Bar and Grill in Belfast this Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 5 p.m. and quaff a brew, or in the parlance, down a pint for P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center in Camden. This will be the seventh "Pints" benefit Heidi Vanorse, co-owner of Loyal Biscuit Co ., has organized for animal shelters in the Midcoast. "The community has been awesome in...
Chuck Hendrick goes to Camden's Hannaford once (okay maybe three times) a day
Hannaford Supermarket's renovations through the eyes of one of their best customers
Fri, 02/15/2013 - 7:00pm

CAMDEN — "Chuck, how many times would you say you come to the Camden Hannaford Supermarket a day," I asked. "Oh geez, I try not to be here any more than once a day," he said. "He's here twice a day if not more," said Hannaford Customer Service Manager Allie Bowen. "Well it's like yesterday, I just got back from Hannaford and Kathy says, 'Did you get the half and half cream?' cause she can't stand having her coffee with just milk, so I had to come back. I'm embarassed when I have to come back...
Maria Randolph of HoopME! featured as one of the upcoming Pecha Kucha presenters Feb. 15
She hoops, she twirls, she educates... in a roundabout way
Thu, 02/14/2013 - 11:00am

Let's clear up something right away. A Hula Hoop instructor does not "stand there gyrating a hoop around her waist for an hour." That's usually the first misconception people have about Hula Hoop dancing, most likely generated from their impressions of the 1950s fad. Maria Randolph is one of the presenters in the upcoming Pecha Kucha Night Friday, Feb. 15, at Watt's Hall in Thomaston. Organized by Midcoast Magnet, Farnsworth Art Museum, Maine Boats, Homes and Harbors, Waterfall Arts, and...
Nationally known storyteller Judith Black kicks off workshop and slam Feb. 16
Storytelling SLAM turns live, unscripted stories into art form
Wed, 02/13/2013 - 3:30pm

HOPE — Live storytelling has become a thing in the last decade where people stand up in front of an audience and without notes, tell a story that captivates the audience. Sometimes they're screechingly funny; sometimes they just gut you. NPR hosts its own version called Snap Judgment and The Moth.org is particularly noted for its "terrifying and exhilirating" live events. This Saturday evening, Feb. 16, the Midcoast will get a chance to witness a...
FOG Bar sizzles up a Valentine's Day-inspired 'Love Zombie' cocktail
What's in that cocktail?
Tue, 02/12/2013 - 1:15pm

Mike Bumiller, a bartender at FOG Bar and Cafe in Rockland, has created a special cocktail for Valentine's Day this year called The Love Zombie and half the fun is getting through all of the garnishes. The very first delightful discovery with this drink will be a special sugar garnish that looks like a heart-shaped icicle and can be pulled apart like a wishbone. Just what the winner of the larger piece gets, we'll leave up to you. (Insert obligatory joke here.) Pastry chef Kiwi Barros concocted...
The best places in the Midcoast to find, unique, funny and sweet V-Day cards
Ack! I need a Valentine's Day card, STAT!
Tue, 02/12/2013 - 9:30am

It's two days before Valentine's Day and you need a card that isn't sappy, syrupy or sickening. (Or maybe you love sappy, God help you.) We did a little card-hunting in the Midcoast to find the best, most unique and clever Valentine's Day cards. Starting in Belfast with Yo Mama's Home, we found a rack of really funky, handcrafted cards. Lisa Agostini, buyer for Yo Mama's Home said: "I pick these cards for their uniqueness, elegance, humor. I just try to find the most unusual cards that intrigue...
The difference between a boy's ice shack and a girl's ice shack
Monday, February 11, 2013 - 11:00am
One thing people can count on when attending the annual US National Toboggan Championships is that there will be little dwellings on the ice, be it a fish shack, a sturdy tent, or, in recent years, tipis and geodesic domes. Each one of these jerry-rigged little houses makes up "Tobogganville" the once-a-year neighborhood on a frozen Hosmer Pond where friendly folks have a house party and everyone is invited, from here, from away--"it don't mattah!" Pretty much every one of these...
One-day event brings out the party but on smaller scale
Best of the 2013 US National Toboggan Races costumes
Mon, 02/11/2013 - 9:45am

CAMDEN — Every year the U.S. National Toboggan Championships has tried to outdo itself in terms of ice parties, costumes and hilariously-named toboggan teams. The blizzard of February 2013 altered the event a bit, condensing the weekend's packed roster activities into one day, but not the enthusiasm. On a sunny 30-degree Sunday, the usual suspects were out on the ice in their die-hard ice shacks, but because Saturday's events had been cancelled and Hosmer Pond was buried in snow, the high-...
Lowdowns and updates on nightlife happenings as the storm arrives
Snowmageddon isn't going to stop this weekend's monster entertainment
Thu, 02/07/2013 - 6:00pm

Update 8:00 am Friday morning...err, perhaps we were a too tad optimistic with this headline....cancellations and updates will be happening all day! With a huge 12-to 15-inch snowstorm coming our way Friday afternoon, a couple of events in this monster line up this weekend are cancelling while others are sticking it out! Here is your nightlife rundown this weekend and updates: Friday afternoon and evening Down The Chute Beer and Wine Tasting Challenge The Camden Snow...
John Orlando brings Motor Booty Affair to Camden Opera House Feb. 8
The White Hot Spotlight on Grand Banks Entertainment
Tue, 02/05/2013 - 12:00pm

John Orlando is the one-man force behind Grand Banks Entertainment, a new independent events and entertainment company based in Camden. He is responsible for bringing Motor Booty Affair to the Camden Opera House this Saturday night with special guest DJ Terry Frank of Global Grooves. Grand Banks Entertainment was founded in 2012. One side is concert promotion and the other is full-service special event planning. "The reason I started this business in Camden, Maine is that I love living in the...
Pilot Distractions
Super Bowl Commercials: The good, the bad and the icky
Tue, 02/05/2013 - 11:45am

The Super Bowl always brings out everyone's A Game in the commercial industry, but this past weekend's round up of commercials were all over the map. In 2013, the average 30-second spot costs up to $4 million and people expect to be entertained, to be wowed and to be moved. So what was UP with the Go Daddy commercial Perfect Match featuring supermodel Bar Refaeli slurping faces with some nerdy kid? I mean, way to put the 'Bar' in 'Barf!" That is something my eyes cannot unsee, my ears...
Hail To The Rad Kids
Meet Chloe and Clio, a hand-clapping, cup-slamming singing duo
Mon, 02/04/2013 - 2:00pm

CAMDEN — Three years apart, alternative ed students Chloe Isis, 14, and Clio Berta, 17, have music in common. When they sing together, they can take your heart rate down to a nice, soothing level with just their high, sweet harmonies. Clio is best friends with Chloe's older sister, but it's through their mutual music teacher, Malcolm Brooks, that they discovered they had a knack for harmonizing together. For two months they've been playing together, kicking off their first open mike in...
Local waitress, Applebee's employee weigh in on national viral debate
Pastor who undertipped citing religious reasons vilified on the 'Net
Fri, 02/01/2013 - 11:45am

On Jan. 25, news spread across the Internet that the Rev. Alois Bell, pastor of the St. Louis-based Truth in the World Deliverance Ministries, and her congregation had dinner at a local Applebee's. When the bill came for the party of 20, the auto-gratuity (common for parties of this size) was fixed at 18 percent. "I give God 10 percent why do you get 18?" Bell wrote on her credit card receipt, after crossing out the additional tip amount and writing 0%. (Note: the 18 percent tip was still...
Nine short films, live Skype interviews and an after-event at FOG Bar
Rockland Shorts: International short film series this Friday, Feb. 1
Thu, 01/31/2013 - 12:00pm

Short films are like visual hors d'eouvres; they're meant to be sampled in bite-sized, stimulating storylines. It's the second year that The Farnsworth Art Museum has teamed up with the Strand Theatre to offer this international film series, called Rockland Shorts: International Short Film Series. The nine films were culled from more than 300 submissions. The title of this month's screening is "Trials and Tribulations," something David Troup, Communications Officer at the Farnsworth Museum...
Nature and sweeping views...
Cheap Dates: Snowshoeing at Point Lookout
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 9:00am

NORTHPORT — For someone who doesn't "do" winter, I will admit staying inside for five-to-six months gets old. Except when it's like last week's temperatures of 20 below windchill; then you can take your ardent outdoor enthusiasm and shut-skies. Point Lookout in Northport is changing all that with this latest Cheap Date. Just this winter, the facility off Route 1 has begun to offer snowshoe rentals for only 10 bucks per person.They have more than three miles of snow-covered terrain and trails...
Sogno Salon gives women a free mid-winter makeover to beat the blahs
It ain't easy being Vugly
Tue, 01/29/2013 - 12:00pm

About this time of year, you look at your wind-chapped nose in the mirror while pulling off a wool hat that leaves your hair looking like a cat that just got an enforced bath and you think, "Good God I need a change." Sogno Salon, based in Rockland, feels your pain and this is the first year they've offered a free "Vugly" (a hybrid of "Very Ugly") makeover to seven local women who "have worn the same style and look for way too long." Participants had to willingly email a...
High school students deliver parody, high-concept filmmaking into daily video announcements
'Attention students: this will not be boring'
Tue, 01/29/2013 - 9:00am

ROCKPORT — High school morning announcements have come a long way since the days when principals would click on the intercom switch with the inevitable torque of feedback (FWWWWWWAANNG!) and some inadvertent heavy breathing before intoning, “Good morning, students....” Welcome to the Class of 2013, where students are the ones doing the morning announcements over a live TV broadcast — turning the eye-rolling, get-this-over-with formula into high-quality (and hilarious) video entertainment, all...
This month's killer monthly review of books, movies, and music
Unreliable maps, haunting and sensuous civilizations, and the ultimate jazz record
Fri, 01/25/2013 - 9:45am

We've made a point of cultivating some of the best Midcoast reviewers when it comes to suggestions on what to read, what to see and and what to hear each month. At turns insightful and often hilarious, let Lacy Simons of hello hello books, Jim Dandy and Tiffany Howard of Opera House Video and Nathaniel Bernier of Wild Rufus Consignments fill you in on this month's killer book, movie and music reviews. Books On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World...
Erin Donovan takes her hilarious blog to the stage this weekend
Five things to know about 'I'm Gonna Kill Him'
Wed, 01/23/2013 - 11:00am

You may have heard of Midcoast award-winning blogger and comedian Erin Donovan through her I'm Gonna Kill Him blog , video series and comedy show. This Saturday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m., she's transforming her blog stories to a live performance at the Camden Opera House. The "I'm Gonna Kill Him" comedy show is an hour-and-a-half, multimedia production featuring the funniest of Donovan's work. Culling material from her days in New York City, her Match.com marriage, and her...
Pilot Distractions
For those complaining about the cold this week...
Wed, 01/23/2013 - 10:45am

Thanks to Maine Memes , this is the way Mainers are reacting to everyone complaining about wanting to go to Florida right now. Kay Stephens can be reached at news@penbaypilot.com
Belfast first-time home brewer beats more than 100 beer enthusiasts in statewide contest
Looks like we have a 'Winnah!'
Tue, 01/22/2013 - 2:30pm

It's got to feel like a bit of a burn when some guy who has only been home-brewing for one year beats out more than 100 contestants in Maine Homebrewers Competition , a statewide contest run out of Bangor. However, nice guys do finish first, and Zafra Whitcomb, an employee at The Belfast Co-op humbly acknowledged his good fortune. “I’m still kind of in shock that I took first," he said. "And this was the first lager style that I’d ever done.” In 2012, for...
Chillin' at Samoset's FROST Bar and Lounge
Saturday, January 19, 2013 - 10:15am
As mentioned in our last story on FROST Ice Bar and Lounge at the Samoset Resort in Rockport, this was to be "the hottest coolest bar and lounge" to hit the Midcoast. These photos were shot at sunset a half hour before the debut of FROST and it was a good thing the temperature was in the teens. Earlier in the week, the temps had shot up to 50 degrees, prompting the staff to have to "sit on ice" so to...
For the fifth year, 'Snowed In' slams with worldwide DJs
Three Tides, Marshall Wharf Brewing throwing free dance party
Thu, 01/17/2013 - 10:00am

"Snowed In 5" refers to the fifth year that Three Tides and Marshall Wharf Brewing Company will be hosting its blow-out dance party in Belfast this Saturday night, Jan. 19, featuring DJ Ian Hammond and DJ Matty T . This is also the first year that Three Tides restaurant has been able to stay open year-round. General Manager David Carlson said: "We now have a full time staff so we're able to keep the ball rolling and steamroll right through the winter. We stated this five years ago and the...
Pilot Distractions
Man to ferocious porcupine: 'Make like a tree and leave'
Thu, 01/17/2013 - 9:30am

Rockport resident Douglas Day took this photo Wednesday afternoon at the Snow Bowl (note the porcupine sitting in the tree above), adding: "Steve Pixley, intrepid Snow Bowl Patrol member, trees the ferocious porcupine, which may have endangered skiers at the top of Ragged Mountain! The beast then proceeded to eat shoots and not leave, fearing for his life with Steve still lingering nearby." Kay Stephens can be reached at news@penbaypilot.com
There's no other half to reunite!
The mystery of the free little Half House in Rockport is solved
Wed, 01/16/2013 - 7:00pm

If you're just tuning in, the free little Half House that sits at 27 Pascal Ave. in Rockport we reported on last week ( see original story here ) generated quite a response and several people emailed to let us know its mysterious origins, why it was cut in half and where that other half of the house exists. Chris Harrison of West Palm Beach, Fla., first saw the story and contacted us. He is the son-in-law of Donald Rhodes, one of the original occupants of the house. "My understanding is that...
'Two great tastes that taste great together'
The unlikely (and smart) pairing of local businesses and artists
Mon, 01/14/2013 - 3:15pm

ROCKLAND — Guerrilla Marketing seems like one of those hipster terms, but it's been around since 1984, coined by author Jay Conrad Levison. It is all about promoting a product or service through unconventional, low-cost means. Several Rockland businesses have been successfully using one of its principles, called fusion marketing (whether they realize it or not) by sharing their space with artists/craftspeople. Sweets and Meats Market , a bakery and deli in Rockland, for example, set up shelf...
Jazz jams and poetry slams make for great Tuesday night dates
Cheap Dates: Bell the Cat lets you be 'you' on Open Mic nights
Mon, 01/14/2013 - 2:30pm

BELFAST — Bell the Cat, a cafe and restaurant just off Route 1 in Belfast, has been around for nearly 19 years, but like the cat who desperately needs that bell, it has been an under-the-radar joint for too long. Now located in the plaza on Starrett Drive (where the old Movie Gallery used to be -- across from Walgreens), this little cafe is putting out a big, creative vibe. Their Tuesday Open Mic nights has "Cheap Date" written all over it. It's got the perfect formula. On one side of the place...
Hot Pink Flannel says 'Screw Your Resolutions And Party!'
Monday, January 14, 2013 - 11:00am
While everyone is trying to clean up their acts after the holidays ("I vow to go to the gym, stop going out and spending so much money, really get working on that novel-screenplay-song-sweater-for my-cat-whatever,") it's good to know there is always the zany Rockland party planners, Hot Pink Flannel to say "Screw it." This past Saturday night, Jan. 12, at Rock City Cafe in Rockland, was HPF's 2013 kickoff "Screw Your Resolutions and Party!" party. It was not about the costumes that...
Meet Joel, a lab-mix puppy
Look at that face!
Thu, 01/10/2013 - 1:00pm

"Rover Reporter" Diane Sturgeon is a dedicated volunteer to P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center in Rockport, taking dogs for walks every weekend. She would like you to meet Joel. Meet Joel, a rambunctious, but cuddly eight- or nine-month-old lab mix puppy who needs an owner willing to exercise him and work with him on "good dog manners." He sometimes thinks the leash is a tug of war toy, so he needs to be reminded that that behavior is not allowed. He loves every person he meets and has a great...
The free little house in Rockport that was cut in half
Thu, 01/10/2013 - 9:15am

This all started with a local Facebook yard sale post by local resident, Douglas Day. FREE HOUSE. (no kidding) it'll cost me about $3,000 to remove this historic event. The structure is almost worthless, the copper has been stripped out. It is only a snowfall away from demolition, but if you are capable and romantic, it's yours. It's really not worth it, but hey. If you got a barge, paint it turquoise and sell coffee in the harbor! Knock yourself out! You have ten days 'til...
Pilot Distractions
2013 List of Banned Phrases, Just Sayin'
Tue, 01/08/2013 - 10:00am

Lake Superior State University is Michigan's smallest public university with an enrollment of 3,000 students. And apparently, each year, they compile a list of trendy, overused words in the media and on social media that bug the heck out of them. Here is their 2013 List of Banished Words and some of the comments their readers have made in reference to the banned words. Fiscal Cliff "If only those who utter these words would take a giant leap off of it." Joann Eschenburg,...
Meet 18-year-old Lauren Merritt, a political, philisophical artist
Hail To The Rad Kids
Tue, 01/08/2013 - 9:30am

I initially discovered Lauren Merritt’s exceptional drawings at Center for Contemporary Maine Art last May, when I stumbled upon a black sketchbook perched atop a podium. That alone struck me as weirdly incongruous — a sketchbook is as personal and private to an artist as a diary is to a writer. And here it was out on public display. Flipping through the pages, I couldn’t believe I was looking at a 17-year-old’s work. The incredible lifelike detail done in graphite pencil was impressive enough...
Welcome to the 'hottest coolest bar and lounge' ever to hit the Midcoast
Chill out with FROST Ice Bar & Lounge on Jan. 18
Fri, 01/04/2013 - 5:15pm

A frozen hotspot is about to emerge in two weeks, an outdoor night club created literally out of 12,000 pounds of ice. When it opens, the Samoset Resort’s FROST Ice Bar & Lounge will be “the hottest coolest” thing to hit the Midcoast in years. In the weeks leading up to its unveiling on Friday, Jan. 18, Chef Tim Pierce, of Samoset’s La Bella Vita restaurant and Enoteca Lounge, will work with a crew to construct a large ice bar, a luge, tables, chairs — and even glasses out on the frozen...
If there were an idealized 'New Englandville,' CPL would be smack in the middle
Camden Public Library is Yankee Magazine's 'fantasy library'
Fri, 01/04/2013 - 5:15pm

In Yankee magazine's January/February 2013 issue, its editors created a fictional town called "New Englandville" encompassing "everything we love about New England in one perfect place." Compiling the best of the best of New England in a fictionalized town "blessed with beauty and belonging," Yankee included Camden Public Library as its fantasy library. In the article, the editors praise its "comfy armchairs, soaring ceilings, and awe-inspiring windows facing the harbor's...
Maine suffers identity crisis on Google
Thu, 01/03/2013 - 4:30pm

Why is Maine so.... (what's the word you're looking for?) A screen capture of a Google search drop down menu is intriguing. As you start to type your search terms, Google Instant automatically shows results for a popular search that begins with those letters. So, when someone types in "Why is Maine so. . ." a menu of of most commonly asked queries pops up (presumably to save time). The first four queries we got kind of sum up what the rest of America thinks of us, non? Why is Maine so ...

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Upcoming Events

Kent Axell to perform mind-reading and magic, Jan. 5

Event: Fri, Jan 5 - 7:00 pm
Lobstering Women of Maine’s artist to share from her book, Dec. 10

Event: Sun, Dec 10 - 2:00 pm
Carols in the Round performance by Mount View singers in Lincolnville, Dec. 17

Event: Sun, Dec 17 - 4:00 pm
Free Polar Express and hot chocolate at The Waldo, Dec 17

Event: Sun, Dec 17 - 3:00 pm
Movie night at Rockland Public Library: Buster Keaton’s “Our Hospitality”

Event: Thu, Dec 21 - 6:00 pm
“The Magic of Maine” paintings by Lisa Kyle exhibits in December, reception Dec. 9

Event: Sat, Dec 9 - 1:00 pm
Rockville Community Chapel Christmas Service

Event: Sun, Dec 10 - 2:00 pm
Hope for the Holidays 2023 Sale Benefits Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Event: Fri, Dec 15 - 8:00 am
Belfast organizes Main Street parade around Wreaths Across America convoy, Dec. 10

Event: Sun, Dec 10 - 11:45 am
Rumpus for the Soul(stice) community swing dance in Belfast, Dec. 16

Event: Sat, Dec 16 - 6:30 pm
Free CPR training for community offered during Wellness Wednesday

Event: Wed, Dec 13 - 1:00 pm
Strand to screen ‘In the Whale’ followed by director Q&A at first showing

Event: Fri, Dec 15 - 5:30 pm
Fused Glass Ornament Workshop with Kathy Faass 12/9

Event: Sat, Dec 9 - 9:00 am
Lyman-Morse hosts free Holiday Photos on the Wharf Dec. 9

Event: Sat, Dec 9 - 1:00 pm
St. Euphemia Orthodox Christian to hold first annual Christmas Fair, Dec. 16

Event: Sat, Dec 16 - 10:00 am
Holiday Remembrance Ceremony through Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County, Dec. 10,

Event: Sun, Dec 10 - 2:00 pm
Christmas day community dinner to be held in Rockland

Event: Mon, Dec 25 - 12:30 pm
Community Players to read A Child’s Christmas In Wales, Dec. 17

Event: Sun, Dec 17 - 3:00 pm
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Event: Sat, Dec 16 - 4:00 pm
17th annual Gingerbread Spectacular plans heating up!

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