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Real-life folk hero the North Pond Hermit inspires folk songs
on April 17, 2013, at 11:34 a.m.
Christopher Knight – the North Pond Hermit, as he was almost immediately nicknamed, upon his arrest – has a story too strange to be believed. 27 years in the Maine woods, with no heat, no running water, no health care, no contact with any other humans, and innumerable possibilities for ...
Get thee to a nunnery for Winterport Open Stage’s production of ‘Nunsense’
Dominick Varney is a machine. The rubber-limbed, multi-talented actor, singer and director is always working on something, whether it’s roles like Sparky in “Forever Plaid,” Rooster in “Annie” or Robert in “Boeing Boeing,” helping students as an academic adviser at the University of Maine, or leading Winterport Open Stage. The ...
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Big steps forward for Maine’s country-rockers the Mallett Brothers Band
on April 16, 2013, at 12:18 p.m.
For the past year and a half, the Mallett Brothers Band have spent most of their time on the road. In the middle of the week singer-guitarist Luke Mallett might be back in the Portland area to pick up a few carpentry jobs, and drummer Brian Higgins might work a ...
Bangor Symphony Orchestra announces lineup for 2013-2014 season
The Bangor Symphony Orchestra announced on Monday morning the first details of its 2013-14 season. The orchestra’s Executive Director Brian Hinrichs and Music Director Lucas Richman unveiled the five concerts, which range from a one-composer showcase to an array of new works. “The BSO and I are excited to launch ...
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Bull Moose, others, plan statewide celebrations for sixth annual Record Store Day
on April 15, 2013, at 10:07 a.m.
Record Store Day was started in Maine by Chris Brown of Bull Moose Music, the Maine-based chain of media and bookstores, six years ago this year. It now encompasses thousands of stores in countries all over the world, from the tiniest of indies to the largest of chains, and this ...
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Real Maine Wedding of the Year couple drops out, gives prize to Kennebunk couple
on April 12, 2013, at 1:32 p.m.
Caroline Currie and Jenna Eagleton, the couple that won the 2013 Real Maine Wedding of the Year competition, announced Friday that they were dropping out of the competition and were giving their prize to another couple, Tiffany Vasquez and Patrick Jones of Kennebunk. The contest is sponsored by Real Maine Weddings ...
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Growlers in stores, praise for Pocket Brunch and Bangor area dining updates
on April 12, 2013, at 11:46 a.m.
A bill being proposed in the Maine State Legislature is set to go before the Regulatory Fairness Board next week that, if it passes, will allow off premise retailers to sell refillable containers of beer from kegs. Eric Mihan of Bangor Wine & Cheese Company on Hammond Street in downtown ...
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5 Things To Do This Weekend, April 12-14: Everybody walk the dinosaur
on April 11, 2013, at 1:17 p.m.
1. The annual Music Saved Me benefit for pediatric oncology at EMMC is set for Tantrum in Bangor this Friday night, with two big headliners: Paranoid Social Club and Maine’s own wildly popular rapper Spose (pictured at left); tickets are $15 at the door. Also on Friday is a Maine ...
A fresh, delicious reboot for Stonington chef
Kyra Alex closed her restaurant, Lily’s Cafe, in late 2011, and reopened as Lily’s House, a cooking and design school for the people of Deer Isle-Stonington and beyond.
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A fresh, delicious reboot for Stonington chef and designer
For 15 years, Kyra Alex served up farm-fresh lunches and dinners to thousands of locals, summer people and tourists alike from her restaurant, Lily’s Cafe, housed inside an 18th century house at the corner of Route 15 and the Airport Road in Stonington. By the end of the summer of ...
Bangor Symphony closes out season with annual spring choral concert
One of the lesser known signs of spring in eastern Maine is the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s annual choral concert, which always occurs in mid-to-late April and tends to herald the advent of warmer temperatures. With a nearly 100-person choir comprised of the members of the University Singers and the Oratorio ...
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Statewide show roundup, April-June: Quadruple whammy!
on April 09, 2013, at 10:28 a.m.
Even with such amazing inventions as the Google and the Internets and the horseless carriage and the printing press, people still don’t always know what’s happening in their own state. But that’s why you read my columns, right? That’s why I spend whole days scouring for the latest thing, folks ...
‘A Prairie Home Companion’ to bring non-broadcast show to Bangor Waterfront
Beloved public radio program “ A Prairie Home Companion” last visited Bangor in 2008, and five years later it will roll into town once again. Garrison Keillor and company will offer a special non-broadcast performance at Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion on Saturday, July 27. Tickets for the performance are $27.75 to ...
Hampden teen fighting Hodgkin’s lymphoma gets dream vacation thanks to Make-A-Wish
When 18-year-old Kelsey Price got out of school at Hampden Academy on Friday, she expected to go home, like she normally does. Instead, she and three of her friends were ushered inside a waiting limo, taken on a whirlwind scavenger hunt around Bangor, and then treated to a party celebrating ...
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Bread (and pizza) made with love and hard work at Tinder Hearth in Brooksville
The first thing you smell when you drive past the farms and woods, down the winding, hilly road to Tinder Hearth Bakery in Brooksville, is smoke. Wood smoke, to be exact, mixed with the slightest hint of salt air from the ocean less than a mile away. The smell is ...
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5 Things To Do This Weekend, April 5-7: How does your garden grow?
on April 04, 2013, at 2:44 p.m.
1. What fun! Kick your Bangor weekend off with the tenth annual AS4MS acoustic showcase, WHSN’s fundraiser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, set for 8 p.m. Friday at Husson University’s Gracie Theatre, and featuring the music of the Other Bones (pictured), the Box Tiger, Beach the Whale and Dustin ...
Bread (and pizza) made with love and hard work, at Tinder Hearth in Brooksville
Brian Semler and Lydia Moffet make European-style brick oven bread out of their bakery, Tinder Hearth, in Brooksville.
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Portland gets ‘miniaturized’ in German videographer’s short film
on April 03, 2013, at 11:06 a.m.
German videographer Joerg Daiber has traveled the world, and in each location he’s visited he’s created a short film using a technique called tilt-shift, in which the camera lens is tilted in order to make a very small plane of focus, which creates the illusion of miniature size. Daiber’s been ...
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Ambition, big sound and off-kilter lyrics define Portland’s Forget, Forget
on April 01, 2013, at 2:35 p.m.
During the day, Tyler Devos works at a group home, more specifically with residents who exhibit moderate to severe psychosis. It’s more than just a job, however. It’s a source of inspiration for the songs he writes for his band, the seven-piece Portland-based indie rock ensemble Forget, Forget. It’s sort ...
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Mallett Brothers band to open for Toby Keith on Bangor Waterfront
on April 01, 2013, at 9:53 a.m.
For the second year in a row, Maine’s own Mallett Brothers Band will open for a country music superstar on the Bangor Waterfront. The Malletts, led by the brothers Will and Luke Mallett, will open for Toby Keith at his show at Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion on Monday, Sept. 2. Tickets ...
Police find body believed to be that of missing Glenburn teen
Items found, authorities pursuing leads in search for Glenburn teen
LePage hopes to eliminate income tax by end of second term
Woman accused of criminal mischief, disorderly conduct outside Bangor nightclub
Ignore LePage politics, get to root of DHHS funding needs
Basketball season never ends for Worcesters of Washburn, a family of 1,000-point scorers
UMaine narrows candidate list, hopes to name men’s hockey coach next week
Eastport teen notches first ‘Bandolero’ racing victory
Not even chemotherapy could quell Maine woman’s longing to be in the kitchen
Keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors dies at age 74
Penobscot Theatre Company ends season with whirlwind production of ‘Around the World in 80 Days’
From a mountaintop…of sorts