Articles by Kevin Bennett

 
Bunny Gibson plays the role of Selma Broadwick during dress rehearsal of the original play "The Skylight Club" at the Hammond Street Senior Center in Bangor on Thursday, May 17, 2012.

Putting on an original musical makes these seniors feel young again

By Kevin Bennett on May 18, 2012, at 8:43 a.m.
BANGOR, Maine — The giggles, laughter and banter backstage at the Hammond Street Senior Center before a dress rehearsal of “The Skylight Club” on Thursday, May 17, was reminiscent of a fourth-grade play. Actors discussed last-minute costume and prop ideas, scripts were read and reread, and some actors were late ...
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Shorter route doesn’t deter Souadabscook Stream canoe racers

By Kevin Bennett on April 14, 2012, at 3:11 p.m.
Competitors in the Souadabscook Stream canoe race jam up while taking the falls at Emerson Mill in Hampden on Saturday, April 14, 2012.
Members of the four-person toboggan team Too Big to Fail get wrapped around each other with a little help from staff members at the 22nd annual U.S. National Toboggan championships on Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 at the Camden Snow Bowl.

Tobogganing: A cure for the common cabin fever

By Kevin Bennett on Feb. 13, 2012, at 5:11 p.m.
Winter in these parts, as we all know, is long and cold and can wear even the most hardened Mainers. Just when cabin fever is setting in, to the rescue comes the U.S. National Toboggan Championships at the Camden Snowl Bowl. The Championships provide most anything a person could ask ...
A handful of feed is offered to the chickens that live on Jeff Kelman's farm after the hay was brought in from the fields on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011.

Pictures of the Year 2011: Kevin Bennett

By Kevin Bennett on Dec. 30, 2011, at 10:53 p.m.
Singer Stesha Cano belts out a song during a jazz jam at Nocturnem Draft Haus in Bangor on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011.

Jazz jams liven up Nocturnem Draft Haus

By Kevin Bennett on Nov. 28, 2011, at 10:59 p.m.
People flow into Nocturnem Draft Haus in downtown Bangor most days looking to taste a variety of beers from across the globe. Tuesday nights however bring a different sort of people looking for something not found in Bangor until recently — jazz. Black cases containing cornets, saxophones and guitars are ...
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George Thorogood closes out 2011 Waterfront Concert Series

By Kevin Bennett on Sept. 23, 2011, at 10:19 p.m.
George Thorogood and his band the Deleware Destroyers rock the crowd gathered on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 along the Bangor Waterfront for the last concert of the 2011 Waterfront Concert Series.
With concerns about posible rain showers, Jeff Kelman keeps his eye on the baler as he hays his fields in Glenburn on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011.

Make hay while the sun shines

By Kevin Bennett on Sept. 19, 2011, at 11:17 p.m.
Farming for quality horse hay is largely dependent on four consecutive days of sunny weather. “You got to make hay while the sun shines,” said Jeff Kelman of Glenburn. “It’s like the law of gravity; you just can’t ignore it.” Kelman and his wife, Annabelle, who live on a small ...
Bangor area children along with a parent learn wet felting from Jodi Clayton (left) at One Lupin Fiber Arts on Park Street in Bangor on Saturday during Kid Central Festival. Wet felting is the oldest form of felting, dating back to 4500B.C. according to Clayton who taught kids how to combine wrapping wool with water, soap and friction to create a solid felt ball to be used as a pet toy or decoration.

First annual Kid Central Festival is hands-on fun

By Kevin Bennett on May 07, 2011, at 4:07 p.m.

Conversations with Bangor voters

By Kevin Bennett on June 08, 2010, at 5:46 p.m.
Kevin Bennett speaks to voters at the Bangor Civic Center.

Orono women protest inattentive drivers

By Kevin Bennett on June 21, 2009, at 7:04 p.m.
University of Maine student Sylvia Schuler, a part-time crossing guard, witnessed a dog getting run over three weeks ago. She is asking drivers to put down their cell phones and pay attention to their driving.

River Coalition hosts Canoe Hullabaloo

By Kevin Bennett on June 20, 2009, at 5:51 p.m.
A video walk through of the festivities at Old Town's Riverfront Park.
 
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