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Asa Marsh-Sachs, employee at the Central Street Farmhouse downtown Bangor, carries buckets of soil while planting hops along the wall of the store. The Lundys, owners of Central Street Farmhouse, are transforming the lot next to their business into an organic garden, a test kitchen for brewing beer, canning classes and a multipurpose outdoor space for events.

Out of the ashes, Central Street’s garden grows

In 1979, the building at 26-28 Central St. in downtown Bangor housed a grocery store, owned by the Zoidis family. That year, the building burned ...
CULTURE SHOCK

Things To Do This Weekend, May 25-27: Country boys and punk rock girls

1. It’s a first for downtown Bangor: improv comedy troupe The Focus Group will make its premiere in the Queen City, with an 8 p.m. ...
The Hubley cast iron Popeye Patrol toy sold for $19,550 recently at Bertoia Auctions.
SMART COLLECTOR

Better copies can sell well

Q: More than 30 years ago, I rescued a beautiful plaster bust from the trash at a public library. The name “Barthe” is scratched into ...
A blossom of Magnolia '‘Butterflies'’ is a creamy yellow and emits a gentle perfume.

Spring is made when Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ emerges

It was not much more than a twig when it arrived. But I had high hopes for it, envisioning lush blossoms on elegant branches. Sure, ...
Gary Allan will perform on the Bangor Waterfront on Sunday, May 27.
VIDEO

Gary Allan talks with the BDN leading up to Bangor concert

Gary Allan’s been in the country music business a long while — according to his biography, he got his start at the age of 13, ...
CAFE DES ARTISTES

Schoodic Symposium names sculptors, sites

The Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium (SISS) has named the sculptors ...
CONVERSATIONS WITH MAINE
Photo by Robin Clifford Wood  In the sign company's truck bay, Ande Binan displays some of his artwork for book covers, his newest artistic venture.

Signs lead artist to opportunity

MAINELY VEGGIES

Red, White and Blue Oats

CAFE DES ARTISTES

First Fridays Free at the Farnsworth

The Farnsworth Art Museum is pleased to announce that for ...
MAINER ABROAD

Does your heart talk to you?

Do what you want.  Just listen to your heart. What ...
RECOVERY ROCKS

Spirituality Opened the Doors that Religion Could Not

Spirituality is best defined as a relationship between oneself and ...
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