New York City rumble showcases Maine’s lobster roll dominance

If there was ever a doubt about Maine’s place in the lobster industry, the annual Lobster Roll Rumble in New York City next month seals ...

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A supper that’s anything but ordinary, at Monroe Community Church

Sharon Smith and Margaret Elliott don’t have anything against baked bean and hot dog church suppers. They like them just fine. They just want to ...

Federal agencies eye return to restored historic Custom House in Portland

PORTLAND, Maine — For more than a decade, one of Portland’s greatest architectural treasures has been locked away, with few people able to access its ...

POLL QUESTION

Fun, informative or just plain strange: 8 museums in Maine worth a road trip

Musical Wonderhouse, 16 High St., Wiscasset There are more than 5,000 chiming, singing mechanical music machines at the Musical Wonderhouse in Wiscasset — boxes, player ...

CULTURE SHOCK (blog)

Maine-made album reviews, Spring 2013: Arborea, Whitcomb, Putnam Smith, Worried Well

Arborea – Fortress of the Sun In the best way possible, I’m unsurprised by Lewiston alternative folk duo Arborea’s latest album, “Fortress of the Sun,” ...

Maine Maritime Museum’s sculpture representing largest wooden sailing ship finished

BATH, Maine — Looming on the banks of the Kennebec River, six masts reach 120 feet into the sky to remind observers of the magnitude ...

MANCHILD (blog)

When beer guys have kids…

So a few months back I met a man named Chad Lothian. Chad is something of a beer connoisseur. In fact he may just be the ...

CONVERSATIONS WITH MAINE

Bangor veteran of World War II exemplifies the way life should be

Eighty-nine years ago, Don Gallupe was born in a little hospital in Brewer, Maine. He grew up near the intersection of 14th and Union streets ...