ELLSWORTH — Greg Winston may be best known locally as the friendly fellow scooping a cone of Nutty Bovine, Udderly Divine or some other ice cream flavor at Mortons Moo. The ice cream emporium’s co-owner, though, has another life as an English professor at Husson University in Bangor. The full scope of what the Ellsworth …
For those of us who call coastal Maine home, we easily negotiate coves, bays, inlets, reaches and other words for saltwater bodies. In “Return to Moose River,” Bar Harbor author Earl Brechlin takes us out of our element and on an adventure into unfamiliar terrain — Maine’s North Woods — in good company with the …
STEUBEN — In a photograph shot last week, Japanese sculptor Kazumi Hoshino can be seen working on her mammoth, yet delicate granite sculpture called “Bio Spheres.” The 23,000-pound piece was scheduled to be installed Thursday, Nov. 29, at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s new Plant, Animal and Insect Laboratory on the Orono campus. The …
ELLSWORTH — “Going to ‘the Turtle?’” You hear that line among locals looking to grab a bite to eat and a beer or drink with co-workers, neighbors or friends at the Tan Turtle Tavern in Northeast Harbor. That repeated phrase might just catch on in the Hancock County seat, where year-round residents late last week …
BLUE HILL — Got a busted chair, bicycle, earring, sewing machine, food processor, pair of eyeglasses or other utilitarian items that you don’t want to throw out? The Blue Hill Public Library’s Assistant Director Hannah Cyrus has enlisted eight community members possessing practical skills from woodworking to electrical engineering to help people repair and attempt …
MILBRIDGE — Thirty years ago, Sue Hubbell and her German shepherd, Tazzie, climbed into a red Ford F-150 and set out from Washington, D.C., on Route 60 in search of the perfect pie. The pair’s quest, of course, was not just about sampling pies, but exploring our vast country and revealing the landscape and its …
ELLSWORTH — Downtown Ellsworth with be abuzz with creative activity from glass-blowing and green wood-carving to sewing and silversmithing at the second Art of Ellsworth Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 11-14. The festival is being held in synch with Maine Craft Weekend. On and around Main Street, Atlantic Art Glass, SevenArts Gallery, One Woman Studio, (Kōt) Contemporary Craft, …
By Letitia Baldwin PORTLAND — A life-changing teacher who nurtured him and boosted his confidence is how one former student described New Surry Theatre founder Bill Raiten, who received the Maine Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement Friday at the Maine International Conference on the Arts at the University of Southern Maine. The Maine Arts Commission, …
SULLIVAN — You are standing atop a mountain. A sweeping view of wooded islands unfolds below. A brisk breeze blows. Clouds race and billow up. Sailboats are trimmed close to the wind. The sea seems driven every which way. Spruce trees sway on the steep slope. That’s the scene Philip Frey conjures in his oil …
DEER ISLE — Red lentil curry soup, garlicky eggplant and tomato spread, turmeric chicken with sumac and lime and rice with black eye peas and dill were among the Persian dishes flowing onto the dinner table early last month at a cooking class taught by Iranian chef Louisa Shafia at the newly renovated Eggemoggin Schoohouse …
