In the Right Place
April is when there are mysterious happenings that are “vernal,” meaning “of the spring.”
Lifestyle
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Milbridge House serves up home cooking, conversation
MILBRIDGE — The sign on the door of the Milbridge House Restaurant says it opens at 6 a.m. But, by 5:25 a.m. on a recent Tuesday, several cars were already in the parking lot. When Manager Jessica Leighton unlocked the door five minutes later, a handful of regulars walked in. Fishermen Tee Trundy, David Leach …
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Spring selling season: speed bumps ahead?
As spring arrives across the country, automobile retailers are gearing up for the usual bump in sales after the winter doldrums. There is a host of new products to excite consumers — from sports cars to electric vehicles — yet there is also a healthy reservation sweeping the auto industry as a host of data …
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Wife discovers she didn’t make husband’s “pretty” list
Adapted from a recent online discussion. Hi Carolyn: Before we got engaged five years ago, my husband took some time out to decide whether we were a long-term prospect. We’re now married with two young children. I recently came across an email he sent to himself at the time, which was essentially a pro/con list. …
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America’s composers celebrated at orchestra’s concert
ORONO — The Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s fifth Masterworks concert for the 2018-19 season on Sunday was a celebration of American composers. The program’s first half comprised three works featuring featured popular tunes. William Grant Still’s “Can’t You Line ’Em” is a brief orchestral treatment of a chant sung by railroad workers. Still, who has been …
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Grand’s “Wizard of Oz” cast delivers a hit
ELLSWORTH — The Grand’s production of “The Wizard of Oz,” which opened last weekend, has put the fine old theater back on track of presenting excellently cast, produced, directed and performed musicals. While there have been elements of all these qualities in recent past productions, it has been a while since they all have come …
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Should I maintain contact with my daughter’s ex-boyfriend?
Dear Carolyn: My college-age daughter dated a very nice college-age guy for a year. He and I became close. His mother had died about a year before and I think I was a nurturing mom figure for him. They recently broke up and are trying to do the friend thing. He continues to text me …
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“Farmer Bill” Thayer highlighted in portrait series
WINTER HARBOR — When the Schoodic community gathered to pay tribute to and celebrate the life of “Farmer Bill” Thayer last Saturday, they likely saw the oil portrait of the Maine organic farming pioneer as well as one of his wife, Cynthia, hanging in Hammond Hall in Winter Harbor. Fortuitously, Sullivan artist Hugo Diaz’s paintings …
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Parsnips sweet treat come spring
Disconsolate, my friend trudged from one garden center to another. Not a parsnip seed to be found. I am sure he was able to order some from a catalog — half of those in my own stack offer a variety or two. But it is sad to see a stalwart old vegetable sink to obscurity, …
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On the Road Review: Subaru Crosstrek Plug-in Hybrid
In 1990, two years after Subaru converted all of its vehicles to symmetrical all-wheel drive, sales had cratered to only 108,500 units. Five years later, however, the first Outback wagon debuted (remember spokesman Paul Hogan, Crocodile Dundee?) and Subaru hasn’t looked back since. Today, Subaru is America’s number seven selling automotive brand with this market …