Gagnon ultimately fell short of the semifinal round, but with her soulful renditions of hits by the likes of Aretha Franklin, Adele, and Whitney Houston, she made it farther than any Mainer ever had.
Ragged Coast Chocolates started 18 years ago in Kate Shaffer’s home kitchen on remote Isle au Haut. Now, her sweet little shop is nestled in downtown Westbrook, where, among elegant truffles and gooey ...
In a frigid, bluebird Sunday afternoon last winter, the Lime City and Swan Vegas curling clubs gathered on Chickawaukie Pond, in Rockland, to crack jokes and beers before a “pondspiel” — a play on the ...
In 1831, Boston developer Samuel Batchelder stood on a bluff overlooking the Saco River’s roaring falls, in what is now Biddeford, and envisioned a sea of textile mills in the surrounding pastures.
Sabor Judío: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook by Ilan Stavans and Margaret Boyle. Copyright 2024 and used by permission of the University of North Carolina Press. When ...
When Judy Minaudo was growing up in suburban Cleveland in the ’60s, her grandmother’s house was one of the grooviest spots around. At Christmastime, a futuristic aluminum tree bedecked with pink and ...
Last year, Markus Steelgrave, whose bushy white beard and twinkly blue eyes give off strong Santa vibes even when he’s not dressing the part, spotted a tantruming boy and his frazzled mother in the ...