Community Support Agriculture programs allow individuals to buy local, seasonal food products directly from growers — sort of like a weekly subscription to the farm.  CSAs are available in the area, but many are not flourishing as they did 20 or more years ago when the concept became popular. Farmers’ markets, grocery stores selling local […]

Kitchens sell houses. Countertops and surfaces in a kitchen can set a positive tone. Sometimes an upgrade to a countertop will transform a kitchen. When replacing a scratched, scorched, stained or just plain unattractive countertop, give careful consideration to the impact the selection will have on the overall resale value of the home. Fortunately, there […]

 For many years, I was convinced that I didn’t like Indian food. I had eaten a curry a long time ago and only could remember how spicy and slimy it was. Then a friend dragged me to a local Indian restaurant against my will and introduced me to chicken tikka masala, vegetable korma and rose […]

Bath has two major cemeteries and each one boasts a Medal of Honor recipient from the Civil War. Thomas Hyde lies in Oak Grove Cemetery in a large, elegant, neoclassical crypt. He was awarded his medal for bravery at Antietam, and after the war, he made his fortune as the founder of Bath Iron Works. […]

Maine State Music Theatre closes its 60th season later this month with “Singing in the Rain’. A classic musical based on a classic 1952 movie, this stage production is a multi-faceted buffet of high-quality entertainment.  For the audience, it’s two hours of delightful, colorful, mesmerizing, joy-inducing, kinetic artistic stimuli. Like a living, breathing kaleidoscope. One […]