More than half of Maine homes contain lead paint. Lead-based paint is most common in houses built before 1978, and especially in homes built before 1950, when paint contained up to 50 percent lead. According to the Royal Society of Chemistry, lead-based paint relies on lead compounds for its color. White lead, or lead(II) carbonate […]

America’s first and most famous traitor, Benedict Arnold, sailed up the Kennebec River in 1775 on his way to attack Quebec. While Maine would never see another traitor of his caliber, we produced a pretty bad one more than a century later. During World War II, part of the Axis propaganda campaign was done through […]

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel like it’s just too warm to cook. This is the time of year when I often resort to using the oven and the grill in the morning, then gently reheating the meal when supper time rolls around.  When I was a young teenager, I remember sleeping over […]

Celebrating food and beverage in the Midcoast.

One July day a long time ago, a young boy sat on a hot beach on a red plaid blanket all alone. His hair was blond by birth and had become bleached to white spikes from the sun. That same sun warmed him, and he knew if he didn’t get into the shade soon, he’d […]

There’s an old saying: “After the golden rod blooms there’s just six more weeks left of summer.”  True or not, the golden rod was in full bloom during our early morning visit to Chewonki Foundation’s Eaton Farm Preserve in Wiscasset. Maine Yankee donated the 200 acres of woods and golden meadows that make up Eaton […]