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The Pine Tree State does not lack for quality sports books, Dave Bailey writes.

Created in the 1880s as Moxie Nerve Food (touted to cure everything from nervous exhaustion to loss of manhood), the soft drink is celebrated today by Mainers with a taste for something other than Coke, Pepsi or root beer.

Daniel Mack, the research and development executive, is trying to help the Royals take flight.

‘Taste of Waterville’ to be held at Head of Falls Share The 28th annual Taste of Waterville, an adult-focused experience highlighting the area’s ethnicity and diversity, is to be held from noon to 11 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, at Head of Falls on Front Street, along the Kennebec River. Taste of Waterville will include a variety of food, cultural and culinary booths, along with music, cash beer/wine gardens and brew samples. There will be no children’s events this year. Vendor booths will f...

YouTube Mark Baumer, in a YouTube video from Day 99 of his barefoot walking trip across the U.S. Mark Baumer struck out in 2016 on a trip across the country barefoot to raise awareness of climate change and raise funds for an environmental group, The Fang Collective, sometimes running, interacting with locals. and often hollering into his cell phone camera. “Ah! I just realized I’m running across America barefoot! Oh! It’s really happening,” Baumer shouts in his first video documentin...

Face the Music: Fresh crop of music from four Maine artists Alice Limoges, Stephanie Atkins, Oshima Brothers and Jim Baumer all have recently released new songs. Share As we head toward the one-year mark of this pandemic, I continue to be both thankful and awestruck by Maine musicians. Many have been harnessing this time of isolation and not being able to play live shows into creative bursts that have resulted in some exceptional new music. What’s more, some of them have been quite candid an...

share-square-617621 MILWAUKEE -- “You’re always loyal to the first team that brought you to the big leagues,” said Jeff Cirillo, who is among the players who rewarded the Brewers’ faith after being selected by the club in the 1991 MLB Draft. Here are the best homegrown players in franchise history. 1) Robin Yount 77.3 bWAR with Brewers In the months before the 1973 Draft, Yount had been universally regarded as one of the nation’s top prospects in a crop that included fellow future Hal...