Et Cetera: Blast

… your abs, your butt, your boredom with the same old workout routine — that’s Punk Rope’s pledge.

Society Notebook: Sold! On STRIVE

Mainers open their hearts and wallets to raise $40,000 at an auction for the organization that helps developmentally disabled youths.

Et Cetera: Five cool festivals, one pleasin’ season

With the pumpkins sufficiently plump and the cornstalks rustling in the wind, the time has come to celebrate this year’s harvest. You’ll find plenty of autumnal bounty this weekend, when pie, hayrides and pumpkin carving fill harvest festivals across the state. At Saturday’s New Gloucester Community Fair, event chairman Michael Bardier said the harvest will […]

Cosmo names Ohio man Bachelor of the Year

Ryan “Mickey” McLean of Ohio beats Maine’s Derek Lovely and the hottest bachelors from the 49 other states and D.C.

Tall, dark and Lovely: Maine bachelor joins Cosmo’s hottest

You can catch his eye with a simple smile, but if you want to stand out from all the other single ladies vying for his attention, put on a miniskirt and a tight top.

That’s what Derek Lovely, Maine’s hottest bachelor, tells Cosmopolitan magazine in the issue hitting newsstands today, which features the country’s most eligible guys from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Society Notebook: Grand Opportunity

A gala event celebrates Opportunity Farm — in the business of helping Maine children for 100 years — and its generous sponsors.

Avery Yale Kamila: Fish experiment pits human health against profits

A small (and some would say naïve) part of me remains hopeful that the Food and Drug Administration will bar AquaBounty’s genetically engineered Atlantic salmon from entering our food supply and environment, but my rational side is steeling myself against a seemingly inevitable approval. This brave new salmon comes with growth hormones spliced into its […]

Society Notebook: Yes she can

Five Maine businesswomen are honored for their contributions to the state’s economy.

Et Cetera: Fashionably early

A trunk show Friday in Portland will showcase vintage fashions.

Natural Foodie: The Well takes farm-to-table dining back to its roots

Chef Jason Williams swiftly shucks ears of corn and then shaves the kernels off the cob. A while later he realizes he needs a bunch of basil, but doesn’t have one in the kitchen. Rather than hop in his car and head to the store, he just strolls across the yard. Williams is the culinary […]