In my cooking class we made several Mexican soups. Mexican flavors are so bright and welcoming, you want to try everything! Corn is a major player in Mexican cooking. During the time of “Day of the Dead,” elaborate dishes are prepared to bring to gravesites where families offer their food to those no longer living. […]
2019
Arts, cultural survey findings presented
FARMINGTON — After more than a year of collecting and compiling data, initial recommendations of a plan to promote art, heritage and cultural offerings for southern Franklin County was presented at the North Church Wednesday evening, Nov. 6. The Southern Franklin County Region Arts, Cultural and Heritage Plan is a collaborative effort between ArtsFarmington and […]
UMF Visiting Writer Series
Featuring a reading by fiction author Elisha Albert
Growing up Wilson — Moving up the Road
During the summer of 1949 Dad and Uncle Woody worked on our new home. It was up the road about a half-mile from gram and grandpa’s farm in what used to be known as the Intervale post office. They worked all summer long turning one large room with a porch on three sides into a […]
Wandering: November
The week leading up to the opening day of deer season had been frustrating and challenging, to say the least. All I wanted to do was be in the woods but the days kept dragging on and on. By the time 6:44 a.m. rolled around Saturday, Nov. 2, I had been awake for hours and […]
Money and Politics.
By October Maine’s U.S. senatorial race had attracted thirteen million dollars to support Senator Susan Collins, the Republican, and the Democratic Speaker of the Maine House, Sarah Gideon. That total will grow and grow until October 2020. Most of this money will come “from away.” Mainers have contributed seven percent ($118,000) of the $1.6 million […]
Obituary: Raymond Wright Ellsworth
BRUNSWICK – It is a common cliché to say of the dearly departed that he/she will be sorely missed. In the …
Obituary: Madelyn F. Curtis
AUBURN – Madelyn F. Curtis, 94, of Norway, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019 at the Hospice House. She was …
Obituary: Anthony George Pasquale
MEDFORD, Mass. – Anthony George Pasquale of Medford, Mass. passed away on Nov. 11, 2019 Veterans Day. Peace to him came …