BRIDGTON — The duck has arrived. She was late this year and found to her surprise that the water level in Stevens Brook was too low for her ducklings to race and that there was a pandemic going on so all events had been canceled. But she landed anyway to announce the race will be […]
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CMCC awarded two federal grants to help at-risk students succeed
AUBURN — The U.S. Department of Education has announced that Central Maine Community College (CMCC) will receive two federal Student Support Services (SSS) grants totaling $597,000 a year to help more students succeed in and graduate from college. The grants will amount to almost $3 million for the five-year grant period and will serve 295 […]
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Norway’s Main Street a picture of success
NORWAY – Once a length of sparsely filled store fronts, over recent years Main Street Norway has evolved into a neighborhood of diverse independent retailers. Each has its niche and they look out for each other. “When I moved to the area 20 years ago, Norway was so different,” recalls Adrienne Cote, who this month […]
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Postal Service launches election mail website
Site provides information for election officials and voters choosing to use U.S. mail to vote
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Biden has plans
Duty compelled me to follow last week’s Democratic Party convention. It was a bore. My attention wandered from time to time. I’d hoped to see the nominee hop on the stage with his shoe laces tied together, upset the podium, and introduce himself as Kamala Harris. He turned out to be a disappointment. Read his […]
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Easy tomato and caramelized onion hamburger jam
This week my Irish colleague was wondering why you don’t have to use added pectin to make tomato jam. I had never thought about it. I pulled out my gramma’s recipe. Sure enough! No added pectin! Tomatoes are more complicated than they look; however, gelling them is a conquerable challenge! Tomatoes contain an enzyme called […]
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Dinner and an auction
FAYETTE — On August 29, Friends of Starling Hall will be cooking up take out Smoked Pork Rib Dinner with all the fixings, a Silent Auction and a Live Auction. Phew! It will be quite a day at the Fayette Fire Station, 2475 Main Street. As a special treat, Chase Morrill from Maine Cabin Masters […]
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Claire’s California Kitchen
Busy times call for easy, quick and healthy meal options. How about having your entire meal roasted on a stick, no clean up! Shish kebabs are actually a Turkish dish, “shish” refers to the stick and “kebab” is the meat.They have traveled around the world, so many varieties of shish kebabs exist. Meats such as […]
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The Wrap: Lost Kitchen opens, Vinland in Portland closes
New restaurants, garden tours, and chocolate on the radio.