Nuggets from the notebook while wondering what Gov. Paul LePage and Texas Gov. Rick Perry have been talking about . . . It’s fairly common for governors to develop relationships with their peers in other states. Chief executives often attend national conferences to discuss policy matters and meet with business leaders. They may call each […]
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Photo: ‘Lobester’ sign keeps to tradition
Smedberg’s Crystal Spring Farm has turned a typo into a tradition.
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Cooking with beer: St. Patty’s Day recipes for what ales you
Beer. For some of us the word conjures up the image of Clydesdales. Others may envision the Rockies. Still others will remember, or attempt to remember, their crazy college years. But for those more culinarily inclined, beer is an ingredient that gives flavor and life to a surprising number of diverse dishes. Beer has existed […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
SAD 58 eyes money-saving options
SALEM TOWNSHIP — With SAD 58 facing $700,000 less in state funding in 2011-12, the school district is looking into several options to save money. Last week, directors considered closing schools, moving students and sending high school students to other districts. The first and second plans would eliminate a teaching position and save approximately $58,000 […]
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December 2010: Chairlift was being shut down when it failed
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Ski area employees working in blustery conditions were unable to realign a lift cable that was out of place and had restarted the lift at a slower speed to off-load riders when the cable derailed, sending skiers plummeting 25 to 30 feet, a Sugarloaf resort said Wednesday. High winds had shut down […]
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On Lisbon Street, social clubs and taverns’ heyday long gone
LEWISTON — The story goes that people used to bring chairs and bags of popcorn to sit and watch the nightly drunken antics on lower Lisbon Street. Mayor Larry Gilbert, a Lewiston police officer walking the beat between 1969 and 1974, can’t confirm the chairs. But he can confirm the bags of popcorn and the […]
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Maine gas prices down
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A price-watching Web site says average gasoline prices in Maine have dropped 3.8 cents per gallon in the past week. MaineGasPrices.com says Maine prices averaged $2.69 per gallon Monday. That compares with the national average that’s fallen 2.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.62 per gallon. Still, Web […]
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Eats: In the kitchen — Wintertime and the livin’ is easy … if you’ve got some Hurricane’s soup in your bowl.
There’s nothing quite like soup on a cold winter day. It warms you up, inside and out. The first version of soup was introduced around 6,000 B.C. amazingly, as a means to make animal parts and certain nuts edible, and not as a clever way to warm a person after being out in the cold. […]
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East meets L-A as India’s delicious cuisine finally comes to the Twin Cities
Published July 14, 2009: The smell of Indian spices wafting into the dining room from the kitchen instantly makes the reporter hungry.
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Lewiston’s first Indian restaurant opens
Published April 16, 2009: The owners of Bangor’s Taste of India opened their second restaurant on Lisbon Street.