Friends, neighbors and family members of Tyrrell Hunter, of Brunswick, love it when she’s prepping for her next contest. Often enlisted as taste-testers, they’re always pleased to sample and help her fine tune what she hopes will be award-winning recipes. Hunter got the bug for entering recipe contests in 2011 while searching for some fun […]
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The magical earth: Surprising tulips and early veggies hint at spring’s potency.
The earth is muddy and the soil very heavy right now thanks to the recent rains. But what I had planted during the previous few weeks is growing. The onion plants are gorgeous and the radishes are ready to add to a salad. My usual tradition of getting the last of my seeds and seedlings […]
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Unique, historic Cumston Hall: A Monmouth treasure is well used and well loved
MONMOUTH — Like a jewel of great value, the remarkable Cumston Hall is treasured by its owners — the residents of Monmouth. Fortunately, it’s a treasure they choose to share, and the many community uses it now serves and the many people who have experienced its beauty and uniqueness multiply the building’s worth. The efforts […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Bar (Harbor) hopping yields Down East finds
Bar Harbor is that hot guy you dated one summer. The guy with the tribal tattoos encircling his wrist, nubby wool hiking socks pulled mid-calf and an olive-colored windbreaker, a biology major leaving in September for Haiti to drill wells. That guy. It’s also the guy with a little too much family money, the lobsterman, […]
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Night life calendar for the week of May 26
Some events require tickets or are subject to other limitations. If in doubt, we recommend you contact the venue. Night Life listings must be e-mailed to [email protected] and received no later than Monday. Tonight Film: The Company You Keep, 5 and 8 p.m., Frontier, Brunswick Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, […]
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Sights unseen: Auburn’s Performance Product Painting Inc.
Performance Product Painting Inc. in Auburn has been in business for 25 years. It started when two friends, David Sullivan, a commercial painter, and his friend Paul Lavoie, a banker, got to talking about how everything around them was painted. There was a need, they agreed, for a local paint shop that catered to the […]
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Tigers and gators and camels in Maine? Asian and African wildlife is not safari away.
There are tigers in Mount Vernon, elephants in Hope, monkeys in Trenton. They’re wildlife from away. But rescued, retired, rehabilitated or simply re-homed, they’re Maine animals now. And you can meet them in a road trip that’s a lot shorter than an around-the-world vacation. “(Visitors) can spend the day. They can pack a lunch,” said […]
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Face Time: UMaine Business Challenge cofounder James Morin
James Morin felt fortunate to have gotten a good education and honed a career direction at UMaine. And he felt passionate about helping out his home state of Maine. So he and three like-minded fellow students came up with the UMaine Business Challenge to support and encourage young entrepreneurs in Maine. In only its second […]
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Night life calendar for the week of May 19
Some events require tickets or are subject to other limitations. If in doubt, we recommend you contact the venue. Night Life listings must be e-mailed to [email protected] and received no later than Monday. Tonight Film: Unfinished Spaces, 6 and 8 p.m., Frontier, Brunswick Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, Sabattus Open […]