Skip Girouard, co-owner of Dube’s Flowers in Lewiston, really enjoys delivering flowers. People’s faces light up, they are often surprised, and he says it makes his day to put a smile on someone’s face. Over the past 30 years, most of the deliveries have been like that, though there have been one or two that […]
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Local employees find that job-hunting is a different animal
Laid off. Downsized. Gone out of business. No matter what the reason, people are re-entering the job market — many without much notice — only to find that it’s nothing like they remembered. Gone are the days of walking into a business, filling out an application, interviewing, and securing a job. Today’s job market is […]
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Eggs Q&A
How large is your home collection? I probably have about 40 finished eggs still. Some of them are my earliest. I’m keeping them just because I’m sentimental. As a woman, your work never stays done. But with the eggs, it’s such a lovely surprise to think that I did something that stayed done, and it’s […]
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Eggs Q&A
Shelling out more of the facts … How large is your home collection? I probably have about 40 finished eggs still. Some of them are my earliest. I’m keeping them just because I’m sentimental. As a woman, your work never stays done. But with the eggs, it’s such a lovely surprise to think that I […]
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Local sandwiches
The sandwich, at least for a good many eateries in the Lewiston-Auburn area, is more than just meat and cheese between two slices of bread; it’s the prize meal that keeps customers coming back year after year. Chances are, if you’ve grown up or lived in the area for awhile, you’ve been to a few […]
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Eats: Chocolat! You may have missed the room full of chocolate decadence; don’t miss these luscious, easy chocolate recipes
Next week What a confluence of events! The Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day and the Year of the Tiger (not that Tiger) are all ushered in next Sunday, Feb. 14. To honor our addiction for Chinese food, we’re off to Wei-Li Restaurant in Auburn (not Mississippi) for insights on how they do it so well, […]
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Face Time: — Necessity is the mother of chocolate-covered-cherry invention
Things change. Times pass. But that doesn’t mean you have to accept it. When Mary’s Candy in Lewiston closed its doors a couple of years ago, it was the pits for Ellen Magee. She could no longer buy their chocolate covered cherries, which she had been sending to an elderly aunt for the last 20 […]
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Face Time: Ellen Magee — Necessity is the mother of chocolate-covered-cherry invention
Things change. Times pass. But that doesn’t mean you have to accept it. When Mary’s Candy in Lewiston closed its doors a couple of years ago, it was the pits for Ellen Magee. She could no longer buy their chocolate covered cherries, which she had been sending to an elderly aunt for the last 20 […]
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Eats: Chocolat! You may have missed the room full of chocolate decadence; don’t miss these luscious, easy chocolate recipes
Macadamia Fudge Torte Katie Liguori, pastry chef at The Green Ladle, says this is her mom’s favorite dessert. Serves: 12 Filling: 1/3 cup low-fat sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated) 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips Cake: 1 package devil’s food cake mix 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/3 cup oil 1 (16 ounce) can sliced pears in […]
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Ready for some sweatin’, swingin’ and socializin’?
LEWISTON– I don’t know quite what to expect. It’s the second Friday night of the new year, 10 minutes before 8, and I’m reflecting on the frigid city beyond the enormous window of the Lewiston Public Library’s Callahan Hall, when my attention is broken by Kim Roberts calling out, “Okay folks, let’s try one,” over […]