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Face Time: Debbie Tibbetts of Lewiston — Cleaning out the closet for a 10th and maybe final year
What started as a small clothing swap among a group of women turned into an annual fundraiser that has helped a host of people and organizations in the area.
Gratuities: Have we reached a tipping point?
Mainers say tipping has gotten out of hand. Many blame COVID for causing big change in the business of small change.
Still love books after all these years?
All over the place lately, we’ve been finding little book nooks – random shelves, often in remote places, where collections of books are placed for eager readers to borrow or trade. Print books, it appears, are still the favorite among many readers in spite of the prevalence of Kindle and other e-book gadgets. It makes […]
Acorn flour pancake recipe
Ingredients: 1 cup cold-leached acorn flour 1 cup fresh-ground spelt or buckwheat flour 1 heaped tablespoon of baking powder Teaspoon of salt 3 eggs Directions: Mix the ingredients together. Cook in a lightly greased pan on low-medium heat. Enjoy. Source: Arthur Haines
In a word: Wish you could ‘unsee’ that ‘snite’?
A look at dictionary.com’s efforts for more gender-neutral definitions and some new words for 2023.
Face Time: Kim Gautreau-Peare of Andover – cemetery work and ancestry are her passion
When she was given her aunt’s six hand-typed pages of ancestry research after her death in 1987, Gautreau-Peare found that her own research on her family ancestry quickly turned from a hobby to ‘an addiction.’
Mark LaFlamme: Does Patrick Dempsey dream of electric bikes?
Talk of the Town: Pork rinds, giant bees, tiny irons, tube socks and Tara Reid. Aside from the weather, this week was a bzzzzzzzzz.
Maine foraging sources: tours, walks, classes and groups
The list below has been curated to include only those groups and foragers that schedule regular events and are currently active. 1. Arthur Haines Haines is skilled in various fields. He is an author, a public speaker, a recreational guide, and a forager himself. He offers foraging classes, wildcrafting herbal medicine, and classes on primitive […]
Mystery Photo for Sept. 24, 2023
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you could win a $25 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.