JAY — Trevor Doiron, a Spruce Mountain High School sophomore, and a few other students and community members have just wrapped up their third year of growing a community garden. The garden, now with six beds, supplied the Tri-Town Ministerial Association Food Cupboard with 87 pounds of fresh vegetables. This year’s project included construction of […]
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Eats: Pum yum! It’s fall and the pumpkin is calling
The fall season is here, bringing us the familiarity of cool air, leaves crunching underfoot and crackling fires. For some, it even inflicts a borderline obsession with anything pumpkin. Pumpkin spiced lattes have become one of the most popular seasonal drinks, and even brew masters have gotten into the act. But lattes and ale are […]
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Livermore joins the school challenge
LIVERMORE — The town is participating in the School Spirit Challenge by collecting canned goods and monetary donations that will benefit the Good Shepherd Food-Bank. The Spruce Mountain High School in Jay challenged the town to get involved. The challenge is a friendly competition between schools to show school pride and spirit, all while helping […]
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Eats: Gardiner’s A1 Diner — staying on track with ethnic offerings and daily specials
One of Gardiner’s most frequented and perhaps oldest restaurant is A1 Diner, located at 3 Bridge St. The diner itself is one of the original lunch car diners constructed in Worcester, Mass., back when diners were just becoming popular. It has six booths and 14 stools at the counter. The structure was transported to its […]
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Tons of potatoes cut for fries at Farmington Fair
FARMINGTON — James Arey pushed the potato dicer handle down for the umpteenth time Wednesday to make french fries at the Farmington Fair. The dicing followed the potatoes going through the peeler. Arey of Presque Isle was making the fries at the King and Queen French Fries booth. Fifty-pound bags of potatoes from Bell’s Farm […]
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Owner hopes to open Lewiston eatery Rails this fall
LEWISTON — A long-awaited restaurant planned for the historic Grand Trunk Depot on the edge of Simard-Payne Memorial Park should open this fall, owner Stephen Dick said Tuesday. Dick and his daughter, Ileshea Stowe, received their liquor license and special amusement permit for the restaurant, “Rails,” at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Dick said he hopes […]
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Eats: Ricker Hill Orchards — Seasonal pies and doughnuts to fall for
After spending an afternoon picking apples and bringing them home, it’s time to settle in and satisfy all those autumnal desires. But baking the perfect pie crust can be intimidating. Maybe you’ve tried it once or twice and possibly thrown a bag of flour across the floor out of frustration — not that we’d know […]
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Blue Lobster: Colorful crustacean caught in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH — A Maine lobsterman says he and his 14-year-old daughter caught a one-in-two-million crustacean: a blue lobster. WCSH-TV reports Jay LaPlante of the Miss Meghan Lobster Catch company caught the curious creature in Scarborough around 10:45 a.m. Saturday. LaPlante and daughter Meghan were hauling traps when she discovered the bright blue critter. The story […]
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Eats: Author Kate Christensen is at home in the kitchen
From the age of 8, food has been one of the great passions of her life, but instead of choosing a career in the culinary world, Christensen became a writer of fiction, vowing she would make sure to put lots of references to food in her novels. She blogs about her adventures, culinary and otherwise, […]
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Startup craft brew distributor touts new model in taking on Big Beer
PORTLAND — Maine’s craft beer surge is changing more than tastes. Maine distributors that have for years carried only the big names in beer are hoping to tap into the upswing in small breweries. And one Yarmouth-based startup is building a niche business on that market alone. “All we’re trying to do is offer an […]