They came, they saw and they ate seared marinated tofu and espresso-rubbed filet mignon. They were New York parents dropping kids off to summer camp and visitors just passing through — people generally from away stopping into the upscale Oxford House Inn on Main Street in Fryeburg. Its menu is heavy on local foods — […]
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Teachers using summer break to innovate
WASHINGTON (AP) — For many students and teachers, summer vacation was more like summer term. Reading lists. Science camps. Portfolio development. The to-do list for kids and teachers sound remarkably alike. Schools are on the hook to improve student performance on high-stakes tests, administrators are eyeing more science and technology instruction, and parents are demanding […]
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Talk of the town: Summer is almost over and your kids hate you
It’s practically winter It’s August. Time to go into late summer panic mode, my friends. All those things you’ve put off since June, you now must try to cram into one frantic, potentially fatal weekend. Force your kids to have fun, Griswold style, even if it makes them cry. My suggestions below. 6 a.m. Old […]
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If you can’t take the heat, imagine what it’s like in the kitchen
SOUTH PORTLAND — They call it the Bermuda Triangle of heat. In the corner of Scratch Baking Co. stands a 550-degree oven, a stove with pots of boiling water and a warm pastry oven. On a hot summer day this air conditioned-free-space can get up to 120 degrees. It’s not a place you would choose […]
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Free meals program expands to all Maine counties
PORTLAND (AP) — A federal program that provides low-income schoolchildren with free meals during the summer has for the first time expanded to every Maine county. Angela Wight, Summer Food Service Program coordinator for the state Department of Education, said there are now 307 summer meal sites in the state, up from 242 last summer. […]
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Retired science teacher presents shows to children
DIXFIELD — Ted “Bitsy” Ionta retired from teaching sixth-grade science in 1991 after 28 years of teaching in Dixfield, Mexico and Rumford. Five years ago, he emerged from retirement to perform science experiments at libraries in the three towns. “They asked me to come in and perform some of my science experiments,” Ionta said, “and […]
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Dog days of Summer
With the summer heat, the caller was concerned for the dog’s safety. Cpl. Kevin Cramp responded. He ran the license plate to identify the owner, and went into a store near where the car was parked. The problem was solved quickly, he said, when within a few minutes, the dog’s owner came out of the […]