LEWISTON — Angry? Hurt? Starving for a Subway foot-long and just devastated by the news that the $5 promotion is no longer available? Take it easy, my hungry friend. At least in the local area, a ‘hero’ has emerged to save the beloved $5 foot-long sandwich. Two heroes, actually. David Grendell and Kim Wettlaufer, owners of […]
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RIP: Subway’s $5 foot-long sandwich deal is no more
It was March 2008 and America was about to belly flop into the Great Recession. Wall Street powerhouse Bear Stearns had just imploded, sending shock waves through the world financial markets. Savings and jobs were beginning to vanish. Foreclosure notices were papering over neighborhoods. And as a financially terrified nation began rummaging the couch cushions […]
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The Buzz: New business trade show and maybe-Dunkin’ news?
It’s a short, holiday-week mini-Buzz with one happening and one maybe-happening. On Thursday, Travis Dow will host the new Maine Business to Business Trade Show at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. It’s open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and entry is free with a business card. Dow has 60 vendors coming from around the state […]
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Eats: Hold on to summer with these fruit soups
These three examples of fruit soup offer a welcome, and decidedly different, addition to dinner. (Karen Schneider photo) Cold soups are the perfect beginning or ending to those sweet September picnics, barbecues, fancy company dinners on the deck, or just when you’ve become Desperate for Something Different. Recently, I made three fruit soups in my […]
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Face Time: Grillin' and chillin' with 'Rocket' Ron Demers
OXFORD – For most of his adult life, Ron Demers of Otisfield worked at his father’s business in Lewiston selling leather to manufacturers. He traveled the country, offering his product to everyone from luggage manufacturers to cowboys who performed in rodeos. Nowadays, Demers is more known for the restaurant he runs out of a yellow […]
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PETA wants a memorial to lobsters that died in Brunswick crash
UPDATE: Maine DOT says no to roadside memorial for lobsters The ruination of the crustaceans must be memorialized. That’s the take by an animal rights group seeking state permission to erect a five-foot tall granite tombstone at the site of a lobster truck crash in Brunswick that resulted in about 7,000 pounds of live lobster being […]
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Lewiston’s Fuel restaurant to close Sept. 8
LEWISTON — After leading a wave of Lisbon Street rebirth and investment, Fuel is coming to an end. The popular French restaurant is closing Sept. 8. Owner Eric Agren, who opened Fuel 11 years ago, said Tuesday afternoon that it’s bittersweet, but it’s time. The restaurant over the years had attracted diners including Patrick Dempsey, Kelly Ripa and […]
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Mexico's delicacy is my childhood monster
I’m about to confront my darkest demon, and it looks just like a plate of delicious corn risotto. On the surface, there wouldn’t seem to be a problem. I love corn. I love rice. I love cheese. But also on the surface, quite literally, are little gray dots. The server explains that they’re made from […]
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Cage-free animal crackers: PETA pushes Nabisco to redesign boxes
After more than a century behind bars, the beasts on boxes of animal crackers are roaming free. Mondelez International, the parent company of Nabisco, has redesigned the packaging of its Barnum’s Animals crackers in response to pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA, which has been protesting the use of animals in […]
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Bolley's Famous Franks feels the heat after french fry change
WATERVILLE — Bolley’s Famous Franks made a change in late June that has left some customers feeling heated. What has them so worked up? The College Avenue icon’s decision to switch from crinkle-cut to straight-cut french fries. Recently, though, the outrage regarding the change made by owners Leslie and Jim Parsons has escalated. Jim Parsons […]