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 […]
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Eats: Maine guides offer a taste of the great outdoors
“When I was a kid, my life’s goal was to be a Maine guide,” says Jeff McEvoy, and he’s been at it now for 32 years. In further fulfillment of that dream, McEvoy has owned the 100-plus-year-old Weatherby’s Maine Hunting and Fishing Lodge, a sporting camp in Grand Lake Stream Plantation, for the past 12 […]
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Shaw’s reports possible security breach at Maine stores
LEWISTON — Shaw’s supermarkets has posted a warning on its website that the company has recently discovered a security breach at a number of its stores, including some in Maine. The company does not yet know whether credit and debit card information was stolen, but said the breach appears to have occurred between June 22 […]
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Bethel Family Health Center to host first food drive from Aug. 11 to 22
BETHEL — The Bethel Family Health Center is celebrating National Health Center Week by hosting a food drive Aug. 11 to 22 for the Bethel Food Pantry, front office coordinator Kathryn Perry-Abbott said Thursday. Perry-Abbott said this is the first year the center has hosted a food drive for the local food pantry, and they […]
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Inspectors target food bound for Casco Bay islands
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine and Portland health inspectors are randomly checking the temperature of food being transported by ferry to Casco Bay’s islands, after an official noticed food that was supposed to be refrigerated sitting on a city dock. Officials say there have been no reports of people getting sick. Health authorities have notified distribution […]