Despite years of tradition, sometimes a big turkey is just not your desire on Thanksgiving. Maybe you’ve got a smaller crowd to feed, or you’re interested in trying something new. If so, Clay Hill Farm in Peru may have what you’re looking for. Your options? Check out the pudgy poultry and brawny beef raised by […]
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Waterville police seek woman who boldly stole $200 worth of groceries
WATERVILLE (AP) — Police in Waterville are looking for a woman they say ignored employees trying to stop her and walked out of a supermarket with about $200 worth of food. Sgt. Brian Gardiner said the woman pushed the laden grocery cart out of the Hannaford store at about 4:15 p.m. Monday. He said workers […]
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FDA to ban trans fats
WASHINGTON — Heart-clogging trans fats have been slowly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant menus in the last decade. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is finishing the job. The FDA planned to announce Thursday it will require the food industry to gradually phase out all trans fats, saying they are a threat to people’s […]
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Lobster lifts Maine to 3rd for seafood catch
PORTLAND— A new report shows that Maine’s seafood harvest last year was the third most valuable among the states, thanks to lobster. An annual report released Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that Alaska’s seafood harvest was the nation’s tops by far in terms of value, followed by Massachusetts and Maine. Maine’s […]
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Oxford Casino sells almost $1M in liquor in first 9 months
OXFORD — In its first nine months of operation, the Oxford Casino grossed $950,000 in liquor sales. That’s about $3,500 a day. The figure was included in the casino’s liquor license application, approved by the Oxford Board of Selectmen in March. According to the application, the casino also sold $1.7 million worth of food in the […]
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Squash — The good, the odd and the ugly-but-yummy
Historically, the scenic piece of land in Turner on which Lounsbury’s River Rise Farm grows was a dairy farm, making for difficult but nutrient-rich soil conditions. “It was purchased as part of a Maine Farmland Trust Conservation Project and divided into three parcels,” says Lounsbury, who bought 200 acres with almost one mile of frontage […]
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Shutdown means no new beers on tap
MILWAUKEE — The federal government shutdown could leave America’s craft brewers with a serious hangover. Stores will still offer plenty of suds. But the shutdown has closed an obscure agency that quietly approves new breweries, recipes and labels, which could create huge delays throughout the rapidly growing craft industry, whose customers expect a constant supply […]
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Maine entrepreneur plans magazine for food service industry
The Cape Elizabeth publishing executive is working on his most ambitious startup yet. In January 2014 he plans to launch Food + Service, a national magazine for the food service industry, which includes operators of school and hospital cafeterias to upscale restaurants. “Food service is a $900 billion industry,” said Allmendinger, adding that 47 cents […]
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State sandwich legislation is one of 401 ’emergency’ bills to be considered
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers will have a heavy load of bills to consider when they return to Augusta in January, ranging from mundane adjustments to county commissions to a measure that would make lobster rolls the official state sandwich. The 401 new bill titles that have been proposed include an attempt to outlaw sexual contact between clergy […]
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Maine students adjust to healthier menus
As students at Portland’s Longfellow Elementary School ate lunch, Levi Franck described his school meal in a way you might not expect from a fifth-grader. “I like how every time I eat something there’s a vegetable to eat,” said the 10-year-old, finishing up the day’s meal of chicken, corn and beans with a choice of […]