GRAY — Forecasters are keeping their eyes on a storm expected to blow into the area Tuesday and continue into Wednesday. “We’re looking at rain and wind coming in,” Steve Capriola, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Gray office said Monday morning. Forecasters are expecting a significant amount of rainfall and mixed precipitation — […]
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Thanksgivukkah: A tale of two holidays
Turkey latke, anyone? They’re calling it Thanksgivukkah (some are, anyway), and it’s a rare alignment of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. How rare? It hasn’t happened in more than 100 years, that much we can agree on. It might not happen again for 79,000 years, although that part of the equation is in dispute. This smooth blend […]
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J. Campbell: They should give thanks
This November, I find myself thankful to be healthy in mind and body — especially body. In the past year, among countless potential accidents, I managed to dodge the driver running the red light at Lisbon and Main as he took a left directly into oncoming traffic. I, and several Longley Elementary students, avoided being […]
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Just where can you shop on Thanksgiving Day in Maine?
PORTLAND — Don’t be fooled by the national ad campaigns from large retailers like Macy’s, Sears and Wal-Mart, which are trumpeting that they’ll be open on Thanksgiving and offering tremendous sales. Not in Maine they won’t. Maine is one of only three states that prohibits almost all businesses from being open on Thanksgiving, remnants of […]
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Monmouth Museum takes orders for Thanksgiving goodies
MONMOUTH — The Monmouth Museum is taking orders for the following sumptuous holiday delights: Cornbread; gluten-free cornbread with nuts and cranberries; cranberry-orange bread; pumpkin bread — plain, with raisins or with nuts; date and nut bread; apple bread — with chocolate chips or with nuts; pecan pie; sweet potato pie and custard pie. All breads […]
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Maine farmer’s fresh, organic turkeys ‘had a happy life’
SCARBOROUGH — Turkeys at Frith Farm are counting the days. Since July, Daniel Mays has nurtured 100 feathered friends on his organic farm in Scarborough. From tiny hatches, to bright-eyed birds that “cluck and pop and make all sorts of noises,” when they are happy, his broad-breasted bronze beauties are in demand as Thanksgiving nears. […]
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New Hampshire farmer says beer makes turkeys fatter, tastier
Morette, who is raising about 50 Thanksgiving turkeys this year, has been giving his birds beer since 1993, when he and his workers popped open a few cans after work on a hot July day. A turkey knocked one over and started drinking, he said, and they’ve been sipping the suds ever since. Morette, who […]
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Auxiliary taking orders for Thanksgiving pies
LIVERMORE FALLS — The American Legion Unit 10 Auxiliary is taking orders for Thanksgiving pies. Members are offering 9-inch apple and pumpkin pies for $10 each. The deadline to order is Nov. 22. The pies will be baked Sunday, Nov. 24, and can be picked up Tuesday, Nov. 26, between 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. […]