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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
The Wrap: New restaurants in the works, and a peek at Seaweed Week
Azure Cafe closes, and Chad Conley of Palace Diner and Rose Foods dishes on his new Washington Avenue concept.
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Beef, pork and more can now be bought at Colby Woods farm store
A new farmstore has been built at Colby Woods Cattle Farm in Chesterville to sell beef, pork and other items produced by their farm or area farms.
Posted inBicentennial, News
On this date in Maine history: Feb. 26
Feb. 26, 1972: Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, D-Maine, defends his wife in a speech he delivers during a snowstorm outside the offices of the Manchester Union Leader while campaigning for the March 7 New Hampshire presidential primary. The newspaper’s editor, William Loeb, had printed an article accusing Muskie’s wife, Jane, of drunkenness and using off-color […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Local & State, News
Upscale bowling gets rolling on more lanes in southern Maine
Bowling alleys that double as gastropubs have put the traditional bowling experience in a whole new league.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report
State’s plan for special cannabis crimes unit sparks outrage
Marijuana advocates see the proposal for a 4-person division of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency to investigate marijuana crimes as an effort to outlaw the drug again.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Proposed $23 million ‘pack tax’ won’t solve Maine’s recycling problems
Requiring businesses to compensate municipalities for the cost of recycling packaging simply shifts costs.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Scholars Strategy Network: Responding to the challenges of rural Maine
Behind “the way life should be” veneer, many communities are weighed down by large shifts in the American economy and culture.
Posted inCommunity
University of Maine at Farmington fall dean’s list
The University of Maine at Farmington has announced the following students were named to its 2019 fall semester dean’s list. MAINE CJ Lantagne and Amanda Whitten, both of Acton; Kristin Garnett, of Addison; Molly Burns, Lauren Faloon, Allison Frankenfield and Noah Grindstaff, all of Albion;Tyler Stinson, of Alfred; Helena Solorzano, of Alna; Abbie Harrington, of […]