My Dad’s Place, owned by Lynn and Matt Brennick, will be featured on ‘America’s Best Restaurants’ show.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Hillary Clinton to release essay collection about personal, public life
‘Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love and Liberty’ will be out in September.
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June 25, 1985: Could Elm Street in Hallowell someday look radically different? That’s what one local businessman wants to do to dead-end street. Also, rollover in Sidney hospitalizes one and meet this year’s jalapeño eating champion in Bar Harbor
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June 24, 1992: To save money, Waterville traffic lights will turn red or yellow between midnight to 6 a.m. daily, the connection between Waterville’s sister city Kotlas, Russia is growing, and meet ‘Chuck’ LeBlanc, a massage therapist with a message
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Pittston Fair wraps up annual festivities after rainy weekend
A Pittston Fair Association official estimated at midday Sunday that 1,500 people attended the three-day fair, which began Friday. A weekend in a typical year, without “crazy rain,” would draw up to 3,000.
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Monty Python skit inspires latest book by Maine children’s author Julie Falatko
The South Portland author’s latest book, ‘Help Wanted: One Rooster,’ depicts a struggling farm and the farm’s search for a rooster to help make things right. Plus a few other Maine reads for your kids this summer.
Posted inFood & Dining, Restaurant reviews
OystHers in Bath has a great backstory and 4-star food and drink
The restaurant, which sits by the Kennebec River, is the creation of two sisters whose father was a lobsterman.
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‘Adventure dining’ comes to Maine – and brings its creators here, too
The Firles of South Portland run the nationwide, farm-to-table Secret Supper series, catering to affluent foodies who relish great food and the element of surprise.
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Reducing the lawn, two bricks at a time
Columnist Tom Atwell is moving garden pathways this summer to make room for more garden and less lawn.
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A small-town Maine librarian’s obsessions keep the pages turning
Hilarity – and chills – ensue in Portland writer Sarah Braunstein’s second novel, ‘Bad Animals.’