Sometimes stories pop up in the darnedest of places. For example: today’s interview with Mr. Charles Sawyer — photographer, writer, musician, blues history and software engineering teacher at Harvard Extension School (from 1990 to 2017), software engineer at Google (retired 2015) and consultant for the B.B. King Museum. His wife, Cherie Hoyt, sent me an […]
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Dec. 27, 1986: Hallowell postman to retire after 31 years on the job, new water system for Readfield Corner area expected next summer, and the Kennebec Valley YMCA to entertain overnight on New Year’s
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Whiskey wooing young Chinese as top distillers target a growing market
A French wine and spirits group says the whisky is produced using traditional whiskey-making techniques combined with Chinese characteristics including locally grown barley.
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Dec. 26, 1995: New mandatory seat belt law goes into effect tomorrow in Maine, Mainers enjoyed a sunny mild Christmas Day yesterday, and new techniques are being introduced for brain surgery at Mid-Maine Medical Center in Waterville
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Posted inFood & Dining
Do you schmear what I schmear? Bagels are the new Christmastime tradition
Local bakeries say demand for the once quintessential Jewish bread spikes during holidays, including Christian ones.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Lack of snow makes our yards less attractive and more vulnerable
A blanket of snow not only makes winter berries pop, but it protects plants underneath from the cold.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Plant-based food gets seat at U.N. climate summit’s table
Food finally made it onto the agenda of a United Nations’ climate change summit. The recent COP28 summit in Dubai was noted for a thick sheen of oil lobbyists, its controversial president (who heads a fossil fuel corporation), restrictions on protesters and the successful petrochemical industry push to reduce rather than phase out fossil fuels. […]
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Dec. 24, 1969: Power failures are widespread across central Maine after ‘staggering’ ice storm, and special section of legislature to consider $5 million in appropriations
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Dec. 23, 1976: Second bridge to span Waterville-Winslow needed by late 1980s says Maine DOT, Augusta council touts Winslow man for state job, and managers at local department stores say this will be a big year for toys
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Christmas meals planned in central Maine for those in need
‘The dinner is important this year, especially because many people lost power and had food go bad in the freezer, and many can’t cook,’ said Kim Lawrence, who has helped organize a community meal in Winslow.