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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine
Woolwich woman eliminated from ‘MasterChef’ TV competition
Nina Interlandi Bell was eliminated Wednesday night on the Fox television show.
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Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Motor Booty Affair still going strong after 28 years
Group to take Somerset Abbey stage in Madison Aug. 26.
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Aug. 23, 1986: 5×7 foot piece of Winthrop St. pavement suddenly disappears in Augusta, social security payroll tax continues to climb, and a 33-year-old Augusta woman lives the life of an 80-year-old
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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Nation & World, News
A rice shortage is sending prices soaring across the world. And things could get worse
Wholesalers are yet to receive new stocks since India, the world’s largest exporter of rice by far, said last month that it would ban some rice shipments.
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Aug. 22, 1990: Oakland restroom facilities at Belgrade Ave. park ‘may never be built’, Unity College accreditation ruling still months away, and builder plans apartments for eastern side of Messalonskee Lake
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Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
AUTHOR EVENT: Amy Calder
Calder will give a discussion and read from her new book “Comfort is an Old Barn: Stories from the Heart of Maine,” in Winthrop
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine, News
Maine’s peach crop this year is a total loss
Frigid temperatures and high winds in February doomed the fruit, which grows on trees that are sensitive to the cold.
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Aug. 21, 1973: Associated Press reporting an apparent shortage of toilet seats, telephone poles, meat and gas nationwide, and the ‘local’ definition of obscenity on minds of many
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Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Make halloumi the star of your next vegetarian burger
Use grilled slabs of the cheese in place of meat patties for these hearty burgers.