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Betty White’s 80-year career celebrated in PBS special
The program will air on Aug. 21, showing White at work, at home and interacting with friends.
Monmouth Fair kicks off 4-day stint Wednesday
The largely agricultural fair has added the Redneck Truck Pull and modified mini-tractors to attract young adults.
If Patrick Dempsey is asking you for money online … it’s not Patrick Dempsey
The actor tweeted Monday that someone is impersonating him online asking for money, and asked fans to report the scam to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Two Portland restaurants on Bon Appetit’s 50 best new restaurants
Drifters Wife and Rose Foods both made Bon Appetit’s annual list of America’s Best New Restaurants, which the magazine will whittle down to the ‘Hot 10.’
After just 2 years, Portland’s incubator for food start-ups is closing shop
Shared amenities let the Fork Food Lab in West Bayside give entrepreneurs a first taste of business. That ends in September.
Mainers’ wacky act to appear Thursday on ‘The Gong Show’
Performers Leland Faulkner of Auburn and Michael Menes of Buckfield elongate their limbs and try to avoid the gong.
Dig at Pemaquid historic site searches for British Colonial artifacts
The dig at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site begins Monday.
Advocates of in-home care referendum call it fairness; critics call it a scam
Opponents says the ballot measure is more concerned with pushing pro-labor policies than expanding access to care for the elderly and disabled.
‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ cruises to No. 1 at box office
It’s also getting some of the best reviews in the series.