There is no nationwide policy but some screeners have begun asking people to remove food, causing confusion.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Tech has finally caught up with a Mainer’s genius invention from 1873
Chester Greenwood, of Farmington, was only 15 when he came up with the idea for earmuffs while ice skating and asked his grandmother to sew tufts of fur between loops of wire to make them.
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Monhegan museum receives gift of $1 million from Wyeth Foundation
The challenge grant from one of the art haven’s most celebrated painters and his wife will be used to fund an endowment and is part of a larger fundraising campaign.
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Record number of women expected to run for office
They’re embracing their roles as mothers and hope to draw attention to everyday issues like equal pay and early childhood development.
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Photo slideshow: ‘Messiah’ dress rehearsal at Augusta church
The First United Pentecostal Church of Augusta held the rehearsals for the show ahead of the Easter season.
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DMX faces the music: serenaded by judge, gets year in prison
When it comes to the IRS, X is gonna give it to ’em.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine, News
Owners of 2 Maine luxury inns file for bankruptcy
The move came a day before the Danforth Inn in Portland and the Camden Harbour Inn in Camden were scheduled to be sold at auction.
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Seeking fresh start, Portsmouth restaurant leaps across the river
The owners of Blue Mermaid Island Grill say Portsmouth ‘was losing the arts, culture and community that we fell in love with 24 years ago.’
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Watch video: Mainer Zachary Fowler on the 87 days ‘Alone’ in Patagonia that earned him $500,000
Fowler, of Appleton, was the latest guest in centralmaine.com’s Community Voices series.
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Veranda noodle restaurant opens new location in Westbrook
The noodle house opens its first location outside Portland.