A fresh batch of cookbooks is out just in time for the holidays and baking season.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
If you’re looking for a project, try getting your poinsettia to rebloom next year
Otherwise, just enjoy it this holiday season.
Dec. 5, 1985: 536 missing social security checks show up 24 hours late in Waterville, Fairfield OK’s new assessment board, and here’s a look at Colby College’s new Student Center
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Dec. 4, 1976: Johnny Cash to make another appearance at Augusta Civic Center next year, misunderstanding cited as reason for incorrect Maine jackpot number, and mile-of-money fund drive set
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Buffalo Wild Wings GO taking shape in Augusta, old Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant knocked down in Waterville
Coverage of restaurants, food trucks and food events in the Augusta and Waterville areas.
Penobscot chef to cook at White House next week
Joe Robbins, who was a James Beard semifinalist this year, will be 1 of 5 Indigenous chefs at the White House Tribal Nations Summit.
Dec. 3, 1998: Waterville area apparently a great skiing Mecca, according to phone book cover, local United Way raises $600,000, and difficult roads in Moscow area result in 3 accidents in one week
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Dec. 2, 1980: Augusta man goes oversees to help Asian refugees, Augusta’s Japanese-made police cars to remain in use, and city’s granite Vietnam war memorial erected second time now with correct names
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Dec. 1, 1988: Former Norridgewock chicken farmer & his wife sue U.S. government, 2 Maine TV stations reject Jay International Paper ads, and Catholic Church acts to bail out ‘religious’ pensioners
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Nov. 30, 1995: Owner of McDonald’s in Gardiner, Rockland, and Damariscotta fined for labor law violations, plans continue for Hallowell-area school child care program, and the importance of Meals on Wheels for those housebound
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