Kids with food allergies and their parents have to be all the more vigilant during trick-or-treating season. Growing awareness of the issue through campaigns like the Teal Pumpkin Project helps.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Cutting edge: In the garden, edges cover a multitude of sins
There are many approaches to tidy garden edges. Whichever you chose, your garden will look better.
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Oct. 24, 2007: Wardens cracking down on ATVs cruising around Sebasticook Lake in Newport, Turnpike Authority rejects toll study, and good gourd, check out all these pumpkins in Farmington!
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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Health, Nation & World
Deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders sickens 49 people in 10 states
Infections were reported in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
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Oct. 23, 1974: Thieves rob South China country store two nights ago and walk away with $70, Maine’s new school finance scheme is ‘underfunded’ by more than $15 million, and Waterville man sentenced for two deaths
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‘The place where spirits gather’: Exploring Wiscasset’s haunted heritage
As the air becomes crisp, Midcoast residents take part in ghost walks, embarking on a journey through time and mystery.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
An old farmhouse on the Kennebec River, and the former owner’s date bars, get their due
When Hallie Flint Gilman signed on to restore a 19th-century farmhouse in Somerset County, little did she know the previous owner’s ‘legendary’ old-fashioned date bars would help to make it a home.
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
On Music: Illusionist Leon Etienne talks about performing all the big TV stuff
I don’t get to do many magic acts for these columns, although I did talk with Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller fame) a number of years ago. Anyway, I recently got the opportunity to chat with illusionist Leon Eitenne about his Magic Rocks! show that’s coming to the Waterville Opera House on the 1st […]
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Oct. 22, 1997: A ‘wheely strange’ dump truck mishap takes place on West River Road in Waterville, city allows waterfront land sale, and ‘brain to brain’ tour has officially ended
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How to grow a 2,000-pound pumpkin, according to Charlie Lopresti
The local TV meteorologist took home the top prize and the state record at the 2024 Damariscotta Pumpkinfest.