Maine State Police had been searching for a missing woman throughout the day on Saturday, a spokesman says.
Meredith Goad
Many people tell Meredith Goad that she has the best job in Maine, and most of the time she agrees.
Maine has a crazy appetite for food stories, and it’s Meredith’s job to satisfy those cravings with juicy tales from chefs, food producers, local farms, and the state’s fast-growing restaurant scene. Her work appears in Wednesday’s Food & Dining section and the Sunday Source section, and occasionally, but not as often as she’d like, on the front page.
A native of Memphis, Tenn., Meredith shamelessly flaunts her knowledge of good barbecue in front of her Yankee friends. She earned a bachelor of science degree in wildlife biology from Colorado State University, then studied science writing at the University of Missouri, where she received a master’s degree in journalism. She spent the first 20 years of her career covering science and environmental news, then switched to features in 2004, just as Portland’s food scene was taking off.
Her own most memorable meal? Back in the 1980s, on assignment in Finland, she shared a dinner of reindeer and Russian vodka with Maryland’s governor and a bunch of hungry scientists.
Meredith lives in Portland, but spends much of her time off back in Tennessee - either visiting family, or in online archives, researching her family’s history.
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13 riders rescued from Ferris wheel in York Beach
They were stranded on the ride at York’s Wild Kingdom during a power outage, authorities say.
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Eyewitness recalls shock of seeing car barreling through gate at ballpark
Tim Curley, who coaches and sponsors a team in Sanford, says he was close enough to recognize the accused driver, Carol Sharrow, who once was a caregiver for his grandmother.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Limington man charged with operating a meth lab
Deputies say they saw Patrick Gomes try to hide something under a bed. It allegedly turned out to be a container for making meth.
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Massachusetts man dies after falling off Harpswell ledge
Friends of John Bernadi, 62, witnessed his fall and administered emergency first aid and CPR. He later died at Maine Medical Center.
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Maine maple syrup, honey producers sour on ‘added sugar’ label
The new federal requirement would have them list their products as having added sugars, even though they don’t.
Posted inFood & Dining
Summer’s all but here, and with it comes ice cream, so get your licks in
What’s new on Maine’s ice cream scene this summer? Chocolate-miso-seaweed ice cream, anyone?
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More Maine restaurants opting for alternatives to plastic straws
They’re giving patrons more sippers made from wood, metal, paper, bamboo and even corn-based materials that don’t present a disposal problem or environmental hazard.
Posted inFood & Dining, Local & State
Uber Eats launches its food delivery service in Portland on Thursday
Five local businesses have signed up with the service.
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Maine gets another chef on ‘Chopped’
Former Portland chef Jason Daly will compete on the show May 29.