Start with personal taste, then consider some expert advice about how apple varieties perform in various dishes.
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Parades, protests, chicken feet: 40 years of memories at the Common Ground Country Fair
Mainers look back on the big rains, lessons learned and connections made at the fair.
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A 19th-century Brunswick botanist gets her due with book of flora paintings
Kate Furbish was an intrepid collector and artist who was ahead of her time.
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Summer’s heat gives pepper lovers sweet abundance
And the ways cooks can preserve both hot and sweet ones are equally bounteous.
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Grace Pease brings a college degree home to the farm
When she went off to college she wasn’t sure she’d come back, but she and her sister have joined the family business in Cornish.
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New garden in Cape Elizabeth beckons children back to nature
At Fort Williams Park, kids can now expect to get muddy while learning in the garden mostly built by volunteers.
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Take the bus to the Common Ground Fair
Maine Adult Education has organized a lower-carbon way for people to get to the fair and avoid the infamous traffic jam.
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Portland council opts to negotiate deal to build solar array at landfill
The city would pay $150,000 over six years to have the panels installed, and expects to save $3.2 million in energy costs over the life of the project.
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In key advance, food waste recycling-to-energy program begins in Portland area
Ecomaine is ready to compile and ship large quantities of the area’s organic trash, offering the potential for a dramatic drop in the non-recycling waste stream.
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Simple steps to save, for you and the planet
How to fulfill this essential tenet of sustainable living: live frugally.