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He knew about the shoreland zoning laws in theory

by Tom Atwell January 7, 2024January 5, 2024

Now he knows about them in fact.

A tasty roundup of recent vegan news for your reading (and eating) pleasure

by Avery Yale Kamila January 7, 2024January 5, 2024

From cats to cookbooks, wine to tattoos – we cover the ground.

Food & Dining, Recipes

Home Plates: Jambalaya, with a few twists

by Dana Morris-Jones December 31, 2023December 29, 2023

A Scarborough home cook likes the Creole recipe because it easily accommodates substitutes, plus it lets eaters personalize their portions to suit themselves.

Food & Dining, Maine Gardener

Sorta, kinda gardening resolutions for the new year

by Tom Atwell December 31, 2023December 29, 2023

Don’t sweat the small stuff, columnist Tom Atwell vows to himself, but do play a part in fixing the big, ominous environmental picture.

Business, Food & Dining, Nation & World, News

Whiskey wooing young Chinese as top distillers target a growing market

by Associated Press December 26, 2023December 26, 2023

A French wine and spirits group says the whisky is produced using traditional whiskey-making techniques combined with Chinese characteristics including locally grown barley.

Food & Dining

Do you schmear what I schmear? Bagels are the new Christmastime tradition

by Peggy Grodinsky December 24, 2023December 23, 2023

Local bakeries say demand for the once quintessential Jewish bread spikes during holidays, including Christian ones.

Food & Dining, Maine Gardener

Lack of snow makes our yards less attractive and more vulnerable

by Tom Atwell December 24, 2023December 22, 2023

A blanket of snow not only makes winter berries pop, but it protects plants underneath from the cold.

Food & Dining, Vegan Kitchen

Plant-based food gets seat at U.N. climate summit’s table

by Avery Yale Kamila December 24, 2023December 22, 2023

Food finally made it onto the agenda of a United Nations’ climate change summit. The recent COP28 summit in Dubai was noted for a thick sheen of oil lobbyists, its controversial president (who heads a fossil fuel corporation), restrictions on protesters and the successful petrochemical industry push to reduce rather than phase out fossil fuels. […]