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Try creme brulee on the go, a dressed-up dog or a toasty s’more from the city’s new food trucks and carts.

by Meredith Goad August 4, 2015August 5, 2015

Joel Glatz, head chef at Maine College of Art, has lots of options for filling his summer months, when the school’s kitchen is closed. One year he worked as a summer camp chef. Another, he managed the general store on Great Diamond Island. This summer, he decided to go into business for himself by opening […]

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Barrels Community Market, Colby College partner to make the store sustainable

by Rachel Ohm August 4, 2015August 3, 2015

Food co-op closes for a month as the college and the market develop a business plan as part of Colby’s program to help revitalize downtown.

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Waterville prepares for influx, parking for Taste

by Rachel Ohm August 3, 2015August 4, 2015

Portions of Main Street, Common Street and Appleton Street, as well as the Concourse, will be closed to traffic and parking on Wednesday for the Taste of Waterville.

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Former owner of Bresca cooks up new plan for restaurant in North Yarmouth

by Mary Pols August 3, 2015August 4, 2015

The Purple House, with a wood-burning oven and a garden outside, is the next venture for chef Krista Kern Desjarlais.

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Kraft recalls cheese slices over choking risk

by The Associated Press August 3, 2015August 3, 2015

The packaging film in the 3- and 4-pound packages may stick to the slices.

Animals, Life & Culture

Massachusetts woman’s chicken getting $2,500 prosthetic leg

by The Associated Press August 3, 2015February 13, 2018

Andrea Martin, of Clinton, tells The Telegram & Gazette she is paying for the $2,500 operation out of her own pocket.

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Horses and people, large and small, pull together at Monmouth Fair

by Keith Edwards August 2, 2015August 3, 2015

Kids and small horses put on a show at fair that bills itself as “A little fair with a lotta pull!”

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Granite sculpture from Viles Arboretum moves to downtown Gardiner

by Paul Koenig August 2, 2015August 2, 2015

As part of Friday’s downtown Gardiner art walk, artist Jesse Salisbury will speak at the unveiling of his granite sculpture that has been in Augusta since 2013.