Members of the Friends of Messalonskee have fielded complaints about boaters coming too close to the birds’ nesting areas or driving too fast too close to shore.
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Portland police, heeding quacks, rescue brood of ducklings
The baby mallards were stuck in a storm drain on Cumberland Avenue when two officers intervened.
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Posted inFood & Dining, News
What are the odds of getting a seat at The Lost Kitchen? Still slim
They’re still not great, as more than 10,000 cards pour in from 47 states for 2018 reservations that likely will accommodate about 5,000 people.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Mainers from around the state load up on sugar on Maine Maple Sunday
Sugarhouses offer visitors everything maple, from syrup to cotton candy to tea.
Posted inFood & Dining
Portland baker named finalist for James Beard Award
Alison Pray of Standard Baking Co. will compete for Outstanding Baker against 5 others.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: L.L. Bean’s old policy on returns gets the boot
How have the good people who staff L.L. Bean’s returns counter managed to keep their sanity, not to mention their smiles?
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Woman, 68, killed in overnight blaze in Freeport
Her husband and two others escaped the fire, which tore through a split-story ranch on Wardtown Road.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Ex-priest with long history as a sex offender pleads not guilty to new charges in Maine
James Talbot, 80, will face as much as 25 years in prison if convicted of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old boy in a Freeport church nearly two decades ago.
Posted inFood & Dining
Can’t get a reservation at ‘The Lost Kitchen’? Console yourself with these
Make this mussels recipe from Mainer Erin French’s “Lost Kitchen” cookbook.
Posted inCookbook Reviews, Food & Dining
Two new Maine cookbooks champion similar seasonal, farm-to-table ethos
Erin French’s ‘The Lost Kitchen’ and Annemarie Ahearn’s ‘Full Moon Suppers,’ out at the same time, are cut from the same cloth.