Several restaurants around southern Maine are planning special events and menus for New Year’s Eve. Here is a listing of some of them. CAMDEN Natalie’s at the Camden Harbour Inn, 83 Bay View St., will be serving a three-course dinner at 5:30 p.m. and an eight-course dinner at 8 p.m. that will include a countdown […]
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Dispatches
AUGUSTA Slow Money Maine will meet at Viles Arboretum The next meeting of Slow Money Maine takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 16 at Viles Arboretum. The group brings together food producers, lenders and philanthropists in an effort to provide financial support to the local food movement. Producers making presentations at the meeting […]
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Soup to Nuts: Briny goodness
‘Tis the season — fresh Maine scallop season, that is — so support your local fisherman and indulge.
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The Maine Ingredient: After dinner, be a love and pitch in
I know that the patriarch in a family won’t change his stripes simply because I write a column. I also know that family dynamics can be complicated and nuanced, and sometimes it’s better to NOT say something and instead to focus on the things that you DO enjoy about the individuals in your family. I […]
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Natural Foodie: A worthy resolution for 2013: Love thy mother
In this season of gift giving and resolution making, it’s worthwhile to pause and remember our Mother. Our Mother Earth, that is. While the modern world does its best to distance us from the place we call home, there’s no denying that our health is inextricably tied to the Earth’s well-being. When her waters run […]
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People & Entertainment: Queen updates tradition in 3D
LONDON – Queen Elizabeth II has hailed the holidays in a new dimension, delivering her Christmas message for the first time in 3D. In the annual, prerecorded broadcast, the monarch paid tribute to the armed forces, “whose sense of duty takes them away from family and friends” over the holidays, and expressed gratitude for the […]
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Mainer’s body found on Alaska mountain
Derek Winn Russell, 20, may have slipped on ice and fallen while on a hike near his Coast Guard base.
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Local & State Dispatches
Eastport tradition to be on CNN / Slippery roads cause holiday accidents / Search for missing boatbuilding students suspended … and more news from around the state
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Celtics: A victory grows in Brooklyn
Rajon Rondo stays in the game this time, and scores 19 points as the Celtics move a game over .500.
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Charles Durning, 89, prolific Oscar-nominated character actor
LOS ANGELES – Charles Durning grew up in poverty, lost five of his nine siblings to disease, barely lived through D-Day and was taken prisoner at the Battle of the Bulge. His hard life and wartime trauma provided the basis for a prolific 50-year career as a consummate Oscar-nominated character actor, playing everyone from a […]