For years, Stephanie Petkers, a.k.a. Chef Stef, has followed her passion for cooking. She has developed a collection of recipes for comfort food she now shares with clients of her Chef Stef Maine online cooking and catering business. She offers a rotating selection of soups, casseroles, salads, breads, sweets and more available for pickup in […]
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Freeport woman appears on ‘Jeopardy,’ fulfilling longtime dream
Tiffany Eisenhauer appeared on the TV program April 2.
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Bath’s Hyde School continues character-based education remotely amid coronavirus
Through methods like Discovery Group, the school aims to continue engaging students and families alike.
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‘The best we can do right now’: Maine special education programs adapt to limits caused by home schooling
Programming continues amid the coronavirus pandemic, but reduced daily structure and social interactions bring challenges, parents and administrators say.
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Topsham-area school budget could rise 9.3%, but average taxes could drop
School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors on Wednesday adopted a $46.06 million proposed budget.
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Midcoast People & Business: April 10
Bowdoin College upgrade cited in national engineering competition CHA Consulting, Inc. of Albany, New York, has earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ 53rd annual Engineering Excellence Awards for designing the renovation of the Whittier Field Athletic Complex at Bowdoin College. The initial phase replaced the […]
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Cooking at the Cove: What would mom do?
I’ve been talking on the phone more with my 87-year-old mom in recent weeks. Our conversations often include a fair amount of looking back on other tough times we’ve been through in our lives and how we dealt with them. We took care of our families. We helped others and shared with them. We made […]
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Sande’s Picks: Summer is coming and CSA shares are available
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is an alliance between consumers and local farmers. It is an investment that we can all make in food production that has a guaranteed return in a few months. It is also an immediate way to support local businesses and give them cash flow when it is most needed. Many area […]
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Freeport-area school budget would increase taxes 4.36%
The RSU 5 School Board OKs a $35.4 million budget for FY ’21, now due to go to two district-wide votes. However, it’s uncertain whether the votes will go ahead as scheduled amid concerns over the pandemic.
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Bath-area school district’s proposed $38M budget could raise taxes 3.4%
The first principal bond payment on the new Morse High School, largely offset by state subsidy, accounts for most of the 13% spending hike.