Yes, I know we just did a chicken thigh recipe last week, but bear with me. This is totally different. For this recipe, use bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs. Boneless, skinless specimens are just not the same. To accompany this elegant entrée, delicate, glossy green beans with a bit of crunch are perfect, as is a […]
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Harpswell Coastal Academy students share personal stories, poems with new book
The students worked with the Portland-based Telling Room to write and publish “Somehow I Knew What to Do: Personal Narratives from Harpswell Coastal Academy.”
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Seeing is Perceiving: Freeport library incorporates sign language into reading program
FREEPORT — The doors swung open, and the pitter-patter of tiny feet signaled that Tuesday morning storytime at the Freeport Community Library was about to begin. But it was storytime with a twist for the babies and toddlers. Ali Reddy read the books while fellow youth service clerk Brandi Lemieux followed along using sign language. […]
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Bowdoin library exhibit highlights challenges of Maine’s early statehood
“State of Maine” is on display both at the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library and online.
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Freeport woman seeks new horizons through Peace Corps
FREEPORT — Freeport native Eli Pier always knew she wanted to pursue a career with social impact, and she knew she wanted to live abroad after college. What she didn’t know was that her journey would lead her to join more than 50 Mainers now serving in the Peace Corps. Pier, 24, will depart on […]
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Sande’s Picks: Still time to celebrate Chinese New Year
Food and beverage events in the Southern Midcoast Feb. 7 Winter Graze Dinner at Camp Hammond, 275 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-3895. This dinner features food sources from Snell Family Farm, beers from Brickyard Hollow, and catering by The Black Tie Company. $65/person for four-course served dinner plus hors d’ouevres. Tickets at eventbrite.com. Upcoming dates are […]
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Cooking at the Cove: A weeknight meal with ‘extra’
At the cove, when we really like something, we often say, “That was extra!” It could mean extra delicious, extra special, extra you-name-it. (Even when the youngest grandchild does something especially cute, we say, “She’s so extra.”) This wonderfully aromatic one-pot chicken and rice dish, for instance, is the epitome of “extra.” Smelling that exquisite […]
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Coastal History: Isabella Fogg, Civil War nurse
After Joshua Chamberlain miraculously survived a horrible bullet wound through his pelvis, he was transported many miles by stretcher and loaded onto a steamship. Nurse Isabella Fogg from Maine heard that he was aboard and volunteered to stay with him on the ship. Unfortunately, the ship’s chief medical officer did not want any women on […]
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Pine Tree Society expands specialized children services to Bath
BATH — Pine Tree Society, which works with Mainers with disabilities and their families, has expanded its children’s case management services to its 149 Front St. office in Bath, allowing new referrals to be accepted within an hour radius of Bath. The 84-year-old nonprofit already offers services to 55-60 families at its Scarborough and Auburn […]
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Chocolate Church tower may need to be rebuilt as part of facade improvement
The arts center, built as a church in 1847, is forced to relocate shows elsewhere in the winter and summer.