Baked Potato Soup seems to be on offer everywhere these days, but did you know how easy it is to make at home for a fraction of the cost? Not to mention the fact that when you cook at home, you have more control over what ingredients are going into your body. This basic recipe […]
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Sande’s Picks: Area eateries announce new hours, offerings
Cara and Cecile Stadler, the owners of Tao Yuan Restaurant, BaoBao Dumpling House and ZaoZe Café & Market, have new schedules and formats to announce: • ZaoZe Café & Market, 5 Abbey Road, Brunswick, will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday and will offer an expanded list of Asian specialty […]
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$4.1 million infrastructure project underway at former Brunswick base
Projects for this fiscal year, which began in July and will continue through June 2022, include LED streetlights, an extension to the Allagash walking trail, airport repaving and electric vehicle charging stations.
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Goat a hankering for cheese? Open Creamery Day is Sunday
Sunflower Farm in Cumberland is on the tour, with goat yoga, goat visits, live music and a farmers market.
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Maine police chief, dad warns about opioid overdoses
Fatal overdoses this year are on track to exceed 2020’s, and isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic may be making matters worse.
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Harpswell oyster hatchery may farm kelp at Mitchell Field
According to Running Tide’s website, the company is growing kelp that floats on the water’s surface to absorb and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as part of a pilot project.
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Brunswick, Topsham, Freeport hosting 9/11 memorials
On Saturday, Sept. 11, the towns of Brunswick, Topsham and Freeport will honor victims of the 9/11 attacks on the 20th anniversary of the national tragedy. A community barbecue will be held in Brunswick beginning at 10 a.m. with an hour-long 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony by American Legion Post 20 at Lower Town Mall on Maine […]
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Pandemic places Maine State Music Theatre’s future in jeopardy, director says
The Maine State Music Theatre will finish its run of “Jersey Boys” in Westbrook before ending the season to avoid further monetary losses as a result of the pandemic.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop docks in Topsham and Windham
The fate of independent bookstores has been uncertain in recent years, but Jeff Curtis, owner of Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop, has turned the tide by dropping anchor at shopping plazas in Topsham and Windham this fall. Curtis, who owns storefronts in Bar Harbor, Boothbay Harbor, Freeport, Portland, Damariscotta and Rockland, talked about changing the […]
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Maine Preservation rolls out new drive-by tours of historic sites
The goal of the tours is to connect the state’s history with its culture today.