Some businesses are booking tire-mounting jobs for weeks from now as Maine drivers caught off guard by the early winter weather inundate them and ‘everybody’s freaking out.’
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From wines to craft beers to ciders, these Maine-made beverages will pair with your holiday menu
You still have time to get something great to contribute to the Thanksgiving feast.
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The Wrap: Fork Food Lab just may have your Christmas list covered
The ‘Mumbai to Maine’ cooking series is set to debut, and Thursday brings a community Thanksgiving feast to the Portland Club.
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Winter farmers market to open Dec. 1 at former Maine Girls’ Academy gym
It will continue every Saturday through April 20, and the first day includes a silent auction to benefit the market’s Low Income Access Program.
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Grace, the Portland restaurant in a remodeled 1856 church, will become events-only venue
Come 2019, you can still hold a wedding at Grace, but you won’t be able to walk in and order dinner.
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Maine DOT completes emergency bridge repair on I-295 in Portland
The agency said a deteriorated bridge joint on the section over Forest Avenue needed to be repaired immediately.
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Maine financial adviser denies spending investor’s $200,000
An attorney for Sean Grady says the New Hampshire allegations are the result of a flawed investigation.
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L.L. Bean’s Gorman family donates $4 million for new lobby in Maine Med expansion
The lobby will be named after former Bean president Leon Gorman, and the donation toward a modern medical services facility is a gift ‘to the people of Maine,’ his widow says.
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Mother of Noyes Street fire victim petitions Portland to create memorial
Lisa LeConte Mazziotti wants the city to build a memorial to the six young adults – including her daughter Nicole Finlay – who died in the 2014 blaze.
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University system captures extra $15 million, reports $8.2 million surplus
The extra funds are attributed to better-than-expected investment income, cost-cutting and an increase in tuition revenue from out-of-state students.