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Everything but the bird for your Thanksgiving feast
The holiday menu is probably the most traditional on the American calendar. In that spirit, we reprise some favorite recipes.
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St. Cecilia Chamber Choir holding auditions in Newcastle for Lessons and Carols
St. Cecilia Chamber Choir is holding auditions for all voice parts as it begins preparing its December concert of Lessons and Carols for the Christmas Season. Singers wishing to audition should have good vocal control, and sopranos and altos should be able to sing without vibrato. The ability to read music is preferred, but those […]
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Wiscasset chorus welcomes new members as it begins rehearsals for holiday concert
Sheepscot Chorus invites new members to join as the group begins rehearsals for its Dec. 7 Boothbay Harbor holiday concert. The concert will feature Benjamin Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols,” performed with harp and conducted by artistic director Linda Blanchard. The chorus rehearses on Tuesday nights, starting Sept. 9 at 7 p.m., at the Frist […]
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Rain expected to dampen Memorial Day traffic in Maine
Despite predicted stormy weather and lower traffic volumes, Friday will still be the busiest travel day on the Maine Turnpike over the holiday weekend.
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As cocoa prices rise, Maine chocolatiers try to find the sweet spot
Supply problems in West Africa, the commodities market and uncertain tariffs have forced local chocolate makers to find creative solutions to doing business.
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This Passover egg dish is good enough to eat all year
Making matzo brei is just a few minutes’ work.
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Chocolate matzoh clusters are an easy way to sweeten Passover
These bite-size chocolate mounds require barely any cooking and will end the meal with a flourish.
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As Christmas winds down, Portlanders welcome Hanukkah
Chabad of Maine marks the start of the Jewish festival of lights and the 50th year of public menorah lightings in the U.S.
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Wiscasset bakery’s submission is shoppers’ favorite in wreath contest
Wiscasset Creative Alliance recently announced that TREATs, a bakery café in Wiscasset, is the People’s Choice winner of Wreaths Around the Holidays 2024. Nine decorated wreaths were on view to the public during the event, which happens each year during Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest in early December. For the contest, local businesses are invited to decorate […]