Category: General News

Also in today’s paper is an interesting article about an effort to identify to recognize Portland’s Chinese heritage. Plaques will be placed on the sites of early chinese business including Portland’s first Chinese restaurant which was opened in 1880 on 1 Custom House Wharf.

Matt’s Wood Roasted Organic Coffee in Pownal is running a photography competition. To enter you need to send in a photo of your woodpile by midnight November 15—no that’s not a typo, it’s really a woodpile photo comptetion. According to Matt’s site, the photos will be judged on “image composition and creativity, the skill and industriousness of the stacker, our own whim and state of indigestion, and the like.” The winner gets a free supply of Matt’s coffee beans. Complete rules and instructions are available on the Matt’s website.

The front page on today’s Press Herald features an article about the plummeting price for lobster and how it’s impacting the industry.

The Bollard has summarized the history of Granny’s/Billy’s/Grandes which is now out of business.

According to a report in The Maine Mouth, Kate’s Homemade Butter won first prize in the Unsalted Butter category at the 2008 World Dairy Expo. Kate’s is produced by the Patry family in Old Orchard Beach. Gifford’s was also a winner at the Expo taking home first prize in the Sherbert category and second place in the Chocolate Ice Cream category.

According to a report in The Maine Mouth, Kate’s Homemade Butter won first prize in the Unsalted Butter category at the 2008 World Dairy Expo. Kate’s is produced by the Patry family in Old Orchard Beach. Gifford’s was also a winner at the Expo taking home first prize in the Sherbert category and second place in the Chocolate Ice Cream category.

Today’s paper has an article about community supported fisheries in Maine. There is a groundfish CSF in Port Clyde and a lobster CSF in Freeport; there’s the possibility of a CSF being established here in Portland. Also in today’s paper was a report that sales of Allen’s Coffee Brandy topped 1 million bottles during the state’s 2007 fiscal year.

Today’s paper has an article about community supported fisheries in Maine. There is a groundfish CSF in Port Clyde and a lobster CSF in Freeport; there’s the possibility of a CSF being established here in Portland. Also in today’s paper was a report that sales of Allen’s Coffee Brandy topped 1 million bottles during the state’s 2007 fiscal year.

Chow Maine‘s Nancy English was one of the judges at the Cumberland Fair’s apple pie contest. She’s posted her insights on the winning pies and thoughts on what makes great apple pie so challenging to make.

David Turin, owner of David’s restaurant, was quoted in an article in today’s paper about the death of the lunch hour.