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MDI Mushers Run Can Am

Outdoor >> Recreation

FORT KENT — Two Mount Desert Island residents ran their first competitive dogsled race here when they participated in the Pepsi Bottling Can Am 30 on Saturday. ...

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Cleonice Chefs Among Fresh Talent in Local Restaurant Scene

Arts & Leisure >> Food & Wine

ELLSWORTH — There’s more than one cook in most restaurant kitchens. ...

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New Abbe Exhibit Aims to Shatter Stereotypes

Arts & Leisure >> Artist & Galleries

The newest exhibit to grace the walls of the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor is a challenging, engaging, and thought-provoking survey of issues affecting tribal people in Maine. ...

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On The Road Review: Toyota 4Runner SR5

Arts & Leisure >> Auto

Since 1985, Toyota has sold a truck-based midsize sport utility vehicle in America that has enjoyed strong customer loyalty and an exceptional reputation for off-road prowess and long service life. ...

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Deer Isle-Stonington Chess Team Continues State Level Dominance

ORONO — The Elementary K-6 Team from Deer Isle-Stonington earned its 10th state championship in the last 12 years and its 12th overall at the Maine State Scholastic Team Chess Championships March 6 at the University of Maine in Orono.

 
Cleonice Chefs Among Fresh Talent in Local Restaurant Scene

ELLSWORTH — There’s more than one cook in most restaurant kitchens.

 
In Good Season: Thyme for Lemon Chicken

If you were to ask what herbs are most useful in everyday cooking, I would guess that basil, marjoram, chives and dill might be mentioned. Then I would add a few more for good measure: sage, oregano, parsley and a good French thyme.

 
New Abbe Exhibit Aims to Shatter Stereotypes

The newest exhibit to grace the walls of the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor is a challenging, engaging, and thought-provoking survey of issues affecting tribal people in Maine.

 
On The Road Review: Toyota 4Runner SR5

Since 1985, Toyota has sold a truck-based midsize sport utility vehicle in America that has enjoyed strong customer loyalty and an exceptional reputation for off-road prowess and long service life.

 
DVD Review: 2012

Things have gone all to hell since Friedrich Nietzsche, the 19th century German philosopher, declared that “The thought of suicide … helps one through many a dreadful night.”

 
Cheers: The Little Wine That Could

Fear and loathing were our initial reactions to the $4.99 Crane Lake 2005 Petite Sirah. We had not yet tasted it, but the very idea of a cheap Petite Syrah filled us with dread and foreboding.

 
Island Cooking: Buffet Sparks Ideas for Home

I love going to the slots and playing the slot machines – this is something else that I probably shouldn’t admit about myself because pretty soon everyone will know all of my vices.

 
MDI High Wins One-Act Play Regional, Ellsworth Also Advances to Finals

BAR HARBOR — Mount Desert Island High School brought home some new hardware for its trophy case and a spot in the finals of the Maine State Drama Festival over the weekend when the cast and crew of “Sganarelle, or the Imaginary Cuckold,” directed by Casey Rush, was named the Class A winner of the Mid-Coast Regional of the Maine State Drama Festival. That competition was held in Rockland on March 5-6.