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Maine’s Iconic ‘Trolley Cart’ Diner Earns Spot on ‘America’s Best Classic Diners’ List
Never pass up an opportunity to eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner in a vintage trolley cart. It's so fun. Have you ever been to the icon of Biddeford breakfast places, the Palace Diner? It's the cutest little diner you'll ever see, made up of just "one car length's worth of patrons", according to roadfood.com Yes, this makes it extremely hard to secure a spot on a Saturday or Sunday morning, but if you can manage the wait time, I can promise you it's worth it. I've only been a few times on the weekends, and all I remember is the portions being of wildly delicious quality, and enough to take home for lunch the next day.
Orchard, Higgins win Capital City Classic track meet events
Boothbay/Wiscasset won two individual Capital City Classic Track & Field events May 17 in Augusta. Maddie Orchard won the 800M run and Karen Higgins won the 3200M run. The team had 11 Top 6 finishes at the meet which included Mountain Valley and Kennebec Valley conference teams. In the 100M...
More than a dozen incarcerated people Maine State Prison earn degrees
WARREN, Maine — It’s graduation season. On Tuesday, a small group of students overcame significant hurdles—some of their own making—to get their diplomas. Fifteen incarcerated people at the Maine State Prison received associate or bachelor’s degrees as part of a commencement ceremony at the prison. The degrees are a partnership between the prison and the University of Augusta, which announced it had graduated more than 180 incarcerated people to date.
Eight fire departments respond to facility in Chelsea
CHELSEA, Maine (WABI) - At least eight fire departments responded to a large fire at a facility for mobile and manufactured homes in Chelsea on May 26, according to the Morning Sentinel. The New England rent to own storage facility, located on 65 River Road, was engulfed in flames at...
One Good Tern
Over the weekend, we were out doing some errands in Augusta when it occurred to us that we could easily add one more “errand” into our itinerary. Only a few minutes farther north from the Augusta Civic Center area, where we were making a trip for home supplies, is one of the most special bird places in Maine. That spot—the south end of Messalonskee Lake--is one of only a handful of places in the entire state where the striking and state-endangered black tern nests.
Travelling GoldStars Tribute Wall honoring veterans in Augusta
AUGUSTA (WGME) - Memorial Day weekend often marks the beginning of warmer months, beach days to come, and no school. But there's a GoldStars Tribute Wall in Maine right now, reminding us of why we get to enjoy those freedoms. More than seven thousand stars, each with a different name.
Monmouth budget builds important salt shed for public works, raises taxes by hundreds
MONMOUTH (WGME) - Next month, Monmouth residents will vote on dozens of items that make up the town's annual budget. “The things that we have proposed are important for the town," Monmouth Select Board Chairman Doug Ludewig said. The budget includes $1,055,349.55 to complete the renovations on the former Monmouth...
New 'one-stop-shop' resource aims to help Maine businesses secure financing more efficiently
AUGUSTA, Maine — If you recently applied to college or helped someone apply, you're probably familiar with what's called the common application. The single application can be filled out once and then sent out to different schools, saving prospective students time. The Maine Funding Network uses a similar approach....
Augusta welcomes GoldStars Tribute Wall for Memorial Day
AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - Ahead of Memorial Day Monday, the public was invited to Augusta Elks Lodge #964 Saturday to unveil the GoldStars Tribute Wall. As a tribute that travels around the nation, this is the third time the memorial has come to Maine and the second time it has parked in Augusta.
Monmouth budget builds important salt shed for public works, raises taxes by hundreds
MONMOUTH (WGME) - Next month, Monmouth residents will vote on dozens of items that make up the town's annual budget. “The things that we have proposed are important for the town," Monmouth Select Board Chairman Doug Ludewig said. The budget includes $1,055,349.55 to complete the renovations on the former Monmouth...
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