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Some of the stones grinding this mustard were shipped from France in 1900. They’re made of quartz, and they still do the work today. That’s the part that gets me. The whole process stays cold on purpose. Cold water from a 400-foot well keeps the seeds from losing their bold, sharp flavor. Most big brands skip that slow step entirely.
MACHIAS — The Washington County Budget Advisory Committee trimmed more than $1 million from the 2027 budget Tuesday, cutting all but $35,333 of that amount from the sheriff’s office budget.
Gáspár Bakos moved to Princeton back in 2011 partly for its dark skies, but the astrophysicist now says those skies are mostly lost. Bakos has spent years measuring the town's growing light pollution problem, and his findings landed in front of the Princeton Council on Monday, November 9, as the town's Environmental Commission pushed officials to finally update a lighting ordinance that has sat largely untouched since 1997.
Daniel O’Connor is a Report for Americacorps member who covers rural government as part of the partnership between The Maine Monitor and the Bangor Daily News, with additional support from BDN and Monitor readers.
CHERRYFIELD, Maine – Replacing a creosote-treated, 65-year-old dam on the Narraguagus River required general contractor Sargent Corporation to persuade the project’s owner, engineer and permitting agencies to scrap a phased construction plan in favor of routing the entire river through a temporary bypass channel only 20 feet wide.
