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Gov. Paul LePage welcomes Eric Trump at Ricker Hill in Turner
Eric Trump, son of Republican presidential contender Donald Trump, and his wife, Lara, is visiting the area Thursday afternoon. First, they appeared with Gov. Paul LePage at Ricker Hill Orchards in Turner. The couple are scheduled to reach the Republican headquarters in Auburn at 2:45 p.m. before heading on to an appearance in Bangor. [View […]
Eats: Ricker Hill Orchards — Seasonal pies and doughnuts to fall for
After spending an afternoon picking apples and bringing them home, it’s time to settle in and satisfy all those autumnal desires. But baking the perfect pie crust can be intimidating. Maybe you’ve tried it once or twice and possibly thrown a bag of flour across the floor out of frustration — not that we’d know […]
Ricker Hill enters the growing hard cider market, hopes to be biggest in Maine
TURNER — At the headquarters of his family’s 211-year-old farm, Andy Ricker has turned a cool, looming space built for apple storage into a 23,000-gallon tank room. He’s turned an oversized closet into a lab with a beverage engineer. The ninth-generation farmer aims to become the largest hard apple cider producer in Maine. The first […]