Great Falls Forum speaker from Portland Community Squash tells how his passion for youngsters and squash meshed to create a thriving nonprofit.
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'This is my AC'
“This is my AC,” Clifford Stephenson said about the hat he wore while working Tuesday in the butternut squash field at the Belanger & Sons Farm in Lewiston. Stephenson said the hat was made for him by his neighbor in Kingston, Jamaica. Stephenson has been spending the summers away from his homeland to work at […]
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Eats: Taking sides — squash or sweet potato? Or both!
We sat across the table from one another, snickering with our mouths full. My partner in crime was a 90-year-old woman who had hired me to cook Thanksgiving dinner for her family. What had started out as an innocent sampling of our efforts had turned into the two of us making a rather substantial dent […]
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Lewiston Farmers Market to host Spaghetti (Squash) Dinner
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Farmers Market will host its first-ever Spaghetti (Squash!) Dinner on Sunday, April 2, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the YWCA at 130 East Ave. In addition to all-you-can-eat spaghetti and meatballs, including spaghetti squash, the dinner will feature farm-fresh seasonal and local ingredients included in delicious recipes like creamy butternut squash […]
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Magical Earth: Abundance galore!
Hot temperatures and just the right amount of rain have resulted in a major jungle that I call my garden. Not only is virtually every vegetable far exceeding its usual size and production, but two are exceptional. The cabbage patch could hide a nursery full of dolls of the same name, and the self-seeded light […]
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Time to let the magical earth rest
It’s time to put the garden to bed. Leaves on the hardwood trees have turned bright yellow, gold, orange and red, and most of our flowers have passed for yet another year. As painful as it is for those of us who just love gathering most of suppers from our backyard gardens, mid-October pretty much […]
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Squash — The good, the odd and the ugly-but-yummy
Historically, the scenic piece of land in Turner on which Lounsbury’s River Rise Farm grows was a dairy farm, making for difficult but nutrient-rich soil conditions. “It was purchased as part of a Maine Farmland Trust Conservation Project and divided into three parcels,” says Lounsbury, who bought 200 acres with almost one mile of frontage […]
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PST: Lincou nabs Bobcat Classic crown
LEWISTON — Just when he thought his momentum had run out, Thierry Lincou somehow got it back. Lincou overcame a miserable fourth set and a 4-1 deficit in the fifth to defeat Australian David Palmer for the 2013 Bobcat Classic Saturday, the first leg for both on this season’s Pro Squash Tour. Lincou captured the […]