{"id":28724,"date":"2026-09-24T07:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T07:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/28724\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T07:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T07:33:10","slug":"portland-press-herald-maine-sunday-telegram-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/28724\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Press Herald &#8211; Maine Sunday Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790235135_971_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>What Mainers said about their state<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790235135_154_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Scenic road in Auburn closed<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096292_29_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Portland ventriloquist Austin Phillips shows off his collection of dummies.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096293_696_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Where do most Maine potatoes go?<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096293_445_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LePage says he would &#8216;probably not&#8217; go after legal immigrants<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096293_612_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LePage says he is &#8216;not in favor&#8217; of cannabis legalization<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096293_134_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LePage: Local police need to be able to cooperate with feds<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096294_576_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ventriloquist dummy maker Austin Phillips shows off his workshop in Portland.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096294_383_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Troy Jackson on the irony of universal healthcare<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096294_175_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Troy Jackson says for profit healthcare is &#8216;killing this country&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096294_683_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Troy Jackson says he\u2019s never going to vote to raise the retirement age<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096295_183_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Watch pollock processing at Portland&#8217;s Fish Exchange<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096295_267_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Windham rapper Shine recites a Robert Creeley poem<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096295_686_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Author Lois Lowry shows off the puppet theater in her barn<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096295_127_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Author Lois Lowry talks about life in Maine<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789988172_954_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Solar and wind subsidies in Maine are &#8216;draining the average person of income,&#8217; Bobby Charles says<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789988172_479_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bobby Charles says many of Maine&#8217;s energy affordability issues have &#8216;nothing to do with Iran&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789988172_878_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lewiston crowd wants ICE out NOW<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789988172_261_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Readfield Union Meeting House Bell Tower Install<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789501635_860_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nursing a health care crisis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789462527_193_sddefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>All Cops Should Grapple<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789988176_697_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Trout pond at L.L.Bean in Freeport<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789988176_900_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Shoe department at renovated L.L.Bean flagship in Freeport<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789988176_871_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Step inside L.L.Bean&#8217;s renovated flagship store in Freeport<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789988177_535_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Flagg Trading Co. grand opening<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Emotional Value Auction<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Emotional Value Auction<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259182_836_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Susan Collins recalls being whisked away to bunker on 9\/11<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259182_383_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Susan Collins honors Mainers who died on 9\/11<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259183_110_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Remembering Sept. 11 at Auburn Ceremony Maine<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259183_754_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sept. 11 Commemoration at Fort Allen Park in Portland Maine Eastern Promenade<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259183_594_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sept. 11 Commemoration at Fort Allen Park in Portland Maine Eastern Promenade<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259183_422_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sept. 11 Commemoration at Fort Allen Park in Portland Maine Eastern Promenade<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259183_219_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sept. 11 Commemoration at Fort Allen Park in Portland Maine Eastern Promenade<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259183_51_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sept. 11 Commemoration at Fort Allen Park in Portland Maine Eastern Promenade<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259184_346_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sept. 11 Commemoration at Fort Allen Park in Portland Maine Eastern Promenade<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259184_209_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sept. 11 Commemoration at Fort Allen Park in Portland Maine Eastern Promenade<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sddefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sept 11, 2001, attacks commemorated atop Mount Washington<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sddefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sept 11, 2001, attacks commemorated atop Mount Washington<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259184_435_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Susan Collins \u2018not familiar with\u2019 Trump\u2019s $5,000 dividend proposal<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259184_449_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don&#8217;t know that there&#8217;s a tax that Troy\u2019s seen that he hasn&#8217;t liked,\u2019 Collins says<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259185_910_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Troy Jackson &#8216;mocking my success,&#8217; says Susan Collins<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259185_650_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Back to back in the late 70\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259185_849_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bobby Charles\u2019 sister says she will vote for Hannah Pingree for Maine governor<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259185_721_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tariffs are &#8216;killing our economy,&#8217; Jackson says<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259185_573_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Katie&#8217;s Counties<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259186_808_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Is swimming allowed in Augusta, Maine&#8217;s Kennebec River?<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259186_644_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Troy Jackson was asked about Gaza. Here was his full answer<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259186_279_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ICE agent who shot Guerrero should be arrested, Jackson says<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789259186_241_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Troy Jackson says he&#8217;ll debate Susan Collins 4 times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Mainers said about their state Scenic road in Auburn closed Portland ventriloquist Austin Phillips shows off his collection of dummies. Where do most Maine potatoes go? 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