Martha Stewart say’s “Riders Up” on the Red Carpet at the Kentucky Derby
Martha Stewart say’s “Riders Up” on the Red Carpet at the Kentucky Derby
If you want to eat like Martha Stewart, just take a trip to Kittery.
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The American icon recently dined at two local restaurants: Robert’s Maine Grill, located in the Kittery Premium Outlets, and the nearby Bob’s Clam Hut, which she also visited in 2020. And she highly recommended them.
“You will love these eateries! Good food, great ambiance, lovely service,” she wrote on social media.
Stewart, who owns her house Skylands on the Maine Coast, said she was in the state for some meetings. She stopped at Robert’s on Friday night and Bob’s on Saturday night.
Also on Saturday, she was being photographed at the Kentucky Derby.
What did Martha Stewart order at Robert’s Maine Grill and Bob’s Clam Hut?
According to her post, Steward ordered the chowder and oysters at Robert’s. At Bob’s, she had fried clams and scallops.
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Both restaurants shared her comments on their social media, saying they were happy to have her.
In our world of day-to-day changes and challenges, it was a joy to read the Press Herald article “Maine students weigh in on first mock referendum election” (Oct. 29).
The article featured a mock election for Morse High School Students in Bath. However, mock elections also took place in 78 schools all across our state. Referendum 1 and Referendum 2 were on the students’ ballots. A third question was whether the voter believes in the Declaration of Independence and whether the voter thinks it is relevant to today.
Kudos to the Department of the Secretary of State for creating and overseeing this mock election program for students. The program encourages students to be excited about and familiar with the voting process. The program also provides a forum for discussion and critical thinking about current issues. What a pleasure it was to have read this exceptionally positive article.
With Maine Gov. Janet Mills set to term out after eight years, the field for the November 2026 gubernatorial election is packed with candidates with a spectrum of experience and views. Those running as either Democrats or Republicans will first face off against each other in the June 9, 2026 primaries in an effort to […]
AUGUSTA, Maine — National Democrats are working quickly to recruit a candidate to run in Maine’s 2nd District following U.S. Rep. Jared Golden’s stunning Wednesday decision to leave the 2026 race for the battleground seat.
The behind-the-scenes wrangling underscores the difficulty that the congressman’s party will have in replacing him in a rural district won three times by President-elect Donald Trump. Former Gov. Paul LePage is now the odds-on favorite to flip a seat that could be crucial to keeping the House in Republican hands come next year.
House Democrats’ campaign arm is “actively recruiting” a candidate for the seat, a person familiar with its plans said Thursday. That indicates a lack of confidence in State Auditor Matt Dunlap, who was running a primary against Golden and may have to contend with more candidates entering the fray.
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“Following the lead of insiders in Washington has taken us to minority status,” Dunlap said in a statement. “I think the people of Maine know what they want in a candidate. I believe I am that candidate, and I am going to win.”
One name to watch is former Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, who is running for governor with strong support from organized labor. His campaign released a noncommittal and cryptic statement on Thursday amid rumors that he was considering flipping races.
It will be an uphill battle for any Democrat getting into the 2nd District race. Trump pushed it firmly into the Republican column with his 2016 victory. Golden was able to eke out victories by appealing to a small segment of that party’s base, narrowly defeating former state Rep. Austin Theriault in a 2024 election that came down to military and overseas ballots.
LePage led Golden in two polls of the district conducted by the University of New Hampshire, including one last week. Golden used a Bangor Daily News Op-Ed to say he was confident that he would have beaten LePage but was pushed to drop out by increasing political incivility and cases of violence that led him to reassess threats against him and his family.
Republicans were giddy after he dropped out. LePage’s campaign shared the poll results to push the idea that Golden was hesitant to run against the former governor and dismissed the idea that there were any Democrats to fear in the 2nd District given LePage’s record there.
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“I don’t know that it really matters that the Democrats are fighting amongst themselves or have political operatives from D.C. trying to tell them who they should elect,” Brent Littlefield, LePage’s strategist, said.
Jackson released a statement on Thursday saying he was flattered by those reaching out to him about switching races, noting that he represented a Maine Senate district based in the St. John Valley that is socially conservative and has swung toward Republicans.
But he did not clearly answer a question about whether he was considering it. He also attacked LePage, with whom he shared a long history with in the State House. In 2013, LePage famously targeted Jackson with a crude remark during a dispute over budget issues, saying he “claims to be for the people but he’s the first one to give it to the people without providing Vaseline.”
“Paul LePage is a disgraced grifter from Florida who cares more about tax cuts for wealthy donors than fighting for hard working Mainers,” Jackson said.
Another possibility is Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation, who was on the verge of a Democratic U.S. Senate primary when he was arrested on a drunk-driving charge last May.
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“In the short time since Congressman Golden announced he is not running for re-election, [Francis] has been approached by numerous people encouraging him to run,” a person familiar with Francis’ decision-making process said Wednesday. “He will be discussing with his family, friends and supporters to determine if this is the right time for him to run for Congress.”
