Home-cooked meals advertised as “the best in town” are featured at Tharp and Rose restaurant on Front Street. The special is a full four course dinner for 40 cents.
The Fallas store in Santa Maria had been a part of downtown for nearly a decade; but now that they've closed its doors, city leaders are eyeing the spot as a target for new apartments.
Last November, you may have noticed that the Gold Star Bridge at Park and Main was decorated with banners recognizing service members from Presque Isle who died in wars since the Korean War. If you happened to drive across the bridge as the purple autumn twilight fell on Veterans’ Day, you may have spotted a line of white luminaries glowing on the sidewalk, one for each veteran from Presque Isle who did not return home.
Jaffrey is holding two community workshops to take resident input on what the downtown should look like after a major Department of Transportation roadwork project is complete.The town is partnering with the Carsey School of Public Policy and New.