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When Henry Wagner was a child, his grandparents often took him to eat at Spurwink Country Kitchen, a casual restaurant at 150 Spurwink Road (Route 77) in Scarborough that has been around for 70 years. The restaurant, which is near Crescent Beach, Scarborough Beach and Two Lights State Park, was known for its “classic New England comfort food.” Wagner remembers eating corn chowder and pie – especially pie. “Being a kid, you always remember pie,” he said.
Now Wagner will be the one serving the pie. Wagner, who grew up to become a chef, bought the restaurant (Uncle Don’s Spurwink Country Kitchen in its most recent incarnation) and has been renovating the building himself since February. On June 1, it will reopen as Hank’s, with a 21st-century look, menu and overall concept. “I took the building down to the studs,” Wagner said, “and rebuilt the entire kitche
By Staff
The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands is expecting a busy spring at state parks and public lands, after they shattered attendance records in 2020 with more than 3 million visitors to the state-run sites.
The Bureau of Parks and Lands, which is part of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, said it anticipates the popularity of its outdoor destinations to continue this spring and urged those who plan to visit to plan ahead or have an alternative plan to avoid crowded parking areas and trailhead bottlenecks.
In 2020, the system recorded 3,067,112 visitors to 38 parks and 15 public sites, despite the fact that visitors from outside Maine state were restricted and 10 coastal state parks were closed from late March until June because of crowds.
Cape officials getting a handle on winter moths
Local Tree Warden Todd Robbins said he will know by late spring 2021 whether populations of the invasive and destructive species have been contained.
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A winter moth rests outside a kitchen window Saturday evening in South Portland on the Cape Elizabeth line.
Kelley Bouchard/Staff Writer
CAPE ELIZABETH Officials in Cape Elizabeth have decided not to take drastic measures such as banding trees on town property this year to guard against
Operophtera brumata – better known as the winter moth.
According to Cape Elizabeth Tree Warden Todd Robbins, ongoing efforts, including the introduction of a parasitoid fly, may keep populations of the invasive moth down.’