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Maine Restaurant Week forges on with new dining specials, restaurants
Restaurants: Fee to join is waived this year
Kay Stephens
Photo courtesy MetroCreative
Last year at this time, Maine Restaurant Week had just squeaked by before an emerging pandemic forced Governor Janet Mills to issue an Executive Order declaring all bars and restaurants close down on March 18, 2020.
“I’ve had people tell me the last time they ate inside a restaurant was last year, ” said Gillian Britt, Maine Restaurant Week co-founder.
The week, designed to boost the visibility of the restaurant industry in Maine, is always held in the first two weeks of March, typically the worst time of year for dining. It allows people to explore a new restaurant at a reduced prix fixe price by using MRW’s
Chicago Weather: Lakefront strolls, outdoor drining; milder temps bring people out of hibernation
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CHICAGO (WLS) With that nasty cold stretch behind us and the piles of snow melting away, it almost feels like Chicagoans are ready for a day at the beach. You want to go skiing when you see it but then you also want to go swimming right now, said Lisa Seigneur.
This weekend Chicago feels like it s coming out of hibernation.
Sunny blue skies helping clear the way for a refreshing lakefront stroll. Amazing, it s like the great big thaw of the city, said Seigneur. It s nice to see the city opening up again and people out living life again.
Pandemics bring changes, no question. We all know about the hard times that have beset America’s economy, and perhaps nowhere is the pain more evident than in the local restaurant
A narcotics agent and an informant were also killed in the shootout between the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Wednesday, PDEA chief Wilkins Villanueva said Thursday.