🌱 How a Phillips artist finally cracked the secret to perfect pork

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Phillips artist finally cracked the secret to perfect pork

Also on today's calendar: Wild Foods Weekend.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 73 and low of 41 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, temps: high: 63, low: 42.
• Sunday: Cooler with periods of rain, with a high of 48 and low of 32 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• The Food Detective: Pork & Prunes (dailybulldog.com) — A Phillips-based home cook shares how moving to western Maine turned pork into a new kitchen adventure, complete with a detailed slow-cooker pork-and-prunes recipe using ingredients from local stores. Along the way, she offers practical tips, invites readers’ favorite pork ideas, and introduces herself as a Phillips artist and small business owner.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Phillips

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Miso Making with Nicholas Re-Opening
  Maine Local Living School, 71 Lake Dr, Temple
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday May 9

• Wild Foods Weekend
  Maine Local Living School , 71 Lake Dr , Temple
  9:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• ArtsFarmington Presents Storyteller Jo Radner – April 17th
  Emery Community Art Center , Main St , Farmington
  7:00 pm

Friday April 24

• MTA Baseball & Softball @ Lisbon
  Lisbon High School , 2 Sugg Dr , Lisbon
  4:00 pm

Monday April 27

• MTA Baseball & Softball @ Monmouth Academy
  Monmouth Academy , 96 Academy Rd , Monmouth
  4:00 pm

Tuesday April 28

• MTA Baseball & Softball @ Spruce Mountain 4:00PM
  Spruce Mountain High School , 33 Community Dr , Jay
  4:00 pm

Sunday May 3

• Spring Choral Concert – Western Maine Community Chorus
  Nordica Auditorium , Farmington
  3:00 pm

Monday May 11

• Monmouth Academy Varsity Softball @ Mount Abram
  Mt. Abram Regional High School , 1513 Salem Rd , Strong
  4:00 pm
• Monmouth Academy Varsity Baseball @ Mount Abram
  Mt. Abram Regional High School , 1513 Salem Rd , Strong
  4:00 pm

Saturday May 16

• Building a Culture of Teaching Outside: Strong, ME — maine environmental education association
  Day Mountain Regional Middle School , 110 N Main St , Strong
  10:00 am
• Celebration of Life
  Weld Grange Hall/ Town Hall , 7 School St , Weld
  1:00 pm

Saturday May 23

• Sandy River Music Festival 2026
  Narrow Gauge Cinemas , 123 Narrow Gauge Square , Farmington
  3:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Farmington

• Farmington Planning Board approves solar power project (themainemonitor.org)
• Farmington Select Board appoints interim director to RSU 9 board (themainemonitor.org)
• UMF names 2026 commencement speaker (sunjournal.com)

Wilton

• MaineHealth Franklin Hospital to double emergency room capacity (sunjournal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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