4 weeks ago It was so good to see Bridget Conlogue serving up meals at the China Dine-ah. To understand why, you need to know that, in August, she was in a horrible car crash in Augusta that nearly took her young life, less than 2 months after graduating from Erskine Academy...
4 weeks ago According to a report, her name is Lou Ann Gedmint of South China and she allegedly walked out of the Elm Plaza Hannaford in Waterville the other night with $200 worth of groceries and refused to submit to police requests to stop as she went to her car. She drove off and was, eventually, tracked to her residence...
September 24, 2013 Kevin Boucher is a meat cutter at Tobey's Grocery in South China. Right now, he wishes he could be back behind the counter greeting smiling customers and giving advice on cuts of meat, but he can't. You see, Kevin is very sick...
September 2, 2013 The China Dine-ah Too's inaugural season is in the books. Norm Elvin spent most of his summer behind a fryolator, cooking up chicken, fries and seafood for hungry tourists. That's how he rolls. When he starts a business, he's in it for the long haul and, to him, there's no such thing as a menial job!
July 21, 2013 Friday morning at the China Dine-ah Too was an occasion I was invited to by Christine from Bar Harbor Savings Bank, right across the street from the restaurant. I'm glad she did because I would have been sad had I missed the opportunity to share the event with my pal, Norm Elvin, and his staff....
July 3, 2013 This morning's Moose Morning Show is jam packed with stuff headed into the fourth of July!
May 30, 2013 China Lake may not be the most beautiful lake to boat. Nor is it my favorite. But its my home lake and I hold it near and dear to my heart. That's why I chose this lake for my first boat ride of the year. That and its wicked close to my house...
May 20, 2013 I had finished mowing, weed whacking, pool sweeping and cleaning up and decided to take a ride. I grabbed a bag of chips and a soda and drove to a nearby pit in the woods. I knew there was a pond there. I drove up to it and sat, looking out over the water....
May 1, 2013 As I was driving to the China Dine-ah for trivia tonight, I got a call from out general sales manager, Julie Beaulieu. "Hey Jonny, did you see the sign by the fire station on route 32 (in South China)?" I had not. She continued, "the sign is warning about a oversize load that MAY be coming down the road on or about May 8th." She laughed, both amused and incredulous. She told me it deserved a story and, indeed, it does...
If you think the NBA’s slam dunk contest has lost some of its luster, then you won’t know what to make of the disaster that is the Chinese Basketball Association’s version of this event.
