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THE WASHINGTON POST- Good things come to those who wait: The Red Hook Lobster truck, co-owned by Leland Morris, has seafood rolls from Maine.

PRLog (Press Release) – MEDIA ADVISORY THE Original Long Beach Lobster Festival- offers succulent Maine Lobsters, catered by Bristol Farms...

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD - The latest New England Farm 2 Fork dining experience celebrates Julia Child’s time in Maine.

BANGOR DAILY NEWS - The KahBang Festival, which started Friday, Aug. 6, hosts an array of music, art and performance events all over the city of Bangor through Aug. 14.

BANGOR DAILY NEWS - ROCKLAND — The Maine Lobster Festival takes place Wednesday through Sunday, Aug. 4-8, at Harbor Park in Rockland

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By Sandra Pedicini, ORLANDO SENTINEL -Darden dishes that are listed on HealthyDiningFinder.com include Red Lobster's steamed live Maine lobster,

VILLAGE SOUP by Holly Vanorse - Ninth annual event brings hundreds to city to ride around Midcoast

Portland Press Herald By Deirdre Fleming- Usually they use their boats to catch lobsters, but on the weekends...

PR Newswire by Staff -The Third Annual Harvest on the Harbor, Maine’s top food and wine festival, will be held from October 21 through October 23 at Ocean Gateway on Portland’s picturesque waterfront.

SEAFOODSOURCE.COM by Steven Hedlund -- Launched on Tuesday, the upscale steakhouse chain’s latest menu item, Maine Lobster & Seafood Boil, taps into the nostalgia of vacationing along the Maine coastline. It’s the brainchild of Fleming’s Executive Chef Russell Skall.

CNNMoney.com by Aaron Smith -- The ban...would spare Maine, where lobsters are thriving. Last year, fishermen pulled in 75.6 million pounds -- the largest take in years, according to state records and estimates.

SEAFOOD.COM NEWS [seafoodnews.com] - For the second year in a row Hancock Goumet Lobster Co. takes home two gold awards.

SEAFOOD.COM NEWS -- Smith and Wollensky, an eight units steakhouse chain, announced it is adding seafood to its menu this summer.

SEAFOOD SOURCE by Christine Blank -- U.S. fast-casual chains are adding premium menu items such as lobster rolls this summer, many with a variety of sizes and pricing to fit different budgets.

SEAFOOD.COM NEWS by John Sackton - The trend of steak house and other non-seafood restaurants to add lobster to the menu is continuing.

BOSTON.COM -- ROCKLAND, Maine — A lobsterman in a souped-up boat set a new speed record yesterday on the Maine lobster boat racing circuit.

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD by Ann S. Kim -- Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler invites potential importers to see the state's lobster industry up close and personal.

MPBN by A.J. Higgins -- A group of Chinese businessmen with a strong interest in the lobster industry went right to the source today to find out what makes Maine lobsters some of the most desirable crustaceans in the world. Aboard the Lucky Catch, the businessmen took a tour of Portland Harbor to see how lobsters are caught and processed. The trade mission was set up by Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler, who says exporting lobster to China represents a huge potential new market for Maine fishermen.

THE ATLANTIC -- On Cape Cod, Massachusetts, nothing says summer evening as clearly as a big pot of boiling seawater and a mess of locally caught lobsters. Thanks to warming ocean temperatures, the all-important "local" component of that timeless ritual may soon be a thing of the past.

BANGOR DAILY NEWS by Bill Trotter -- It’s not unusual for visitors to Maine to seek out and sample some of the state’s blueberries and lobsters before they head home.

But a group of visitors that are expected to learn about these Maine staples on Friday are not your usual tourists from out of state. They are businessmen from China who are coming to Maine to see whether there might be investment and trade opportunities with some of Maine’s favorite homegrown foods.

BANGOR DAILY NEWS by Sharon Kiley Mack -- The Honey B has a split personality: One day it is hauling lobster pots and the next it is giving visitors a tour around Eastern Harbor and beyond.

SEACOASTONLINE by Rachel Forrest -- From a six-stool lobster shack in 1940 when Warren "Pete" Wurm opened Warren's, Warren's has become a 350-seat restaurant complete with a bakery, gift shop, deck, solarium, dock and lounge. Mickee sold his part of the business to the Cunninghams in 2006 and now, it's all in the family.

WALL STREET JOURNAL by Melanie Grayce West -- The lobster roll from Luke's Lobster is a study of balance and restraint. It is four ounces of sweet Maine lobster meat, a buttered bun with a brush of mayonnaise and a dash of seasoning ($14). It's a no-frills pleasure, just as it should be.

WABI TV5 by Rob Poindexter -- Fans of fresh Maine seafood will have a new place to eat in Bucksport. When B.J. Carrier decided to open Carrier's Mainely Lobster in Bucksport, he hoped to be open by the fourth of July. He's ready open the doors a month early.

WORKING WATERFRONT by Hanna Wheeler - Jarod Bray wants customers to buy his lobsters and save the world. He said Eco Lobster Catch makes lobstering as environmentally-friendly as possible.

SEAFOOD.COM NEWS by John Sackton - Lobster is hot. With current meat prices well below traditional levels, more restaurants are expanding lobster menu items.

Londonist -- For £14.95, diners can feast on a half kilo of Maine lobster, French fries and salad with a Jose Cuervo Gold frozen margarita. The fries and salad were okay while the margarita was mediocre. But the sustainably sourced and rather plump lobster was delicious!

BOSTON/PRNewswire/ -- In light of last year's unparalleled success, UNO® is reprising its popular Best of Summer Starring Lobster menu to be enjoyed through the summer.

WCSH-6 - Watch video of Hancock Gourmet Lobster, a company that specializes in gourmet, all-natural Maine lobster and seafood products. Hancock Gourmet Lobster Company sells more than 30 different entrees, appetizers, soups, stews and desserts online.

Newstraitstimes - Lobsters are not fattening. It’s the use of calorie-laden sauces that gives the crustacean a bad reputation writes Suzanna Pillary.

New York Times -- Luke Holden has done so well selling lobster rolls he’s quitting his day job and heading to the Upper East Side.