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‘Chess on ice:’ Curling attracts those looking for a bit of competition and camaraderie
Physical, strategic and social. No wonder the sport of curling is attracting a hardcore following in Maine.
Face Time: Darlene Akers — A ‘voice for the plants one circle at a time’
Andover herbalist Darlene Akers teaches about the use of plants for teas, medicines and household cleansers, as well as to heal the mind and soul.
How we stay sane during winter
They curl. They run. They bask. They game. They put Maine winter on ice.
Mystery Photo for February 10
If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us at bmail@sunjournal.com or call 207-689-2896 and leave a voice mail with your answer, your name, town and phone number. Correct entries will be eligible for a drawing for a $20 Hannaford Supermarkets gift card. Find the Mystery Photo online at www.sunjournal.com/bplus.
In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Robert Petrillo of Westbrook. Zephyrus Unbound By Robert Petrillo A windstorm swept the region’s broken trees – the county’s roads and neighborhoods are strewn today with lifeless limbs and rough debris, the crumpled dead that from their homes were hewn. On carnage-matted ground the yellow […]
In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Mike Bove of Portland and Southern Maine Community College. Taking Aim By Mike Bove Out over the worn path at the end of your road, we walked to the sand pit where you stopped short and put a rifle in my […]
Mystery Photo for February 3, 2019
If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us at bmail@sunjournal.com or call 207-689-2896 and leave a voice mail with your answer, your name, town and phone number. Correct entries will be eligible for a drawing for a $20 Hannaford Supermarkets gift card. Find the Mystery Photo online at www.sunjournal.com/bplus. If you can […]
In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Nick Stone of MacMahan Island. I TAKE GREAT COMFORT FROM THIS CAT By Nick Stone I take great comfort from this cat and since you ask — my reason’s that she goes about her business now sedately, and a little slow but with us […]
Dr. J.F. True’s Elixir: The medicine that made Auburn famous
AUBURN — If you believe the advertising in the latter half of the 19th century, gulping down a bit of Dr. J.F. True’s Elixir offered the best possible treatment for everything from a headache to a lizard living in your stomach. Regardless of whether it really worked or not, the dark and somewhat alcoholic liquid […]