Eric White said that he has always had a fascination with antiques, vintage collectibles and reselling items, a hobby that has evolved over the years into Vintiques of Maine, a Main Street, Norway, business that sells an assortment of vintage wares, antiques and oddities, many of which are one of a kind. For White, as […]
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Best Christmas gift ever!
Readers recall that one special present under the tree they’ll never forget. Merry Christmas. Have an orange. It may be hard to believe now, but we’re told there was a time when a child could be completely satisfied on Christmas morning with a simple piece of fruit stuffed into the toe of a stocking. If […]
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Mystery Photo for December 16
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.
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Face Time: Rebecca Sosny and the 'Little Lost Fairy'
“It was on a cold and windy day that Jocelyn the fairy got lost and flew right into a snowstorm. The wind blew so hard that Jocelyn was blown down into a hole, or at least what looked like one. It was actually just the footprint of a little girl named Taylor.” So begins “The […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week we offer two poems by Anne Wyman Holmes of Nobleboro. FOG By Anne Wyman Holmes Old man cloud wanders in between the islands, Licking the ledges, skimming the water, Veiling the black trees and rocks. He leaves a space […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: The elf on the retail shelf
Bag Lady and Shopping Siren are both pre-Elf on the Shelf people. Growing up, BL had a knit gray mouse ornament on the family tree that, come Christmas morning, always has fresh cheese stuck in his whiskers — suggesting that he’d raided the fridge overnight. (And she believed it for … too long.) Shopping Siren […]
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Mystery Photo for December 9
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.
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FaceTime: Back County Ranger Alana-Marie Pulkkinen of Turner
Turner native Alana-Marie Pulkkinen has always loved the outdoors. As she put it, “My favorite activities as a child consisted of hunting, fishing, camping and four wheeling – pretty much anything that had to do with the outdoors. It was my playground.” So it’s no surprise that her outdoor passion would find her working in […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem in by Mark Melnicove of Falmouth. How can you tell By Mark Melnicove How can you tell if you are a bluesy bird disguised as a human, or a human disguised as that bird? And if you are a human, you might be a ghost without name […]
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New Year's Eve among the stars
From galactic roller coasters to Hubble images, the planetarium at Portland’s University of Southern Maine offers a universe of shows to ring in 2019. PORTLAND — About a decade ago, Edward Gleason got an idea: The University of Southern Maine’s Southworth Planetarium should join New Year’s Portland. They’d run some of their newest and most […]