Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum of Deere Isle. Listening to Stones Venus de Milo at the Louvre for Bruce Bulger By Stuart Kestenbaum At first there are so many people crowded around her with cameras, smartphones and iPads that it looks like a […]
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Mystery Photo for December 2
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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Muhammad Ali, Lewiston to "Come Out Swingin'" and singin'
A new musical comedy by a Portland writer is headed to the Franco Center, exploring Lewiston’s most famous fight, the community’s interaction, and its pride in the face of national scorn.
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Little me this.
There’s the kids’ teachers, the mail person, the garbage person, the person who lets your cats out when you’re traveling/hospitalized/incarcerated, Peter down the hall, Peter down the hall’s kids, your favorite barista, your office secret Santa. It’s that time of year for giving lots of littles. So let’s spend a little, too. In a Bliss-first […]
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Face Time: Glenn Davis — LHS soccer star-turned-dancer
Glenn Davis grew up in Lewiston and for a time, he held the all-time scoring record in high school soccer. He’s an agile fellow, is Davis and he has quick feet. So maybe it’s natural that in addition to soccer, he also excels in the realm of dance. The director of marketing for the Maine […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by David McCann of Higgin’s Beach. Sand By David McCann above the river, dry, white, bits of eelgrass, barks under the feet like a seal; to be distinguished from the beach sand in all discernible ways the same without the bark. Wet expanse of […]
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Maine’s udder love affair with cheese
There are 74 cheesemakers milking four types of animals in what the Maine Cheese Guild says is one of the best states to make cheese — and they’re not just boasting. Ten years ago, Jessica Farrar visited a farm outside of Augusta to buy a guinea pig for her son and unexpectedly fell in love […]
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Mystery Photo for November 25
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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Mystery Photo for November 18
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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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Jason Grundstrom-Whitney of Monmouth. Ridin’ Hard to Santa Fe (3) By Jason Grundstrom-Whitney all fur and claws ‘let ’em shoot me,’ I thought saw a family in a dumpster once best act of fatherhood I ever saw kind gentle eyes feeding his family […]