Nicole Chamberland had never been in a pageant before the contestant coordinator for the Miss Maine For America Pageant (not to be confused with Miss Maine) asked her to enter. It would be a new competition, one involving character as much as beauty. She would be the first contestant. Chamberland, daughter of Mary Dempsey and […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Mainely awesome
Oprah Winfrey has fabulous taste, obviously — she’s flipping Oprah. So when her magazine came out with Oprah’s Favorite Things 2018, we went ooh. Then ahh. Then, wow. Because we’d love to buy a cool-looking electric bike if we had $1,800 and winter wasn’t coming in, like, 20 minutes. But we also got to thinking […]
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Mystery Photo for November 11
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: Roger Blais — cutting it for 50 years
Roger Blais relaxes at his station between clients at Roger’s Haircutters in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Roger Blais relaxes at his station between clients at Roger’s Haircutters in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) A half-century ago, a U.S. postage stamp cost 6 cents, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” won the Grammy’s Album of the Year […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Lee Sharkey of Portland. The poem originally appeared in “FIELD.” Farewell (August Macke, 1913) By Lee Sharkey I must always think of August. I can’t imagine that his good luck will leave him. — Franz Marc Wherever you are you are somewhere on earth. Whoever […]
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Giving cribbage a big hand
For the state’s largest senior cribbage league, the math-happy card game is a great way to score some fun. LEWISTON — It took an hour and a half, but 96-year-old Mickie Farnum finally got a hand she liked. To a non-cribbage player, the cards appeared to be a meaningless jumble. There might have been a […]
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Face Time: Ned Castle — Vermont photographer brings highs and lows to Lewiston
Before catching Ned Castle’s work at L/A Arts this month or his talk Thursday at the Lewiston Public Library, learn more about the photographer’s inspiration behind a photo project that had him re-enacting homeless and runaway youths’ best and worst memories. Also: Why and when he became a photographer and what he’d pack if he […]
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Recycling 101: Here's how to do it right
We all know recycling can save taxpayers money. We all know recycling is good for the future of our children’s planet. We all know that most people don’t want to be “that guy,” who leaves it to others to be the responsible ones. But many of us don’t know what can and can’t be recycled […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Annaliese Jakimides of Bangor. The poem first appeared in “Off the Coast.” MY OCEAN AS THE BLIND MAN SEES IT By Annaliese Jakimides Instinctively he turns his face up into the thin, buttery light that lies on the back of the sea, along the horizon […]
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Mystery Photo for November 4
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.