This past Thursday, Oct. 25, marked Roselle Coury Fortier’s 100th birthday. Known as one of the top radio personalities in New England in the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s, the well-known icon at Lewiston’s WCOU radio could do it all. The energetic, outgoing entertainer and broadcaster not only deejayed her own programs, wrote and delivered commercial […]
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Mystery Photo for October 28
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 John Reinhart of Brunswick. At Home By John Reinhart Swallows flit under the eaves, carrying grass and twigs, building their home, well-insulated and protected, swooping over Akers Pond for food, which wings itself numerous and nutritious. Boomerangs flung with precision, they arc out over […]
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Face Time: Jennifer Skiff, writing to save animals
Hebron Academy alumna Jennifer Skiff is an award-winning journalist, an animal advocate and an author. In her latest book, “Rescuing Ladybugs,” she puts all of those skills to work to highlight the stories of people helping animals. One person released orangutans in Borneo, another worked to save sharks in Indonesia, someone else protected salamanders […]
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15 binge-worthy television series to fuel your addiction
Hello. My name is Mark and I’m a binge TV addict. It wasn’t always that way, you know. Until a couple years ago, I spent most of my free time either writing or reading into the wee hours. I’d write short stories or chunks of novels until I nodded off at the keyboard. I’d read […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Jenny Doughty of Portland. Rangeley Lake, October By Jenny Doughty Clean tasting early morning air, sky pearl-lined oyster shell, cloud touches lake and hills on the far shore are lost; grey silk water lips and laps rocks, hush, hush, long low waves roll under […]
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Face Time: Randy Berry — preparing for emergencies
Randy Berry is a former fire chief, state representative and papermill worker. When the Wausau Paper Corp. mill in Jay and Livermore Falls closed in 2009, he earned a bachelor’s degree in geography at the University of Maine in Farmington through the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, but his world today is all about being prepared […]
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Mystery Photo for October 21
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 October 14
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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The art of the scare: Lost Valley's Mountain of Terror
I showed up late last week to the Lost Valley Mountain of Terror rehearsal run. Big mistake. As a result of my tardiness, I ended up unaccompanied and disoriented in the middle of a horrific landscape; just a curious reporter with pen and notebook surrounded by madmen in pig masks and body parts everywhere I […]