LEWISTON — High Test will host the weekly blues jam at The Cage, 97 Ash St., beginning at 8 p.m.
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Sold out?!? A Q&A as Tom Deschenes has another 'YES!' moment
Back in 2011, Lewiston native Tom Deschenes made a New Year’s resolution, vowing to create his very own board game. Talk about follow through. Not only did Deschenes, who now lives in Portland, create a game, but it’s flying off the shelves faster than retailers can keep up with demand. “Quest for the Antidote” has […]
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Writer Mark LaFlamme takes on Lewiston man at his own game
There was a beautiful moment or two in which I genuinely believed I might beat Tom Deschenes at his own game. Literally, that is. I had just slapped a “Fallen Debris” meddling card on him, blocking his chosen path to the apothecary. There was also the fact that Deschenes had been battling level 10 monsters […]
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Eats: Make it personal this Christmas
Easy-to-make carrot ginger soup and bacon onion jam right from your kitchen are perfect personal gifts for the holidays. One of my greatest pleasures is making gifts for my loved ones at Christmastime. I peruse my recipe file well in advance, make my decisions and create my shopping list, checking it twice. I confess that […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Leonore Hildebrandt of Harrington. It first appeared in “The Cumberland Review.” Her most recent book is “The Next Unknown,” published by Pecan Grove Press. Statistics By Leonore Hildebrandt She found them on the tidal river not far from the house — Winchester cartridge, duck and […]
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Mystery Photo for December 3
Mystery Photo for December 3, 2017 (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) 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 […]
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Liars, hucksters and fake news are nothing new
A history lesson in hoaxes Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts and Fake NewsBy Kevin YoungGraywolf. 560 pp. $30 What is more American than reinvention? After all, only a keystroke separates “making it” from “faking it.” Change your name, rewrite your past, hobnob with the right people and occasionally murmur “old sport” and […]
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Sadie Holm Landry talks karate
There was a time when Sadie Holm Landry wanted nothing to do with karate. Recruited by her mother to take lessons with the rest of the family, Landry initially resisted. Who wanted to partake in an activity that involved hitting and being hit. Ultimately, though. Landry found her way. “I started competing — that’s what […]
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Kristi's Cafe in Auburn
New cafe offers ‘completely-from-scratch’ breakfast and lunch Real estate, social work, therapeutic recreation and installing grass turf around the Northeast are all jobs Kristi Huard Norcross has had. In other words, no background in running a cafe. “I have no restaurant experience, except for waitressing when I was younger,” said Norcross. But clearly Norcross is […]
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Mystery Photo for November 26
Mystery Photo for November 26, 2017 (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) 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 […]