This statue of Mary stands above the front entrance on the Ash Street side of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul On Tuesday, Nov. 26, 1935, the Lewiston Evening Journal featured a front-page photograph of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, still under scaffolding, with […]
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Mystery Photo for April 23, 2017
Mystery Photo for April 23, 2017 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 […]
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Refuge for the faithful; shelter from the Cold War
One of the fallout shelter signs at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul The book of Psalms, Hebrew poetry written centuries before the birth of Christ and the atomic bomb, makes frequent references to the defense provided by God. Using words like “shield,” “a […]
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Eats: Auburn’s Chef’s Cupboard spices it up with custom blends
I like to do my food shopping slowly and deliberately, unencumbered by a big metal cart and away from the glare of fluorescent lighting and programmed music. So you’ll often find me at a farmers’ market somewhere. I especially enjoy the opportunity to chat with the farmers and makers connected with the food I’m preparing […]
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Small electric planes may be future of regional air trvel
Cheap fares, like $25 each way,may be possible by mid-2020s Imagine taking your next trip of a couple hundred miles. Boston to New York City, for example. Or Houston to Dallas. Tampa to Miami. The obvious choice now might be to drive. But what if you could show up at an airport at one of […]
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Mystery Photo for April 9, 2017
Mystery Photo for April 9, 2017 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 […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Maine Poetry Central and Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Jay Franzel of Wayne, Maine. His most recent book is “Walking Track,” published by Moon Pie Press Walking Blues For Russell Libby By Jay Franzel Life’s a long sleep the Haiku masters wrote. We dream till Death wakes us. […]
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Sometimes, advice should not be given
By Rachel Walker Special To The Washington Post When my good friend confided last August that her husband had been hiring prostitutes and had a sex addiction, I launched into fighter mode. I berated everything about him — his judgment, his narcissism (my diagnosis, not a professional’s), his cowardice and his abdication of fatherly duties. […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Maine Poetry Central and Dennis Camire This week’s poem by Alice Persons catalogs a number of feelings we all experience while enduring the Maine mud season. Mud Season By Alice Persons After a brutal Maine winter the world dissolves in weak sunshine and water. Mud sucks at your shoes. It’s impossible […]
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The last Dominican in Lewiston
Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul No single group has had a greater influence on the development of what would become the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul than the Dominicans. Their influence started quietly: “When the French Canadians settled in the area, 99 percent of them were Catholic. Eventually, a French Canadian […]