Mystery Photo for August 7, 2016 There were several dozen people call to identify the locks on the fence along the Riverwalk in Auburn, overlooking the Androscoggin River. Several noted that they had placed one there themselves. A love lock or love padlock is a padlock which sweethearts lock to a bridge, fence, gate or similar public fixture to symbolize their […]
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Face Time: Emily Flynn — a Belle again
A decade ago, Emily Flynn took to the stage at Community Little Theatre in Auburn and transformed into Belle, the smart, independent heroine who falls in love with a prince-turned-beast in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.” It was a dream role for the then-26-year-old, who had fallen in love with the animated movie and its […]
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NYC’s big stinker
An Amorphophallus titanum begins to bloom at the New York Botanical Garden on Thursday, in New York. The rare plant releases scent during its brief 24–36-hour peak, like the smell of rotting flesh, the reason the plant is popularly known as the corpse flower. It is the first time since 1939 that the NYBG has […]
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The art of advertising things people find gross
A few years back, the founders of Squatty Potty had a problem. Their product is a plastic footstool that wraps around the base of a toilet to elevate the feet and make going to the bathroom easier. Its founders say that changing the sitting angle unkinks the colon, making for a more natural and satisfying […]
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Study: It takes 1 hour of exercise to counter 8 hours of sitting
If you fear you’re doing irreparable damage to your body because your white-collar job keeps you sitting at your desk from 9 to 5, or you regularly spend entire weekends sprawled out on your couch binge-watching Netflix, there’s some good news just out from sports medicine researchers.According to a study published in The Lancet, all […]
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Mystery Photo for July 31, 2016
Mystery Photo for July 31, 2016 There were several dozen correct entries for last week’s mystery photo. In a random drawing, Julie DeMont of Paris was chosen as the winner. She was quite familiar with where the photo is located. In her entry she wrote, “I know where the photo was taken. It’s the view […]
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Heidi Sawyer rocks the vote in Lewiston
The way Heidi Sawyer sees it, if both sides are mad at you, you must be doing something right. Sawyer is the founder of Lewiston Rocks, a social media group that just keeps growing. The group has nearly 700 members at present and they take on everything from local political movements to matters of more […]
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Got dogs? You got dog poop. What do you do?
LEWISTON — On a recent summer afternoon, Mikey, a 12-pound mixed breed, said hi to a new (human) friend, then ran around the small dog park next to the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society. Soon Mikey got in that familiar pattern. He circled, sniffed, arched his back and did his business. Heidi Duran, Mikey’s owner, sprang […]
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Demi Lovato holds mental health workshops for fans
Singer diagnosed withbipolar disorder wantsto take away the stigmaof having a mental illness Hours before the concert started, Demi Lovato’s fans filled a room on the second floor of the venue. In this bar-turned-conference room, they would spend the next hour hearing stories about self-worth, emotional setbacks and fresh starts.Lovato, who took her mental-health advocacy […]
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America’s favorite dogs of Instagram
If love means posting photos of your beloved on social media, then people in the Midwest and the Southeast really love their Labradors. Westerners, on the other hand, are head over heels for German shepherds. So suggests an analysis of 10 million Instagram photos posted publicly over three months in the spring and marked with […]