Join the community!

Login, register or Connect to comment.

bPlus News

Syndicate content
  • Reporter Query: Are you a phone geek and proud of it?

    Flash a new ROM lately? Root your Android? Jailbreak an iPhone? If so – if you're a phone geek and proud of it – we'd like to hear from you . . . even if you happened to brick your last three phones. Share your love of smartphone hacking by emailing Mark LaFlamme at
  • Mystery photo for February 5, 2012

    If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us at bmail@sunjournal.com or call 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 $10 Dunkin' Donuts gift card. Find the Mystery Photo onli...
  • Talk of the town

    Invest in Facebook The social networking giant is going public. Sadly, 95 percent of you will not post this on your wall to prove your love of the stock market. If the above item makes no sense to you . . . . . . Give yourself a round of appl...
  • Nightlife Calendar

    Some events require tickets or are subject to other limitations. If in doubt, we recommend you contact the venue. Night Life listings must be e-mailed to bmail@sunjournal.com and received no later than Monday. Tonight Sunday Super Bowl Tail-Gate Party, Bring your own snacks, 5:30 ...
  • Face Time: Rex Turner — Getting Mainers off the couch and outside

    As the outdoor recreation planner for the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, Rex Turner is a big promoter of outdoor activities. His job includes working on a comprehensive recreation plan and other management plans, as well as checking on state hiking trails and camp sites to help direct new c...
  • Sights Unseen: Gillette Stadium — and a perfect seat for the game. Go Pats!

    Gillette Stadium is known for its 12-story lighthouse and overarching pedestrian bridge at its entrance. But behind the scenes are myriad tunnels and rooms that house the New England Patriots, their visiting teams and all the space needed to make everything happen on game day. That includes the p...
  • Eats: Coconut creams, nonpar'ellas' and other chocolate decadence from Ella's

    As they say, necessity is the mother of invention. When Mary’s Candies sadly closed up shop in Lewiston a few years ago, Ella Magee lost her source for chocolate-covered cherries. She found herself researching recipes and making her own batch to send to her aunt — a woman who, after 2...
  • Charles Dickens' 200th b-day: The enduring British mega-author's Maine connections include great expectations for a new fan club.

    AUBURN — When police busted money manager Bernie Madoff in 2008, Joanne Morse went breathless. The retired teacher from Waterford was flabbergasted by the story of the pinstriped Wall Street tycoon turned convict. The former NASDAQ head had bilked people out of billions of dollars by...
  • Mystery photo for January 29, 2012

    If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us at bmail@sunjournal.com or call 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 $10 Dunkin' Donuts gift card. Find the Mystery Photo online a...
  • Talk of the town

    He looks OK to me, boss Somewhere in the Twin Cites, a caller alerted police Tuesday that there was a non-suspicious possum in the area. Apparently, the possum wasn't grinning or whistling or walking with its hands in its pockets. You know. Suspicious stuff. Police who got...
  • Nightlife Calendar

    Some events require tickets or are subject to other limitations. If in doubt, we recommend you contact the venue. Night Life listings must be e-mailed to bmail@sunjournal.com and received no later than Monday. Tonight Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, Sa...
  • Gripes

    My gripe: TV shows that encourage pranks with live animals. Cruelty anyone? — Anonymous I'll remind strangers that to give me flak for drinking in the morning is asinine, as I work nights! This is my evening. Monday morning is my Friday night! — Anonymous T...
  • Fantastic without plastic: How one couple's New Year's resolution pinched a little and saved a lot.

    With another new year recently begun, lots of us are again trying to get healthier, be better people and behave smarter with money. On money, I'd like to share an experiment my husband and I began on Jan. 1, 2011: For day-to-day and weekly expenses, we ditched our plastic — credit ...
  • Concert promoter brings music to Lewiston

    Concert promoter Alex Gray and his company, Waterfront Concerts, brought Bob Dylan, Ray LaMontagne and Melissa Etheridge to the big-venue Bangor Waterfront. And at the Lewiston Colisee, he's run the gamut from country stars Rodney Atkins and Dierks Bentley to metal's Five Finger Death Punch. ...
  • From bread to greens — Grandma's House Bakery and Gardens

    Gail Cutting, owner of Grandma’s House Bakery and Gardens in Mexico, has found the perfect combination of self-fulfillment – half baker, half farmer. As an active member of the River Valley Farmers Market, which meets once a week from June through mid-October, she has cultivate...
  • Peek inside Auburn Police Department

    Deputy Chief Jason Moen is also the chief of the Casco Volunteer Fire Department. He also worked part time for the Farmington Fire Department while in college at the University of Maine at Farmington.
  • Eats: LaRochelle's Seafood — Shrimpfest, fresh from the sea

  • Road Trip: Fish around in Gray, Maine

    It's January in Maine – did I hear you say "ice fishing derby"? I thought so, and one coming right up is the Crystal Lake USO Ice Fishing Derby in Gray. And it's not just about ice and fish. Benefiting the Uniform Service Organization, the Jan. 28 event will also include an ic...
  • Talk of the Town

    Beat it In Bangor, a man has asked to be flogged instead of being sent to prison. This is his lucky day. If my understanding of prison is correct, he gets to have both. Boghoots Bar & Grille On Jan. 27, a restaurant and bar by this name i...
  • Nightlife Calendar

    Some events require tickets or are subject to other limitations. If in doubt, we recommend you contact the venue. Night Life listings must be e-mailed to bmail@sunjournal.com and received no later than Monday. Tonight Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, Sa...

Yesterday