REARVIEW MIRROR What makes George Washington different than President-Elect Donald Trump? One traveled the road to national unification 227 years ago, while the other has taken the path to self-glorification. On April 16, 1789, Washington reluctantly left his beloved plantation home in Mt. Vernon, Virginia to travel to New York City, then the nation’s capital, […]
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This gadget’s ONLY job is to try to help you sleep better
James Proud is a man on a mission to fix our sleep. This one-time recipient of Peter Thiel’s “skip-college-and-build-things-instead” fellowship is convinced that building gadgets for the home is the best way to improve our lives through tech. And improving sleep, he’s sure, is the place to start. His company, Hello, makes the Sense, a […]
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The best of 2016 in the Sun Journal
Saturday: The top news stories and most notable deaths in Maine. Sunday: The Top 10 news stories from our area, as well as updates on some of the most memorable local stories of the year. Monday: More updates on the most memorable local stories from 2016. Tuesday: The Top 10 business stories of the area in 2016.
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Telstar lists honor roll
BETHEL — Telstar High School has announced the honor roll for the first trimester of the 2016-17 school year. High honors Grade nine: Emily Fraser and Evan LeConey. Grade 10: Emily Harrington, Bethany Laird and Koley True. Grade 12: Mallory Corriveau, Josh Eliot, James Newkirk and Jeremiah Richardson. Central Maine Medical Center dual enrollment student: Kristi Hanscom. Honors Grade nine: Angela Cintron, Nyia […]
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Talk of the town: It’s bigger than all of us
Let’s make some noise! Happy New Year and such. You know those noisemakers that make a really horrible grinding sound when you spin them around? That’s exactly what an editor sounds like when he or she assigns a weather story. Doh! I guarantee I just talked my way into writing a weather story, whether there’s […]
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Coddled fresh eggs take breakfast to next level
Like kale and quinoa, kimchi and anything charred, the egg is having its moment. The hashtag #putaneggonit turns up close to 60,000 times on Instagram. Put an egg on a salad of bitter greens, some hash, Brussels sprouts, toast, rice, ramen or a ragout, and that dish’s appeal goes up. Way up. Eggs have a […]
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We too often say ‘adult’ like it’s a bad thing
My 22-year-old daughter had an adult moment recently. A graduate student with an internship, she recently was seeing a client, who, at the end of their meeting, called her Ms. Walters and asked for her business card. “I think I’m an adult,” she texted me. There are so many ways – little and big – […]
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LePage an embarrassment
Gov. Paul LePage said of a Democratic elector who wanted to cast his vote for Bernie Sanders that the man turned the proceeding into “a joke” and that he felt “very, very embarrassed.” The man wanted to make a point and then changed his vote after being told he could not vote for Sanders. It […]