Probed It’s kind of funny that the Facebook privacy revelations are such big news right now. Are people really that stunned to learn that social media is a privacy nightmare? That’s like being surprised by what occurs during a colonoscopy. I mean, what did you THINK was going to happen? It happened one night Late […]
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Talk of the town: Stop that laughing!
War in the streets Last Thursday, several people alerted me to a planned citywide snowball fight scheduled to start at 10 p.m. at Bartlett and Walnut streets in Lewiston. Seriously, a snowball fight. Starting at 10 p.m. In downtown Lewiston. I scoffed at this idea. Sneered at it. Rolled my eyeballs all the way around […]
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Street Talk: Don't mess with Jesse
The very moment I heard Jesse’s name uttered at the scene of the crash, I knew I had a big story on my hands. It is news when anybody gets hit by a car, but this was Jesse Kontoes lying there in a heap on the cold, slushy street. This was a local icon. A […]
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Talk of the town: Say it like you mean it
He went that-a-way A police foot chase one recent night came to an end right next to the Wendy’s drive-through window on Center Street in Auburn. See? This is exactly why, if I was a crook, I’d keep a red-headed pigtail wig and some fake freckles as a disguise. As it turns out, I already […]
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Street Talk: OJ Simpson and the memory hole
Late afternoon, June 17, 1994. I was just three months into my spanking new journalism career when I walked into the newsroom to an unsettling sight. All of the editors, typically splayed out at manageable distances around the newsroom, were standing in one spot in the middle of the room. Managing editors, copy editors, daytime […]
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Street Talk: No prescription necessary
The woman was a ragged mess, her nerves jangled, her guts in a knot. She was having problems with one of her grown children and it left her frantic. Unsettled. Paralyzed at times with gnawing fears of the creeping unknown. A few years beyond 80, she went in desperation to her local pharmacist, in search […]
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Talk of the town: Y'all remember to wipe your feet
News from Choctaw Ridge Saw a snappy-dressed man strutting up Main Street in Lewiston the other day having an animated conversation on his phone. Arm-waving, fist-pumping, foot-stomping and all that jazz. Whenever I see something like that, I like to fill in the blanks by making up my own story of what the conversation entails. […]
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Street Talk: The old man and the streetwalkers
Hardly a day goes by when I’m not asked one question or another about the working girls of downtown Lewiston. You know the working girls. They stand on the corners along Pine and Ash, trying to look sexy in five layers of winter garb. They offer a sly glance as you drive by in the […]
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Talk of the town: Don't look at me in that tone of voice
Comfortably numb So, some young lady claims she was ordered by an airline to flush her comfort hamster down an airport toilet. That’s sad. It reminds me of the time years ago when I was forced to flush my comfort Pabst under similar circumstances. Broke my heart to do it. Tsunami! Nope. Sorry. False alarm. […]
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Talk of the town: How I met Justin Timberlake
Moon struck What’s with all the specialty moons these days? Clearly someone is making big money by promoting every other full moon as the best ever. Coming up in June, look for the Super Bruised Harvest Blood Moon with Improved Perigee and Optional Eclipse. Some restrictions may apply. Somebody needs a time out Cops were […]