In a word: The phonetic alphabet and the silent treatment

Talk of the Town: Feed the kitty. Or else.

Face Time: Ciana Godin — mountainside chef, restaurateur, cheese fan

Tired of big cities, she headed to Carrabassett Valley and hasn't looked back.

‘Gardening begins in January, with the dream’

For many gardeners, January and February are very fertile months — for gathering seeds, planning their gardens and dreaming of spring.

Mystery photo for Jan. 17, 2021

Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you will be entered into a drawing for a $20 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.

They opened a business in 2020!

And they have the bruises, stressful nights, smiles and grit to prove it. Five local entrepreneurs talk about how they did it and what you can take from their experience.

Mystery photo for Jan. 10, 2021

Correctly guess where this photo was taken and be eligible to win a $20 Hannaford gift card.

In a word: Consider the longsuffering, fastvanishing hyphen

It's been praised, vilified and most recently banished. The little hyphen's future seems illfated despite having made a lot of connections over the years.

Face time: Katie Clukey — director of Buckfield’s little Zadoc Long Free Library

Kid-lover, book-lover Clukey went from volunteer to library director, and because of COVID-19 is facing her biggest challenge yet.

In a word: Idioms! They’re all a bunch of idioms!

Lewiston wordmeister Jim Witherell explores our language's many word phrases that make no sense unless you know what they mean, catch my drift?