You don’t have to root your Android phone. You don’t have to flash a new ROM, either. You can just sit there and enjoy your smartphone as it is right out of the box. Slap on some wallpaper, set up your home screen and away you go. Yawn. Come on, now. If you could make […]
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Eats: Dinner to Go — Where ‘home-made’ meets ‘take out’
Just picture — after a long and arduous day of work — you walk in the door, hang up your coat, and yell (politely, of course) “Honey! I’m home!” Then — in the very next moment — you walk into your kitchen, snap your fingers and happily announce: “Dinner’s ready!” Thanks to Marie Lizotte of […]
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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 [email protected] and received no later than Monday. Tonight Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, Sabattus Karaoke, 8 p.m. to midnight, Schemengee’s Bar and Grille, Lewiston […]
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Face Time: Chris Camire — Young president and one dancing, singing man
Chris Camire is 20, an Edward Little grad from 2010 and the University of Southern Maine’s youngest-ever student body president. He was elected to the position at the end of last year, as a freshmen. Later this month, he’ll try for another first: holding onto the seat during March elections. Camire is a technology management […]
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Talk of the town
All in a day Did you know that Wednesday marked a very rare and powerful cosmic alignment not seen since a time when the pyramids were still under warranty? That’s right. It was both leap day AND hump day. I hope you celebrated accordingly. Snowe job So many politicians scrambled after Olympia Snowe’s Senate seat, […]
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Sights Unseen: Telecommunications triage with Oxford Networks
A single strand of fiber-optic cable can carry a lot of data or hundreds of phone calls, unlike the single call an old copper wire could handle. And it can do it at blinding speed compared to previous technology. However, with the advantages of this new technology comes some trade-offs. With copper wire, a technician […]
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Nightlife Calendar
Some events require tickets or are subject to other limitations 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 [email protected] and received no later than Monday. Tonight Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, Sabattus […]
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Eats: Winter soup: Youly’s spices it up with a Cajun twist
“Not too spicy, but the sausage adds some heat,” says Dan Briggs, of the Cajun Andouille Shrimp Soup he is making. “This is a good wintertime soup.” Briggs should know. For the last 18 years, he has co-owned Youly’s Restaurant in Turner with Donna Smith. For eighteen years, he has also been the restaurant’s executive […]
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The ‘other you’: Readers’ stories of mistaken identities
“Philip” was not depressed and not in denial about being depressed. Really. The 58-year-old Lewiston man felt fine. His doctor’s office, though, would not hear it. “We don’t just make this stuff up,” huffed the receptionist who’d called to confirm an appointment to treat his depression. • Bradley S. would hear from parents irate about […]