Recently, I heard no fewer than four TV news anchors reporting that someone was going to ‘hone in’ on something.
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Face Time: L-A native Marc Gosselin — building community through city recreation programs
Since taking over as executive director of Auburn’s Recreation and Sports Tourism Department in late 2018, Gosselin has focused on strengthening community ties while building up the city as a sports tourism destination.
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Mystery Photo for Jan. 9, 2022
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you could win a $20 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.
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The strange, cruel spectacle of horse diving once drew big crowds in Maine
Sometimes women clung to the horses as they made their ‘suicide jumps’ from platforms 40 feet high or more, with riders sometimes injured or even blinded.
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Face Time: Jay’s Janice Sweeney provides the heat in VFW kitchen
The kitchen manager and her fellow members came up with the idea of offering take-out dinners to support the community and the post.
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In a word: Writer’s senior style guide needs an update
After 29 years, this columnist is ready for a new ‘bible’: ‘The Associated Press Stylebook.’ The well-known guide’s release every two years is a +.
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Mystery Photo for Jan. 2, 2022
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you might win a $20 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.
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I ain’t eatin’ that
This week, columnist LaFlamme vociferates on saltines, grocery bags, top 10 lists and French pastry.
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Chances are nobody will ever again see Maine’s first big movie, viewed worldwide a century ago
‘The Rider of the King Log,’ by well-known Auburn writer Holman Day, featured log drives, dam explosions, romance and more, but it has utterly vanished since its debut in 1921
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What’s your game?
It’s winter. There’s a pandemic on. It’s freezing cold and dark at 5 p.m. How do you keep you and yours entertained in conditions like this? A lot of people, we’re told, are all about Game Night. Whether it’s organized games played virtually with strangers or just a rough and tumble round of Pictionary at […]