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Talk of the town

I always thought your letters were fake In Lewiston, a man walked into the police department to report that he had been jumped by a group of women. Apparently he wanted advice on how to best begin his letter to the Penthouse Forum.   Dang paparazzi At the Montello Night of Stars, you find a […]

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Talk of the town

Google Drive You geeks out there will note that this program was officially released on Tuesday after months of speculation. Free space in the void to store your documents. You know: Diary. Hate-filled manifesto. Disturbing letters to Delta Burke you swear you’ll send someday. Things like that. And while that’s just peachy, I couldn’t be […]

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Street Talk: Boys who beam over bicycles

Saw a little kid pushing a bicycle up College Street in Lewiston the other day and he was smiling like the shark after it ate Quint. And why shouldn’t he? Even from a distance you could tell that bike was spanking new. It gleamed so bright that every inch of paint and chrome threw arrows […]

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Clothes make the man So, I’m riding around downtown Lewiston on the Suzuki as I’ve been doing for three years now. But today, everyone out there seems to be shooting me a strange look. The old woman with granddaughter in tow does a double take and nearly snaps her neck. Bunch of gangstas on a […]

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My apologies For answering the door sans pants when a Lewiston police officer knocked at about 4:30 a.m. one recent morning. I feel bad about this because I’m sure cops who work in and around downtown Lewiston aren’t accustomed to seeing semi-naked people acting strangely at all hours. I hope the poor young cop will […]

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Street Talk: Behind the scenes at the Street Talk studios

At the end of this column, there will be an extremely funny line in bold print. I didn’t write it. The tag lines for Street Talk are written by Karen, our lovely and talented “tag executive.”   Karen, come on out here and take a bow, will you?   Karen can’t come out and take a […]

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Above the foldSo, I go away for two weeks and they completely redesign the Sun Journal. Changes from cover to cover. I know what this is. Every time I go away, they change something in hopes that I won’t recognize the place when I get back. It’s like that time they tried to ship me […]