To whom am I speaking? Oh, this is spooky. Apparently, the Sun Journal provides an audio service where some robotic voice will read the day’s news to you, the “reader.” I tried it the other day with one of my columns and I’ve got to admit, the narrator sounded pretty authentic. The creepiest part was […]
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Woman says she was ‘just a mom’ when she comforted injured toddler
For many long minutes, Kim Dupuis crouched beside the battered truck in Auburn and held the hand of the 3-year-old.
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Tale of a Halloween home intruder…sort of
Talk of the Town: By the way, for the second time in around five years, I accidentally walked into the ladies room at a local business. In my defense …
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The forces of darkness are upon us
Street Talk: All day on that first day of the time change we sun-loving souls will wander around in a daze, feeling disoriented and out of sorts.
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Talk of the Town: Rudolph’s bloody revenge
To catch a thief Danny Caron of the Green Ladle is so distressed that someone ripped the catalytic converter off a company truck, he is offering a whooooole bunch of catered food for tips leading to the arrest of the culprit responsible. I’m with Danny on this one. When some fiend slithers beneath your ride […]
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Ode to a toothache
Street Talk: The pain of a bad tooth is immense. Extraordinary. When it comes for real — this screaming banshee of agony — you, the sufferer, will have moments where you are rendered clinically insane.
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Haunted laundry and other horrors descend upon Maine
Talk of the Town: Put down the pumpkins and no one gets hurt.
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How do you unfriend the real world?
Talk of the Town: Monday was a glorious day. Facebook and a whole bunch of similar social media apps were down pretty much around the clock. Did you notice the weird peace and civility that descended?
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When it comes to cops and the media, times have changed
Street Talk: It’s become tense and guarded on both ends, and you can’t blame the police for this — the media hasn’t been altogether kind to cops in recent years.
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It’s time to face the thrills, chills and teeny, tiny bones
Talk of the Town: This week our columnist nails down various doors around the house.