Ask an ultra runner “Why?” — why repeatedly put yourself through hours (sometimes days) of exhaustion, pain, bad weather and mental strain — and most will say they’re on a journey to discover their limits.
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In a word: Today we pray tribune to malapropisms
‘Doc, I realize that you’re at the pineapple of your career, but you don’t have to be so blaze about the whole thing.’
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Mystery Photo for June 6, 2021
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and enter to win a $20 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.
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Face Time: Renda Guild — Livermore’s town clerk helps out in many ways
If there is some type of benefit going on in the area, she is most likely involved.
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Talk of the Town: Trade you a gross green pepper for a tasty sausage
It’s happening again It’s my fault. I let my guard down. Once the chocolate graham crackers began to appear on store shelves again, I thought the crisis was over. But it’s not. Went to the Hannaford the other day to get a couple boxes and there they were, gone! Completely depleted! The regular, boring graham […]
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In a word: Nothing breviloquent about these long words
Coming in a somewhat distant second at 36 letters is hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, a coined word for the fear of long words.
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Almost forgotten artist D.D. Coombs deserves to be remembered
The once well-known Auburn painter produced local landscapes as well as portraits of Maine dignitaries, cartoons and caricatures, drawing until the day he died.
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When bread was just a nickel
Back in the day, we’re told, just about every Lewiston neighborhood had its own market. If you needed a quart of milk for dinner, you could send your kid on a walk to that market and let him spend the change on penny candy. In this new age of Hannaford and Shaw’s and Walmart, we’re […]
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Mystery Photo for May 30, 2021
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and have a chance to win a $20 Hannaford gift card.
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At home on the range: Maine women eager to learn about firearms
Women are taking their sense of safety into their own hands by learning how to handle guns.