Bachmann Industries in Auburn is hosting its inaugural Halloween Drive Thru Pumpkin Parade. Accountant Patty Fecteau said it grew out of an employee pumpkin painting contest last year. “With Halloween approaching, and looking very different this year due to the pandemic, it seemed like another perfect opportunity to provide a safe, fun, contact-free Halloween event,” […]
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Lifestyle news from the Sun Journal.
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In a word: Epizeuxis and this really really really good column
I sometimes marvel at our human desire to identify and name things. Just like how there is a day of the year honoring every interest imaginable — think National Spaghetti Day — there are words for various forms and patterns of writing. Usually very fancy, hard-to-spell, difficult-to-pronounce words, because, well, they can be. Today, we’ll […]
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Face Time: Alisa Roman, school foodie
As director for nutrition and transportation at Lewiston Public Schools, she’s had a full plate during the pandemic.
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Mystery Photo for Oct. 18, 2020
Guess correctly and have a chance to win a $20 Hannaford gift coupon.
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Detail oriented pros always find a way to get your car clean
Grime. Mold. Hair. Toenails. Maine pros talk about the art and expertise of rehabbing dirty cars.
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Mark LaFlamme: Your guide to fancy shopping
Peak foliage or something Yes, yes. The dying leaves are very pretty. Makes me want to put on one of those button-up sweaters, drink a steaming cup of pumpkin-flavored whatever, hang some dead corn on my door and talk about how, when you get right down to it, it really IS the best time of […]
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Mystery Photo for October 11, 2020
Guess correctly and have a chance to win a $20 Hannaford gift coupon.
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Mark LaFlamme: Hocus pocus, your money is gone!
Keyed up So, I got this new truck — the Nissan Titan, you may bow in worship now — but it came with just one key, so I figured I’d go have a couple new ones cut. You know, fork over five or six bucks and the nice lady will chop up some new keys […]
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The state of Maine women
Women in Maine are no longer ‘civilly dead’ on their wedding day, but they’re still earning 28 cents less on the dollar. A look at how Maine women are faring 100 years after the 19th Amendment.