FARMINGTON — Renee Whitley has been the executive director of the Franklin County Children’s Task Force since 2005. She has worked with many mothers and families over the years. “The job has changed a lot since I began,” she said. “I love working with the home visiting and education staff. Helping them to use data […]
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Eats: Sweet and savory scones for Mom
Last year I spent Mother’s Day in Ireland where my daughter Rachel treated me to high tea at Gregans Castle in County Clare. Whenever I want to relive that wondrous feast, I start out by concocting a batch of scones, or three. Sometimes I can’t decide between the sweet and the savory. My grandchildren and […]
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Magical garden: Let the growing begin!
Optimism abounds as a new gardening season arrives Bright sunshine, warmer days and buds from every tree and bush bursting out all over! It’s definitely the beginning of the growing season. This year, I plan to concentrate on the basics of home gardening: tomatoes (of course!), lettuce, carrots, beans, potatoes, and a few herbs, such […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Claire Herson of Winthrop. Fences By Claire Herson Beef cattle with eyes as soft as God watch me from the pasture, all heads turn as the car door opens, and I grab grocery bags balanced in each hand just as I carry their grain […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by a former editor of The Beloit Poetry Journal, John Rosenwald of Farmington. Almost Dawn By John Rosenwald Kids and grandkids still sleeping. I rise, go down to the dock, dive into the almost dark. A slight squawk. “Ducks,” I think, when, suddenly, neck […]
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Bringing vintage back, one old camper at a time
MONMOUTH — For Jim Roy, the 1954 Yellowstone was love. For his neighbor up the road, it was a decrepit camper the neighbor’s aunt had taken to Woodstock, currently sunk in the ground past its wheels, that he was planning to crush if someone didn’t get it off the property. Sold. It was a perfect […]
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Face Time: Joseph Crocker, working the court
Joseph Crocker knows his way around a tennis court, so much so that in January he accepted the Maine Tennis Association’s 2017 Recreation Department of the Year award on behalf of Lewiston Recreation. Crocker’s been a program coordinator for almost two years and in the recreational field in one way or another for 12. He’s […]
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Mystery Photo for May 6
If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us at [email protected] or call 207-689-2896 and leave a voice mail with your answer, your name, town and phone number. Correct entries will be eligible for a drawing for a $20 Hannaford Supermarkets gift card. Find the Mystery Photo online at www.sunjournal.com/bplus.
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Face Time: Cheryl Lang — from preemie to education leader
Cheryl Lang came into this world too early, weighing only 2 pounds. She spent the first five months of her life in the hospital, and was even given her last rights twice. Doctors told her mother when she was 18 months old that she would have many obstacles in life, and seemed to have developmental […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Megan Grumbling of Portland and is from her book “Booker’s Point,” which won the Vassar Miller Prize. Through North Berwick’s Cemetery By Megan Grumbling Good mornin’, Scheib! yells Booker to the graves, like George to Gracie, as we roll in. Scheib, that Scheib, the […]