DIY gone awry? Maine interior designers have seen it all. Here’s their advice on salvaging a bad do-it-yourself project and preventing it before it happens. READFIELD — A few years ago, someone asked Interior Designer Karen McPhedran to take a look at their friend’s screened-in porch. The homeowner had tried giving the room a DIY […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Thomas Moore and is from his book “Saving Nails” (Moon Pie Press 2016). He’s the current poet laureate of Belfast, Maine. Smith Cove: Light to Dark By Thomas Moore At sunrise the sky is not a saucepan Or the roof of a Dodge or […]
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Paul Baribault: A writer's life
Almost from the very beginning, Paul Baribault knew what he wanted to do with his life. And so, with big dreams dancing in his head, he announced his plans to his high school guidance counselor. It could have gone better. “I said, ‘I’m going to be a writer,’” Baribault recalls of that long ago conversation. […]
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Mystery Photo for April 8
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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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Alice Persons of Westbrook who runs Moon Pie Press. Casco Bay, July By Alice Persons There are many watershed moments, Not Hallmark, not Kodak I will remember about knowing you, And wish I could purge from memory. But the evening we paddled Out from Mackworth Island […]
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Face Time: Lillian Doughty, helping Mainers with disabilities one job at a time
In the past, some disabled job seekers applied for any position they could find. It didn’t matter if they were interested in training animals more than serving food or better suited to work outside than in an office. If there was an open job, they were nudged toward it. Then came the career development department […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Marita O’Neill of Portland. O’Neill teaches English at Yarmouth High School. In the Wild Seas By Marita O’Neill From the El Faro cargo ship, A last message at midnight—husband to wife, Bad weather ahead. That Sunday just before dawn It woke us, a half-dream […]
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Mystery Photo for April 1
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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Glad-hatters: Easter or really anytime, it’s not too late to get a bonnet on it
On this Easter Sunday, it’s a little history, a little bonnet buzz and how to make a fashion statement directly from a milliner (and we’re not talking out of our hats!) Easter bonnet 101 Beginning in the 1870’s, New York City’s stylish set would celebrate Easter by attending church and then promenading down Fifth Avenue […]
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2017 had plenty of weather to remember
American humorist Kin Hubbard wrote, “Don’t knock the weather. If it didn’t change once in a while, nine-tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation.” Now I don’t know if that’s necessarily true for everyone, but the weather of 2017 certainly did give us something to talk about. The third warmest year for the entire […]