Mystery photo for March 25, 2018. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) 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 […]
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You don't have to be a bro to love Fireball Whisky cake
I couldn’t help but be intrigued and entertained when I came across a cake recipe with an unusual ingredient: cinnamon-flavored Fireball Whisky. It uses instant vanilla pudding mix, too — so retro, but that’s the point. Cookbook author Addie Gundry says that baking with alcohol was also en vogue in the 1950s and ’60s. She […]
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Face Time: Rolling with Carina Adams
Carina Adams gave her heart to the sport of roller derby – almost literally. In the fall of 2015, Adams suffered a heart ailment that forced her off roller skates, possibly for the rest of her life. That might have been the end of roller derby, not just for Adams, but for anyone in the […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Jim Mello of Brewer. His most recent book is “All Four Seasons,” published by Moon Pie Press. The Osprey (Whiting Bay) By Jim Mello The Osprey Rises On the currents of air To hover Wings triangled To soar Spiral On the wind Against the […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Bring on the artisanal toilet seats
Thanks to Prince Charles and one particularly peppy cherry menthol, this week Bag Lady was initially torn between shopping for toilet seats or cough drops. Then, she wanted to shop for all things love after hearing that her favorite, made-over fella on the new season of “Queer Eye” got engaged to the sweetheart he was trying to […]
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Why Tuesday is a special day at many Lewiston-Auburn eateries
LEWISTON — For years, Eric Agren had trouble drawing diners into his Fuel restaurant on Tuesdays. It’s a slow day for most every eatery, and the high-end Lisbon Street restaurant was no exception. So Agren dubbed Tuesday “Fuelsday” and started offering specials on food and wine. But recently it’s specialty draft beer — Maine made, […]
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Mystery Photo for Sunday, March 18
Mystery photo for March 18, 2018. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) 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 […]
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Face Time: Bethel's John Walker offers a younger voice on education
John Walker graduated from Telstar Regional High School in 2016. During his time as a student there, he took in everything, including things he thought should be improved and things he thought should be preserved. He attended school board meetings and felt a slight disconnection between members of the board and the students of the […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Ted Bookey of Hallowell and is from his new book “Stitiously Speaking” published by Moon Pie Press. On The Way to Wonderful By Ted Bookey — For Bill Withers “Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Richard Foerster of Cape Neddick, from his book “Double Going” (BOA Editions, 2002). His most recent book is “River Road,” published by Texas Review Press. Sea Ducks in Winter By Richard Foerster Was it shelter they found There, this solstice dusk: The narrow bay, […]