Matthew and Jeff Bush are third-generation orthopaedic surgeons practicing together at Central Maine Orthopaedics in Auburn. They started work on the same day seven years ago, but the similarities end there. One’s hands. One’s hips. One’s Willie Nelson, one’s a little White Stripes. Age: Matthew 38, Jeff 40 When did you both know you wanted […]

Old Orchard Beach — affectionately OOB — is about as Maine as tasty Maine lobster. The town is known for many things, but not necessarily its orchards. So where’d the name come from? The area was settled in 1657 by Thomas Rogers. He called it “the garden by the sea” and it actually took its […]

Larry Caron still remembers one of the most terrifying moments of his life in vivid detail. He was in a car on Route 196 in Lisbon, travelling at 45 miles per hour – the legal speed limit – when the driver of a Greyhound Bus who had been tailgating his vehicle decided to pass. In […]

Ahhhh, yes. As I write this, I must admit both my body and soul are relaxing and humming along quite happily, thanks to a delightful, steaming cup of herbal tea I just brewed. This lovely blend of nettles, milky oats, lemon balm and peppermint is produced by Robin Rockett of Streaked Mountain Herbs and Crafts. […]

Mystery photo for June 16, 2013

Some events require tickets or are subject to other limitations. If in doubt, we recommend you contact the venue. Night Life listings must be e-mailed to [email protected] and received no later than Monday. Tonight Film: Ain’t for my Health, 6 and 8 p.m., Frontier, Brunswick Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, […]

If your idea of “business” involves a variety of good food, then they certainly got down to it at the trade show in Lewiston last week. It was last Thursday morning, the 13th of June, and the annual Business to Business Trade Show at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee was literally and loudly humming with the […]

No matter how many times I played it, the “Cheers Theme” just didn’t sound right. The first few notes were beautiful – so beautiful, in fact, that I wanted to swill a beer and yell ‘Norm!” at no one in particular. The rest of it? Tinny garbage that sounded more like something out of Romper […]

Paul Bernard serves on a variety of veterans groups, helped create an American Legion post in Turner and now leads a post in New Auburn. The Sun Journal wanted to know more about what drives him to keep working for the men and women who served. Name: Paul R. Bernard Age: 61 Hometown: Lewiston Single, […]

I’d like to start off by thanking the magical earth for allowing my spectacularly bright-red and huge perennial poppies to blossom before the heavy rains arrived. I look forward to these ostentatious blooms every year as their large, podded heads lift almost to the bottom of the windows in the stone planter in front of […]