What started as a simple query — “How to pack a healthy lunch for your child to bring to school” — turned out to be like opening up a can of gummy worms . . . I mean, healthy snacks. Thank Steven Johndro, Erin Guay and Denise Dill, who are all about nutrition and healthy […]
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No-milk milks: The official B-Plus taste test toasts a delicious nondairy winner (and tries to forget the ‘horse barn’ in a glass).
LEWISTON — Even when it comes to real milk, it’s not always good to have that straight-from-the-barnyard taste. No one goes “Ahh, wet straw! Gimme more of that!” Nor should they. So, when the Sun Journal gathered a group of willing and thirsty taste-testers — assembled to sip and comment on milk substitutes available locally […]
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Talk of the town
Domicile envy Thanks to the gazillion snowbirds who wrote me to gloat about their winter plans after I admitted to coveting the lifestyle. Hilarious. I wonder if you’ll still think it’s funny when you discover me and a half-dozen of my hitchhiking pals living in your pool house. Letters from you people “So I stop […]
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Nightlife Calendar
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 Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, Sabattus Karaoke, 8 p.m. to midnight, Schemengee’s Bar and Grille, Lewiston […]
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Gripes and Gushes
Gripes: Anyone else see the ad for the Baby Olympics? I wonder if the Olympics plans to sue them too? Seriously, it will always be the Redneck Olympics, and the committee is wrong to harass others over a word that cannot be owned. — Anonymous When will we get police enforcement for traffic violations? Imagine […]
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Face Time: Chef Scott Johnson on sweet lobster and giving back
LEWISTON — Chef Scott Johnson and a buddy, fellow chef Steve Corson, are getting ready to prepare between 2,500 and 3,000 lobsters for the annual Dempsey Challenge on Oct. 8 and 9. This is the duo’s third season running the challenge’s “Lobster Trap.” The guys lead a staff of more than 80 volunteers who prepare […]
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Road Trip: The 100-mile Dempsey Challenge ride: Beauty, history and color (and good eating — if you take the easy way).
We have our own Road Trip challenge for YOU this week as the Oct. 8-9 Dempsey Challenge nears: Do the 100-mile Challenge bike route yourself. Of course, biking it during the Challenge would be best. Exercise. Fundraising for a good cause. Camaraderie. What could be better? What’s that? Not quite up for 100 miles of […]
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Eats: Jillian Dempsey dishes on healthy eating, recipes and backyard farming
Patrick and Jillian Dempsey have 60 chickens. Several mini-donkeys. A pond filled with fish. One rescue tortoise named Clover. A large, organic garden. And, a worm factory. The family’s house outside Los Angeles is an unexpected slice of country and home to healthy eating. “As a matter of fact, I’m making zucchini bread today (from […]
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The Inner Challenge: From overcoming cancer, to beating Lyme disease, to visiting from Dubai, stories of pain, strain and gain emerge from those inspired by the Dempsey Challenge.
New diet sparks rebound from Lyme disease With cancer pervading both sides of her family, and anticipating a questionable future for her teenage children, Kennebunk-based Jane VanDerburgh Dumais, 44, wanted to walk in the 2009 Dempsey Challenge. “If I could do just part of the 5k, I would feel I had achieved something,” Dumais said […]