Ryan Lorrain, the youngest person ever elected to the Paris Board of Selectmen, at 23 has a resume longer than most people twice his age. Although he’s still working on his bachelor’s degree in business administration, the Paris native was very nearly a state representative last year, losing to incumbent Terry Hayes, D-Buckfield, by 110 […]
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Sights Unseen: Auburn Lewiston Municipal Airport
Sun Journal Chief Photographer Russ Dillingham visits the Auburn Lewiston Municipal Airport in Auburn.
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Is there something that really irks you? Something about your job, your family or the stuff you have to deal with every day? Share it. E-mail your peeves to [email protected] or mail them to Sun Journal, attn: b section, P.O. Box 4400, Lewiston, ME 04240, and we’ll print them here. Please keep your gripe to […]
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Talk of the town
Looky loos So, I’m riding the back roads of Weld. Or possibly Dixfield. Or possibly Wilton. And I come across a car parked at an odd angle near the center of the road. It’s a four-door and every one of those doors is wide open, as though a hive of killer bees flew in and […]
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When nature calls? Phone meets toilet: Your ‘dropped-call’ tales of woe
Christmas Eve. Fifty guests due within the hour. “Meg”’s 17-year-old granddaughter emerged from the Auburn home’s only bathroom, troubled. “I think my cell phone fell down the toilet.” “What do you mean, ‘I think?’” Meg remembers asking. Well. The teen had been chatting on the loo, stood up, tucked the phone into her skinny jeans’ […]
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If cabbage makes you wrinkle your nose, try this slaw recipe
I love summer and everything that comes with it. It’s wonderful to have an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables from the garden, local farms and farmer’s markets. Over the years, one vegetable we have had in abundance from our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) has been cabbage. And until recently, I haven’t liked it. I […]
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Jam session — a taste of summer in a jar, the low-sugar way
The next best thing to eating fresh fruit and berries might be opening up a jar of homemade jam when you’re snowed in next winter. “I love making jam because it’s so simple . . . but so rewarding!” said Kate McCarty, a food preservation program aide with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Learning […]
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Is there something that really irks you? Something about your job, your family or the stuff you have to deal with every day? Share it. E-mail your peeves to [email protected] or mail them to Sun Journal, attn: b section, P.O. Box 4400, Lewiston, ME 04240, and we’ll print them here. Please keep your gripe to […]