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Remember when they introduced converter boxes and digital television signals? It was meant to improve the quality of TV. It didn’t. Less stations come in and the pixelated freeze-frame images are worse than static. At least with static you could still hear your program. It’s just another example of when things aren’t broken, tinkering with […]
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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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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 […]
Sights unseen: An Allen Pond dream
When Dave Iannotti of Greene decided to build his dream home, he was not going to limit himself to any specific square footage of living space. Iannotti worked with four different architects and Buffard and McFarland builders of Auburn to build his three-level modified cape on Allen Pond. The home has many unique features, including […]
Facetime: Sean ‘Pellet’ Pelletier: managing an ‘American treasure’
Lewiston native Sean “Pellet” Pelletier is fighting to make one of his favorite musicians — ’70s rocker Bobby Liebling of the band Pentagram — well known again. So he helped make a movie about Liebling’s fight against drugs and obscurity to get back on the stage. In the process, Pelletier’s own work as Liebling’s manager found […]
Talk of the town
I see London, I see France Remember last week when I told you about the pair of suit coats I found in the woods behind Tall Pines? Member? You ‘member. Anyway, I thought it might have had something to do with the rapture, but that stupid idea went up in smoke along with the rest […]
Anne Taintor: Retro wit, Lewiston roots
It can take 500 tries before Anne Taintor lands a single line with just the right tone, the right message, the right bite. “I should come with a warning label.” “Good girls go to heaven . . . I just need to get to New York.” “There was nothing passive about her aggression.” Time intensive, […]
Eats: Good eating on a stretched budget — thrifty can be tasty
LEWISTON — Similar to the segment on the “CBS Early Show” called “Chef on a Shoestring,” St. Mary’s Nutrition Center of Maine recently hosted a class by personal chef Justin Liudvinaitis. Simply titled “Meals for $20 or Less,” Liudvinaitis showed class participants how to get the most out of one 6- to 8-pound chicken without […]
Reporter query: What’s in your purse?
We don’t care about your Capital One card. But we do have other unnatural interests in your purse. Like: What’s the weirdest thing you carry in there? What’s the oldest? Ever had a food/drink mishap in there? What’s the biggest purse you’ve ever had? Ever successfully downsize, and does the Devil now own your soul? […]