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bPlus: Why do lawyers get such a bad rap?

Question: What do you have when there are 10 lawyers buried up to their necks in sand? Answer: Not enough sand. Are you laughing? If so, you’re probably not presently in a bind. You haven’t been accused of a crime, slapped with a divorce or injured in a fall. You know how it goes. It […]

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Face Time: Odelle Bowman: L/A Arts’ new leader on making a community stronger through the arts

On March 22, Odelle Bowman took over as the executive director of L/A Arts. Bowman has spent her career in the arts, particularly teaching women and girls about the theater. She founded and has co-produced the Cassandra Project, a women’s performing arts festival in Portland. She founded and produced the Maine Women and Girls Film […]

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Night life

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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Talk of the town

Nateva Lite So, the wildly popular music festival is being shrunk to about half the size of last year’s show. How, exactly, is a rock and roll fan supposed to adjust his behavior for this? Do you only get half drunk on warm beer? Expose the left side of your body while keeping the right […]

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Sights at Sound Limbs

In a generic looking non descript cape on outer Lisbon Road in Lewiston sits a business that not only helps mold the steps of people with foot and ankle problems, but builds new limbs for many clients from scratch.  Unlike the mass produced products available online, Sound Limb Orthotics and Prosthetics takes the time to […]

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Your gripes

Headed east on Route 202, snowing, 5 a.m., four cars coming at me, one appeared to have high beams on — unknown to me a cruiser. I was blinded so I flashed my high beams for less than seven seconds at less than 45 mph. I was stopped by ASO (Androscoggin Sheriff’s Office) for “failure […]

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Eats: In the raw at Wei-Li: Delectable sushi

Some people may feel that with names like hamachi, ika, maguro, ebi and unagi, sushi is all Greek to them. But in fact, it’s about as Japanese as you can get in these parts — and most anywhere else, for that matter — and well worth its unusual-sounding names. Charted as far back as the […]

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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 […]

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Re-makes! Especially when they remake a BBC hit show and call it a Sci-Fi original series. It’s a remake! Why do you think Americanizing a television show, book or movie makes it better? It isn’t. You ruin the integrity of the plot as it was intended. A few of us hate this. — Anonymous Why […]