There should be a rooster crowing every morning to rouse Denise Mathieu from sleep. There is much work to do, after all, and only the hours between sunrise and sunset to get it done. Nobody said farming was easy. “I have to harvest my crops or they’re going to wither,” the 43-year-old Lewiston woman says. […]

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 […]

In the basement of the Lewiston Police Department, a long hallway leads to a door marked “Authorized Personnel Only.” “Our conversations are being recorded, both audio and video,” warned Lt. Mark Cornelio as he led the way to the police department’s evidence room. As soon as  Property and Evidence Manager Ivan Boudreau unlocked the door, […]

Ray Dillon and Renae De Liz’s lengthy resume includes collaborations on the comic books “Rogue Angel,” Jennifer Love Hewitt’s “Music Box” and an adaptation of Peter S. Beagle’s novel “The Last Unicorn.” Issue No. 1 of “Unicorn” hits shelves April 28. She pencils, he inks and colors. This winter, the husband-and-wife team picked up from […]

 By Hundreds of Heads  Moving? Here’s some advice on saying goodbye to friends and family from the book “How to Survive a Move” (Hundreds of Heads Books, www.hundredsofheads.com, $13.95), straight from people who’ve done it: “When my parents moved from my childhood home, it helped me to take photos of each room before and after. […]

 By Debra-Lynn B. Hook McClatchy-Tribune Information Services It’s an exciting day when your baby looks up at you and says “Ma-Ma” for the first time. At this point, the trajectory of interpersonal communication can point nowhere but up: First words become sentences. Sentences become paragraphs. Soon enough, you and your child are having give-and-take conversations […]

Everywhere, a sign To the person who posted the tote road at the end of Edgecomb Road in Lisbon: Thanks. Thanks a lot. I’ve been dreaming of that particular stretch of slop all winter long and now this. Why a person would choose to keep all of that mud and ruts to himself will forever […]

“Knives Cooks Love: Selection. Care. Techniques. Recipes.” By Sur La Table with Sarah Jay (Andrew McMeel Publishing; $25) What it is: Everything you might ever want to know about choosing, using, storing, cleaning and maintaining cooking knives is likely contained in this knife bible’s 180 pages, part of Sur La Table’s cookbook series. Food writer […]

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 […]

LEWISTON — Squeeze the lobster meat. Whip the salad dressing. Prep the pickle packers. It’s a procedure Don Grant knows so well. “By 6:15 a.m., we’ll have the assembly line up and running,” Grant said, not bothering to look at a schedule. On the morning of April 30, soda cans and Grant’s brownies and one-ounce […]