Ice skating has been around for 4,000 years, going back to when people in what is now Finland first started taking pieces of bone and sharpening and flattening them, then strapping them to their feet. They didn’t really skate, but instead glided over the ice. Over the years skating has been refined, and today we […]
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Road trip: Ice skating — Cool places to slip the blades … and warm your insides.
Ice skating has been around for 4,000 years, going back to when people in what is now Finland first started taking pieces of bone and sharpening and flattening them, then strapping them to their feet. They didn’t really skate, but instead glided over the ice. Over the years skating has been refined, and today we […]
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Eats: Mac’s Grill — Scrape the racks, it’s time for Mac’s
Searching for the flavor of summer under that snow and ice? Hopefully you didn’t wheel your grill into storage for the winter, because getting that grilled steak fix is as easy as firing up the burner and scraping off the racks. OK, maybe that’s overstating it slightly; the steak does need to be seasoned with […]
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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 Thursday. 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
A virtual paradise To those who may have been offended by my description of the Hinckley school as a wicked place of torment and madness, I apologize. I’m sure it was and is a wonderful place, with arts and crafts, butterflies afloat and no end to singing. You have to understand that I was speaking […]
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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 Thursday. 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
A virtual paradise To those who may have been offended by my description of the Hinckley school as a wicked place of torment and madness, I apologize. I’m sure it was and is a wonderful place, with arts and crafts, butterflies afloat and no end to singing. You have to understand that I was speaking […]
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Face Time: Nancy Hohmann: Long-time teacher finds stable retirement — neigh!
After more than 25 years as a teacher in the Oxford Hills school district and at Telstar Regional High School, Nancy Hohmann retired in 2006. Since then, she’s worked as an instructor of therapeutic horse riding at Riding to the Top in Windham, and recently received the National Instructor of the Year Award from the […]
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Long-time teacher finds stable retirement — neigh!
After more than 25 years as a teacher in the Oxford Hills school district and at Telstar Regional High School, Nancy Hohmann retired in 2006. Since then, she’s worked as an instructor of therapeutic horse riding at Riding to the Top in Windham, and recently received the National Instructor of the Year Award from the […]
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The INCIDENT: Spiders? Snakes? Sharks? Gelatinous fat? What’s your ‘incident’?
Imagine sitting at a stoplight in your car. You turn to your left and then to your right checking for oncoming traffic, when, out of the corner of your eye, you see an ominous black figure on your shoulder. IT’S A SPIDER! That’s exactly what happened to Linda Graziano of Lisbon. Graziano said she became […]