Natasha Daigle, a senior at Lewiston High School, started horseback riding at age 7 and showing at 10. Years of hard work paid off in October when she placed sixth in her age class at the Morgan Horse Grand Nationals and World Championships in Oklahoma City. She rides saddle seat on Lucie (a.k.a. Sensational Touch) […]
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Got me under your spell
Dawn Jepson has a pleasing voice. I came to her office in downtown Wilton to get some ideas about her business and what she can do for people. Now I’m leaned back in my seat and nearly falling asleep to her words. How embarrassing! “Your body relaxes,” she tells me. “Your mind relaxes. You are […]
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Eats: The Bread Shack — Croissants to die for … and we don’t mean the preparation process!
A good croissant is heaven in your hand. But few people have the dedication, time and strength needed to make the type of authentic butter croissants that Dara Reimers — owner of The Bread Shack in Auburn — is known for. Her process takes more than 18 hours — and a whole lot of upper-body […]
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Talk of the town
Grinch steals Christmas I would like to point out that I was not responsible for using this as a headline above a holiday theft story. I quit referencing the Grinch in such stories around the same time I stopped referring to the weather as Mother Nature. It was hard to quit, but with enough determination […]
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Sticking together: Dads, kids and even moms lacing up year-round have the edge on family bonding
If you’re one of the few people in Maine who doesn’t have hockey in your DNA, chances are you probably know someone who does. And you may have wondered: What possesses someone to get up at 4 a.m. for practice on ice during the dead of winter? How can playing hockey be worth hundreds of […]
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Eats: Pan-tastic! Local chefs offer some iron-clad cookware advice (wink wink)
Most department and home specialty stores carry cookware, and the choices can be slightly overwhelming, especially when considering price, durability and all the different sizes. Is there really a big difference between brands of pots and pans? We decided to ask a couple of professionals — area head chefs Mike Gosselin of The Falls restaurant […]
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Coming to blows There’s not much to look forward to in winter, as far as I’m concerned, but Wednesday did mark the opening of a very special season. Specifically, it’s time for the yearly NEIGHBOR KEEPS BLOWING SNOW INTO MY YARD! wars, available all winter long on your police scanner. Trained cage fighters are not […]
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A very Victoria Christmas
‘Tis the season to decorate your home for the holidays, but all inflatable lawn ornaments and window appliqués aside, no one does it with quite as much class as Maine’s own historic landmark, Victoria Mansion, also known as the Morse-Libby Mansion, located on Danforth Street in Portland. You wouldn’t know it by just glancing at […]