The Rollodrome has been a family operation since its beginning. According to the business’s website, the building started out as “Fortin Bowlodrome” in 1947 offering state-of-the-art bowling with automatic pin setting. It began its long history as a mecca for roller skating when Alice Mailhot, her son Donald Larrivee, his wife, Pauline, and other family […]
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Mystery Photo for Oct. 2, 2022
If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us at [email protected] or call 689-2896 and leave a voicemail with your answer, your name, town, and phone number. Correct entries will be put into a drawing for a $20 gift card, courtesy of Hannaford Supermarkets. Find the Mystery Photo online at https://www.sunjournal.com/tag/mystery-photo/ We had several […]
In a word: FPOTUS, Q, raid and other Mar-a-Lago gifts
The search … er … raid at the former president’s estate in Florida has offered up a host of words and terms to examine.
A home at the ‘Drome — Memories were made, lives changed at Auburn’s Rollodrome
Readers reminisce about how they rolled at the iconic skating rink, which is up for sale. ‘Everyone looked forward to going to the Rollodrome. It was a part of life.’
Mark LaFlamme: Talk of the town — Fancy knots, underwater ghosts and my bathing habits
Don’t get yourself in a twist So, for the past week or so, I’ve been reacquainting myself with all the useful knots I used to know. I’m talking Tautline, Bowline and Buntline hitches tied in every single thing in my house that resembles rope, up to and including extension cords, spaghetti strands and my wife’s […]
12 basic calls in square dancing
Here are 12 basic calls for square dancing. Circle left: All eight dancers join hands and walk in a left circle. Allemande left: Everyone faces their corner, takes a left forearm with their corner and circles around until they are facing their partners again, drop arms. Do si do: Face your partner, step past each […]
Face Time: Robert Butterfield IV — teenager is learning, leading and soaring like an Eagle
The longtime Scout from Phillips is closing in on the top honor and helping others along the way.
‘Friendship set to music’ — The call of square dancing
An Auburn group is weaving square dancing’s long tradition with a simpler process and modern music to spread its fun and benefits to more people.
In a word: Dwarves, guests, heirs and other rule breakers
There are many rules to English that help with spelling and pronouncing our language, and just as many exceptions to those rules.
Mystery Photo for Sept. 25, 2022
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you could win a $20 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.