Talk of the town: Riverside buffiness, tag-less T-shirts, mustard memos and more.
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Lifestyle news from the Sun Journal.
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In a word: COVID and the ‘word of the year’ phenomenon
Dictionary editors were known for issuing their favorite ‘word of the year.’ Then 2020 happened.
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Face Time: Shhh — Melanie B. Gerard eases in as librarian at Geiger Elementary
The former special ed teacher from Oregon is grateful to be the new librarian in a place where ‘we are all kind to each other.’
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Mystery Photo for Sept. 18, 2022
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you could win a $20 Hannaford gift card.
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Beloved ‘Old Man of the Falls’ no match for ‘progress’
After crews dynamited a rock formation at Lewiston Falls in 1899, it began to succumb to the Androscoggin River it once overlooked.
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Delbert Dana Coombs, painter and illustrator, recorded life in Maine
One of his more detailed illustrations was a full-page newspaper depiction of Lewiston’s changes over its first century.
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Diary of a wannabe-dirtbag: The case for a simpler take on van life
I’ve always wanted to be a dirtbag. I wanted to be setting new lines at Yosemite and carving couliers in Jackson Hole. I wanted to wake up every day and brush my teeth with a mountain view. I wanted to be a beatnik, writing and traveling full time. And I swear, I wanted to do […]
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In a word: Oh bubba! Exploring American dialects
Many experts argue that what now passes for standard English is pretty much what we’d hear if we listen to the way that Northern or Midwestern newscasters talk.
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‘No plans, no agendas’ — Maine and Mainers find van life a good fit
‘Van life means you can go anywhere and still stay relatively safe and comfortable.’
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Mystery Photo for Sept. 11, 2022
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you could win a $20 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.