‘People that walked in and think that they can’t do it and all of a sudden they’re dangling in the air in a pretty pose.’
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Photo Album: Hanging out with an aerialist
The aerial performer and instructor teaches students to embrace themselves and their strength as people as much as their physical capabilities. And often while suspended in midair.
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Mystery Photo for June 19, 2022
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you could win a $20 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.
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In a word: Planet Word Museum is out of this world
Even the bathrooms of this Washington D.C. museum offer insights and humor about words.
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Mark LaFlamme: Let me tell you about the birds and the bears
Talk of the Town: You won’t hear a peep out of us.
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From ‘bone-shakers’ to ‘penney-farthings’ and beyond: How bicycles rolled out in Lewiston in the 1800s
‘Bicycle fever’ reached Lewiston in 1879, according to the Lewiston Evening Journal, and would go on to shake, rattle and roll into everyday life.
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Lewiston grew from small town to booming mill city thanks to rail
From trains to trolleys, rail lines once tied the Twin Cities to the world.
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An early history of bicycles
They were known as velocipedes, bone-shakers, penny-farthings and safety bicycles. The early bicycles of the 1800s had various names and various designs as makers around the world worked to improve on the increasingly intriguing and popular mode of transportation. One of the earliest pedal designs involved a very large wheel and a very small one […]
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What has your camera recorded?
Boy, how glad were you that you had that dash cam installed in your car when (insert funny event here) happened right in front of you. And how happy were you to have that doorbell cam in place when (insert funny, frightening or just sort of curious incident here) happened right there on your doorstep? […]
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The power of adult friendships
Good friends make us healthier and happier. They ‘renew my spirit and fill my soul,’ as one Lewiston woman says. Four area residents share their experiences with adult friendships, and advice on how to make new friends.