When Nan Narboe reached her 60s, the ground beneath her shifted unsettlingly. She had never lied about her age, but now, when people asked how old she was, she would experience a disconnect. “I had a sense of not knowing what I was talking about when I named my own age,” she said. “I’d never […]
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Ruby: New color of chocolate first in 80 years
A breakthrough by a Swiss chocolate maker expands the industry’s hues beyond just dark, milk and white. Barry Callebaut AG, the world’s largest cocoa processor, has come up with the first new natural color for chocolate since Nestle started making bars of white chocolate more than 80 years ago. The Zurich-based company refers to the […]
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Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
The high altar at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston is unique and considered one of the most beautiful in the region. ‘The grandest in this area’: The high altar When you enter the Basilica, your eye is naturally drawn to the front of the church and to the area of the […]
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Face Time: Elliot and Giana Storey — Getting carried away
Elliot and Giana Storey entered their first wife-carrying competition in 2012. This past July, they made it to Worlds. The couple came in fourth in a field of 52. Elliot, who competes in Strongman events, and Giana, an aerobics director, are anxious to defend their North American Wife Carrying Championship title on Oct. 7 at […]
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My girlfriend and I meow at each other
But it’s really not as weird as it sounds Coming home late on a Tuesday evening after hours of reporting and running errands, I dropped my bag right at the door. Settling into a seat at the kitchen table, I turned my exhausted gaze to my girlfriend, who was sitting at her laptop. When she […]
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Mystery Photo for September 10, 2017
Mystery Photo for September 10, 2017 If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us at [email protected] or call 207-689-2896 and leave a voice mail with your answer, your name, town and phone number. Correct entries will be eligible for a drawing for a $20 Hannaford Supermarkets gift card. Find the Mystery Photo […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Sonja Johanson of Bethel. Her most recent book is “Trees in Our Dooryard” published by Red Bird Chapbooks. By Yourself By Sonja Johanson There used to be a zoo on the island, for the tourists. They had baby lynx, fallow deer, colobus monkeys. In […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Rolling with it
Between Bag Lady and Shopping Siren, we have three hairy pets, two little black dresses and one burning question: What the %$!@ is wrong with this lint roller? Seriously. We’re pretty sure it adds fur when it’s supposed to be taking it away. After years of silently cursing and aggressively rolling ourselves, we finally decided […]
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Keeping the Basilica humming
Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul LEWISTON — Watch maintenance supervisor Dave Cyr flipping through a computer screen that shows him data about nearly every room in the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul and it’s easy to think he’s eyeing a streamlined, modern system. He can see the temperature and humidity level […]
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For a delicious summer snack, eat a daylily
Do NOT eat lillies,only daylillies When bright orange daylily blossoms start to open along country roads in summer, it’s a beautiful and welcome sight. It always seems like a midpoint between the hurry-up planting of crops in spring and the harvest-rich enjoyment of summer and fall, along with the planting of cool-weather crops. The time […]