When gamers Mike St. Germain and Jen Jean found themselves with so many video games they needed a storage unit just to house them, the husband and wife made a decision: It was time to open a store. Last month, World Zero Video Games & Electronics was born. The Park Street, Lewiston, shop sells DVDs […]
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Pediatrician designs crib to soothe fussy babies
New babies don’t come with instruction manuals, so pediatrician Harvey Karp set out to create one for bewildered new parents with a five-step plan for what to do when a baby cries. His book, “Happiest Baby on the Block,” was first published in 2002. It quickly became required reading for new parents, and has since […]
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Eats: Give your next picnic an international flair
Did you know that June 18 is not just Father’s Day, but also International Picnic Day? Although answers to when, why or how this special day for picnics began are elusive, picnics themselves can be traced to the end of the French Revolution and the Victorian Era when attending a picnic allowed people to put […]
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The majestic Casavant organ
Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul In 1916, the renowned pipe organ builders Casavant Freres of Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada, installed a three-manual (three keyboard) organ, the Opus 665, in the basement of the half-finished St. Peter’s Church. Twenty-two years later, Dominican brothers — who came from that same southwestern Quebec town and were overseeing […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Maine Poetry Central and Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Bruce Spang, the former poet laureate of Portland. His most recent book is “Boy at the Screen Door” by Moon Pie Press. The Swim By Bruce Spang My mother told me years ago that when the time came she’d like […]
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Eats: Loaves of Love Bakery — Grandma’s in a box
A cinnamon roll from Loaves of Love Bakery Once upon a time, beloved Maine cook, food writer and cookbook author Marjorie Standish wrote about bread. It was one of her earliest columns, published on Jan. 2, 1949, about the tradition of good, homemade bread. She wrote: “Truly, you’ve never realized one of the real joys […]
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Mystery Photo for June 11, 2017
Mystery Photo for June 11, 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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Louis Malo: Builder left lasting legacy
Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Editor’s note: This is the second of two parts. The first part ran Sunday, June 4. Catherine Malo has boxes of articles and photographs of her great-grandfather, Louis Malo. Lesser-known stories about him have been passed down from his seven children (six sons and a daughter). Grandchildren […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Maine Poetry Central and Dennis Camire This week’s poem by Eric Dibner of Casco beautifully explores both a body of water and a speaker’s evolving state of mind as he interacts with the beloved lake over two days Sandy Beach, Otisfield By Eric Dibner Sunday, after the weekend’s rain The beach […]
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Organized chaos: AMS lunch ladies serve it up
For a few unsettling moments, I was afraid the girl with the wide brown eyes was going to start a revolt. She was halfway through the lunch line when she stopped abruptly. Her eyes went big and she gripped her tray so tight, it shook. I braced for a mutiny — a “Lord of the […]