GREENE — A year ago, Christine Laliberte had eight employees at The Beauty Bar. Today, she’s up to 21 and considering an expansion. It’s been quite a year. Laliberte, 39, opened her first salon, what would eventually become The Beauty Bar, in 2009. “I always liked playing around as a child with different colors and hair […]
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Lis Janes — finding joy, promoting justice in Lewiston-Auburn
The way Lis Janes sees it, the community she loves hasn’t matured to the degree of gender tolerance found in bigger cities. Lis hopes to change that. Two years after moving to the area from Portland, Lis, chair of the Pride L-A planning committee, is helping organize a series of events coming up later this […]
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Megan Skilling: Auburn’s Zumba queen
AUBURN — Back in April 2011, Megan Skilling wanted to lose weight and signed up for a Zumba class. By September, she was an instructor. She ended up losing 140 pounds. Flash-forward six years and these days Skilling teaches Zumba six days a week, on top of her full-time job. “I sang in high school, […]
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Mystery Photo for June 4, 2017
Mystery Photo for June 4, 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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Megan Guynes: Called to be here
LEWISTON — Megan Guynes grew up in Los Angeles. After a visit to Bates College as a teen, she felt like she belonged here. “I was in a program in my high school that was really geared toward getting students outside California if they choose to leave,” said Guynes, 27. “I came up to Bates […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Maine Poetry Central and Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Dave Morrison from Camden. His most recent book is “Cancer Poems” by Juke Books. Old Orchard Beach By Dave Morrison A gig for two nights at a club by the beach Walking in sand with our sharp Cuban heels Waves […]
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What floppy-eared foxes taught us about how animals become tame
We humans have been domesticating animals for at least 10,000 years, and we’ve done so for a plethora of reasons. Pigs, cows and sheep give us food. Horses, yaks and water buffaloes provide transportation. Dogs and cats offer companionship and, sometimes, protection. Something strange has happened along the way: Many of our domesticates, especially the […]
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Chimps, people console victims in surprisingly similar ways
A security camera recorded four black-clad gunmen as they rushed into a Netherlands supermarket. The camera watched them wave a gun in the face of a female employee. It watched her quietly hand over the money. Later, Marie Lindegaard, a scientist at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, reviewed this […]
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Adam Lee: Serving and running
AUBURN — Adam Lee is running for something this fall. In the meantime, he’s just plain running, a 5K at a time. Lee, 37, an attorney at Trafton, Matzen, Belleau & Frenette, LLP, lives now in Auburn but grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, and Houston, Texas. “My dad’s from Madawaska and most of his […]
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Julia Harper: Loving downtown and growing
LEWISTON — On their second date, Julia Harper dropped a bomb on Craig Saddlemire: She’d bought a one-way ticket to India. “He was like, ‘OK . . .,’” Harper, 32, said. Back in 2012, she’d made a decision to make a change. Harper grew up in Lisbon, graduated from high school at St. Dominic Academy […]