Cheap fares, like $25 each way,may be possible by mid-2020s Imagine taking your next trip of a couple hundred miles. Boston to New York City, for example. Or Houston to Dallas. Tampa to Miami. The obvious choice now might be to drive. But what if you could show up at an airport at one of […]
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Mystery Photo for April 16, 2017
Mystery Photo for April 16, 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 Maine Poetry Central and Dennis Camire This week’s poem is from the producer of this series, Dennis Camire, from his collection “Combed By Crows,” published by Deerbrook Editions. Some Words on Birds and Borders By Dennis Camire Let’s praise all the world’s birds Unconcerned with shots and passports As they cross […]
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Easter and the Stations of the Cross
Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul On Good Friday, the Friday before Easter Sunday, Catholics commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is a part of the Passion (from the Latin for “suffering”), the name given to the last period of Jesus’ life from his entrance to Jerusalem to his crucifixion on Mount […]
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Irish romantic comedy coming to Saco River stage
BUXTON — The Originals will present the Maine premiere of the Irish romantic comedy “Chapatti” on two successive weekends in April at the Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Road. Written by Christian O’Reilly, the play features Originals’ founders Dana Packard and Jennifer Porter in their second duo appearance in two years. They performed in last spring’s wartime drama, “A […]
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Basilica grounded in North Jay granite
Saints Peter and Paul Basilica in Lewiston is made up of carefully laid pieces of granite that were mined from a quarry in Jay. Stone from the quarry was used, in part, to build Grant’s Tomb in New York City, the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company building in Philadelphia and Portland City Hall. Celebrating the Basilica […]
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Bates College ballroom dancers step it up
Bates Ballroom Dance Team dancers practice some ballroom moves at a recent practice at Bates College. ‘Learning how . . . was one of the best decisions in my life.’ On a chilly Wednesday night last month, Lillian Chang could be found gliding across the floor in the dance studio located on the top floor […]
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Face Time: Globe trotting with Hannah Rheaume
Popular travel blogger appreciates her Lewiston roots. Hannah Rheaume gets around. In fact, the Lewiston woman has traveled so far and so frequently, you might experience jet lag just looking over her photos. China, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Malta . . . You name it. If it’s considered a hot travel destination, there’s a good chance […]
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Mystery Photo for April 9, 2017
Mystery Photo for April 9, 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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‘Unforgettable’ chronicles a wild and delicious life
At the height of her career, Paula Wolfert, the author of eight influential cookbooks, had a memory that her peers could only envy. She would notice an unusual salt used in the water to cook pasta. She could re-create a complex recipe from two lines scribbled in her notebook. But in 2010, at age 72, […]