Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Last week’s installment of the Sun Journal’s ongoing series on the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, which highlighted the Dominican priory in Lewiston, provided a basic timeline of the monastic order’s presence within the city. Unlike religious orders living in isolated communities, Dominicans have long been considered […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Maine Poetry Central and Dennis Camire This week’s poem by Alice Persons catalogs a number of feelings we all experience while enduring the Maine mud season. Mud Season By Alice Persons After a brutal Maine winter the world dissolves in weak sunshine and water. Mud sucks at your shoes. It’s impossible […]
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The last Dominican in Lewiston
Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul No single group has had a greater influence on the development of what would become the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul than the Dominicans. Their influence started quietly: “When the French Canadians settled in the area, 99 percent of them were Catholic. Eventually, a French Canadian […]
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Mystery Photo for March 26, 2017
Mystery Photo for March 26, 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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Mayberry Drifters, metal at the Cage
Shawna and the Mayberry Drifters will peform at 8 p.m., Friday, March 24, at The Cage, 97 Ash St., Lewiston. There is no cover charge. On Sunday, March 26, at 8 p.m., there is a metal show scheduled, with a cover charge.
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Mystery Photo for March 19 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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Eats: New maple grades, same delicious flavor
According to the calendar, it’s March. And if it’s March, the International Maple Syrup Institute says it’s Maple Syrup Month. Celebrated in the United States and Canada, the monthlong tribute coincides with the crescendo of the sugaring season. This year, a series of warm days in February had some people worried the maple trees would […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Maine Poetry Central and Dennis Camire This week’s poem by Bruce Guernsey of Bethel sheds light on how we see, or fail to see, our world. The poem appears in the collection “From Rain: Poems, 1970-2010.” Ice Fishing By Bruce Guernsey When the doctor beams his line of light in the […]
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Inside Abijah Buck's charmed walls
Couple renovating a Buckfield landmark discover secrets left by the town’s founder. For some, the bundle of bones might have been too much. Wrapped tightly in a small cocoon of tattered cloth, the random fragments were discovered deep within the walls of the Abijah Buck House on Buckfield Road. By the time those old bones […]
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Tea, discussion on artist's Franco-American work March 17
LEWISTON — A tea and discussion with artist Mercedes Gastonguay will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday, March 17, at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College, 51 Westminster St. It is part of the college’s Franco-American Collection. The focus of the discussion will be the large oil tableau “A la mémoire de […]