Q: We recently painted our brick fireplace white and would like to hang a 40-pound mirror on it. What would you recommend to secure the mirror to the fireplace wall?A: If the mirror has wire for hanging across the back, use hook-style picture hangers with Wall-Dog screws, which hold well in brick. Or, if your […]
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How to repair a crack in a Corian countertop
Q: Our Corian countertop developed a crack, I believe, after the stove that abuts it was moved. We have a very large countertop and it is really out of the question to replace it, because it is in good condition otherwise. Is there any way to repair or at least disguise the crack – which […]
Mystery Photo for February 19, 2017
Mystery Photo for February 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 […]
Face Time: Diane Ford — Sticking it to the man (and woman) in a good way
Diane Ford taught fifth and sixth grades in Lewiston for 25 years, then embarked — cautiously — on her second career, in acupuncture. “I don’t have a patient with as much doubt as I had,” Ford said. Personal experience changed that. Studying for her new career for a few years in Hawaii didn’t hurt . […]
Mystery Photo for February 12, 2017
Mystery Photo for February 12, 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 […]
‘Cat’s in the Cradle’ brings generations together — in tears
I try to accomplish two things at the dinner table. The first is to get at least a portion of the healthy, balanced meal I’ve put on the table into my sons’ bodies. The second is to polish their table manners. This mostly involves telling them to stop jumping up from their seats like jacks-in-the-box, […]
Face Time: Heidi Johnston, cop with a credo
Heidi Johnston has been a park ranger out of state, a humane agent in state, a cop in a small town and in Maine’s largest city. But one thing has never changed: her commitment to helping people. Today she’s a patrol sergeant in Fryeburg, where she maintains her own credo for dealing with a person […]
Merriam-Webster adds 1,000-plus words to dictionary
If the English language is like a great and churning word stew, then dictionaries must sometimes play the spoons, scooping up fresh phrases as they surface: useful neologisms, well-baked slang and the best bits spilled over from foreign and academic tongues. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary recently announced the results of its most recent haul — more […]
Packing away the Legos, and a piece of son's childhood
When my son exploded down the stairs and into the kitchen, in his typical 12-year-old way on a rain-soaked Saturday afternoon, my husband stopped him before he could run into the den.“Maybe you should mention to Mom? What you’re doing upstairs?” my husband said. They exchanged glances.“Why? What are you doing upstairs?” I put down […]
The story of the side altars at the Basilica
Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul In last week’s “Celebrating the Basilica” series, readers may have marveled at the structure’s impressive dimensional statistics. As long as three football or soccer fields and able to seat almost as many as the Androscoggin Bank Colisee (upper and lower churches combined), such a grand sacred building […]