In late November, on the first cold morning of the season, a second-grader at Ducketts Lane Elementary School in Elkridge, Maryland, had trouble breathing during recess.When the school nurse, Veronica DeSimone, examined the girl, she heard wheezing in her chest and determined that the child was having an asthma attack.The nurse would have administered relieving […]
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Mystery Photo for February 4, 2017
Mystery Photo for February 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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Portland restaurant mogul carves niche at Sunday River
It’s a bit of a climb from the Old Port, but once you reach the Mountain Room you don’t have to worry about parking. Harding Lee Smith’s newest kitchen has killer views and hearty nosh prepared at 2,100 feet. Open for a month at Sunday River’s mid-mountain North Peak Lodge, the fifth restaurant by the […]
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That’s how I roll: With a nylon pin
Columnist Dorie Greenspan recently answered reader questions. Here are edited excerpts from that online chat. Unless otherwise noted, recipes with capitalized names are found in our Recipe Finder at washingtonpost.com/recipes. Q: When is a nylon rolling pin preferable to another type? What is the advantage? It would have to be worth it to justify the […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Maine Poetry Central and Dennis Camire This week’s poem by Michalene Hague of Otisfield playfully explores how the challenging weather of Maine often, in turn, challenges us to dress fashionably. Yankee Wardrobe By Michalene Hague Gloves on in October are gloves off in April; our hands say it’s due to steering […]
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A grand presence in Lewiston
A 2017 aerial photo of the basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Celebrating the basilica of Saints Peter and Paul If the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul looks imposing, there’s good reason. The 80-year-old structure, at 43,060 square feet and 300 feet in length, is the second largest Roman Catholic church in […]
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Pumping iron gives my mind a lift
Focus, repetition works like meditation for some When I think of meditation, I picture an image of serenity — a wide-open room, a person sitting cross-legged on a mat, eyes closed and mind relaxed. Meditation, to me, conjures up peacefulness, calmness, quietness and stillness. Which is why the sight of bulging biceps, dripping sweat and […]
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‘Haunted’ N.Y. hamlet a center of spiritualist movement
I can admit now that I went — and dragged my long-suffering husband — to the community of Lily Dale in Western New York because I was secretly hoping for a message from the dead. Specifically, one from my father, who now is gone six years. The Lily Dale Assembly is the country’s oldest continuously […]
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Rare disorder keeps people from knowing where they are
I knew I was safe. I was mere blocks from where I’d started my walk with Otis, the beagle I was dog-sitting. That knowledge didn’t matter, though; fear and adrenaline pulsed through my veins and I began to sweat profusely, which only added to the confusion in my brain. I had no idea where I […]