Pilgrimage to Holy Land ends in ‘amazing’ hand-carved Nativity and altar at Lewiston’s basilica

In April of 2023, a group of three-dozen worshipers from the Prince of Peace Parish traveled to the Middle East to visit various sites in the Holy Land. What they came back with is truly epic.

Drones: Ignoring privacy laws can get you in trouble

Three days after a drone flight, Carl Shane was visited by Androscoggin County sheriff's deputies who advised him he might have broken privacy laws. 

From ‘it changed our lives’ to cruel Nazis, readers sing the praises and pain of childhood music lessons

While they're often positive experiences, area readers say music lessons can also instill character and teach lessons of a whole different kind.

Goodbye rocking chair, hello bar stool for these nice and naughty knitting lessons

Not only is Tyla Davis's local bar-based knitting class more fun, it's more successful at teaching the skill, say participants.

Keamy — Greene engagement

Swart-Pulk engagement

They’re erratic, ornery, finicky and aloof. And so much more. Our cats and why we love them.

Readers say their feline friends provide companionship, comic relief, therapy and love. And as one reader noted: 'On cold nights (they're) much better than a hot water bottle because they don’t cool off overnight.'

Gratuities: Have we reached a tipping point?

Mainers say tipping has gotten out of hand. Many blame COVID for causing big change in the business of small change.

Still love books after all these years?

Picklers unite! Local pickleball is big and getting bigger

'This is a game for anyone,' says George 'Flip' Gosselin. 'Out here, everyone fits in. You don't have to be a superstar to play this game.'