RANGELEY — All through high school, Michael Bacon had planned to go to college for law enforcement. That all changed in 1993 when he helped firefighters on Islesboro, where he then lived, to load firefighting gear onto boats to respond to a structure fire on a neighboring island. The fire turned out to be arson. […]
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Face Time: Lee Kantar, Maine state moose biologist
Lee Kantar is a New Hampshire native and Maine’s official state moose biologist. The work has him doing helicopter surveys, stealthily sneaking up on moose in the water in the summer and doing all manner of pretty amazing moose things. Name: Lee Kantar Age: 51 Lives: Old Town Growing up, did you know you wanted to […]
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Face Time: Musician Linda Vaillancourt's forte? Teaching
In 2005, Lewiston’s Linda Vaillancourt took on a part-time job as North Yarmouth Academy’s band and orchestra director. By that point, she had been teaching music at various districts across the state, but NYA was a good match for her and in 2013, her position became full-time. In May, surprising no one but Vaillancourt herself, […]
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Face Time: Cardiologist Patrick Hohl, from Maine to Rwanda
As a volunteer with nonprofit Team Heart, Maine cardiologist Patrick Hohl travels to Rwanda once a year to help people who suffer from rheumatic heart disease and need heart valve replacement. Although the disease is rare in the United States, it’s a significant problem in Rwanda — a situation made worse considering the country has […]
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Face Time — Rangeley's Kyle Haley records nature's beauty
Kyle Haley, 24, of Rangeley, started off taking photos using disposable cameras when he was younger, then graduated to a point-and-shoot digital camera and the rest is history. The 2012 graduate of Rangeley Lakes Regional School fell in love with taking landscape photos when he was on a trip to Alaska. The Rangeley native works […]
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Face Time: Kate Katomski — art in industrial ruins
Through her artwork, Kate Katomski has celebrated quarry ruins in Vermont and Tennessee, and now she’s on to Maine. She’s interested in the natural environment, who worked there and what the stones built. An exhibition of her collages, sketches and watercolors will appear at Kimball Street Studios in Lewiston through June 27, and this Tuesday, […]
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Face time: Andy Turner — creating a safe place through theater
Andy Turner made his stage debut in 1986 starring in “The Music Man.” He didn’t return to the stage until 1996. Since then, however, he’s been a prominent figure in community theater: He’s directed eight major musicals, two plays and acted in 15 shows. He’s heavily involved in the Oxford Hills Music and Performing Arts […]
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Face Time: Sheila Sprague, from manager to gluten-free commercial baker
Sheila Sprague, an Otisfield baker, business owner and mother of two, said that if everything goes right with her new business, Manna Breads, a gluten-free commercial bakery that operates out of Otisfield, she hopes that it becomes a household name, as popular for gluten-free breads as Country Kitchen is for breads made with gluten. However, […]
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Face Time: Magic with Scot Grassette
Now you see him, now you don’t. Actually you probably do see him, because magician Scot Grassette is everywhere. One day he’s dazzling an audience at a church in Bath, then he’s performing for kids at a summer camp in Poland and after that, he’s teaching the tricks of the trade at his own personal […]
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Face Time: Erica Swenson, bringing history alive
Bruce M. Whittier Middle School teacher Erica Swenson, center, is surrounded by some of her students in her Poland classroom recently. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) A few years ago, Bruce M. Whittier Middle School teacher Erica Swenson won a spot in the national Understanding Sacrifice program. through the program, she followed the life — and sacrifice […]