Jessica Taylor A few years ago, Jessica Taylor felt like she couldn’t get out of her own way. She was a nurse with a great career and family, but she procrastinated, especially those things she didn’t like to do, and it frustrated her. Someone suggested she try “tapping,” a stress-reduction technique that calls for finger […]
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Face Time: Beckie Bowering to donate kidney
WILTON — Beckie Bowering likes helping people, so much so she is willing to donate a kidney to help someone who needs one. When Bowering, a graduate of Dirigo High School in Dixfield, is not working she is volunteering for Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice, Mt. Blue Sports Boosters or attending her 14-year-old daughter’s cheering […]
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Face Time: Dan Cunliffe finally does the Super Bowl
Auburn business owner Dan Cunliffe has a lot of exotic vacations under his belt. He’s been to the World Series, he’s at Disney all the time and he’s seen plenty of big award shows out in Hollywood. The Super Bowl, though, has always eluded Cunliffe. He’s tried for years to get to the big game […]
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Face Time: Former U.S. Ski Team coach Bob Harkins
Bob Harkins has always loved the outdoors, and pursued that love in his occupations, including a registered Maine guide, general manager of Mt. Abram ski area and a coach for the U.S. Ski Team. When he wasn’t instructing hopefuls for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Harkins was also the director of athlete development, for […]
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Face Time: James Barrett, spreading whimsy through Widdershins
NORWAY – James Barrett, a Westbrook resident who recently opened an antique and vintage item store called Widdershins on Main Street here, said that when he began organizing his items and putting them on display, he was shooting for something “whimsical,” akin to something you’d “find on Diagon Alley” from the Harry Potter series. That […]
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Face Time: Christopher Webb, teaching and leading
Christopher Webb is a Jobs for Maine Graduates specialist working with students at the Lewiston Middle School. Next year, he’ll become a second lieutenant in the Maine Army National Guard, thanks, in part, to those students. Name: Christopher Webb Age: 31 Lives: Lewiston What drew you into teaching? Former teachers and coaches I had in school. […]
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Face Time: Matthew Elie, the cop who sings
Lead singer for Civil Disturbance, Matt Elie, during a recent practice jam with his band. To watch a video of a song from their upcoming release, visit sunjournal.com (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) When Matthew Elie was in the second grade, his teacher asked the class to draw what they wanted to be when they grew up. […]
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New Gloucester's Bryce Neal seeks volcanic secrets beneath Yellowstone
Bryce Neal of New Gloucester is in his senior year at the University of Maine at Farmington. He will graduate in May. He started off his freshman year in college as an English major. But during his first semester he took his first geology class and was hooked. He changed his major to geology. Neal, […]
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Face Time: From a galaxy far, far away
Every time a new “Star Wars” movie comes out, they send me to the theaters to talk to fans. And every time I get to the theater, I meet Matt Lalemand, usually dressed as some exotic “Star Wars” character and almost always at the front of the line. It was no different in mid-December when […]
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Face Time: Suzanne Dunham, farmer and gluten-free baker
The years following Suzanne Dunham’s retirement from the communications and marketing field after 30 years have been anything but slow. Dunham, who works full time and operates a dedicated gluten-free bakery at her farm in Greenwood, also co-manages the Greenwood Farmers’ Market with her husband, Brian. When she’s not working, much of her time is dedicated […]