Pediatrician Stephen B. Jacobs has been caring for Lewiston-Auburn’s children for more than three decades. It’s been a dynamic career. He’s worked in hospitals and doctors’ offices, in a clinic that assessed kids for developmental problems and in a NICU, where the community’s sickest newborns get help. This fall, the Maine Children’s Trust presented him […]
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Sadie Holm Landry talks karate
There was a time when Sadie Holm Landry wanted nothing to do with karate. Recruited by her mother to take lessons with the rest of the family, Landry initially resisted. Who wanted to partake in an activity that involved hitting and being hit. Ultimately, though. Landry found her way. “I started competing — that’s what […]
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Face Time: Farmington garden expert Emily O'Donnell
Those colorful and healthy-looking gardens one sees on the traffic islands and town property in Farmington don’t start out that way. After the snow melts, Emily O’Donnell, who does seasonal maintenance for the town’s Parks and Recreation Department, rejuvenates them. She starts by refreshing the soil and picking out the cigarette butts and any trash […]
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Face Time: Sheriff Gallant, Vietnam vet
When Wayne Gallant is not busy being sheriff of Oxford County, he can often be found volunteering at veteran events. Gallant, who served in the Army during the Vietnam War, said he volunteers because it’s important to recognize our veterans and the sacrifices they have made and continue to make. This Veterans Day, Gallant is […]
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Face Time: Bookshop owner Erica Jed
NORWAY — For the last 12 years, Erica Jed has owned and operated Books N Things, a small bookstore located on Main Street in Norway sandwiched between the Happi Chicks Bake Shop and the Norway Opera House. After taking off nearly a decade from working in the medical field to raise her third child, Jed […]
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Face Time: Suzanne Fournier — after 7 kids, adventure called
At age 40, after having seven children, Suzanne Fournier took a civilian job in the Army. At 60, she volunteered to go to Iraq. In between, she had plenty of adventures, including a few years in Lewiston, and she’s written about them all in her new book, “Life After Diapers.” Name: Suzanne Fournier Age: 72 […]
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Krista Aronson, finder of diverse picture books
Krista Aronson Ten years ago, Bates College professor Krista Aronson wanted to find a picture book to help her daughter’s young classmates understand diversity. She struggled to find even one. It was a problem she never forgot. Now she’s helping to solve it by creating an online database of diverse picture books. DiverseBookFinder.org has about […]
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Face Time: Paul Harnden keeps the band in time
Paul Harnden was just a young child when he joined his family’s ranks of instrumental musicians. At 28, he is also keeping a family tradition of being the director of the Old Crow Indian Band of Farmington. His grandfather, Stanley Harnden, directed the band for 30 years. His uncle, Robin Harnden also directed the band […]
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Face Time: Kerry Irish, oncology social worker
Kerry Irish was in graduate school, planning to become a school guidance counselor, when her grandmother was diagnosed with cancer. Her family’s oncology social worker was a resource and a comfort. She was also an inspiration. Irish changed her career path. Fifteen years later, she helped found the Dempsey Center in Lewiston, a nonprofit that […]
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Chris Mc Dowell, theater prof, collector, shoe aficionado
As an associate professor of theater, costume and scenic design at Bates College, Chris Mc Dowell knows what looks fabulous on stage. As a collector of period clothes and shoes, she knows what’s fabulous in real life. And if Mc Dowell sometimes gets to wear some of those pieces — like wooden platform shoes from […]