Livermore native Brad Timberlake attended a summer college program for firefighting after graduating from Livermore Falls High School in 2004. His career path changed. The Farmington man stayed in the emergency response field and became an emergency dispatcher at the age of 19. He also serves as a reserve police officer. He worked his way […]
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Lis Janes — finding joy, promoting justice in Lewiston-Auburn
The way Lis Janes sees it, the community she loves hasn’t matured to the degree of gender tolerance found in bigger cities. Lis hopes to change that. Two years after moving to the area from Portland, Lis, chair of the Pride L-A planning committee, is helping organize a series of events coming up later this […]
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Face Time: Tabaitha Steward — mom on a mission
Tabaitha Steward is a mother first before anything else, and right now she’s waging a battle that every mother fears: cancer. Her daughter, Hailey, who is 10 years old, has been fighting leukemia since she was 5. At the same time, her mother is fighting for change through Hailey Hugs, a nonprofit created by the […]
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Face Time: Deb Webster and the ‘home school away from home’
NEWRY — Six years ago, Deb Webster decided to take the plunge into private education. After spending her early years as an educator teaching a variety of grade levels at various public schools throughout New England, she had two daughters, which prompted her to stop teaching and home-school them. As her children got older, Webster […]
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Face Time: Lewiston’s Lauren Lessard and her Paralympic coaching dreams
Lauren Lessard wants to work with paraplegic athletes, maybe even someday at the U.S. Paralympic Games. On Saturday, the Lewiston native graduated from the University of Southern Maine with a degree in exercise science. This fall, she’s headed off to Springfield College to study for a master’s degree in therapeutic recreation. Name: Lauren Lessard Age: 22 Lives: Lewiston What initially […]
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Face Time: Mary Plummer — helping feed Bridgton and Naples
Mary Plummer in front of her Bridgton business, Thriftocracy. Mary Plummer knows what hunger is like. For almost five years, she received help from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, often known as food stamps. She was a single working mother and even with SNAP she still needed help from a food pantry. But […]
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Face Time: Dale Farrar — buying and selling history
Dale Farrar has admired antiques and old things since he was a child. There were treasure troves of old items and antiques that sparked his interest at his grandparents’ farmhouses. He dreamed of traveling when he looked over maps in an old atlas. He learned that something considered ugly to some people could be valuable […]
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Face Time: Mr. Drew Desjardins (and his animals, too)
A friend of mine has a pet lizard that suddenly took ill. She didn’t have to think about it: She called Drew Desjardins. My editors decided that I should eat some dried crickets and mealworms and write about the experience for the paper. I didn’t have to think about it: I called Drew Desjardins. Sick […]
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Face Time: Globe trotting with Hannah Rheaume
Popular travel blogger appreciates her Lewiston roots. Hannah Rheaume gets around. In fact, the Lewiston woman has traveled so far and so frequently, you might experience jet lag just looking over her photos. China, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Malta . . . You name it. If it’s considered a hot travel destination, there’s a good chance […]
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Face Time: Jack D. Jolie, a.k.a ‘The Bridgton Pan-Handler’
Jack Jolie is a man driven by music. He spent the early years of his life learning how to play the guitar, performing in front of live audiences and recording music with his father. In the ’70s, he lived in Nashville with his father, where they wrote and recorded country music. Now, he lives in […]