Pam Ellis is known to whip up press releases for the events that Rangeley Friends of Arts puts on. She can give each release just the right touch to attract people to the group’s performances and events because she is also a singer and a dancer and an artist and an actress. Name: Pam Ellis (artist […]
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Face Time: DeManda Ransom, puttin' on the hits
Amanda Comeau joined the Androscoggin Fallen Angels roller derby team in June 2015, just as the team got its start, and has hardly taken her skates off since. The team has its first bout ever on March 18 — advertised as the “4-Leaf Clobber” — at the Lewiston Armory, when her five kids and her mom will […]
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Face Time: Jewel Clark — Carrying on a musical legacy
Many Bethel citizens have heard her music at festivals on the common. And many music lovers from other towns and even states have heard her yodel and strum the guitar. Jewel Clark, daughter of the famous Yodeling Slim Clark, carries on his talent and vision, and every day works to share his passion for the […]
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Face Time: Mattie Rose Templeton — architect of intricate worlds
BETHEL — From afar, the artwork of Mattie Rose Templeton is impressive enough. However, the closer you get to it, the more alive it becomes. The precision and focus of her pen marks create a world on paper or canvas where the individual parts are as fascinating as the whole. Templeton, who works as a […]
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Face Time: Diane Ford — Sticking it to the man (and woman) in a good way
Diane Ford taught fifth and sixth grades in Lewiston for 25 years, then embarked — cautiously — on her second career, in acupuncture. “I don’t have a patient with as much doubt as I had,” Ford said. Personal experience changed that. Studying for her new career for a few years in Hawaii didn’t hurt . […]
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Face Time: Heidi Johnston, cop with a credo
Heidi Johnston has been a park ranger out of state, a humane agent in state, a cop in a small town and in Maine’s largest city. But one thing has never changed: her commitment to helping people. Today she’s a patrol sergeant in Fryeburg, where she maintains her own credo for dealing with a person […]
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Face Time: Anne Morin — from molecular biology to a B&B
On Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m to noon at the Rumford Public Library, a life-long educator with a very impressive resume can be found living out her passions through teaching others. In a program called “Science for Seniors,” Anne Morin encourages young-at-heart seniors to get out of their homes, meet new people, make new friends […]
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Face Time: Morgan Spencer — fashioning a business career
When Morgan Spencer graduated from Mt. Blue High School she was determined to get out of rural Maine to live in a city. The Wilton native went off to Lasell College in Newton, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston, for her freshman year. She majored in fashion merchandising. She thought she would love it. She hated […]
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Face Time: Erica Dostie — learning to lead
Erica Dostie graduated from the latest class of the Androscoggin Leadership Development Institute in December. She’s ready to put her new skills to use and, come summer, ready to set sail. Name: Erica Dostie Age: 33 Lives: Auburn Where do you work and what do you do? I’ve been with Austin Associates, P.A. for five-and-a-half years. My […]
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Face Time: Randy Corey, bringer of Christmas Spectacular
When Randy Corey was a boy, he dreamed of being involved in a Christmas show. He got his wish. Big time. For the past 22 years, Corey has directed East Auburn Baptist Church’s Christmas Spectacular, a free community event to celebrate the season with singers, dramatic acts, lights and lasers. The Spectacular has grown to […]