There are people who appreciate the outdoors and then there are people like Gary Cobb of North New Portland, who live and breathe the outdoors. He has loved the outdoors since he was a boy. He and his wife, Betty, of 52 years, started and operated a successful boys’ wilderness camp for 17 years in […]
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Face time: Brenda Gammon — educator, wife, mother, doctor
Brenda Gammon promised her father-in-law she would keep going to school until he could call her “doctor.” In December 2016, that promise will become a reality; Brenda will receive her doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Maine. Considering her humble beginnings as a high school dropout at age 16, reaching the educational milestone […]
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Face Time: Zizi Vlaun, an advocate for community sustainability
In 2013, Zizi Vlaun and her husband, Scott, started the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy in Norway, and in the years since, the impact of their efforts on the Oxford Hills area has come into focus. On the website for CEBE, they write that the goal of their organization is “local community sustainability, health and […]
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Face Time: Tim Henderson — talking turkey all year long
A year ago, Tim Henderson and his wife, Pauline, became the new owners of Bob Neal’s long-running The Turkey Farm. The business is now called Pine Tree Poultry, and Henderson can talk turkey with the best of them. Name: Tim Henderson Age: 51 Lives: New Sharon What did you do pre-Pine Tree Poultry? For 22 […]
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Face Time: Jeanelle Demers — painting the world
First she painted 200. Now, it’s time to take on the world. Auburn native Jeanelle Demers finished her 200 Faces project in 2015, painting more than 200 portraits as a way to blow out her college debt and build an impressive portrait portfolio. (Done and done.) For the next step, she’s just launched the World […]
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Face Time: Thomas Jumper, high school senior, business owner
Thomas Jumper is a senior at Lewiston High School with ambition to spare. He’s an athlete (varsity lacrosse and indoor track). A business owner (PhoBoCo, a photo booth rental company he started earlier this year). And he’s got some solid advice on how to balance it all. Name: Thomas Jumper Age: 17 Lives: Lewiston How […]
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Face Time: Mike Martel, veteran teacher and ‘ah-ha’ creator
For 36 years, Mike Martel has been a teacher — almost all of them in the Lewiston school system. Sometimes he’s taught kids. Sometimes other teachers. Always, he’s loved creating that “ah-ha” moment. Name: Mike Martel Age: It’s a closely guarded secret. Town: Lewiston Job: This year, I will be teaching sixth grade for the […]
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Face Time: Peter Ruby — a disc golf championship or bust
After two years in the works, it’s nearly go-time. In September, Peter Ruby’s Sabattus Disc Golf course will host the Professional Disc Golf Association’s 2016 Women’s Disc Golf Championship, the PDGA’s first major event in New England. Ruby beat out roughly a half-dozen other states for the chance to host. Now, the pressure’s on to […]
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Face Time: Emily Flynn — a Belle again
A decade ago, Emily Flynn took to the stage at Community Little Theatre in Auburn and transformed into Belle, the smart, independent heroine who falls in love with a prince-turned-beast in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.” It was a dream role for the then-26-year-old, who had fallen in love with the animated movie and its […]
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Heidi Sawyer rocks the vote in Lewiston
The way Heidi Sawyer sees it, if both sides are mad at you, you must be doing something right. Sawyer is the founder of Lewiston Rocks, a social media group that just keeps growing. The group has nearly 700 members at present and they take on everything from local political movements to matters of more […]