Oh, but it’s true. After taking a stand-up comedy workshop through Lewiston Adult Ed., Hartill won first place at the amateur stand-up comedy competition at The Strand Theatre in Rockland in June. She also performed in the Portland Comedy Showcase at Bull Feeney’s and at The Thread Theater in Lewiston last month. She’s made it […]
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Face Time: Sam Delaware, Youth Photographer of the Year
About six years ago, middle-schooler Sam Delaware started taking photos. Today, college student Sam Delaware has been named Youth Photographer of the Year. It hasn’t always been easy — especially running a photography business as a teenager. But what started out as a way to document a science project has turned into a consuming passion. […]
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Anya Samiljan & Gregory LeClair: Their summer is for the birds
Anya Samiljan, a senior captive wildlife care and education major at Unity College, and Gregory LeClair, a junior double-majoring in that degree and wildlife biology at Unity, are in for a wild summer. Both received Nicholas Holt Challenge Scholarships from the college to help as stipends during their internships this summer. Samiljan is an avian […]
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Face Time: Laurie Woodhead — From first lieutenant to first retiree
As the first woman to reach lieutenant with the Auburn Police Department, Laurie Woodhead has a lot of stories. There was that time she went undercover as a prostitute and she didn’t get quite the reception she expected. The time her radio mic accidentally turned on in the bathroom. The times — plural — fellow […]
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Face Time: Mountain biker Disa Fedorowicz of Turner
Disa Fedorowicz says she is shy around a group of people, but ask any group of people that Fedorowicz rides her bike with and they’ll tell you something different. She moved to the area eight years ago from a large biking community in Louisville, Ky. Ever since the move, she has been doing what she […]
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Face Time: Tookie Bright — counseling and adventuring await
Caroline “Tookie” Bright is a busy therapist as the youth and family services coordinator at the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing. She’s also expecting twins in May. Bright’s got a full plate, but by judging how she balances counseling kids, leading wilderness adventures and handling freak lightning storms, we’re guessing she can […]
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Face Time: Jonathan and Christopher Pelz, Bates times two
Around Bates College, Jonathan and Christopher Pelz are known as the “bow tie twins.” For four years, the identical brothers have shared a college, a dorm room and a dapper, suit-up style. They don’t agree on everything, but they agree on at least one thing: It’s been great going to college as brothers. Name: Jonathan […]
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Face time: Monica Wood, Maine writer
Monica Wood is an award-winning novelist, short story writer and playwright. Though she sums up her work with a more evocative phrase: “ink-stained wretch.” For three decades, the Mexico (Maine) native and current Portland resident has spent her days writing about love and friendship, faith and defiance, loss and redemption. Her storytelling has been praised […]
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Face Time: Noah Chittim, traveling the world and setting up shop
Noah Chittim helps everyday people build cool things all over the world. The 1999 Lewiston High School grad works for TechShop out of San Francisco. He travels to far-flung locales — think Turkey, Abu Dhabi, Algeria — setting up TechShops, which are do-it-yourself incubators where entrepreneurs can access $1 million worth of metal-working machines, plastic parts […]
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Face Time: Vincent Ratsavong — from Dormouse to director
And was hooked. At 29, he’s been a performer most of his life, dancing, singing and acting in musicals and other plays throughout the country. Today, the Turner native is artistic director for Community Little Theatre in Auburn. Just one part of the job that he loves: helping the next generation of young performers have […]