Jared Fiori has a dream: A Maine comic book studio filled with local artists and diverse stories. He and three buddies will soon kick off that dream with their own comic book. Fiori is head of Studio Comic Kaze and illustrator for the studio’s upcoming “To: Helena Handbasket,” a steampunk-theme comic book narrated in letters […]
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Face time: Greg Beam, acting teacher and playwright
Greg Beam is a Lewiston native. An acting teacher. A playwright. An excited dad-to-be. In January, Beam’s original play “Keepsake” debuted at the Old Red Lion Theatre Pub in London. A St. Dom’s grad from the class of 2000, he was president of the drama club in high school and appeared in several Community Little […]
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Face time: Writer James Witherell on Ed Muskie — both ‘Made in Maine’
LEWISTON — Writer James Witherell is releasing a new book timed to the 100th birthday of one of Maine’s most revered politicians, the late Edmund Muskie. The 352-page book is called “Ed Muskie: Made in Maine” and covers the first 36 years of his life and career, before Muskie became a national statesman. The Sun […]
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Face time: Senior Airman Rick Wilson, from Nevada to Maine
At just 24, Senior Airman Rick Wilson has already been stationed at four Air Force bases in three states: Texas, Mississippi and Nevada. Last year he got to choose his new placement. Auburn. It’s been a bit of an adjustment for the guy used to warm winters and an abundance of Mexican food. But as […]
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Facetime: Busy doctor-to-be Jonathan Pelletier
As a third-year Tufts University medical student, Jonathan Pelletier has learned how to work with patients. He’s learned how to navigate the demands of a bustling hospital. He’s learned how to live off little sleep and lots of coffee. And Pelletier, born in Bangor and raised in Falmouth, has done it all at St. Mary’s […]
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Face Time: Pete Dubuc, ‘Gunther Brown’ front man
They put out the call for a fake wedding with a cake fight. Gunther Brown shot the video for its single “Forever” with friends, family and fans in November, released the cake-in-your-face video in December and followed up with its first album, “Good Nights for Daydreams,” in late January, which is now enjoying radio play. […]
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Face time: John Emerson, a life with cars
John Emerson’s father, Les, bought the local Chevy dealership in Lewiston in November 1963 and encountered an initially rocky road. “There was 10 straight days of rain, then President Kennedy was assassinated, then you walked into the traditional Christmas and post-Christmas, which isn’t typically a real busy time of year,” said Emerson. “Spring couldn’t come […]
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Face Time: Sheri Withers — Loving Lewiston, handmade and mustaches
It may have been a matter of crafter’s fate. Eighteen months ago, Sheri Withers and her friend Tracey Miller started “Neighborhood Handmade,” bringing together like-minded folks and getting good reception at craft fairs. Then, last winter, Withers found herself running to Portland more than she’d like for Christmas shopping; she really wanted to buy local. […]
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Facetime: Lisa-Marie Sasseville, happy hygienist
Lisa-Marie Sasseville is serious about teeth. So serious that, growing up, one of the people she admired was a dental hygienist. So serious that she recently opened her own practice as an independent dental hygienist. So serious that she and her new husband spent their honeymoon renovating her new office. Which is […]
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Face Time: Jon Pasternak, for the love of snow
Firefighter Jon Pasternak moved to Maine in 1993 for what was initially a fleeting career as a snowmaker at Sunday River. “I lasted a month; it was a year we had all kinds of snow so I was laid off,” he said. In 2001, he saw an ad — the mountain was hiring again — […]