‘This is a game for anyone,’ says George ‘Flip’ Gosselin. ‘Out here, everyone fits in. You don’t have to be a superstar to play this game.’
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Pickleball terminology
Sound like you know your stuff when you go out to the pickleball courts for the first time
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Think you know Maine? Put your trivia skills to the test
When it comes to trivia, it’s not always about what you know but about whether you can summon that information when the pressure is on. Fortunately, we’re not going to time you – this is just for fun. So try to unlock all the obscure Maine facts you’ve heard over the years and put your […]
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‘A passion for pets’: With animals needing good homes, there’s no dogging it at the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society
‘It’s such a teamwork environment that it’s more like a family around here, and I feel like we make a huge impact on not only our team’s lives, but the animals’ lives.’
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‘Comics by people with day jobs:’ Maine comic artists and illustrators drawn into another world
The artists’ reasons are many: ‘To improve. For therapy. To scratch an itch. To avoid doing other things sometimes. For most of us, there’s nothing else we’d rather be doing.’
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Face Time: Joe Charpentier — New kid on the news block. Sort of.
The Sun Journal’s new spot news reporter comes via Down East, Farmington, Wales (the country), Massachusetts and more, acquiring experience needed for even the toughest weather story.
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A home at the ‘Drome — Memories were made, lives changed at Auburn’s Rollodrome
Readers reminisce about how they rolled at the iconic skating rink, which is up for sale. ‘Everyone looked forward to going to the Rollodrome. It was a part of life.’
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‘Get dirty going fast:’ Grown-up toys and the ‘kids’ who play with them
More adults have toys, or at least admit to it. One possible reason: With calamity seemingly just around the next corner, if we don’t have something to occupy our minds now and then, why we might go collectively mad, and there’s no fun in that at all.
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Face Time: Cartoonist Ernie Anderson talks about his sketchy passion
And to think this hot, new, local artist started by drawing a banana on roller skates.
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Face Time: Talking music, cooking and more with Mechanic Falls’ Dee Dee Record Allen
Known as a ‘real-life Wonder Woman’ to some, the musician, cook, crafter, entrepreneur and ‘Piloxer’ talks about her passions and what’s keeping her busy.