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Posted inConnections, Lewiston-Auburn
Auburn Public Library forms new group, Leaning Shed Crafters
AUBURN — The Auburn Public Libraryhas created a new weekly program designed to tap into creativity. Leaning Shed Crafters will meet the second Friday of each month for an hour of crafting and inventiveness. The first meeting of the group will be at noon on Friday, Sept. 14, at the library, 49 Spring St. With fall […]
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Posted inConnections, Lewiston-Auburn, Uncategorized
Paper crafting fundraiser scheduled
LEWISTON — The Rev. Louis J. Fortier Council 106 will hold a paper crafting and scrapbooking day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at the Holy Family Church Hall, Sabattus St. This event is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council 106 with proceeds going to the Coats for Kids Fund. Corinne […]
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
New ways with an old craft
BETHEL — Although Ellen Marshall never knew her grandmother who passed away in 1941, she feels her influence every day. “She was a rug hooker,” said Marshall, of Albany. “I grew up with her rugs and loved them. That’s how I got into it.” A class several years ago with Connie Fletcher, then-owner of Artful […]
Posted inMaine
Collins and King offer bill to lower taxes on craft brewers
In an effort to help America’s craft beer makers, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has authored a bill that would reduce federal production taxes paid by companies that brew relatively small batches of beer. The bill, dubbed the Small BREW Act of 2015, is being co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine. It aims to […]
Posted inMark LaFlamme
Street Talk: A Man’s Guide to Hobby Lobby
You didn’t have to look at the man very long to see that he was unhappy. He stood leaning against the bricks just outside the main doors, smoking angrily and shaking his head in disgust at regular intervals. Every time someone walked out of the store, he shot a baleful glance in that direction, hoping […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn’s metalwork school forges ahead, expands smithing section
AUBURN — Metalwork, the kind done with a flaming forge, a hammer and an anvil, is just like pottery — give or take a few thousand degrees. “People can’t perceive that steel is a manipulable material, just like clay,” said Dereck Glaser, director the New England School of Metalwork. “But it only is once we […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Making spirits bright: Craft distilleries grow in Maine
FREEPORT — When Christopher Dowe launched Cold River Vodka in 2005, he had scant company. The managing partner at Maine Distilleries, who built craft breweries for the previous decade, saw artisanal beer explode and decided to chart a new course. “When we first started, we literally couldn’t make it fast enough. They were lining up […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Hartford man builds cedar-strip canoes by hand for a hobby
HARTFORD — Dixfield native Tom Mawhinney can build most anything once he decides to do it. All it takes is some free time, Internet research and some books written by experts. The heavy equipment operator, who flies a seaplane and runs his own business, Mawhinney’s Excavation, built what he calls his “man cave.” It is […]