A.M. Sheehan has been in the news business for 40 years, including time as an editor at the Chatham Courier in N.Y., Kitchenware News, Beachcomber and Dover Community News in N.H., and the Summerville Journal Scene, Georgetown Times, Waccamaw Times and Inlet Outlet in S.C. In Maine she has been an editor for the Advertiser Democrat, Bethel Citizen, Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser, and is currently managing editor for the Sun Journal's group of western Maine weeklies. She is a former journalist of the year in Maine, a Pulitzer finalist and winner of the Michael Kelley Award, the Polk Award and the Casey Medal Award. A.M. enjoys reading, theater, cooking and gardening.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2022
How do you say that in …
English: scrumptiousFrench: délicieuxSpanish: de chuparse los dedosGerman: leckerItalian: deliziosoArabic: shahiun شهيChinese: Měiwèi de 美味的
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2022
Word of the Week
scrumptious(scrump-shuss)Beautiful or delicious.Amy thought the chocolate cookies were scrumptious.(Scrumptious is a word from the early 1800s. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl added diddly to the middle of the word, creatingscrumdiddlyumptious.)
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2022
Current Events/Roald Dahl Day
September 13th is Roald Dahl Day.You probably have read a book by Roald Dahl. Or seen a movie based on one of his books. Perhaps it was one of these: James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG, or Matilda.Or maybe it was The Gremlins; The Witches; or Danny, Champion of […]
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2022
How do you say that in …
English: literacyFrench: l’alphabétisationSpanish: literaturaGerman: AlphabetisierungItalian: alfabetizzazioneArabic: maerifat alqira’at walkitaba معرفة القراءة والكتابةChinese: Shìzì 识字
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PublishedAugust 31, 2022
Even the moose get stoned…
Moosehead Farms recently unveiled a 10.5-foot, chainsaw-carved moose in front of their craft cannabis shop on Sunday River Road.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2022
Current Events/Labor Day
Labor Day is a holiday that honors all workers. To labor means to work. Before we learn how the holiday began and what it means, lets first consider when it is. Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September, which falls on a different date each year. Last year, for example, it was […]
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PublishedAugust 31, 2022
Book Review/Blue Ethel
By Jennifer Black Reinhardt This is a sweet and funny book about a cat named Ethel. I’m rather partial and was immediately drawn to this book when I spotted it because Ethel is my mother’s name. In this story though, Ethel is a cat, and is described at the beginning as old, fat, black, white, […]
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PublishedAugust 30, 2022
Norway History Walking Tour this weekend
NORWAY — If the buildings on Norway’s historic Main Street could talk, they would have great stories to tell! On Saturday, September 3, history lovers of all ages can hear some of those amazing stories about Norway’s early businesses and their proprietors at the Norway History Walking Tour, a collaboration of the Norway Museum and […]
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PublishedAugust 25, 2022
SAD 17 Bus Routes
Harrison & Waterford MORNING Harrison & Waterford: Bus: 21. Driver: Sam 8:04 am 22 PLAINS RD 8:04 am 23 PLAINS RD 8:05 am 74 PLAINS RD 8:06 am 92 PLAINS RD 8:07 am PLAINS RD & TWIG CIR 8:07 am PLAINS RD & TWIG CIR 8:08 am PLAINS RD & RICH RD & RYEFIELD BRIDGE […]
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PublishedAugust 24, 2022
The big catch
BETHEL — Randy Thurston was in his early 20s when he started fishing for striped bass. Earlier this month he landed the sport’s holy grail – a leviathan measuring more than 50 inches and weighing roughly 45 pounds. “I’ve fished for these fish just about every way possible,” Thurston posted on Facebook, “from flies and […]
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