Carl Natale

Sun Journal

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Published
November 9, 2015

Latest battle in war on Christmas brewing at Starbucks

Some say Jesus Christ healed the sick and died to redeem humankind. Little is said about his views on the Pumpkin Spice Latte. Still, secular coffee maker Starbucks has come under fire from some Christians who say the company isn’t repping hard enough for Jesus on its recent understated holiday cups. The problem? Political correctness, […]
Published
June 28, 2015

Maine mailboxes: Fun, funky and fortified

Drive out Crowley Road near the Lewiston-Sabattus line and you might notice a peculiar thing. An unusual number of the roadside mailboxes here are made of hard plastic instead of flimsy metal. One resident in Sabattus took things a bit further, completely encasing his mailbox in brick so that it resembles – quite a lot, […]
Published
May 5, 2015

Auburn merchants favor narrower Court Street, council told

AUBURN — Court Street’s traffic pattern has changed numerous times during the past 63 years, so testing on-street parking this summer has plenty of precedent, councilors were told Monday. “Court Street has really been used as a vehicular transportation experiment now for almost three generations in this city,” Alan Manoian, Auburn’s economic development specialist, said. […]
Published
March 25, 2015

March 2015: Broken gearbox driveshaft led to Sugarloaf lift accident, investigation indicates

PORTLAND (AP) — A chairlift malfunction that injured seven skiers at the Sugarloaf ski area was caused by a broken drive shaft in a gearbox that allowed the lift to move in reverse and by a brake system that failed to stop the lift because of a design flaw, officials said Wednesday. The lift, carrying […]
Published
March 25, 2015

Norway brewery to open in historic trolley depot

NORWAY — The town’s first microbrewery will be in a historic brick rail depot at 237 Main St. Norway Brewing Co.’s owners announced Wednesday they’ve purchased the former Passenger’s Rail restaurant, once the disembarking point for the town’s commuter trolley service. Erika Melhus, who will run the brewery with her husband and brewer, Charles Magne Melhus, […]
Published
February 24, 2015

Bates Mill No. 5: a brief timeline

Aug. 16, 1850: Bates Manufacturing is incorporated. Benjamin E. Bates begins operating the Bates Manufacturing Co. 1861 to 1865: Civil War. Predicting a long conflict, Lewiston mills purchase large amounts of cotton at 12 cents per pound. With cotton later scarce, most New England mills are forced to close while the Lewiston mills continue operations. […]
Published
February 16, 2015

Crescent Park School fifth-graders portray history through Wax Museum characters

BETHEL — History came alive during Crescent Park Elementary School’s annual Wax Museum program as performed by 37 fifth-grade students for kindergarten through grade four children. But first, one had to get past Alexander the Great, Eric the Red and Marco Polo, who were guarding SAD 44’s version of the “Night at the Museum” movies. […]
Published
February 5, 2015

Lewiston’s 2015 International Snowshoe Convention would be its last

LEWISTON — The International Snowgoers Convention debuted in Lewiston in 1925, a year after its host, Le Montagnard club, was formed. It was the nation’s first snowshoe social club and was to be the largest of 17 such clubs in Lewiston. Ninety years later, Le Montagnard and several other Lewiston snowshoe clubs have disappeared, making […]
Published
January 30, 2015

Daddy O’s diner on the move

OXFORD — The barber shop music on the radio at Daddy O’s restaurant belongs to the same time capsule as the thick onion rings, fountain sodas and Coca-Cola ads painted on the wall. And now it’s about to change. The 901 Main Street restaurant is on the move after its 15 employees were told they […]
Published
January 15, 2015

Norway was once America’s snowshoe capital

NORWAY — The giant snowshoe that once stood at the entrance of town greeting residents and visitors alike and dubbing Norway the “Snowshoe Town of America” is a lot like Elvis, according to the curator of the Norway Historical Society. That’s because there’s been sightings of the iconic sculpture, but no proof that it exists, […]

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