Letters from Madagascar: Exploring life and culture on Earth’s oldest island

Bates College graduate and former Sun Journal reporter Vanessa Paolella is now a Peace Corps volunteer living in Madagascar. This is the first of a series of columns of what life is like on the unique island in the Indian Ocean.

Mystery Photo for Dec. 10, 2023

Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you could win a $25 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.

Mark LaFlamme: I had my November removed and man, I feel good

Talk of the town: Aw, come on. Can we hear 'Dominick the Donkey' just one more time?

Maine Ski and Snowboard Museum carves sport’s colorful history

The small museum in Carrabassett Valley takes on the big job of chronicling the state's 100-year history of recreational skiing.

Maine ski history by the numbers

About the Maine Ski and Snowboard Museum

Face Time: Retired police officer Steven Reece now makes a difference in the classroom

He views his criminal justice class at Lewiston Regional Technical Center as more of a life course centering around elements of cops, courts and corrections.

Mystery Photo for Dec. 3, 2023

Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you could win a $25 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.

In a word: Waterford humorist Artemus Ward

Ward’s lectures were designed not to inform but strictly to entertain and amuse his growing audiences, arguably making him the world’s first standup comedian.

What’s your favorite (or most despised) holiday song?

And if it’s obscure, so much the better.