In a word: Stereotypes and the language of aging

One word we should all embrace: 'Activity.' 'We don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing,' warned writer George Bernard Shaw.

At 1924 Olympics, Lewiston’s Bob Legendre leaped into history

For several years in the 1920s, Americans hailed Legendre, a world-record holder and Olympic medalist, as the best athlete in the country and possibly the world.

Face Time: Andrew Kennedy – Bates College professor guiding students through COVID-19 data

Kennedy credits two of his students for inspiring a year-long project tracking NESCAC members' COVID-19 numbers.

Raymond and Marie De Lisle of Raymond mark 60 years of marriage

Lisa Laflin of New Vineyard — finding a United Way to help others

Face Time: Lisa Park Laflin, executive director of the United Way of the Tri-Valley Area in Farmington, learned to help others while she was growing up.

COVID-19 also spread new words, phrases

In a Word: The simple act of getting (or not getting) a shot — also called a 'jab' or a Fauci ouchie — has spawned its own additions to our vocabulary. Words and phases include "streetery,” "the moveable middle” and "vacctivists."

1885 firetruck. Tooth-lined war club. 150-year-old toys. Inside the Androscoggin Historical Society

The museum, lodged in the top floor of the county courthouse, is packed with county history, from stuffed birds to 100-year-old dental equipment.

Mystery Photo for July 18, 2021

Correct entries will be entered into a random drawing for a $20 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.

Talk of the town: Going my way?

Supermarket flaggers, the state of the economy and too many poles: The view from writer Mark LaFlamme's desk.

The dangers of mushroom hunting

Though it may be fun to go foraging, it is easy to misidentify a mushroom, with potentially tragic results.