Leslie Bridgers

FREEPORT — Anyone who made a point of visiting the renovated L.L.Bean flagship store on its opening day last month was probably going to have nice things to say about it and, in local news coverage, did. Just as surely, if you waited a minute, you were bo... See more

Janis Price, a Peaks Island woman who grew up in Texas in a faith-healing home, continues to share the story of her sister, who died at the age of 7 from cancer that wasn't treated. This photograph shows the sister, Nancy, left, and Janis. (Derek Davis/St... See more

Janis Price, a Peaks Island woman who grew up in Texas in a faith-healing home, continues to share the story of her sister, who died at the age of 7 from cancer that wasn't treated. This photograph shows the sister, Nancy, left, and Janis. (Derek Davis/St... See more

Janis Price, a Peaks Island woman who grew up in Texas in a faith-healing home, continues to share the story of her sister, who died at the age of 7 from cancer that wasn't treated. This photograph shows the sister, Nancy, left, and Janis. (Derek Davis/St... See more

PORTLAND — Ethan Hipple says he spends about as much time in the machine room behind the lanes as he does bowling, dealing with pins that get stuck, belts that come off their tracks, blown fuses. It's not a job he chose. When Hipple, the city's parks dire... See more