DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 82 and in pretty good health except for a recent problem. During the day everything is fine, but when I lie down to go to sleep, the room starts to spin. It lasts about 10 seconds. Then if I turn my head to look at the clock, the dizziness returns. […]
2011
Posted inDear Abby
Girl with abusive home life should try to help herself
DEAR ABBY: I’m dating a 15-year-old girl who was seriously physically abused in the past. She and her mom had to move away for a while, but have now been told by Department of Children and Family Services that it’s safe for them to move back with her father, who abused her. After seeing what […]
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Posted inSun Spots
History of Heathwood Inn proves sparse
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Little is recorded for the Heathwood Inn, High Street, Lisbon, as requested in Sun Spots on Dec. 23. Unfortunately, the histories of the thousands of businesses that have existed in Androscoggin County are largely unrecorded except for the biggest ones and a very few others. At the Androscoggin Historical Society, we have […]
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on Jan. 5, 2011
100 years ago,1911 Struck by a falling trolley wire as he was in his sleigh at the corner of College and Sabattus streets early last evening, Elmer A. Bickford of the No Name Pond Road had a narrow escape with his life. He was knocked unconscious, thrown 20 feet into the street, but it is […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Stormy’s Furcast
Last week’s results: Asked where we ought to spend the New Year’s Eve ball drop, Stormy and the Farmers’ Alamanc agreed: Inside. Both predicted cold weather. Both missed the mark. According to Weather Underground, New York City recorded a low of 36 degrees, a balmy eight degrees warmer than the average low for Dec. 31. […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Catholic parishes merge
PORTLAND (AP) — The Portland Diocese says church consolidations are creating two new parishes, in York and Hancock counties. The Catholic diocese says the consolidations took effect as of the first of the year.In southern Maine, parishes in South Berwick, York and Kittery are merging to form the Parish of the Ascension of the Lord.On […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
3 held on charges of forcing prostitution
SACO (AP) — Police in Maine say three people are in custody on charges they held a 26-year-old woman against her will and forced her into prostitution.Police in Saco say the three were arrested early Monday after they received a call about a fight at a local motel.A 26-year-old woman told police she had met […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Candidate sues GOP PAC for libel
ELLSWORTH (AP) — A defeated Democratic candidate for the Maine state senate is suing a Virginia political action committee and other groups for libel over ads that ran before the November election. The suit filed last month by James Schatz of Blue Hill claims the Republican State Leadership Committee of Alexandria, Va., libeled him in […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
$7 million port expansion on track
EASTPORT (AP) — A $7 million expansion of the port facilities in Eastport will help Maine provide wood products that will be part of a European biomass push. Port Director Chris Gardner says port officials are also working with several different companies to export chips, wood pellets, stone and crushed rock. The expansion will add […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Boys’ basketball: Robertson, Bucks big-time Lakers
BUCKFIELD — Kasey Robertson is one of only two Buckfield boys’ basketball starters who would have to duck if he walked into a room with a six-foot ceiling. Being a head taller than most of his teammates isn’t the only reason Robertson was easy to pick out Tuesday night. The 6-foot-4 senior racked up 22 […]