NEW YORK — Fur is flying over pet-sitting in New York City, where regulators are sniffing around apps that connect owners with people who take animals into their homes for pay. Health regulators are trying to reinforce a longstanding rule against the practice, a leading app is pushing back, and a city councilman is pondering […]
August 2017
Posted inLetters, sj-web
In support of Kristen Cloutier
As a small business owner in Lewiston, I have called upon Kristen Cloutier for help concerning my very limited parking availability. She immediately gathered all resources to help, came to meet me and talk with myself and neighbors. These parking spaces were not important to me out of convenience, but because I have several customers […]
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One kind deed deserves another
I was born and raised in Topsham, 81 years ago. My wife and I frequently visit Topsham and Brunswick. Recently we shopped at the Topsham Fair Mall and ate lunch at a restaurant. While waiting in line, we chatted with a woman and her son about a sign advertising a lobster roll. We each wondered […]
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Mrs. Sun Spots assures reader that column still going strong
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I need your help again! I have subscribed to the Sun Journal for many, many years. Now that the paper has been sold, will Sun Spots stay? The Costello family thanked their customers for their faithfulness for years, but did not share if there would be changes. I’m also hoping you can […]
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A gem of a performance
Sometimes a theater production can tug deep at your heart strings, and even make you cry. That is how I felt after being part of a small audience at the Theater at Monmouth’s production of “Red Velvet.” Based on the true story of Ira Aldridge, a black actor in London in 1833, this story sadly […]
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Fryeburg Academy students achieve AP Scholar status
FRYEBURG — The College Board has conferred AP Scholar Awards on 32 Fryeburg Academy students this year, recognizing college-level achievement on AP examinations for 22 students designated as AP Scholars, four further as AP Scholars with Honor, and six as AP Scholars with Distinction. “Success” on an AP Exam is defined as a score of […]
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Wayne library to honor loon, serve lobster roll lunch
WAYNE — Cary Memorial Library will host a morning of loon-themed events from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, at the library’s Williams House. The annual Cary Memorial Library 5K Walk/Run will start at the elementary school at 9 a.m. A bake and book sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 […]
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Norway book club fall reading schedule includes story of Maine hermit
NORWAY — Norway Memorial Library’s Morning Book Club will host a discussion of “Lincoln in the Bardo” by George Saunders at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8. During the beginning of the Civil War, President Lincoln’s son, Willie, dies and finds himself in a strange purgatory. It is where ghosts mingle, gripe, commiserate, quarrel and enact […]
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Church member returns weather vane to original shape
MECHANIC FALLS — When the roof of the First Congregational Church was replaced in 2003, it was discovered that the steeple had extensive wood rot and had to come down permanently. The steeple had sat atop the church roof since 1848, when the church was built, along with a copper weather vane which had adorned […]
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Oxford County retired teachers choose new children's book for libraries
PARIS — The Oxford County Educators Association-Retired (OCEA-R) has announced this year’s choice of a book to be distributed this fall to all the libraries in the county that have a children’s collection. The selection is “It Only Takes One Friend” by Robin Taylor-Chiarello. It is the second time OCEA-R’s selection committee has chosen a […]