DEAR ABBY: I have guardianship of my 12-year-old grandson. He has recently fallen head over heels for a girl in his class and wants to date her. I am out of touch with the younger generation, and I’m not sure how to answer his questions, like, “Does the boy or girl initiate the kiss?” I […]
2018
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Send the governor to jail
In an interview recently, Gov. Paul LePage suggested that he would go to jail before he would agree to an expansion of Medicaid that could result in 70,000 additional Mainers getting affordable health care. LePage has vetoed legislation to expand Medicaid seven times. In last November’s referendum, 59 percent of Maine citizens voted for the […]
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Posted inHoroscope, sj-web
Sagittarius: Insight will help you
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Chace Crawford, 33; Kristen Bell, 38; Vin Diesel, 51; Wendy Williams, 54. Happy Birthday: Look at the possibilities; structure how you proceed based on what you want to achieve. A dream can turn into a reality if you are willing to accept the changes necessary to reach your goal. Trade-offs […]
Posted inEncore, sj-web
MSMT brings back disco with production of 'Saturday Night Fever'
BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre is bringing bell bottoms back for its third show of the season, “Saturday Night Fever.” This platform-tapping flashback runs from July 18–Aug. 4. Based on the 1977 blockbuster film, “Saturday Night Fever” whisks the audience back to the 1970s, where open shirts, bell bottoms and disco were all the […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Encore, sj-web
Music festival continues at Deertrees Theatre
HARRISON — The Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival continues its 46th season at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 24, at the Deertrees Theatre in Harrison. All three works for the program are part of the chamber music repertoire, lyrical pieces written in diverse times and places. The program opens with the Flute Trio by renowned American composer […]
Posted inPets, sj-web
A three-year, $1.5 million census to count cats in the nation's capital city
WASHINGTON — You might know a Tiger, a Tigger or a Mr. Whiskers. But how many cats are really living in the streets and sleeping on the couches of the District of Columbia? By spending $1.5 million over three years, a consortium of scientists and animal welfare organizations thinks it can find out with an […]
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Maine Highland Fiddlers to play in Poland
POLAND — The Poland Spring Preservation Society will be hosting the Maine Highland Fiddlers at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 23. Like all concerts in the Sunset Concert series, it takes place outside at the gazebo in Poland Spring Resort. In case of rain, concerts will be held in the All Soul’s Chapel. All concerts are […]
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Where do doves released at weddings go?
It was a windy spring day when a small cluster of relatives gathered at the All Saints Cemetery outside Pittsburgh to lay their aunt to rest. The affair was simple — no hulking tombstone, no choir singing “Amazing Grace,” no long sermon. Then came Ken Haselrig’s turn. Haselrig is tall and built like a retired […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
The $247 trillion global debt bomb
WASHINGTON — The untold story of the world economy — so far at least — is the potentially explosive interaction between the spreading trade war and the overhang of global debt, estimated at a staggering $247 trillion. That’s “trillion” with a “t.” The numbers are so large as to be almost incomprehensible. Households, businesses and […]
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Funeral notices for Wednesday, July 18
BELLAVANCE — Lorraine, 84, of Auburn, passed away in Auburn on Saturday, July 7. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, July 21, at 9 a.m. at St. Philip Church, Turner Street, Auburn. Burial will be private at a later date. In lieu of flowers, tax-deductible donations can be made in Lorraine’s memory […]