January 2019 – Page 53 – Lewiston Sun Journal

Lower-leg swelling may be due to venous insufficiency

by Sun Journal January 24, 2019

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 84-year-old man in reasonably good health. I have taken blood pressure medicine for about 30 years. For the past six months, I have been taking trospium tablets to treat frequent urination. I have prostate cancer treated with radioactive seeds, not surgery. About two months ago, I began noticing swelling […]

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Former St. Dom's student accepts position with NASA

by Sun Journal January 24, 2019

LEWISTON — Jacob Charest of Lewiston, a member of the Saint Dominic Academy Class of 2016, has recently accepted an engineering co-op with NASA. Charest is a junior at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, enrolled in the Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering master’s program. He’ll be working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, […]

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Dead River Historical Society 2019 calendars available

by Sun Journal January 24, 2019

STRATTON — The Dead River Area Historical Society’s pictorial 2019 calendars are available. The cover features Stratton School grades three and four, 1949-50, with teacher Nyra Stevens. Other photos are January: 1947 basketball team; February: Kern’s Inn; March: Novelty Mill Stratton, circa 1907; April: Eustis Village postcard, 1903 or earlier; May: Stratton, Brook Bridge, accident scene […]

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The Portland Players present 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'

by Sun Journal January 24, 2019

SOUTH PORTLAND — The Portland Players will present the haunting classic, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Jan. 25 to Feb. 10, at 420 Cottage Road. The sole straight play of the Portland Players 2018-19 season, Dale Wasserman’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is based on the novel by Ken Kesey. When Randle P. McMurphy […]

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Concerts for a Cause to present Bold Riley

by Sun Journal January 24, 2019

AUBURN — Concerts for a Cause will host Bold Riley at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at the First Universalist Church of Auburn. The concerts raise money for local charities. The series is produced by a group of church members. Bold Riley offers joyful, acoustic folk music to audiences around Maine and beyond. The five-piece band […]

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New mom opts for day care instead of grandma's care

by Sun Journal January 24, 2019

DEAR ABBY: I gave birth a month ago to a wonderful baby boy. My husband and I originally planned to put him in day care when I go back to work. I carefully researched and eventually found one I was comfortable with. When my mom found out, she said she had assumed she would be […]