Reading the article about the number of people who became millionaires by investing their retirement plans in the stock market (Sun Journal, Aug. 27) makes me wonder — do we teach high school students how to open an investment account? In a country where individuals may invest in corporations and receive profits from companies, it […]
2019
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Francis Wilkinson: The dangerous theater of open carry
By Francis Wilkinson Bloomberg Opinion The open carry of firearms is primarily performance. Whether the performer’s goal is to dramatize extreme gun rights, intimidate others, trigger the libs or cast oneself as the avenging hero in a miniseries of the mind, the practice is not just an assault on public safety. It’s a theater of […]
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Posted inConnections
CRCofWM releases September event schedule
NORWAY — The Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine, located in the Stephens Memorial Hospital Specialty Clinic building at 199 Main St., announces the September calendar of events. Two Survivorship Programs are offered for those impacted by cancer and their caregiver. Swimming passes are available through the CRCWM partnership with the Hampton Inn, 151 Main […]
Posted inEncore
Maine Event Comedy, Death Talk L-A present ghost roast
Tickets are free but must be reserved to guarantee seating.
Posted inDear Abby
Ex-wife offers to pay child support she owes to the kids
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for 16 years. His ex was supposed to pay child support, but didn’t. He worked in his career for only one year after we married and since then has held menial jobs, which have kept his future retirement intact. I have provided him and his children […]
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on Aug. 30
100 years ago: 1919 George Bistany, proprietor of what was said to be the most pretentious show ever exhibited at a Maine fair, was at Lewiston Fairgrounds this morning looking over all of the midway with Secretary Wilson. He liked the arrangement of the grounds, he said and determined that what he will bring Lewiston […]
Posted inHoroscope
Aquarius: Don’t allows others to force change upon you
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Andy Roddick, 37; Lisa Ling, 46; Cameron Diaz, 47; Michael Chiklis, 56. Happy Birthday: Envision what you want to achieve this year, and set your plans in motion. This year is about completion, change and getting what you want. Don’t waste time procrastinating when you should be taking action and […]