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Richard Andrews named Veteran of the Month

SOUTH PARIS — The Maine Veterans’ Home-South Paris June Veteran is Richard Andrews, a native of Waterford and an Air Force veteran who served as a Morse Code operator. Andrews grew up on his parent’s farm in Waterford where he and his five siblings cared for the cows and chickens. The Norway High School graduate […]

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Posted inNational Sports, Sports

Sports on TV: Monday, July 6, 2020

Monday (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 7 p.m. — ESPN: TBT: Eberlein Drive vs. Brotherly Love or Stillwater Stars, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio 9 p.m. — ESPN: TBT: Golden Eagles vs. Team CP3 or Mid American Unity, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio SOCCER (MEN’S) […]

Posted inBicentennial, Maine, News

On this date in Maine history: July 6

July 6, 1854: A mob incited by a street preacher named Brown burns the Old South Meeting House in Bath, which was bought by Irish Catholics to serve as a church. The incident is one of several violent anti-Catholic crimes that occurs in the 1850s in Maine, including the tarring of the Rev. John (or […]

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Beta blockers work with other hyperthyroidism meds

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 80 years old. Two years ago, I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. I am taking methimazole 10 milligrams, two tabs daily. Whenever the endocrinologist reduces the tablets to once daily, my TSH remains low. I am also taking metoprolol. I read on my computer that beta blockers interfere with the absorption […]