SABBATUS – Our family lost our world last Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, the matriarch of our family, “Grammie Maine”. She was …
2020
New York probes Trump consulting payments that reduced his taxes
New York’s attorney general has sent a subpoena to the Trump Organization for records related to consulting fees paid to Ivanka Trump as part of an investigation into the president’s business dealings.
Habit of one-upmanship pushes women’s friendship to the limit
DEAR ABBY: I have a good friend I’ll call Josie. She’s kind, generous and always willing to help. There is only one problem — she lies. The lies she tells are ridiculous. I find myself getting more and more angry as she stumbles through her stories. If someone makes a comment, she takes over the […]
Must son wait until he’s 50 to get shingles vaccine?
DEAR DR. ROACH: In your recent column referring to the shingles vaccine, you do not mention younger adults. My son had a very bad case of chickenpox when he was only 6 months old. He is now 40 years old, and earlier this year had an attack of shingles that affected the area behind his […]
Looking Back on Nov. 20
100 Years Ago: 1920 An arrangement has been made with the Bates Manufacturing Co., to use its whistle for an no-school signal it was stated by Supt. of Schools Bickford yesterday. For no school in the morning, the signal will be sounded at 7:15 and for the afternoon at 12:30 o’clock. The signal will be […]
Well done news for Friday, Nov. 20
Wilton student receives Gold President’s Volunteer Service Award WILTON — Valerianne Hinkley of Wilton has been awarded a Gold President’s Volunteer Service Award for 2020. Hinkley, a University of Maine Farmington freshman, is an active member of the Honors Program and a 2020 fall inductee of the Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity APO. Both the Honors […]
St. Dominic Academy announces first-quarter honor roll
AUBURN — Saint Dominic Academy – Auburn Campus President Timothy Gallic has announced the honor roll for the first quarter. The following students have achieved a 4.25 average and above in all courses and are on the Principal’s List: Grade 12: Molly Brown, Sarah Brown, Anna Cote, Aaliyah Cruz, Amelia Fortin, Lucy Frenette, Martha Geyer-Shaheen, […]
Lewiston Housing needs volunteers for meal delivery
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Lewiston Housing is seeking community volunteers to assist us with delivery of meals to our elderly and family housing residents in the coming weeks. Local eateries will be providing meals through the Cooking for Community program which begins in mid-December. No indoor contact and outside deliveries are planned. Flexible opportunities are available. […]
Froma Harrop: The Republican Wing of the Democratic Party
The Democrats’ most interesting conflict isn’t moderates versus the left. It’s the never-Trump Republicans versus the left. The never-Trumpers, best embodied by The Lincoln Project, romped through the last campaign with verve and wit. They lasered in on crushing Donald Trump. The Democratic left, by contrast, is deep into grievance. Yes, its members wanted Trump […]