2020 – Page 37 – Lewiston Sun Journal

TAURUS: Look out for those less able to do for themselves

December 25, 2020December 14, 2020

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Annie Lennox, 66; CCH Pounder, 68; Sissy Spacek, 71; Jimmy Buffett, 74. Happy Birthday: It’s your turn to make a move. Size up what’s happening around you, and consider what will make you happy. Put the past behind you, and get ready to make decisions that will change your life, […]

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Free course offered to help first-year students

December 25, 2020December 22, 2020

Prioritizing student success for learners impacted by COVID-19 disruptions, the University of Maine System is extending its Make the Grade free course offer for first year students who failed a course in the fall 2020 semester

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Home for Christmas

by Andrea Swiedom December 25, 2020December 22, 2020

Rover, the lost Shih Tzu was spotted throughout Farmington for two weeks before he was caught and returned to his owners in Anson.

Bicentennial

On this date in Maine history: Dec. 25

by Joseph Owen December 25, 2020December 25, 2020

Dec. 25, 1870: “Never has a sadder Christmas dawned on any city,” Livermore native Elihu Washburne writes in Paris while serving as the U.S. minister to France. “The sufferings … exceed by far anything we have seen.” On the 99th day of the Prussian army’s siege of the city during the Franco-Prussian War, Washburne, one […]

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Trying something new leads to cherished family tradition

by Pam Harnden December 25, 2020December 22, 2020

WILTON — Years ago, when I was self employed with three small children at home, the decision to try a new recipe was the beginning of what has turned into a cherished family tradition. At that time, women’s magazines such as Family Circle and Woman’s Day often included pull-out recipe booklets. A three-layered chocolate-mint bar […]