100 Years Ago: 1920 Mysterious lights flashed on and off and weaved back and forth over the Courthouse lawn in Auburn Thursday night. A small girl going home with her parents from the movies was afraid the prisoners were escaping and couldn’t understand when her father told her some men were going fishing tomorrow and […]
2020
Posted inSun Spots
Recipe requested for eggnog made by former Pleasant Dairy
DEAR SUN SPOTS: You are always so helpful. The thrilling days of yesteryear were a blast. Does anyone remember Pleasant Dairy and the milk trucks that used to deliver milk through the neighborhoods in the Twin Cities? They had the best-tasting eggnog around. It was so good I could drink a whole gallon of it. […]
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Posted inDear Abby
Man’s affair with neighbor reaches a moment of truth
DEAR ABBY: Last night I visited my 47-year-old son. After a 23-year marriage, he is going through a nasty divorce. While I was there, he asked my opinion about what he should do regarding a “situation.” A 62-year-old female divorced neighbor, who looks much younger, befriended him, and they’ve been having sex and spending time […]
Posted inDr. Roach
Vaccines are OK for those who have had polio
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a woman in my late 70s, a 1949 polio patient. For forever I have been told that because of poliomyelitis I cannot tolerate any preventive inoculations, including flu, pneumonia, shingles, etc. I was allowed to get flu shots when they first became available; however, when additives were included later on, […]
Posted inNational Sports, New England Patriots, Sports
Patriots’ young receivers say they’re ready to contribute in Year 2
N’Keal Harry, Gunner Olszewski and Jakobi Meyers feel more equipped to help New England’s offense in their second NFL seasons.
Posted inNew England
Bear family enters occupied Airbnb in Vermont
Wildlife officials are asking homeowners who rent their properties to warn their customers.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, National Sports, Sports
Nathan Eovaldi pitches Red Sox past Orioles
Eovaldi allows five hits over seven innings and Xander Bogaerts and Mitch Moreland homer to help Boston beat Baltimore 7-1, extending the Orioles’ losing streak to a season-high five games.
Posted inNational Sports, Sports
Minnesota wins NBA draft lottery, rights to No. 1 pick
Timberwolves will pick first in draft slated for Oct. 16. Golden State holds the No. 2 pick, Charlotte got the No. 3 pick and Chicago will pick fourth.
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Oxford selectmen suspend Thompson Lake dam committee meetings
Town to install drop box for absentee ballots outside the Municipal Building.
Posted inSports
Islanders eliminate Capitals with a 4-0 win
Anthony Beauvillier scores twice and Semyon Varlamov makes 21 saves for the shutout in Game 5.