Spencer, Robert 89, of Mechanic Falls, Dec. 11. Gravesite celebration in the spring of 2024. …
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Posted inDr. Roach
Evaluation is in order before deciding prostate cancer treatment
DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband is 89 and taking amiodarone. He had a heart attack and is taking iron infusions for anemia. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer. His PSA level is over 300 ng/mL, but his bone enzyme level was normal. What do you think about him getting the Lupron shot? His kidneys were […]
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Posted inDear Abby
Unhappy wife ponders life with new beau
DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my husband for 12 years. We have had our ups and downs. I was unfaithful at one point, and he left for eight months, but we worked through it all. We are now coming out of another really rough patch involving a lot of arguing and talk of […]
Posted in175th anniversary
Looking Back on Dec. 29
100 Years Ago: 1923 In accordance with the usual custom, two members of the Stanton Bird Club went out to the sanctuary on Christmas day and took the census of birds. They saw Downy woodpeckers, blue jays, crows, evening grosbeak and several chickadees. 50 Years Ago: 1973 The breakfast meeting for the Beth Abraham Sisterhood […]
Posted inHoroscope
Libra: Laziness or not gathering sufficient information will cost you.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jude Law, 51; Patricia Clarkson, 64; Ted Danson, 76; Jon Voight, 85. Happy Birthday: Keep your goal in focus. Stick to the truth, do what you know and do best, and maintain consistency as you move forward. Look at the big picture and fine-tune each component of your plan as […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Marilyn Burgess: U.S. should ‘put the brakes to Israel’
It is time we left Israel to its own revenge and genocide. I do not want my money to go to supplying 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, when it fails to differentiate between Hamas and civilians. I understand that Hamas did a terrible thing, but I think Israel has got its pound of flesh many times […]
Posted inConnections
Norway cancer center receives $4K gift
Staff from the Norway Center for Health & Rehabilitation recently presented the Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine with a check for $4,400, the proceeds from their annual ticket auction that was held at the end of October. Staff worked all year to procure items for the ticket auction, which has become a popular annual […]
Posted inSun Spots
Pleasant Street Drop-In Center requests warm winter items
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Pleasant Street Drop-In Center has an urgent need for warm winter jackets, warm boots, mittens, gloves, scarves, hand warmers, blankets, flashlights, small tissue packets and body wipes. If anyone has warm clothing to donate, please drop it off at the 169 Pleasant St. in Auburn. We are open Saturdays from 9 […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Jon St. Laurent: Christmas conflagrations in the Holy Lands
For Christians in the West Bank, Christmas is not a merry day, and celebrations normally attended by thousands at the birthplace of Jesus are canceled as bombs rain down on Bethlehem. There is mourning, not just for their own losses — those killed by an Israeli Defense Force bombing of a Greek Orthodox church in […]
