Sign In:


Latest
  • Published
    July 28, 2020

    Looking Back on July 28

    100 Years Ago: 1920 Among the local collections of relics of earlier days few are more interesting than that of Rev. and Mrs. N. G. French, 123 Winter street, Auburn. Included in this is a hat worn by Mr. French’s great grandfather, Capt.Cadwalader F. Jones, in the War of 1812. Consulting the family Bible it […]

  • Published
    July 27, 2020

    Looking Back on July 27

    100 Years Ago: 1920 As exclusively told in the Lewiston Journal several days ago, the United Last Company of Auburn, successor to the Fitz Brothers’ Last Company, has purchased a tract of thirteen acres  in the Strawberry Avenue district It would be an ideal place for a factory, altho no plans are announced. The deed […]

  • Published
    July 25, 2020

    Looking Back on July 25

    100 Years Ago: 1920 Auburn public library opens Wednesday after extensive alterations both inside and outside. The children’s rooms are especially attractive. 50 Years Ago: 1970 A special meeting of the Auburn School Committee will be held Monday night to clean up a few pending items before School Supt. Lewis Webber finally completes his duties […]

  • Published
    July 24, 2020

    Filler in meds is not the cause of reader’s symptoms

    DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a question about excipients, something you discussed in a recent column about thyroid medication. Twice in my life, I took Celebrex for orthopedic pain. The episodes were about five years apart. Both times, I suffered severe liver disfunction, turned yellow, lost weight and had dark urine and abnormal ALT, AST […]

  • Published
    July 24, 2020

    Looking Back on July 24

    100 Years Ago: 1920 A picture taken from “King Spruce,” a novel by Holman F. Day, is to be shown in the Empire theater on Friday and Saturday, This is the first picturization of a novel by the widely known Maine author, who for years was on the staff of the  Lewiston Journal in Lewiston. […]

  • Published
    July 23, 2020

    Insomnia, COVID complicate treatment of depression

    DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an almost 69-year-old man in generally good health. Until the pandemic, I exercised regularly, but with Pilates studios closed I have only been walking. I have always been troubled with insomnia and have tried every sleep aid — both prescription and nonprescription — to no avail. That was until my […]

  • Published
    July 23, 2020

    Looking Back on July 23

    100 Years Ago: 1920 Fifty-nine years ago today was fought the first battle of Bull Run. There are still many members of the Fifth Maine Regiment Maine in Lewiston and Auburn who participated in this battle, the first important one of the Civil War. 50 Years Ago: 1970 WLU Garden Clubs members will be guests […]

  • Published
    July 22, 2020

    Is ‘really low’ urine pH a health hazard?

    DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a friend who’s 28 with “really low” urine pH (I don’t know how low). Apparently, it is due to constant dehydration and drinking coffee all day long, to the point that the doctor recommended that he drink lots of water with lemon (perhaps just to prevent dehydration and nothing else.) […]

  • Published
    July 22, 2020

    Looking Back on July 22

    100 Years Ago: 1920 The four ornamental light brackets on the front of the Main Street Central Maine Power office building in Lewiston, which have just been put in place, add the finishing touch to a fine addition to the street. They were lit for the first time Wednesday night and improved the front of the […]

  • Published
    July 21, 2020

    Osteoporosis is a common condition

    DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 86, and was finally, after a few false starts, diagnosed with two compression fractured vertebrae, which were very painful. This was followed by a diagnosis of osteoporosis. The doctor who diagnosed it told me that it was a disease mainly of the northern part of the planet, affecting folks living in […]