DEAR ABBY: I love your column. Some years ago, you printed a recipe for baked beans. I believe they were called St. James’ Baked Beans. I have lost my copy. I would get lots of compliments about how great they were at family gatherings and potlucks. Would you please reprint the recipe? — SHIRLEY IN […]
Matthew Daigle
Matthew Daigle is a court reporter at the Norway bureau of the Sun Journal and has worked for the company for more than six years. He covers the courts, Oxford County government, and the towns of Norway, Paris and Otisfield. He lives in Greene with his fiance, his two Siamese cats and his 13-year old chihuahua. In his spare time, he likes to read, watch movies and listen to podcasts about the television show “Survivor.” He is a graduate of the University of Maine at Farmington and earned a bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing.
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Some antidepressants require a long tapering period to stop
DEAR DR. ROACH: Would you please speak about the proper way to wean off of Paxil? I have been taking 20 mg daily. To wean off, I took 10 mg alternating with 20 mg every other day for one week, then 10 mg daily for four days, then stopped. After three days, I developed dizziness, […]
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Police log
Androscoggin County • Jeremy James, 33, of Poland, on charges of domestic violence assault and obstructing the report of a crime, 11:33 p.m. Monday at 19 Spring St. Lewiston • Shawna Burch, 20, of Lewiston, on a charge of violating a protective order, 3:16 p.m. Tuesday at 2161 Lisbon Road.
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Pisces: Do something that is meaningful to you
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Emily VanCamp, 34; Domhnall Gleeson, 37; Tony Hawk, 52; Ving Rhames, 61. Happy Birthday: Don’t sit back when you should be moving forward. Embrace change, and you’ll have better control over the outcome. Gather information, and learn as you move into unfamiliar territory. Expand your mind, and be part of […]
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Late wife’s best friend stiff-arms man’s interest
DEAR ABBY: My wife passed away, and I have fallen in love with her best friend. She feels she would be disrespecting my wife’s name if she went out with me. How can I let her know my wife would not object to us dating? I don’t know how to get her to understand my […]
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Bowel changes in young woman could be IBS symptoms
DEAR DR. ROACH: My 18-year-old daughter has had digestive problems on and off for a few years now. Her appendix was removed in March 2015. She had brutal abdominal pain, but the ultrasound scan didn’t show anything wrong with her appendix. Summer 2018, she started having bad digestion problems. She could hardly hold anything in. […]
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Police log
Arrests Auburn • Rhonda Drouin, 50, of Lisbon, on a charge of violating conditions of release, 8:21 p.m. Monday at 680 Hatch Road. • Joshua Levine, 44, of Buckfield, on a charge of domestic violence aggravated assault, 2:35 p.m. Monday at 60 Court St. Lewiston • Roger Jewell, 64, of Lewiston, on a charge of […]
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Aquarius: Keep pushy, belligerent people at arms length
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Holly Valance, 37; Amanda Freitag, 48; Frances Fisher, 68; Eric Burdon, 79. Happy Birthday: Take things in stride. Concentrate on what you want to accomplish instead of stressing over what others are doing or want you to do for them. It’s time to be shrewd and to offer suggestions instead […]
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Friendship ends with flood of social media messages
DEAR ABBY: I had this friend that I met eight months ago at a local boxing gym here in Chicago. We got along extremely well and even hung out a couple of times. However, she left her job at the gym two months later and things started falling apart. I started sending excessive messages on […]
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Aggressive statin treatment won’t affect immune system
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 69-year-old male in good health. In 2017, I experienced a pulmonary embolism in my left lung. Following that episode, my cardiologist put me on a statin regimen of 40 mg Lipitor. This was to get my LDL numbers down to 60 or lower in order to counteract a buildup […]