DEAR SUN SPOTS: For the reader looking for the classified ad for tree service (June 25 Sun Spots) it was for Webster Tree. They are licensed and insured, do free estimates and perform removal, stump grinding, and pruning. The contact number is 784-9421. — No name, no town DEAR SUN SPOTS: I heard on the […]
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Edythe J. Estes
BOSTON — Edythe Deedee J. Estes, 63, of South Paris passed away Sunday, June 24, at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. She was born in Lewiston on Jan. 15, 1955, the daughter of Robert and Frances Bean Vezina. Deedee married Gregory Estes. She enjoyed working at The Penley Corp., the Progress Center, H & R […]
Wife endures verbal abuse
DEAR ABBY: I have been married to “Oscar” for more than 30 years. He has been inattentive for more than 25 of those years. Over the last 15 years, I have found erectile dysfunction medications in his vehicles. Oscar claims he knows nothing about them. He lies constantly, even when the evidence is right in […]
Cartoon was erroneous, offensive
The opinion page cartoon in the Sun Journal on June 20, portraying the caged children at the border, was erroneous and offensive. That is not a joke. No way are the children being treated in this manner. They are sheltered, fed, clothed and clean — chances are, better treated than they were in their own […]
Pelletier’s Karate Academy promotes students
LEWISTON — Pelletier’s Karate Academy wishes to congratulate all the Juniors (ages 7-12) who were recently promoted to new belts upon successful completion of their belt tests. Students were tested for their skill in karate basics, katas (traditional forms and patterns), self-defense, and sparring. In addition, they had to demonstrate goal setting and the use […]
Community sales
CHESTERVILLE — The Chesterville Grange will hold a yard sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, June 29, and from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at 664 Farmington Falls Road. — BUCKFIELD — American Legion Post No. 58 and Auxiliary will have a yard sale at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 30, at the American Legion hall, […]
2018 Junior golf summer clinics at Martindale
AUBURN — Martindale’s Wednesday Junior Golf Program begins on July 11th. This program will run for 5-weeks on Wednesday’s with two sessions available from July 11-August 8. Space is limited to the first 10 juniors to register for each session in order to deliver the best professional instruction. From 10:00-11:00 a.m. will be ages 7-10 and […]
Franklin County Animal Shelter's Dog of the Week just likes to relax
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Animal Shelter has announced its Pets of the Week. Dog of the Week is Trudy, a 5-year-old female Staffy mix. She is a very sweet girl who is sometimes misunderstood because she doesn’t like to share her food. Trudy is quiet and gentle, low-energy and has a lotof love to […]
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100 years ago, 1918 Sometimes the unexpected happens. It happened this morning when a circus not widely known in this part of the country arrived in Lewiston. Had it been Barnum’s or Ringling’s the people would have known what to expect. It required but a short time after the circus arrived in town for the […]
U.S. needs help to win the trade war
WASHINGTON — If we are to have a “trade war” with China, it would be best to win it. We should be better off after the fighting. Unfortunately, the chances of this happening seem slim to none, because President Trump’s plan of attack suggests that everyone — us and them — will lose. Interestingly, there’s […]