The Washington Post Q: We are planning a two-week summer vacation for our family of three (two adults and one child, age 7). We’d like to go to a Latin American country and spend part of the time either learning Spanish and/or volunteering. The rest of the time touring the area. We’d like to stay […]
Nuptials
White — Doran
Heather White and Devin Doran BRUNSWICK — Katherleen and Thomas Fallon of Litchfield are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Heather Marie White of Brunswick, to Devin Patrick Doran of Brunswick, son of Robert and Linda Doran of Richmond. Miss White graduated with highest honors from the University of Maine in 2012 with two bachelor’s […]
Healy — Nichols
Benjamin Nichols and Dyana Healy GRAY — Lawrence and Leisa Healy of Gray are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Dyana Healy of Pembroke, N.H., to Benjamin Nichols of Pembroke, N.H., son of Mark and Stefanie Nichols of Gray. Miss Healy is a 2008 graduate of Gray-New Gloucester High School, a 2012 graduate of the […]
O’Connell — Doucette
Jessica O’Connell and Derek Doucette LEWISTON — Wally and Kathy Doucette are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Derek Doucette, to Jessica O’Connell, daughter of Kevin O’Connell and Julie Vilasuso of Brewer. Miss O’Connell is a graduate of University of Southern Maine with a double major in business management and marketing. She is […]
Tips on how to get married without alienating people
By Ellen McCarthy The Washington Post So, you got engaged over the holidays? Congrats! It’s so exciting for you and all the other newly minted fiancees who can’t stop staring at their ring fingers. (Or their partners sighing over freshly dented bank accounts.) Surveys have shown that a third of all engagements happen between Thanksgiving […]
Stover — Alley
Andrew Alley and Sherri Stover LEWISTON — Announcement is made of the engagement of Sherri Lynn Stover and Andrew David Alley, both of Lewiston. Miss Stover is the daughter of Regina Burrill of Auburn and Kevin McIntyre of Lewiston. She is a 2001 graduate of Lewiston High School and also attended Kaplan University where she […]
Sister gets clingy, then pulls vanishing act
By Andrea Bonior Special to The Washington Post Below are some of the exchanges from the relationships advice column, Baggage Check, published weekly in The Washington Post’s Express. Q: My sister gets clingy and needy when she is depressed, but when she snaps out of it she drops me and couldn’t care less about how […]
Pepin — Wagner
Sabrina and Brian Wagner SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The wedding of Sabrina Marie Pepin and Brian David Wagner was held at 4 p.m. on Dec. 24 at King Williams Historical District in San Antonio, Texas. Mrs. Wagner is the daughter of Donald Pepin of Lewiston and Tia Cunningham of Auburn. Mr. Wagner is the son […]
Uhuad — Roy
Ashley Uhuad and Alexandre Roy JAY — Gene and Cheryl Uhuad of Jay are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Uhuad of Weymouth, Mass., to Alexandre Roy of Weymouth, Mass., son of Charles and Jeanne Roy of Essex, Conn. Miss Uhuad is a 2005 graduate of Jay High School and received her bachelor’s degree […]
Should trip be cancelled because of illness?
The Washington Post Q: How do you make the best of travel when you’re sick? There is a joke in my family about my wife getting sick any time we travel abroad. Usually, it’s just a cold and cough. She refuses to cancel the trip and usually spends the first 1-3 days in a medicine […]