CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Tyson Houseman, 35; Mia Farrow, 80; Joe Pesci, 82; Carole King, 83. Happy Birthday: Do your part to open doors and expand your circle of friends. Discover pastimes that encourage you to be more creative and entrepreneurial. Put more thought and energy into physically improving your lifestyle and pay more […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Waterville Opera House plans The Outlaw concert
The southern rock legends are a band of brothers bound together by history, harmony and the road.
Waterville Opera House to stage Julia Gagnon Feb. 14
The singer is working on writing and recording new music with her fiancé and musical partner, Nate Haven.
Camden’s Bay Chamber plans Rasa String Quartet show of Valentine’s Day
The Boston-based quartet is known for delivering fresh, engaging performances that celebrate global traditions.
Looking Back on Feb. 8
100 Years Ago: 1925 Think there’s much snow? Old timers declare there’s hardly been a flurry yet. Fifty years ago Lewiston “was boasting 11 foot drifts on the streets”, one Boston paper reports in its 50 years ago column. 50 Years Ago: 1975 The 35th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Laureat Comeau of Danville […]
Alcoholic wants to be in the room for grandchild’s birth
DEAR ABBY: I am an adult child of an alcoholic. My mother is a mean drunk. While growing up, I had to act as her therapist and deal with her co-dependency. I have been lucky to have processed a lot of the trauma in therapy and to have a loving and healthy family of my […]
Virgo: A change will spark your imagination and encourage you to venture in a direction you’ve never been before.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Seth Green, 51; Mary Steenburgen, 72; Robert Klein, 83; Nick Nolte, 84. Happy Birthday: Shake off the negative energy holding you back. It’s time to free your mind, body and soul to move forward with excitement and a vision of what’s possible. Look for opportunities, and you’ll discover you have […]
Man’s delusions put brother in a difficult spot
DEAR ABBY: My younger brother, “Paul,” is 40 and in a rut. He became friends with a friend of mine, “Mitch,” whom I met in college. Paul also became good friends with Mitch’s wife, “Iris.” After a year of close friendship, my brother made a pass at Mitch’s wife during a BBQ. He was promptly […]
Weeding out which ads for diabetes are worth looking at
DEAR DR. ROACH: Every time I get on my phone, there are a ton of ads on how to cure Type 2 diabetes. Are any of them worth looking at? — F.N. ANSWER: If the ads are for comprehensive diet and exercise programs with education provided by a diabetes educator and a registered dietician (combined […]
Looking Back on Feb. 7
100 Years Ago: 1925 Governor Ralph O. Brewster had the time of his life in Lewiston, Saturday at the International Convention of the Canadian Snowshoers’ Union. He enjoyed every minute from the time he stepped into City Hall to the moment he took the 1 o’clock trolley car for Augusta with his secretary, Colonel Charles […]