DEAR DR. ROACH: I would like your opinion and advice. I am a very healthy 77-year-old man, and I walk about two miles each morning. Generally, I enjoy one wheat beer every afternoon, and my primary care physician has told me to feel free to continue with it. I’ve read that moderate drinking can be […]
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Posted inDear Abby
Daughter refuses to forgive moth for affair
DEAR ABBY: My older sister had an affair with an old boyfriend that lasted several months. She was 58 and had been married for 38 years. Her husband, who is a wonderful person and father of their three grown children, forgave her. He’s a devout Catholic, and divorce was out of the question. She has […]
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Posted inSun Spots
Monthly bingo games beginning Dec. 7 at Danville Junction Grange in Auburn
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Would you please help us get the word out that Danville Junction Grange in Auburn will be holding its monthly bingo games beginning Saturday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m. and continuing on the first Saturday of each month after that. These events are packed full of good food, lots of laughter, and […]
Posted inEncore
Lewiston native publishes first book: ‘We’re Going to the Dinosaur Forest’
The author, Marie (Aliberti) Nichols, grew up in Lewiston and attended Lewiston High School, and now lives in Connecticut.
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Local author Philip C. Baker to talk about his latest book at Auburn Public Library
Local author Philip C. Baker will talk about his new book, “Hunger Hill,” from 5-6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, at the Auburn Public Library. In this exciting crime thriller set in Portland, Detective Basil Keene must solve the murder of the unlikeable butcher of Hunger Hill. The cast of characters ranges from the sinister […]
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Matt Dundas to record live album at Great Falls Comedy Club
Local comic Matt Dundas will perform for a live album taping beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Great Falls Comedy Club in Auburn. The show will feature Tuck Tucker and host Leonard Kimble. Dundas is a stand-up comedian and musician based in Maine and has performed across the U.S. at clubs and […]
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Multi-instrumentalist Mary Murphy coming to Oasis of Music
Singer and multi-instrumentalist Mary Murphy returns to the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. She will perform some originals, some blues and some nostalgic tunes with vocals, piano, blues harp and ukulele. Murphy, who has won awards from the Downeast Country Music Association and the […]
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Famed illustrator and artist Scott Nash to give talk ‘Getting Started as an Illustrator’ at the UMA
Maine artist Scott Nash give a talk, “Getting Started as an Illustrator,” at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1 in Jewett Hall on the campus of the University of Maine in Augusta. The talk is part of the The Great State of Illustration in Maine exhibition, now on view at the Danforth Gallery in Jewett […]
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Maine State Ballet presents ‘Western Roundup’ and ‘Britten’
Maine State Ballet will present the elegance of “Britten” and the joyous nostalgia of “Western Roundup” in several performances beginning on Saturday, Oct. 12, at Maine State Ballet’s Lopez Theater in Falmouth. “Britten” is a neo-classical ballet based on Benjamin Britten’s “Simple Symphony.” Renowned for its engaging melodies and inventive use of themes he originally […]
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George Rigden returns for two nights at Great Falls Comedy Club
Comedian George Rigden will return to the stage at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 11, and Saturday, Oct. 12, at Great Falls Comedy Club in Auburn. Rigden is a full-time comic from the United Kingdom and has recently settled in Austin, Texas. He is fulfilling a lifelong professional ambition to perform shows across the country. […]