DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Gardner Roberts Memorial Library in Hanover will hold its 14th annual Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 7, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be fun for all, including a yard sale, bake sale, plant sale, raffle baskets, food booth, book sale, live music, craft sale and a table of […]
Life & Culture
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Posted in175th anniversary
Looking Back on Sept. 25
100 Years Ago: 1923 Henry Ford stopped at the Ramsdell Antique Shop in Falmouth Foreside, Monday afternoon on his way from Seal Harbor, where he visited his son, Edsell, and tags bearing his name were placed on practically every article of furniture, and considerable old China and glassware, before he left. Hardly any of the […]
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Posted inHoroscope
Scorpio: Don’t fold under pressure or give in to someone’s rhetoric.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Donald Glover Jr., 40; Catherine Zeta-Jones, 54; Will Smith, 55; Michael Douglas, 79. Happy Birthday: Take control; it’s up to you to start the ball rolling. Use your imagination and let your passion to succeed drive you to the finish line. Refuse to be caught up in someone else’s dreams. […]
Posted inDr. Roach
Paget’s disease can cause arthritis, pain, deformities and more
DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband has been diagnosed with Paget’s disease. I would like to know more about it; this is the first time I have ever heard of it. I would like to know the treatments and how much damage affects the bones. He is 76, had prostate cancer and underwent radiation treatment. — […]
Posted inDear Abby
Boyfriend candidate quickly reveals his true intensions
DEAR ABBY: I am 36, still single and depressed about it. I recently met someone who seemed perfect. He has his own place with laundry facilities, and his job is the kind where he doesn’t have a bunch of other people in his life. So when he asked me over, I went. I thought because […]
Posted inSun Spots
Yard sale shopper leaves glass lamp shade behind
DEAR SUN SPOTS: A gentleman bought a lamp at my yard sale at 19 School St. in Lewiston the weekend of Sept. 16. I have the glass piece that goes over the light bulb and I hope he reads this and comes back to get it. My email is [email protected]. –Carol, Lewiston ANSWER: I hope […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Monmouth Community Players to stage ‘Harvey’ in October
Performances are planned at Custom Hall in October.
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Open Book Players production of ‘Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales’ planned
The Open Book Players plans to present a children’s production of “Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, at Oak Hill High School, 56 School Road, in Wales. The Open Book Players is the resident community theatre company for Johnson Hall in […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Bob Marley comedy act set for Waterville Opera House
Bob Marley plans to take the stage at 5:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Wateville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. Marley is featured regularly on Sirius XM radio and he even won their Superbowl of Comedy! He has put out over 20 comedy CDs and DVDs! He was inducted into […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Side By Each plans to perform in Chesterville
Two musical couples will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, at the Chesterville Center Union Meeting House, 3 Borough Road in Chesterville. The quartet features Don and Cindy Roy and Erica Brown and Matt Shipman. The roots run deep in the group as Don and Cindy Roy’s music goes back in each of their […]