DEAR SUN SPOTS: I want to give everyone a heads up. For those of you who do a lot of online shopping and receive packages regularly, there’s a phishing scam out there that really looks like the United State Postal Service website saying they need to verify your address then they’re going to redeliver your […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Posted inEncore
Best-selling author Joe Hill to give talk at Lovell library
A talk with best-selling author Joe Hill will begin at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 13, at the Charlotte Hobbs Library in Lovell. The event will be free and open to the public. A ticketed reception will be held beforehand from 5-6 p.m. Tickets are $25/per person and only 50 tickets will be sold. For […]
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Posted inEncore
Impromptu Comedy Festival brings four nights of stand-up comedy
The Impromptu Comedy Festival, featuring four nights of stand-up comedy, starts this week with shows at the Great Falls Comedy Club at Craft Brew Underground in Auburn and at Obscura Café and Drinkery in Lewiston. Wednesday, July 12 – 7 p.m. Road-comic Nick Hoff brings his All American Comedy Tour to the Great Falls Comedy […]
Posted inHoroscope
Gemini: Focus on home, family and building a solid base to house your dreams, hopes and wishes.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jessica Simpson, 43; Adrian Grenier, 47; Sofia Vergara, 51; Arlo Guthrie, 76. Happy Birthday: Take everything in stride this year. Look at the pros and cons of every situation before you take a risk with your profession, partnerships or reputation. Work on personal growth, educational pursuits and making a difference. […]
Posted inDear Abby
Grandfather unclear of roll with kids in growing family
DEAR ABBY: For more than five years, my son dated a young woman with a child. During that time, they lived with him. After they broke up, he was able to have visitation and shared parenting rights even though the little girl, “Paisley,” was not his own. I must say it was a benefit for […]
Posted inDr. Roach
Patient with osteoarthritis develops hives after taking ibuprofen
DEAR DR. ROACH: I took ibuprofen for my osteoarthritis, but developed hives. Does this mean I’m allergic to all NSAIDS? What other therapeutic options do I have? — J.B. ANSWER: Anti-inflammatory drugs can have many allergic and allergic-type reactions, and ibuprofen is probably the most likely of all to do so. For people with mild […]
Posted in175th anniversary
Looking Back on July 10
100 Years Ago: 1923 Scantily clad in light summer dresses, without coats or hats, one of them walking in her stocking feet and the other in bedroom slippers, Iola Miller and Arline Winchenbach, seventeen year old runaways from the State School at Hallowell walked into the arms of Officer Joseph Cloutter of the Lewlston police […]
Posted inSun Spots
Keeping tools sharp and reuniting classmates
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Is there anyone in the Lewiston-Auburn area who sharpens hedge trimmers and loppers?—Mona, no town ANSWER: I am glad you asked this question. It reminded me that I need to drop off a few things to be sharpened. Mathieu Saw & Tool at 7 Enterprise St. in Lewiston can help you out […]
Posted inDear Abby
Mother-in-law is a menace to life couple has built
DEAR ABBY: I married a wonderful, thoughtful man 30 years ago. His family accepted me and were very kind, with the exception of his mother. She hardly looked at or talked to me. If she did talk to me, it was about her being too young to be a grandmother (I had three children from […]
Posted inHoroscope
Taurus: Discipline will be necessary to avoid temptation.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Fred Savage, 47; Jack White, 48; Tom Hanks, 67; Jimmy Smits, 68. Happy Birthday: Put muscle and passion behind the changes you plan to pursue this year, and you’ll impress yourself and onlookers. Don’t let an emotional incident confuse you regarding work and how best to use your skills. Leave […]