Authentic Dialogues: Talking about Racism and Moving to Action with Shay Stewart-Bouley will be presented at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 21, at Denmark Arts Center. This presentation is free and open to all. This is an interactive session designed to look critically at racism in our communities and our nation by examining the roots […]
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Cast announced for production of comedy written by Steve Martin
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Pair of comedy shows set for this weekend
The River Comics Comedy Productions will host two stand-up comedy shows this weekend. Headliner Dan Boulger, along with Leonard Kimble and Nick Gordon, will perform at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 19, at the Great Falls Comedy Club inside Craft Brew Underground. Boulger is a winner of the Boston Comedy Festival and has appeared on […]
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Waterville Opera House to stage Blues Traveler
Blues Traveler will take the stage at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, at Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. 36 years ago, the four original members of Blues Traveler — John Popper, Chandler Kinchla, Brendan Hill, and the late Bobby Sheehan — gathered in their drummer’s parent’s basement in Princeton, New Jersey to […]
Posted inHoroscope
Scorpio: Look for opportunities that will make you feel more secure about your future.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Megan Fox, 37; Tori Spelling, 50; Janet Jackson, 57; Pierce Brosnan, 70. Happy Birthday: Keep your life simple. Concentrate on preparation, kindness and keeping the peace. Gravitate toward what’s possible instead of heading in a direction filled with uncertainty. Be the master of your universe, see the possibilities and […]
Posted inDear Abby
Wife in crumbling marriage takes stock of life, future
DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 16 years, but after the birth of my first child, our marriage went downhill. My husband withdrew and went out with friends often. When my brother was in the hospital, I traveled three hours with my newborn baby to visit him. My husband drove up separately, stayed a […]
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Looking Back on May 16
100 Years Ago: 1923 Mrs. Maude Starkey was chosen as president of the Alden Gayton Post Ladies’ Auxiliary for the remainder of the year at a meeting held Monday evening. She will take the place of Mrs. Celia Sizeland who is not able at this time to fill this capacity. 50 Years Ago: 1973 A […]
Posted inDr. Roach
A bad diet filled with fried foods counteracts medication
DEAR DR. ROACH: Do meds for high blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes lose their efficacy if the patient is noncompliant with diet? My partner thinks a meal of wings, French fries, cake and ice cream is OK as long as he takes a statin, Glucophage and Norvasc. I think the meds will eventually become ineffective. […]
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Bean suppers at Auburn Methodist Church will resume in September
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I did not know who to contact so I thought sending this message to your column would be helpful and readers would be sure to see it. In the May 12 edition of the Sun Journal in the section under Food and Drink in “What’s Happening,” there was a bean supper at […]
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Denny Breau to take the stage at Oasis of Music
Guitar-playing, singing and songwriting legend Denny Breau will perform at The Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, at The Church at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. Breau’s parents, Hal Lone Pine and Betty Cody, were popular country performers and RCA recording artists beginning in the 1940s. His older brother, the late […]