Don’t want to spend a lot of time or money on specific new products? Softening your skin could be as easy as changing the temperature of the water you use to wash your face, or varying your morning beauty routine just slightly.We talked to dermatologists and aestheticians, who shared some inexpensive, over-the-counter products and easy-to-follow […]

DEAR ABBY: A friend was diagnosed with cancer. A single woman living alone, she rallied a group of co- workers, friends and neighbors to donate their time to help her with a variety of tasks. These included driving her back and forth to chemo and doctor appointments, fixing meals, cleaning her house (she has OCD […]

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Tamlyn Tomita, 42; Alan Cumming, 43; Bridget Fonda, 44; Cris Collinsworth, 49Happy Birthday: You will know exactly what you need to do to get what you want this year. Don’t press forward with a negative attitude that will leave you with regrets. Concentrate on what will bring you the highest […]

“You taste fresh basil in your nose more than you do on your palate,” says Ellen Ecker Ogden, author of “From the Cook’s Garden.” That’s why it’s best added at the end of a recipe, such as pasta sauce, or used as garnish.Chopped fresh basil is excellent sprinkled on sandwiches, salad, pizza, eggs, steak or […]

With a weak dollar curtailing travel abroad and pricey gasoline curbing our stateside road trips, 2008 just may turn out to be the year we stay put happily – updating our homes with cutting-edge gadgetry, enjoying backyard retreats and indulging in eco-friendly decorating. At least that’s how Ann Mack, director of trendspotting at ad agency […]

“I know you’re working hard and smart, but you’ve got to lift your head up and see how much longer people are living, and staying engaged in life, and think about what you want from your future.”Jeri Sedlar, co-author of “Don’t Retire, Rewire!” Will baby boomers have enough bucks for retirement? The story goes like […]

In my work, I have noticed that some people seem to have an ability to accept the hurts and disappointments of life and then move on. They have a certain resiliency.Others seem to stay stuck in their pain, living as if the painful events of their lives had occurred just moments ago.Here are a few […]

PORTLAND – With the embers of Portland’s City Hall scarcely cooled from Friday morning’s fire, this city was visited tonight with another disastrous blaze, which gutted the large wholesale house of Milliken, Cousens and Company, and threatened the entire wholesale district within a block of Friday’s conflagration. The total damage is estimated at more than […]

LEWISTON – The Apple Hill Chamber Players will perform the music of Beethoven, Ravel and Schubert Monday, Feb. 4, as part Bates College’s two-week effort to expand dialogue among students about Palestinian-Israeli relationships.The ensemble has earned international praise for vital and eloquent performances and recordings of chamber music literature, from established masterpieces to new works […]

NEW GLOUCESTER – Jim Gallant, known for his rich vocals and mastery of fingerstyle guitar, will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Village Coffee House.As a member of the Seacoast Guitar Society, Gallant was a featured artist in its first fingerstyle compilation CD. In a review of his “River Watch” […]