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Bruce — Kizner engagement

ANDOVER, Massachusetts — Alexandra (Ally) Bruce, formerly of Andover, Mass., and Tyler Kizner, formerly of Auburn, are announcing their engagement. Alexandra is the daughter of Larry and Pamela Bruce of Andover, Mass. Tyler is the son of Tina and Jason Merritt of Auburn and Chris and Denise Kizner of Temple, Georgia. The future bride graduated […]

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Prepping the pantry: Four area chefs share the best staples to get during your infrequent grocery runs.

LEWISTON — Randy Smith tried to make something to eat at home recently. It wasn’t easy. “It feels like I’m on an episode of ‘Chopped,’” he said, referring to the popular Food Network show that gives contestant chefs bizarre combinations of ingredients and asks them to make a gourmet-level meal out of them. “I’ve got […]

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In a Word: Giving voice to the often-necessary vowel

There are so many reasons to find words interesting, and one of them is the arrangement and combination of their building blocks – their letters – and, for today’s purposes, their vowels in particular. First up is greenskeeper, which makes use of the letter E, the most common letter in the English language, five times. […]

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Are you having COVID dreams?

Trouble sleeping? Having weird dreams since the COVID-19 crisis swept over the world? All over the globe, people have been reporting freaky dreams that seem directly related to the virus and the stay-at-home lifestyle it has created. Some dreams are scary, some bizarre, while a few report dreams that seem precognitive in nature. If you’ve […]