Workers stuck at home because of COVID-19 are saying WTH to their WFH wardrobe.
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Tigers, paprika and how to remove fungus
A fungus among us Got a message in my spam folder the other day with a subject line that advises: “Do this to make fungus disappear.” Typically, I’d snort at such an email and then delete it forever. These days, though . . . Well, I’ve been sitting around doing a whole lot of nothing […]
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The virus and your discoveries
So what have you found so far, as you’ve taken to cleaning and decluttering in the home-bound throes of COVID-19? Last week, I discovered an unopened 2010 Squirrel Stuff Calendar in the depths of a cupboard — and *bonus* it turns out the dates will be good again in 2021! (And yes, that’s a rare […]
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A livestreamed Easter
With Easter-as-usual on hold because of the coronavirus, churches and families are making the best of getting together, apart.
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Dear Abby: Mother-in-law has invaded her house
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for 15 years. Before we married, I purchased a house. He moved in a month after our wedding and made a lot of improvements to it. We are now in the process of doing more renovations. His mom moved in with us two months ago. Before […]
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Mystery Photo for April 5, 2020
Guess correctly and have a chance to win a Hannaford gift card
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Eugenia Last, Cancer: A change will be useful for you
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Pharrell Williams, 47; Mike McCready, 54; Mitch Pileggi, 68; Agnetha Faltskog, 70. Happy Birthday: A positive attitude will help you adjust to any change you face this year. Keep an open mind, and work with what is available. You will keep your overhead down and your imagination flowing. Discipline and […]
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Face Time: Jessika Lyn Magofna, small-town grocer getting food to customers safely
Jessika Lyn Magofna, a 35-year-old mother of five, has worked every day since last Wednesday. She’s a shift manager at Future Foods, a small grocery store in Mechanic Falls, and said her small-town grocery story has been holding the line as more and more shoppers stock up on supplies in the wake of COVID-19. Here’s […]
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In a word: The apostrophe — don’t get me started
I’m pretty sure there is nothing more confounding in the English language than the apostrophe. In addition to being the name of Frank Zappa’s 18th album and the act of a performer speaking to an imaginary person (“Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”), there is the apostrophe’s more common use to replace missing letters in […]
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Talk of the town: Keep that tongue to yourself, mister
Together we will lick this thing So. It would appear that there are people out there licking toilets, coughing on produce and shooting video of themselves tonguing ice cream inside the supermarkets just for kicks. You know, I’ve been watching a lot of documentaries lately about the Black Death and other plagues that have vexed […]