In the wake of Maine Gov. Janet Mills issuing a stay-at-home order for Maine, churchgoers are facing a new challenge: how to worship during Easter or Passover without going to church. A majority of Maine’s churches have turned to livestreaming sermons and Sunday services on websites and Facebook pages. Almost every church and synagogue will […]
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COVID-19 and your new skills
Thanks to the coronavirus, are you now playing the drums? Making plans to build a new deck? Learning geography Getting ready to tune your own piano, fight Krav Maga style or just fix that annoying clanking sound beneath your 1998 Ford Escort? For years now, YouTube and a million other online services have featured professionals […]
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What are you wearing?
Now that you’re settled in, working from home and having ditched that suit or dress, we want to know what you are wearing. (Please tell us you’re wearing something!) Walmart recently reported selling work shirts, but not so many pants. Does that mean you’re still in your sweats, yoga pants or jams? (Zippers are so […]
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Dear Abby: Lack of communication erodes marriage
DEAR ABBY: My husband barely speaks to me. We both work full time and are facing the empty nest very soon. At home, I have to initiate even the smallest of small talk. He’ll never say “Good morning” or ask “How was your day?” Although I work hard to keep the house the way he […]
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Eugenia Last, Gemini: Understanding can help you avoid a mishap
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Megan Hilty, 39; Lucy Lawless, 52; Amy Sedaris, 59; Eric Idle, 77. Happy Birthday: Lock your mind on what it is you want to achieve this year, and take the initiative to make your dreams come true. Discipline, coupled with a good budget and plan in place, will keep you […]
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Martin — Edwards engagement
SCARBOROUGH — Amanda Martin of Scarborough, the daughter of Dan and Jeanne Martin of Lewiston, and Matthew Edwards, also of Scarborough, the son of John and Robin Edwards of Bangor, announce their engagement. The future bride attended McMahon Elementary School, Lewiston Middle School and graduated from Lewiston High School as valedictorian. She received a bachelor’s […]
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Mystery Photo for March 29, 2020
Guess correctly and have a chance to win a Hannaford gift card.
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In a word: The language of COVID-19
At a recent news conference, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told his audience, “Words matter!” as he strongly advised people to just stay home. “Shelter in place,” he admonished, should be used only during events such as an active shooter scenario, when people need to move to a safe place away from windows. “Words matter,” […]
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‘One of Maine’s many cranks,’ Lewiston’s Elias Gove once sought $1 billion from Abraham Lincoln
Gove, who died in 1894, thought of himself as a prophet and a billionaire, but the world saw him differently.
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Living in a world without pants
I shall guard it with my life I can’t say whom and I can’t say how, but somebody somewhere procured for me a delicious chocolate cake decorated in the shape of a roll of toilet paper. It’s really quite a marvel. I’d share it with you, but I know how you people are. At the […]