Happy dance video goes viral The 6-year-old boy in a Superman T-shirt and sneakers reached for the bell at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Jimmy Spagnolo, who has been battling an inoperable brain tumor since infancy, had finished a year-long round of chemotherapy and was eager to celebrate it.“The […]
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Dry skin? We got your back. And hands and face.
If Daniel Tanguay doesn’t take care of his hands in just the right way, dry weather will cause them to crack so bad, they bleed. It wasn’t always this way. Back when Tanguay was doing manual labor and working with his hands, dry skin wasn’t an issue. “It started once I became a desk jockey […]
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Boy Scouts face renewed push to let girls join the ranks
NEW YORK (AP) — After many years of divisiveness, the Boy Scouts of America have opened their ranks to gay and transgender boys. Yet a different membership dispute persists: a long-shot campaign to let girls join the BSA so they have a chance to earn the prestigious status of Eagle Scout. Just last week, after […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Maine Poetry Central and Dennis Camire This week’s poem, by Ed Reilly of St Joseph’s College, is inspired by his visit to The Colby College Museum of Art. Watercolor Done By a Child Unknown, c. 1850 By Ed Reilly If you could see this watercolor you made hanging in the museum […]
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Eats: Jasmine's dim sum event worth crowing about
Despite bitter temperatures on Jan. 28, a line of local foodies and the food-curious began queuing up well before 9 a.m. at Auburn’s Jasmine Cafe on Center Street to celebrate Chinese New Year, the year of the rooster. Jasmine owner Supannee Saengwong hurried to light the 26 sticks of incense adorning the ceremonial food table […]
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Marsden Hartley’s Maine. Finally.
Marsden Hartley loved Maine. And hated Maine. He created here, but his fame as one of America’s greatest modernist painters came from the artwork he did in Europe. In his later years, he wanted to be known as the painter of Maine. But in the 73 years since his death, no major exhibition has ever […]
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That’s how I roll: With a nylon pin
Columnist Dorie Greenspan recently answered reader questions. Here are edited excerpts from that online chat. Unless otherwise noted, recipes with capitalized names are found in our Recipe Finder at washingtonpost.com/recipes. Q: When is a nylon rolling pin preferable to another type? What is the advantage? It would have to be worth it to justify the […]
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A grand presence in Lewiston
Celebrating the basilica of Saints Peter and Paul If the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul looks imposing, there’s good reason. The 80-year-old structure, at 43,060 square feet and 300 feet in length, is the second largest Roman Catholic church in New England. Authorities say only the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston is […]
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Telemedicine allows ailing students to stay in school
In late November, on the first cold morning of the season, a second-grader at Ducketts Lane Elementary School in Elkridge, Maryland, had trouble breathing during recess.When the school nurse, Veronica DeSimone, examined the girl, she heard wheezing in her chest and determined that the child was having an asthma attack.The nurse would have administered relieving […]