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Bliss Thru Shopping: Prom and circumstance
When Shopping Siren was a teenager oh so many years ago (sometime after dinosaurs and before Justin Bieber), prom was an elegant yet down-to-earth affair. Think pretty dresses and special up ‘dos, your boyfriend’s parents’ car and the high school gym decked out in crepe paper and pastel balloons. So it’s with some consternation — […]
R. Soucy: Nothing will change
The Democrats and Republicans are actually one group. President Barack Obama wants the rich to pay the same tax as the ones who are called middle class. He also wants to create jobs. Sounds good, but there is no chance that would get the OK by either the Democrats or Republicans. This is only a […]
NARFE members to meet April 24
LEWISTON — The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 24th, at the Ramada Inn. A social half hour will be followed by lunch at noon. After the speaker, there will be a business meeting conducted by Richard St. Amand, president. Secretary Leo Sirois will give a secretary’s […]
Writer explains his love of baseball in seven pitches
LEWISTON — Baseball’s grip on our culture is too strong to explain writers’ love of the game with one reason, says Edward Rielly, an author, professor and poet. So he has seven. “I’m going to be mixing up fastballs and knuckle balls here as we move ahead,” Reilly told his Great Falls Forum audience Thursday, […]
R. Macdonald: Let them pay for it
It must be nice to be able to sit at 104 Park St., donning rose-colored glasses and being insulated from the outside world. The Sun Journal editorial “Education, taxes and generosity,” April 14, criticized my ire over using CBDG funds (taxpayers’ money) to provide services to individuals who failed to take advantage of an expensive, […]
Dempsey Center, Healthy Androscoggin offer Quit for Life
The workshop is free and begins Wednesday, April 25, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Community Concepts, 240 Bates St. Following sessions are May 2, 9, 16 and 30. Quit for Life includes instruction on preparing to quit, getting through the first few days, avoiding triggers to start smoking again and staying tobacco-free forever. Participants […]
Diver seeks treasures in Androscoggin
AUBURN — When he’s not being a copier repair man, Richard Carney Jr. scuba dives for treasure all around New England. He’s been at it for 30 years. On Thursday, after a service call, he tugged on a wet suit, strapped on fins and stepped into the Androscoggin River underneath Railroad Bridge, barely visible to walkers-by on the trestle above except […]