NOTE: This film is available in both “Subbed” (Japanese spoken with English subtitles) and “Dubbed” (English spoken with no subtitles) versions. This review is based on the Subbed version. This past weekend was a slow, awkward one at the domestic box office. With surefire hit “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” opening next weekend, not many new […]

AFCI One of AFCI’s best-used services is our N2N (Neighbor to Neighbor Rides Program). Did you know that – depending on available drivers – we can take you to doctors’ appointments, even if they’re out of town? We can take you on shopping trips or to the movies or to a friend’s house- or to […]

To the Editor: Once again, the Oxford County Shriners will be holding their Feztival of Trees in the second weekend of December: Friday December 8, beginning at 4 p.m. through Sunday December 11 at noon, but this year the Jackson-Silver Post #68 on Gore Road in Greenwood will be the location. We are still looking […]

It makes perfect sense to cast Dwayne Johnson as a superhero. Actually, it might make too much sense. Like, it’s a little too on-the-nose. Here’s a guy that is tremendously built and athletically gifted, with a seemingly unlimited arsenal of charisma, money, and fame. Heck, the guy spent years convincing arenas full of people that […]

AFCI Perhaps you or a family member or friend have used an AFCI service or valuable piece of information. We work hard to “explore ways to make the community more supportive of healthy aging and to enable people to stay in their own homes and communities as they age.” But “it takes a village …” […]

AARP suggests that ”if you’re one of the many older adults who want to stay in their homes as they age, you may need to make some changes. And one of the first places to consider should be the stairs. Check out eight ways experts say they can be made safer.“ https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/ways-to-make-stairs-safer-at-home.html? And maybe you’d […]

After several weeks of increasingly ineffective horror movies, “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” was a nice change of pace. Actually, it was nice to have anything at all for the kids, who haven’t had a movie since “DC League of Super-Pets” all the way back in July. In many ways, this harmless piece about a singing crocodile […]

AFCI Worried about those autumn chores that are facing you? Need help? The AFCI/Telstar Handy Neighbor Fall Service Day will be Saturday, October 15. To make a request, call the AFCI service number, 207-824-4444. Late requests will be put on a waiting list to be assigned as we are able. Call now! Community Remember that […]

I’ll start off this review with a compliment: the people tasked with advertising the new horror movie “Smile” did a really good job. For months, I had been successfully unnerved by the various posters, commercials, and trailers for this movie that conditioned me to avert my eyes to the slightest hint of a creepy smile. […]