By some estimates, between 5% and 8% of Americans avoid dental work because of dentophobia, the fear of visits to the dentist. But growing awareness, technology, chemistry and good old communication are easing the angst.
Mark LaFlamme
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Follow me for some free backside buckshot!
Talk of the Town: It’s not so easy to follow the straight and narrow when one comes to a crooked arrow.
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It happened in downtown Lewiston. Probably.
Talk of the Town: What’s a cop reporter to do now that the police scanner has gone quiet?
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Neighbors complain about off-campus rowdiness at Bates College
Parties around the college campus reportedly causing an array of damage and rattling the nerves of the people who live there.
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Rescuers aid stranded boaters on Sabattus Pond
The three adults and three children were cold from wind and rain but otherwise unhurt, Sabattus Fire Chief Troy Cailler said.
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Street Talk: Now, doggonit, stop that cussing
Confessions of a habitual swearer who also happens to be interested in personal growth.
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The Lawn Goodbye: Homeowners cultivate non-traditional yards
A lush, green lawn may be part of the American Dream, but more people are finding alternatives to it — and the mowing, watering, fertilizing and care that go with it.
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Talk of the Town: Calm down, son. You’re having balloon flashbacks.
Things are looking up! Everywhere I go, I see people on the street coming to complete stops, pointing at the sky and making all sort of noises that are supposed to denote, I think, awe and wonder. Then they get out their phones and start snapping photos from weird angles. I look up there and […]
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Old Orchard Beach then and now
Street Talk: Old Orchard Beach is a sandy Xanadu where the glorious ocean meets $4 flip-flops, lip-scalding pier fries and some chubby kid vomiting all over the Matterhorn.
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Missing bikes, beavers and giant Dunkin’ cups: Mark LaFlamme muses
Talk of the Town: I don’t want to alarm and/or titillate anyone, but there have been reports of a GIGANTIC Dunkin’ Donuts cup motoring along local streets.