LEWISTON — Lifetree Café will discuss how to find meaning and purpose at work at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, March 26, at South Lewiston Baptist Church, 1919 Lisbon Road. The program, titled “Finding Meaning Every Monday: Secrets to a Satisfying Week,” will feature a filmed interview with Brad and Libby Birky, founders of Denver’s SAME Café. […]
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On Parenting: Daughter refuses help with her ADHD, but parents are afraid she’s wasting her potential
My highly intelligent 16-year-old daughter was diagnosed this year with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. We are seeing a therapist who has suggested ways that we and the school can support her, but she is rejecting all of them. She acts very agreeably in the therapist’s office but then refuses to cooperate with any of the suggested coping […]
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'Trumpcare' takes care of 'repeal,' but not 'replace'
WASHINGTON — What we learned from the latest “score” by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) of Obamacare and the Trump administration’s “repeal and replace” plan is what we should have known all along. To wit: If people have health insurance, they will use more health services — visits to doctors’ offices, more tests, procedures and […]
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St. Matthew's Church offers free seminar for those in military
LISBON — The Rev. Dr. Frederick H. Giese will give a free seminar, “The Soldier in Scripture,” from 9:30 a.m. until noon on Saturday, March 25, at St. Matthew’s Church, 496 Lisbon St., Route 196. Giese supports the vibrant ministry of St. Matthew’s as pastoral assistant, where he preaches monthly, leads the Thursday night bible study, Men […]
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Gregory T. Hunt
HAMPDEN — Gregory T. Hunt died on Thursday, March 16, at his residence in Hampden. Greg was born in Rumford on Sept. 23, 1955, the son of James and Patricia (Farrar) Hunt. He graduated from Rumford High School in 1974 and from Kennebec Valley Technical School in 1975. Greg married his best friend, Peggy Powell, […]
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Looking Back on March 18
100 years ago, 1917W. A. Annis has sold his house on Auburn Heights to Lester Stevens. Real estate is moving lively this spring since houses can be bought ready-made much below cost of production, and population of these cities is increasing by leaps and bounds. The abundant transfers at Androscoggin registry of deeds indicate that […]
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Nation deserves better
I agree with the sentiments expressed in letters by Ellen Field, Eileen Fair and Carole Richards (March 11). Michael Flynn is exposed as a foreign agent, pocketing $530,000 for his lobbying efforts. Ben Carson, President Trump’s HUD secretary, claims that slaves came to America as immigrants seeking a better life. Jeff Sessions and Trump’s son-in-law […]
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Lifetree to examine murder mystery
LEWISTON — An unsolved murder mystery will be examined at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 23, at Lifetree Cafe, 1919 Lisbon Road. The program, “An Unsolved Mystery: Living with Life’s Unanswered Questions,” will feature a filmed interview with Gary McMahan, an eye witness to an actual unsolved killing that occurred on the plains of northeastern Colorado. […]