DEAR ABBY: I’m having difficulty understanding my husband’s obsession with pantyhose. When we met 10 years ago, he explained to me during a phone conversation that he liked wearing pantyhose and nylon stockings. He’s not an outward cross-dresser. His obsession is limited to simply wearing nylon. I accepted his eccentricities and we have shared a […]
Tony Blasi
Tony Blasi is a reporter and editor who covers sports and enjoys writing a column and features for the Lewiston Sun Journal, Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser. He is a graduate of Northeastern University with a major in journalism and an undeclared minor in history. When he is free, he is a substitute teacher for the Auburn Public School System where he teaches history and literature at Edward Little High School. Besides traveling to historic sites with his son and wife, they are beach bums in the summer and he hibernates in the winter, keeping the home fires burning in his wood stove. He is also an avid gardener, who grows pesticide-free vegetables.
Posted inLocal Sports, Sports
To Northern Storm coaches, youth baseball and softball programs shouldn’t be about the money
Northern Storm baseball and softball coaches Rick Cummings and Ashley Farrell go out their way to make it affordable to play the game.
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Posted inDear Abby, Op-Eds
Young adult struggling as full-time caregiver
DEAR ABBY: I’m 23 years old and caring for my two grandparents. My dad, their only son, lives with them, but avoids them at all costs, no matter how much I beg him to help. He causes more problems than he solves. I graduated from college last year, but because of all the doctor appointments, […]
Posted inLocal Sports, Sports
American Legion baseball: Bessey Motors pulls away from Turner Bandits in state tournament elimination game
Oxford Hills-based Bessey Motors scored nine runs in the final three innings to win 12-1 and stay alive in the double-elimination tournament.
Posted inDear Abby, Uncategorized
Man’s lack of engagement concerns family family-to-be
DEAR ABBY: My stepdaughter is engaged to a wonderful young man she has been with for more than three years. We welcome him as part of our family and are excited to have him as a son-in-law. However, due to his overwhelming anxiety (as my stepdaughter explains it), he barely says a word whenever we […]
Posted inLocal Sports, Sports
Lewiston’s Tim Lacombe spends his days on, not in, court
The Woodlands Club’s head racquet sports professional enjoys playing, teaching and building the United States Tennis Association’s membership.
Posted inAndroscoggin County
Poland Select Board discuss grants for new housing project and municipal park
The grant is approximately $250,000 that would go to Auburn Housing, which is building the project in Poland for people 55 and older.
Posted inLocal Sports, Maine colleges, Sports
New Bates Alpine coach Kurt Simard to instill an appreciation in his athletes
Simard was recently named the head coach after being the interim skipper this past season. Before that he was the snow sports program director at Gould Academy.
Posted inLocal Sports
Tennis in the Parks program a hit with children and parents in Paris
The town’s recreation department offering the program, which is run by the U.S. Tennis Association, for the first time this summer.
Posted inBoys Soccer, Football, Girls Basketball, Girls Soccer, Varsity Maine
Poland gets ready to tackle season as coaching merry-go-round spins
Knights football coach Gus LeBlanc has rebuilt his staff and the team during the COVID-19 hiatus.