DEAR ABBY: My husband and I relocated to a warmer climate a few years ago, putting us more than 1,000 miles away from my adult children. The kids all seem to think this trip was just for fun, and continue to ask me to “come home.” All three of them are busy with their own […]
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When fat men’s clubs were big
During the mid to late 1880s and early 1900s, fat men’s clubs had a hefty presence in the U.S. A newspaper in Indiana in 1870 reported that the Fat Men’s Association of New York had agreed that men had to weigh at least 200 pounds to join. But, its members genially allowed that “a falling […]
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1870 Fat Men convention consumed Lewiston-Auburn in a big weigh
Exactly 150 years ago the Fat Men of Maine gathered in the Twin Cities for a day of festivities and, of course, eating.
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Face Time: Carol Gordon’s green thumb
They say that a visit to Carol’s Green Thumb in Turner is a delightful experience, if a little bit surreal. It’s not just the sheer number of plants in the place, although there are hundreds of them tucked into every corner, nook and shelf. It’s not simply variety, either, although Carol Gordon keeps a pretty […]
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Did you see what Pa did?
The invasion has begun Those lighted orbs in Lewiston’s Kennedy Park are pretty and all, but they kind of remind me of the pods in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” I’ll bet if I were to shinny up a tree and hit one with a stick, Donald Sutherland would fall out. Of course… If pod […]
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Mystery Photo for January 12, 2020
Identify where this photo was taken and you can enter our contest to win a Hannaford gift card.
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Dear Abby: Mom’s meddling may have changed her life
DEAR ABBY: Parents frequently write to you asking for advice about their children, seemingly asking permission to butt in where they should not. When I was in my 20s, I dated a guy who had just returned from the Navy. I saw him — and others — while working and going to college. Sometimes I’d […]
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Eugenia Last, Cancer: Let imagination take you on an exciting journey
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Zayn Malik, 27; Naya Rivera, 33; Oliver Platt, 60; Kirstie Alley, 69. Happy Birthday: Don’t rule out what’s happened or who you have associated with in the past. Consider who and what is valuable to you as you move forward. Use your memory and intuition to help you outmaneuver anyone […]
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Ricky Gervais said WHAT?
Look out below! So, this week I was assigned to cover an Androscoggin County commissioners meeting, a fact that would typically send me into a Ricky Gervais level tantrum that would last all night and into morning. My rage was subdued, somewhat, by the fact that by covering the commissioners, I got to enjoy the […]
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The sounds of sleep: How white — or brown — noise brings peace to the night
Come on, feel the noise: For many people, an acoustic distraction — Tibetan bowls anyone? — is the only way to get a good night’s sleep.