The chemical DEET was developed for the U.S. Army in 1946 to provide protection for soldiers engaged in jungle warfare. Now the most common ingredient in commercial insect repellents, DEET has been used by the general public since 1957. That’s pretty amazing considering the fact that scientists don’t know exactly why the stuff sends insects […]
bPlus
Lifestyle news from the Sun Journal.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
How to kick bug during insect season
Maine loggers, landscapers, guides and gardeners tell us how they repel the bugs.
advertisement
Posted inbPlus
In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Robert Paul Allen of Orland. Almost Home By Robert Paul Allen After last month’s cycle of chemo he stopped returning calls from hospice. The growing mass in his abdomen pushes up against his belt as he rolls his chair out onto the dock jutting into the […]
Posted inbPlus, Franklin
Face Time: Camryn Berry using downtime to draw
The 19-year-old Livermore woman is studying to be a biomedical engineer.
Posted inbPlus
Andrea Bonior, Baggage Check: Wife requires a lot of ‘me time’
Andrea Bonior Special to The Washington Post Q. How much self-care can one person need? My wife and I have always had different personalities — she is more dramatic and emotional, gets exhausted more easily, and is more sensitive to things. I accept this as part of her. But I find that her self-care routine […]
Posted inbPlus
Christopher Elliott, Travel Navigator: Travel requirement: A good sense of humor
Christopher Elliott Special to The Washington Post Travel can be unpredictable. At least that’s what Socrates Anastasiadis will tell you when you ask him about his recent Vantage River cruise from Basel to Amsterdam. When he arrived in Switzerland, the cruise line dropped some bad news on him: Because of low water levels on the […]
Posted inbPlus
PHOTO: Mystery Photo for June 30, 2019
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and be entered into a drawing for a $20 Hannaford gift card.
Posted inbPlus, Nuptials
Lowndes — Cidre engagement
MECHANIC FALLS — Tina Bayne of Mechanic Falls announces the engagement of her daughter, Tia Marie Lowndes of Naples, to Kyle Benjamin Cidre of Naples, the son of Rebecca and Kevin Cidre of Windham. The future bride is also the daughter of Keith Lowndes of Bridgton. The wedding will take place in October 2020.
Posted inbPlus, Nuptials
Davis — Reeve engagement
DIXFIELD — Michele Davis of Dixfield and Harold Reeve of Rumford announce their engagement. The future bride is the daughter of Robert Burnell Sr. of Jay and the late Cynthia Burnell. She is the mother of four children and the grandmother of four. The future groom is the son of William and Julia Weymouth of […]
Posted inAdvice, bPlus, Dear Abby
Dear Abby: Destination wedding shortens guest list
DEAR ABBY: My son and his fiancee, “Breanna,” have planned a destination wedding in another country. Breanna’s mother’s family vacations there every couple of years, so they decided to have the wedding there when her extended family will be vacationing. The reason Breanna gave me was that she is embarrassed by some of my family […]