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Face Time: New Gloucester’s multi-tasking Misty Coolidge
Wedding expert, business owner, community volunteer, Mrs. Maine International, wife, busy mom of three, political candidate and did we mention she’s related to Calvin Coolidge?
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Mark LaFlamme: A Song of Slush and Mud
All’s well that ends well 9:15 p.m. Wednesday night, a woman reported she had received a notice from Publishers Clearing House that she’d hit the jackpot and she suspected it might be a scam. Police went over and looked into it. The Publishers Clearing House thing was bogus, but it turns out the woman was […]
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Andrea Bonior, Baggage Check: I need a better way to say ‘no’ to invitations
Andrea Bonior Special to The Washington Post Q: What is the best way to bow out of an event due to social anxiety? Because I want to please people, it puts me in a situation where I don’t want to disappoint them and am afraid to say no, but I also know I will be […]
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Dear Abby: She has no time left for herself
DEAR ABBY: I am a stay-at-home mom to three wonderful little girls. I appreciate my husband working so I can do this, but I’m very lonely. I have no real friends. I help my mom with all her medical needs, making appointments and getting her to them. I also help my brother with his three […]
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Christopher Elliott, Travel Navigator: Look beyond the hype before booking a vacation rental
Christopher Elliott Special to The Washington Post With staged photos and flowery language, the vacation rental descriptions you find online often promise everything you could possibly want. But the rentals don’t always deliver. If you’ve ever booked a rental house or apartment online, you probably know what I mean. Wide-angle lenses make a condo appear […]
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Eugenia Last: Aries: Put your energy into letting go of the past
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Abigail Breslin, 23; Sarah Michelle Gellar, 42; Adrien Brody, 46; Brad Garrett, 59. Happy Birthday: You’ll have plenty of opportunities this year, but if you are too busy helping everyone else or trying to please too many people, you will miss out. Consider what you want, and put your goals […]
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Mystery Photo for April 14, 2019
Guess this week’s mystery photo and enter to have a chance to win a $20 Hannaford gift card.
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‘Amazing.’ ‘Exciting.’ ‘Fascinating.’ ‘Reassuring.’ Bird-watching.
Like Zane Baker of North Yarmouth, most birders can recall the precise moment – and often the exact bird – that launched them headlong into the world of bird-watching. “It was like a highway of falcons, hawks, eagles. I just thought it was awe-inspiring. I fell in love with it.”
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Face Time: Connie Money — talking trash (and writing about)
Connie Money of Rumford, a municipal recycling coordinator by day, also enjoys writing and talking about how we can all help our environment.