CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Ciara, 33; Katy Perry, 34; Josh Henderson, 37; Persia White, 46. Happy Birthday: An innovative approach to life, love and happiness will bring the best results. Pour your energy into your beliefs, the things you enjoy doing most and the people you love being around. Regain the steady pace that […]
sj-web
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Keeping the elderly at home
I hope that the voters of Maine will vote to pass the universal home care initiative in November. It makes common sense to take care of the elderly. After all that they have done and endured, senior citizens deserve to age at home, with their things and with their loved ones. No one wants to […]
advertisement
Posted inEncore, sj-web
Artist Andrea Sulzer leads drawing workshop
Artist Andrea Sulzer will lead a hands-on workshop of drawing techniques from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 9400 College Station, Brunswick. This event is presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Winslow Homer and the Camera: Photography and the Art of Painting.” The workshop is free and open to […]
Posted inDr. Roach, sj-web
Does keloid history nix earrings, tattoo forever?
DEAR DR. ROACH: At around 4-6 years of age, I got the chickenpox and, of course, had a lot of itchy bumps on my body. One bump in particular did not heal right; I scratched it so much that it formed into a small (smaller than a dime) keloid on my inner thigh. This happened […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Encore, Livermore Falls Advertiser, sj-web
CLT to hold auditions for 'Lend Me A Tenor'
AUBURN — As Lewiston-Auburn’s Community Little Theatre finishes the successful run of the opening show of its 79th season, auditions have been announced for the second show, which opens Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. The company is proud to bring back — after 25 years — Ken Ludwig’s hilarious farce, “Lend Me A Tenor,” directed by […]
Posted inEncore, sj-web
Looking Back on Oct. 25
100 years ago: 1918 On Tuesday afternoon nearly 200 Lewiston-Auburn men will leave for Fort Williams. Lewiston men will gather at 4:30 p.m. at City Hall and Auburn men at the same hour in Court Square. The canteen committee of the Red Cross will accompany them at their stations, caring for their luggage. P.F. Dondero, […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
Community Credit Union donates to Meals on Wheels program
LEWISTON – Community Credit Union has presented $500 to SeniorsPlus, the Aging and Disability Resource Center for Western Maine. SeniorsPlus provides services to older adults, adults with disabilities and their families in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. The agency operates Meals on Wheels, which provided more than 150,000 meals in 2017. Community Credit Union has branches […]
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy, sj-web
Gathering Winds Farm earns award
POLAND — Gathering Winds Farm and Orchard at 315 Poland Corner Road has been chosen by the Poland Community and Economic Development Committee to receive the quarterly Excellence in Business Award. Owners Stacey and John Bsullak purchased the farm three years ago. The small family farm raises hogs and poultry seasonally on pasture and has […]
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy, sj-web
Webber, Hay presenters at seminar
AUBURN — Skelton Taintor & Abbott attorneys Rebecca Webber and Jordan Payne Hay will present at the National Business Institute seminar Human Resource Law: What You Need to Know Now. The seminar will take place Nov. 7 in Portland. The daylong workshop is designed for professionals in the human resources field and company presidents and […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
LA Chamber breakfast Nov. 8
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will hold a breakfast meeting from 6:45 to 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at the Ramada Conference Center, 490 Pleasant St. The theme is The Heart of a Soldier and the event is intended to show appreciation for veterans and active-duty servicemen and women. The Maine […]