I am supporting Question 1 in November, the home care initiative. I believe that all Maine senior citizens and people who live with disabilities should be able to stay at home, where they are most comfortable and where they can be near loved ones. Currently, my mother is taking care of my great-aunt full-time. She […]
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Taurus: Strive for equality in all things
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Shenae Grimes, 29; Eliza Taylor, 29; B.D. Wong, 58; Kevin Kline, 71. Happy Birthday: Stay calm and be intent on doing what’s right; it will help offset any attempts others make to rile you. Separate the way you feel from what you need to do in order to reach your […]
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Enzyme replacement and diet both important in pancreatitis treatment
DEAR DR. ROACH: My son-in-law recently was diagnosed with pancreatitis. He used to drink more often, but in the past year he has imbibed only on weekends, socially. He was quite overweight and ate a lot of junk food before he became ill. The emergency doctor told him to watch his diet, and his general […]
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Woman to give talk at Beekeepers Club meeting
The Androscoggin Beekeepers Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the vestry of the West Auburn Congregational Church, 811 West Auburn Road in Auburn. Kalyn Bickerman-Martens will present “The Maine Bumble Bee Atlas: A Multi-Year Citizen Science Project to Survey Bumble Bee Species in Maine.” She is a Ph.D. candidate in ecology […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 24
100 years ago: 1918 A Salvation Army Relief Station is to be established on Middle Street Lewiston, in a house that has been rented opposite the Salvation Army barracks. This is to take the place, in a measure, of the industrial home formerly conducted by the Salvation Army on Lincoln Street. Lewiston Adjutant Abbott, who […]
Posted inGirls Soccer, sj-web, Varsity Maine
Girls' soccer A North quarters: Messalonskee flies by Oxford Hills
Oxford Hills’ Cecelia Dieterich (10) heads the ball over Messalonskee players at Thomas College in Waterville on Tuesday. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) WATERVILLE — After four successive early exits from the playoffs, the Messalonskee girls’ soccer team feels like it has something to prove. On Tuesday night at Thomas College, the Eagles began making their […]
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Local roundup: Edward Little boys' soccer falls to Bangor in overtime
BANGOR — Jack Bourassa netted the game-winning goal three minutes into overtime as Bangor took a 2-1 triumph over Edward Little in a Class A North boys’ soccer quarterfinal Tuesday at Husson University. The Rams’ overtime goal came on a free kick that was deflected into the net. Connor O’Brien led off the scoring for […]
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Defending First Amendment 'really, really critical'
AUGUSTA — As Free Speech Week gets underway across the nation, more than 30 people came to Augusta on Tuesday evening for a special event to educate them about the various ways that the First Amendment has a bearing on their lives. The group gathered at the First Amendment Museum at the Gannett House, where […]
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UMF soccer teams heading to NAC playoffs
UMF’s McKenna Brodeur (18) watches as teammate Hadlee Yescott (20) and Northern Vermont-Lyndon’s EmmaLee Smith go for the ball in a North Atlantic Conference regular season finale at Leib Field in Farmington on Tuesday. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — Two convincing wins against Northern Vermont-Lyndon means the University of Maine at Farmington’s men’s and women’s soccer […]
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Boys' soccer B South quarters: Greely corners Gray-NG, wins 3-0
CUMBERLAND — Greely held most of the possession in the first half of its quarterfinal matchup with Gray-New Gloucester to the tune of 10 corner kicks in the first 40 minutes alone. On the Rangers’ fourth and fifth corners, just 123 seconds apart, Chase Cornwall put in two balls at the near post to give […]