Maine kicker Kenny Doak attempts a field goal as Derek Deoul holds the ball during the Black Bears’ spring football scrimmage in Orono Friday in May. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) ORONO — Kenny Doak is discovering he has a lot of new friends these days. “Yeah, I went to get a haircut the other […]
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Capricorn: Anger is a waste of time
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Gillian Jacobs, 36; Chris Kattan, 48; Jon Favreau, 52; John Lithgow, 73. Happy Birthday: Doors will open and opportunities will prevail if you set your sights on what you do best and you enlist trustworthy people to help you reach your goals. Turn this into a year of personal accomplishments […]
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The hierarchy of oil
DEAR DR. ROACH: Please write about the increasing use of “fashionable” coconut oil and coconut milk. I am on a plant-based diet, approaching vegan, and I see more products with high amounts of saturated fat, which seems to be due to increased use of coconut. I see this used in yogurts (where soy used to […]
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Wilton Fish & Game Day set for Sunday
WILTON — Members of the Wilton Fish & Game, 256 U.S. Route 2 West, are inviting the public, friends, members and guests to come enjoy the day with them Sunday, Oct. 21, when members will be giving tours of the facility and ranges. Beginning at 10 a.m., Peter Wade of the Sebasticook Chapter of NAVHDA and […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 19
100 years ago: 1918 Among the duties which fall to the lot of a Red Cross worker in France is that of filling in a family place at the funeral of an American, who had died in France. One Y. W. C. A. secretary and a Red Cross woman following behind an open hearse saw […]
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Mixers to feature country music act The Tyler Healy Band
This Saturday at Mixers presents a great night of country music with The Tyler Healy Band. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. and doors open at 6. A country rock band with their sights set on Nashville, they play Top 40 country songs as well as some originals. Artists they cover include Florida-Georgia Line, Jason […]
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Grown child keeps meetings with ex-stepfather a secret from mom
DEAR ABBY: When I was in my first year of college, my mother divorced my stepdad. “Charlie” was part of my life for 12 years, but since their divorce, she insists I have no contact with him. Charlie visits the state where I now live several times a year to see a friend and invites […]
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Janet Mills a leader for health care
I would like to provide strong support for Janet Mills to be Maine’s next governor. While I was in the position of regional EMS medical director for Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties several years ago, Mills was a strong force in our ability to obtain naloxone for police cruisers to treat opioid overdoses. That resulted […]
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First play of Public Theatre's season opens Friday
The first play of the Public Theatre’s 2018-2019 season, “Things My Mother Taught Me” by Katherine DiSavino, opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for the Opening Night BREWHaHa, featuring free beer beer sampling, courtesy of Baxter Brewing Co. Pictured in this still shot from the production, in rear from left […]
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Bringing North Korea to the nuclear point of no return
This week, South Korean President Moon Jae-in offered North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un another encouraging word. Moon said the crippling economic and political sanctions imposed on North Korea will begin to ease “when and if we decide the North’s denuclearization process has at least reached a point of no return…” Call that a word […]