DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thanks for providing information (Oct. 8th Sun Spots) about the FTC National Do Not Call Registry, however it will not stop all unwanted calls. As indicated on the FTC website www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0108-national-do-not-call-registry, “The Do Not Call Registry prohibits sales calls only so you still may receive political charitable debt collection and informational calls, […]
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Boyfriend would rather party with friends than stay home
DEAR ABBY: I have been dating my boyfriend just over a year. We live and work together, which I enjoy. He, on the other hand, expressed from day one that all he asks for out of our relationship is “space.” I’m fine with that, but now it seems he needs more and more space. (An […]
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Oasis of Music present Mary Murphy this week at Trinity Church
LEWISTON — Mary Murphy will perform at the Oasis of Music from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17. Maine singer/songwriter Mary Murphy, accompanying herself on either piano or guitar, connects with her audience while performing a variety of original music and covers, from classical to blues. Her audiences range from Maine to South Carolina and […]
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Gaslight Theater to present final show of the season
HALLOWELL — The Gaslight Theater will feature performances of “Not About Nightingales” by Tennessee Williams as its last show of the 2018 season. This early work by the revered playwright caused a sensation in Houston, New York and London. This is a raw, sprawling dramatization of real events at a Philadelphia prison in 1937. Convicts […]
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Sawyer Memorial to host spooky stories and ice cream social
GREENE — There will be spooky stories and an ice cream social to get people in the Halloween spirit at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at the Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road, when Maine Author Tim Caverly presents “An Allagash Haunting: The Story of Emile Camile.” “A damping cloak of darkness approaches; it […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 16
100 years ago: 1918 At a meeting of the Bates College faculty Monday afternoon, it was decided to close the college to the day students for a week. There is said to be 19 cases of the epidemic at Rand Hall and five at the Frye Street house. The sickness seems to be confined to […]
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Democrats turn their backs on civility
It’s doubtful that a former American presidential candidate has ever formally endorsed incivility before, but Hillary Clinton is ever full of surprises. In an interview on CNN, the erstwhile advocate of “if they go low, we go high” switched around to unapologetically call for going low. “You cannot be civil with a political party,” she […]
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Mills will follow the will of the people
I am writing to express my support for Janet Mills. As a physician, I have seen the effects of limited access to health care, inadequate reimbursements to local hospitals and the devastating effects of opioid dependency. Mills is the only candidate who has a viable plan to deal with those problems. Mills will follow the […]
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Super-rich play the wrong music
“He who pays the piper, calls the tune.” According to opensecrets.org, Bruce Poliquin’s campaign has received a mere 1 percent of his campaign funds from individual contributions of less than $200. Jared Golden has received 26 percent of his funds from such contributions. That confirms what we already know. Golden risked his life for the […]
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Wrecking the state of Maine
Shawn Moody should keep doing what he does best — fixing wrecked cars. He would wreck the state of Maine, just like the governor now in office. Jim Roderick, Madrid Township