CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Brandon Routh, 39; Scott Bakula, 64; Tony Shalhoub, 65; Sharon Osbourne, 66. Happy Birthday: Direct your energy wisely. You’ll have choices to make that can alter the way you live and how well you do. Be willing to learn and hone your skills as well as apply your attributes to […]
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Opposites share long marriage despite leading separate lives
DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 30 years. Although my husband and I are both positive people, we have not had a happy marriage. He leads the life of a bachelor, including sex with other women and unilateral decision-making. He’s outgoing, generous and well-liked. I’m a homebody who often feels lonely and rejected. Outsiders […]
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Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Vickie L. Jamison
AUBURN — Vickie L. Jamison, 53, of Rumford passed away Friday, Oct. 5, at the Hospice House in Auburn, surrounded by loving family, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Mexico on April 17, 1965, a daughter of Charles W. and Grace E. (White) Jamison. Vickie was educated in Rumford schools and was […]
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In support of Golden and Mills
On Election Day, I will be supporting Jared Golden and Janet Mills. Golden is honest — a straight-shooter and likable. He has earned a great deal of respect by crossing party lines and, through teamwork, getting the job done — working with Gov. LePage toward securing veterans’ housing proves that. He is not against gun […]
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Katherine Baird
SCARBOROUGH — Katherine (Kay) Baird, 90, of Scarborough passed away peacefully Sunday, Oct. 7, after a courageous battle with lung cancer, at the Gosnell House in Scarborough, with her loving family by her side. Kay was born April 25, 1928, to Ralph and Peg Merrow in Fort Fairfield. She graduated from St. Joseph’s Academy in 1945. […]
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Strengthening schools a priority
Janet Mills will be a fierce advocate for education as Maine governor. As the state attorney general, Mills has directed funds to programs that benefit public school students in Maine. She has gone on the record pledging to fully fund education, which is especially important in a lower-income community such as Lewiston. As local Lewiston […]
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Bellows appreciates, values people
Here are a few reasons why I am endorsing Shenna Bellows’ re-election campaign for Senate District 14: • Bellows is dedicated and responsive to her constituents. She doesn’t duck out of her responsibilities nor avoid challenges. She understands and respects deeply the trust people put in her. She engages with Mainers and really hears them. […]
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Bergeron's hat trick sparks B's past Senators
BOSTON (AP) — Patrice Bergeron missed the entire exhibition season and most of training camp recovering from back spasms that followed offseason groin surgery. It doesn’t seem to have slowed him down. The Bruins forward had his fourth career hat trick, scoring his first goal just 30 seconds into the game, and Tuukka Rask stopped […]
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College hockey: Black Bears show strength in exhbition with PEI
ORONO — The University of Maine hockey team might not yet be back among the ranks of the league’s iron, but the Black Bears might be as close as they’ve been in years. Competition notwithstanding in a 6-1 drubbing of the University of Prince Edward Island in an exhibition tuneup for the regular season Monday […]
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High School Field Hockey: Doucette's five goals lift Knights past Patriots
GRAY — Bri Doucette scored five goals and Emma Kilton notched a pair of goals as Poland defeated Gray-New Gloucester, 9-2, in Western Maine Conference field hockey action on Monday. Hwida Nawass and Autumn Willis also found the back of the cage for the Knights. Madelyn Cote scored for the Patriots. Ashton Sturtevant made one […]