Colin Kaepernick is staring at you. It’s a black-and-white image, a portrait taken from a distance that feels painfully close, even intimate. Kaepernick, the reviled and revered NFL quarterback who has been unemployed and unemployable since he sparked a movement of athletes and others kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality against African-Americans, […]
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A better approach to dying
I have noticed, during my last ailment, that whether it is the doctor’s, institution’s, insurance company’s or government’s regulations, the first approach to providing medical services to patients is a quick shuffle and grab the money. As I get closer to death, I find that the care process seems to be always getting kicked down […]
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Kavanaugh is eminently qualified
Since Robert Bork’s “borking” 30 years ago, Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for a high court nominee by a Republican president have become predictable. Democrats, who favor a “living Constitution,” meaning whatever they think the founding document ought to say, are pitted against “originalists,” who believe the document speaks for itself and should be taken as […]
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Chocolate Church to hold auditions for 'The Santa Diaries'
BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., is holding auditions for its holiday theater production “The Santa Diaries” written by Laura Ambler and Mala Burt, from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, and from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1. Actors of various ages and experience levels are encouraged to […]
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Corvette Club planning ride, dinner
Members of the Mid Maine Vettes Corvette Club gather at the K-mart parking lot in Auburn for their August outing to Maurice’s Restaurant in South Paris. From left are Connie Kell, Karen Dan, Pauline Therrien, Dick Therrien and Michelle Kary. The next dinner outing is to the ClamBake restaurant at Pine Point in Scarborough on […]
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Sen. Collins should vote 'no'
I am a disabled veteran of the United States Marine Corps. I am glad to have served my country for six years; however, I have been struggling with chronic pain for seven years. I have to depend on only the Veterans Administration for my health care, and it is completely frustrating. There are long waits […]
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Norlands hosting Pie Social
LIVERMORE — The eighth annual Pie Social fundraiser for the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8. Homemade pies of every type, served plain or with real whipped cream, will be for sale. Whole pies are $13 and slices served for a donation. All proceeds support the […]
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Sampson veterans to meet
Members of the Southern Maine Squadron of the Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Association met recently at the Village Inn in Auburn. The group of veterans, who went through basic training at Sampson AFB in west-central New York, and their guests will meet at noon Thursday, Sept. 13, at Governors Restaurant in Lewiston. All veterans […]
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Maine Music Society director is L-A Rotary speaker
AUBURN — John Corrie, artistic director of the Maine Music Society, will be the guest speaker at the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club on Thursday, Sept. 13. The meeting is from noon to 1 p.m. at the Village Inn, 165 High St. Corrie has had his current role since 2006. He holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory of […]
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Stomach inflammation
DEAR DR. ROACH: After a stomach probe two years ago, I was told that I have mesenteric panniculitis. I know it’s inflammation of the stomach lining and that there’s no known cause of it. So, what can I do for it? Are there special foods I should eat or stay away from? I wasn’t given […]