CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Trai Byers, 35; Jared Padalecki, 36; Benedict Cumberbatch, 42; Brian May, 71. Happy Birthday: Engage in pastimes that interest you this year. A change will stimulate your imagination. The ideas you come up with will be met with opposition, but as you move forward, your progress and success will sway […]
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'Reducible' good for hernias
DEAR DR. ROACH: My son had an ultrasound the other day for a hernia. I have had six hernias. His results showed an inguinal hernia, 2.2 centimeters and “reducible.” Will he need surgery? Can he wear a truss? What does “reducible” mean? Is this a risk for strangulation of the bowel? — B.E. ANSWER: A […]
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Widow returns to dating
DEAR ABBY: I was widowed seven years ago. When my husband died, I thought it was the end of my suffering. It had been a mentally and physically abusive marriage for 30 years. We were complete opposites and were always financially stressed. I have decided to start dating again. I want to meet someone and […]
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Chamber breakfast Aug. 9
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly breakfast meeting from 6:45 to 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, at the Ramada Conference Center, 490 Pleasant St. The speaker is Michael Bourque, president and CEO of the MEMIC Group. He will share what MEMIC has learned about workers’ compensation system reform […]
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American Legion baseball: Pastime beats Rogers Post, earns first-round bye
Rogers Post’s Gavin Bates steps on first base a moment too late as Pastime’s Nick Levette makes the out during Wednesday night’s baseball game in Auburn. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Pastime knew that a first-place seed and a first-round bye in the American Legion Zone 2 baseball playoffs were on the line in the […]
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Lobster Bowl gives injured players a chance to finish senior year on the field
Oak Hill’s Austin Pierce gets ready to stiff-arm Yarmouth linebacker Ben Gleason, left, during a September 2017 game at Oak Hill High School in Wales. Pierce is playing in the Lobster Bowl after having his senior season shortened by an injury. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) DOVER-FOXCROFT — Former Lisbon coach Dick Mynahan said one of the […]
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New England Amateur: Cape Elizabeth's McFarlane in the lead
Reese McFarlane of Purpoodock Club in Cape Elizabeth and his caddy, Ryan Collins, line up McFarlane’s putt on the 16th green at the New England Amateur golf tournament at Portland Country Club on Wednesday. McFarlane birdied the hole. (Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald) FALMOUTH — A week after his own scoring mistake disqualified him from the […]
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Manchester murder case goes to jurors
PORTLAND — A jury will continue deliberations Thursday in the murder trial of David W. Marble Jr., who is accused of executing two people in Manchester on Christmas Day 2015. Marble, 32, of Rochester, New York, went on trial in Cumberland County Superior Court last week on two charges of intentional or knowing murder, after […]
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GoFundMe account established for Dobbie’s twin sons
A GoFundMe account has been established to raise money for Kimberly Dobbie’s 11-year-old sons following her murder Sunday. Albert Flick, 76, of Auburn is charged in the killing. The GoFundMe Kim Dobbie Memorial Benefit has been established by Mary Arata, a friend of Dobbie’s from Massachusetts, according to an email Wednesday from Arata. “I’m a […]
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Winthrop man charged in attack on woman, toddler
WINTHROP — Police say a local man attacked a 27-year-old woman and a 2-year-old boy early Monday morning. Brian Diaz, 23, was charged with aggravated assault involving domestic violence, a felony. According to court documents, he is accused of breaking two of the toddler’s ribs and using a knife to slash the woman’s right thigh. […]