Portland artist Zoo Cain lost more than 100 pieces of artwork in a fire that caused extensive damage to his Valley Street studio and gallery, but he was thankful that most of the works he has created weren’t in the building and that no one was hurt in the fire that displaced 10 people. Cain […]
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Rockland man heard voices ‘telling him to do a school shooting’
ROCKLAND — Local police said they could file a criminal charge in the coming days against a man who told them that he “had voices in his head telling him to do a school shooting but he is able to keep the voices at bay.” Brandon Luzzi, 62, had seven firearms and a flare gun […]
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Trump imposes steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration said Thursday that it is imposing tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from the European Union, Canada and Mexico. The move is certain to trigger retaliation by the E.U. against American products including Kentucky bourbon and Harley-Davidson motorcycles. President Donald Trump had announced the tariffs in March, but gave several […]
Posted inDr. Roach, sj-web
Iodine dye for thyroid patient
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m set to have a CT scan of my lungs with iodine dye. I have hypothyroidism and am on 25 mg of levothyroxine. Should I take the medicine the day of the test? Or should I have the CT scan without the dye? — L.T.M. ANSWER: Most of the intravenous contrast dyes […]
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Proud to support Janet Mills
Municipal officials have a tough job, made harder through the past several years because of reductions in revenue sharing. Maine’s economic future and the health of its communities depends on finding more common ground and seeking collaboration, not mindless partisanship. I came to know Janet Mills in 1980 when she was elected district attorney for […]
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Freedom of speech for all
Let me see if I have this right — freedom of speech allows the Ku Klux Klan to march wherever they choose and chant whatever they choose. But, if NFL players peacefully and silently protest bias by taking a knee during the National Anthem, they are fined by the league and threatened by President Trump, […]
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Shirley D. Mailloux
AUBURN — On May 29, the gates of heaven opened to receive a loving, dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Oh, how we will miss her. … Surrounded by her loved ones at her daughter’s home in Auburn, she lost her battle with pancreatic cancer; but she fought every day to stay alive in order to […]
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McGrane is one of the people
Gary McGrane will get my vote for Maine Senate in the Democratic primary on June 12. He has lived in Jay for 40 years and raised his three children here, has worked in Jay and knows the people here, and currently serves the people of Jay as a town selectman and knows the issues here. […]
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Bruce Poliquin must go
Why would a politician, who is supposed to represent Maine, decide to cut SNAP — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that benefits approximately 180,000 Mainers? Ask Bruce Poliquin. He voted to cut this program for the disabled and for the children whose parents can’t afford to give them lunch money. He voted to cut the […]
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Restaurant gift certificates, twist ties
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have a gift certificate for the Covered Wagon on Main Street in Mexico, but the person who owned it passed away. Is there a way I can still redeem my certificate? If anyone knows what I can do, please call me at 207-364-8339. —No name, Rumford DEAR SUN SPOTS: We have a […]