DEAR ABBY: Should I be mad at the father of my unborn child for not coming with me to travel out of the country? My cousin is being married in Mexico. However, my partner, “Gabriel,” isn’t going because one of his good friends is getting married the same weekend. We found out only recently that […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 23
100 Years Ago: 1924 While Joseph Michaud, lumberjack, was receiving treatment in the hospital for a badly cut foot, his chum and companion, Joseph Goulet, 41, of Turner, was wearing out his shoes and spending his savings. Mr. Michaud complained in the Auburn municipal court Saturday morning when Goulet was arraigned on an embezzlement charge. […]
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Sister’s bird gets royal treatment
DEAR ABBY: My sister has a squawky bird she insists on keeping alongside the dinner table when she invites guests for dinner. Its ear-piercing screeching inhibits guests’ ability to carry on normal conversation, so I asked her if, in the future, she could please put the bird in another room during dinner. She responded that […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 22
100 Years Ago: 1924 A few days ago an elderly lady came into the Lewiston Journal and produced from a large pocketbook a very small scrap of paper. Unfolding it, she passed it over and said “What right have you to print such a thing as that? Who authorized it?” Looking at the scrap of […]
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Reader is offering vast and varied collection of cookbooks free to anyone interested
DEAR SUN SPOTS: For all of you who love to cook, I have a large collection of cookbooks to give to anyone who is interested. Martha Stewart, Betty Crocker, Julia Child, Jane Butel and Ina Garten are all part of the collection and just name a few. There are also diet cookbooks like Atkins, Mediterranean, […]
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The Portland Maine Comedy Festival returns in September
The 2024 Portland Maine Comedy Festival is set to take place Sept. 5-8 at locations all over Portland. The festival features 100 of the up-and-coming standup comics, sketch comedy teams, and improv groups from all across the country performing alongside regional, touring, and nationally recognized headliners — Ben Roy, Pete Angelo, Adam Hatch and Dan […]
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Cynthia MacLeod and Gordon Belsher to perform in concert in West Paris
WEST PARIS — A concert featuring Cynthia MacLeod and Gordon Belsher will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19, at North Paris Homestead, 2 Abbott Hill Road. MacLeod is one of Prince Edward Island’s finest ambassadors of traditional music, with a distinct style of fiddling that embraces both her local roots and her […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 21
100 Years Ago: 1924 Threatening letters have been received by Merrit I. Harris of Minot, a Lewiston Remnant Co. employee who was assaulted as he entered upon the day’s work Wednesday. Mr. Harris states that the writer or writers of these letters has continually written that unless he got through at the Lewiston Remnant Co., […]
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Snooping boyfriend unhappy about what he’s discovered
DEAR ABBY: I’m a single man, and have been for 15 years. A year ago, I met a guy, “Josh,” and we fell in love. He lived 240 miles away. A month ago, he transferred his job to my city and moved in with me. (I supported this 100%.) I had sown my wild oats […]
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Edward Little High School Class of 1964 planning 60-year reunion in September
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Edward Little High School Class of 1964 Reunion Committee is planning its 60-year reunion for Saturday, Sept.28. We have reached out to as many classmates as we could via email, but some people may not have received our email because of wrong addresses or the invitation may have gone to their junk […]