DEAR ABBY: I am the mother of a daughter, “Rebecca,” I placed for adoption when I was a teenager. Long story short, we have reunited. We not only have a wonderful relationship, but I have a great relationship with Rebecca’s adoptive mom, and my husband and children (with my husband) all have an open and […]
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Indigo Girls & Melissa Etheridge plan Snow Pond concert
Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheridge are scheduled to perform at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, at Snow Pond Center for the Arts, 8 Goldenrod Lane, in Sidney. Indigo Girls’ eponymous major label debut sold over two million copies under the power of singles “Closer to Fine” and “Kid Fears” and turned Indigo Girls into one […]
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Free outdoor concerts set for August around central Maine
Free concerts this week will feature Stained Glass, Stan Keach and Dennis Moro.
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Looking Back on Aug. 9
100 Years Ago: 1924 A mystery automobile has upper Turner street, Auburn people who keep late nights guessing. It has no regular date for appearing and its hour is not a fixed one. It just comes racing down the direction of Turner, lightless and apparently bent on getting somewhere in the least possible lapse of […]
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Unstable relative reappears as father’s health declines
DEAR ABBY: My aunt frequently cuts people out of her life for perceived slights — small, large and imagined. A few years ago, she got into a fight with my dad (her brother). Somehow, the rest of my family got cut out, too. Guilt by association, I guess. She has done it to me so […]
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Greater Androscoggin Humane Society to host special events
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Greater Androscoggin Humane Society (GAHS) is very excited to announce two upcoming special events. On Sunday, Aug. 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., we are having our first-ever Barks & Brews Festival in collaboration with Baxter Outdoors and sponsored by Maine Steamer Trunk Company. GAHS is at 55 Strawberry Ave. in […]
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Excelsior Grange to honor Poland food bank volunteers
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society (MFGS) is holding garage sale fundraiser at 1313 Riverside Dr. in Auburn on Saturday, Aug. 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come browse our great eclectic collection of household items, CDs, books, puzzles, crafts, tools, etc. as well as genealogical research aids, maps and collector plates. […]
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Joe Samba to play at Farmington reggae festival
Rising reggae rock singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist Joe Samba – who recently released the summer anthem “Little Love” – plans to perform at the Mainely Reggae Farmington Camping Concert Series Friday, Aug. 16, at Narrow Gauge Amphitheater, 12 Narrow Gauge Square, Farmington. Samba has a song for every season. You could drift off into […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 7
100 Years Ago: 1924 To attract attention to the Bible and the work of the Bible Society of Maine, an attempt was made to secure a hand-written copy of the Scriptures, that should not only be the largest Bible in the world, but the one into the making of which a greater number of hands […]
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Reader searching for grief support group
DEAR SUN SPOTS: My husband passed away a few months ago. Is there a free grief support group in the Lewiston/Auburn area? — No name, no town ANSWER: I’m sending you a big hug right now and holding you in my heart. Andwell Health Partners (formerly Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice) at 15 Strawberry Ave. […]