100 Years Ago: 1921 Harry & Coombs of Lewiston has been authorized to go ahead with plans for an eight room school building to be built on Hartley Field, in Saco to cost around $55,000. 50 Years Ago: 1971 A Thanksgiving Variety Show was put on by the sixth, seventh and eighth grade students at […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
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Natural COVID immunity does not outshine vaccination benefits
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am told by doctors that the natural immunity your body develops by having had the COVID-19-19 virus is just as, or even more, effective at protecting you as one of the three vaccines that you are pushing people to get. Like I’ve read up on, natural immunity is science also. Will […]
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Looking Back on Dec. 8
100 Years Ago: 1921 The newly organized Lewiston and Auburn Automobile Association already has a membership of 400. This was announced at a meeting of the directors, held in the Lewiston Chamber of Commerce rooms Friday afternoon. Included in the other business was the report that it was impossible to secure the desired speaker for the recently […]
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Photographer David Hursty work on display at Gallery 302
Photographer David Hursty joins the cooperative of artists at Gallery 302 in Bridgton. Hursty views the world as an ever-changing palette. There is beauty all around us if we take the time to observe. He tries to find the special something in every scene. He began his adventure in photography in his father’s darkroom. After […]
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Comedians take stage in Farmington, Auburn this weekend
The River Comics Comedy Productions presents live stand-up comedy at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 3, at Mary Jane’s Slice of Heaven in Farmington, and again at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4, at Craft Brew Underground in Auburn. The show at Mary Jane’s Slice of Heaven in Farmington will feature Nic Dufault, Leonard Kimble, […]
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David Benoit Christmas Tribute to Charlie Brown to be performed in Bath
David Benoit Christmas Tribute to Charlie Brown is set for begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, on the Main Stage at Chocolate Church Arts Center, at 804 Washington St. in Bath. The Holiday/Jazz/Piano concert will feature special guest Courtney Fortune. In 1965, the first ever “Peanuts” animated special took place. It was a landmark […]
Posted inDear Abby
Woman tries to balance life with two mothers
DEAR ABBY: I have two mothers: my biological mother and Mom, who raised me. I share everything with Mom — my hopes, dreams, fears and everything in between. My biological mother and I are not as close. We never have been. I don’t have a single good childhood memory with her in it. Lately, my […]
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Diabetes complicates COVID risks with or without vaccine
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 67-year-old male who was recently diagnosed with diabetes. I have had both Moderna doses for COVID-19. I have read all along that people with diabetes are at a much higher risk for complications with COVID-19, and I’ve read that the breakthrough infections, for the most part, are not nearly as […]
Posted inHoroscope
Virgo: Your expectations will exhaust you but the rewards will replenish your soul
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Kaley Cuoco, 36; Elisha Cuthbert, 39; Ben Stiller, 56; Billy Idol, 66. Happy Birthday: Weigh the pros and cons before you progress. Turn every negative into a positive, and keep your life simple, moderate and doable. An independent, do-it-all attitude will prove to work in your favor. Take note of […]