CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: James Lafferty, 36; D.B. Woodside, 52; Matt LeBlanc, 54; Illeana Douglas, 56. Happy Birthday: Make some adjustments, but don’t change your overall plans. Work through the powers that be, and continue down the path you chose. Expect the unexpected, and be ready to swivel when necessary. Let the experience you […]
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Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Pretty Girls Sing Soprano to perform at Waterfront Park
Pretty Girls Sing Soprano will perform a bluegrass/folk concert at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 31, in Waterfront Park at 61 Commercial St., in Bath. Free to the public, and presented in collaboration with Main Street Bath, with support from the City of Bath and Davenport Trust Fund. All performances will be operated in accordance with […]
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Posted inEncore, Things to Do
‘Season in Maine’ opening reception set for Rangeley
The Rangeley Friends of the Arts plans to host a reception for “Seasons in Maine,” paintings Claudia Diller, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 30, at the Lakeside Contemporary Art Gallery, located in the lobby of the RFA Lakeside Theater, at 2493 Main St. in Rangeley. The exhibit continues through Aug. 18. A professional […]
Posted inDear Abby
Roommates get snippy over canine care
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are newlyweds and share an apartment with another couple because we ran into financial difficulties, and this was our only option. The problem is the other couple has two dogs they expect us to take care of while they’re at work. My husband and I get home two hours […]
Posted inHoroscope
Scorpio: Don’t venture from your comfort zone
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Elisabeth Moss, 39; Jennifer Lopez, 52; Kristin Chenoweth, 53; Kadeem Hardison, 56. Happy Birthday: Look at the possibilities, then set your plan in motion. Refuse to let what others do get in your way. Stand by your beliefs, and concentrate on what you know you want to pursue. Invest more […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Loon Echo Land Trust to host Sunset Concert Series
Loon Echo Land Trust will host its annual sunset concert series this summer. Three performances by local musicians are scheduled to take place from 6 to 8 p.m. outdoors at LELT’s Hacker’s Hill Preserve on Quaker Hill Road in Casco and Bridgton Historical Society’s Narramissic Historic Farm at 5 Gibbs Ave. in South Bridgton beginning […]
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‘Drinking Alone’ to be staged in Madison
Lakewood Theater will stage “Drinking Alone” July 29-Aug. 7 at the theater at 76 Theater Road in Madison. Performance times are 8 p.m. July 29, 30, 31 Aug. 5, 6 and 7; 4 p.m Aug. 1; and 2 and 7 p.m. Aug. 4. One might argue there’s dysfunction in every family. Then there’s the Todd family […]
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on July 24
100 Years Ago: 1921 Lewiston and Auburn delegates to the American Legion convention will meet before the convention to make plans for inviting the Legion to hold this convention in Lewiston-Auburn in the year 1922. 50 Years Ago: 1971 Officials of Auburn’s two code enforcement programs said today that activities in the Perryville Improvement Project […]
Posted inDear Abby
Sister’s proselytizing impacts man’s social life
DEAR ABBY: I have a much older sister who has become very religious. Most of her life decisions are based on her faith, so conversations tend to develop into faith-oriented topics and justifications. I don’t initiate these conversations, and I make a genuine effort to understand her perspective. When I am not able to, I […]
Posted inDr. Roach
Reader bemoans lack of precise post-vaccine immunity testing
DEAR DR. ROACH: Can you comment on the lack of a test that truly demonstrates the effective level of immunity an individual has from receiving the COVID vaccine? My wife has lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, and had both doses of the Pfizer vaccine over a month ago. Now we learn that her immune system may […]