CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Ken Jeong, 52; Cheech Marin, 75; Harrison Ford, 79; Patrick Stewart, 81. Happy Birthday: Be charming, helpful and open to suggestions, and the barricades will disintegrate. A positive attitude is infectious, and new ideas and beginnings will thrive in such an environment. The choice is yours to make. Step into […]
Life & Culture
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Posted inSun Spots
Cabbage rolls and Wasson’s Grove hamburgers prompt readers’ feedback
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Your response to Doris in Lewistown (July 9 Sun Spots) is one more cabbage roll recipe for me. I love the variations. My husband’s German mother made “haluptsi” (transliteration of Ukrainian Cerilic) similar to your recipe. She made them for her Ukrainian husband. She added raisins. I had never heard of that. […]
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on July 13
100 Years Ago: 1921 MacMillian’s ship, the “Bowdoin,” arrived Sunday evening in Wiscasset, where it will remain some time before leaving for the Arctic regions. Many Lewiston and Auburn people motored down to look over the ship for the last time before it sailed on the exploration expedition which will keep MacMillan and his crew […]
Posted inEncore
Sandy River youth theater camp preparing for ‘Little Mermaid Jr.’
The performance will be live-streamed July 17-18.
Posted inDear Abby
Man breaks pact while demanding wife stick to it
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together almost 20 years. When we first started dating, I would have an occasional drink. He said he chewed tobacco, but I never saw him do it. We agreed that I wouldn’t drink and he wouldn’t chew. I found out later that he continued to do it […]
Posted inDr. Roach
The difference between vaccination and variolation
DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently watched a TV program about vaccines. I’ve always thought that vaccines dated to Jenner and his cowpox vaccine. The program pointed out that before Jenner started experimenting, some countries (the program mentioned Africa, India and China) had a tradition of cutting the arm of a healthy person and then smearing […]
Posted inHoroscope
Scorpio: Consider what you want to achieve and head in that direction
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Malala Yousafzai, 24; Kimberly Perry, 38; Topher Grace, 43; Steve Howey, 44. Happy Birthday: Take care of pending financial, legal or medical issues. Make a point to reach out to people who can help you bring about change and influence the outcome of matters that concern you. Look for any […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Monmouth Community Players present The Laramie Project
For its first in-person production of the 2021, the Monmouth Community Players continue to make art in the midst of a pandemic. The Laramie Project, by Moisés Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theater Project, will be performed outside at the South Road Farm in Fayette July16 through 18, with rain dates July 23- 25. […]
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on July 12
100 Years Ago: 1921 Members of the Kappa Beta Sigma Club of E.L.H.S , who have been at a house party at a camp on Tripp Pond have returned to Auburn. Misses Maud Huskin and Jessie Alley, both Edward Little instructors, were chaperones. Those in the party were Misses Mary Conant, Thelma Everett, Betsy Jordan, […]