DEAR SUN SPOTS: I hope someone can help me find an “Old Farmers’ Almanac” from 2016 and one from 2019. I would like to give these to babies born in those years so I would like the almanacs to be in excellent condition. I am hoping Sun Spots fans can help.—JoAnn, Sabattus ANSWER: The Almanac, […]
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Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
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Libra: Home improvements are favored as long as you stay within your budget
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jason Aldean, 44; Ali Larter, 45; Eric Lindros, 48; Rae Dawn Chong, 60. Happy Birthday: Put greater emphasis on partnerships, personal matters and the changes you want to make. Consider how you earn your living and what you can do to make your lifestyle better and easier for you and […]
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Man takes umbrage at women who are stingy with thanks
DEAR ABBY: I am a male reader with a complaint. Have you noticed that women hardly ever compliment men? On ANYTHING! They expect men to compliment them but never reciprocate. If you move furniture, take them out for a nice dinner, buy tickets to their favorite show, buy them a gift, they don’t have enough […]
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Looking Back on Feb. 27
100 Years Ago: 1921 Miss de Angelis, one of the Northeastern field secretaries in the Foreign Born department is at the Y.W.C.A. this week. She has been holding conferences this week with the different departments and Wednesday held an important one with the committees on immigration here. 50 Years Ago: 1971 Larry Gowell, former Edward […]
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Virgo: Start putting your plans in motion
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Josh Groban, 40; Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, 50; Donal Logue, 55; Howard Hesseman, 81. Happy Birthday: It’s up to you to push for what you want. Call on people you know you can count on, and you’ll get the help and support you need to reach your objective this year. There […]
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Student longs for hometown left behind in move overseas
DEAR ABBY: I recently moved from the U.S. to Germany. It has been a big change, and I honestly don’t know how to handle it. A lot of the kids at school make fun of me and call me names. My family plans to stay here another two years. My parents say that when/if we […]
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Author to discuss ‘War Pigeons’ during presentation on her new book
Brunswick author Elizabeth Macalaster will provide an illustrated slideshow sure to appeal to history-lovers and bird enthusiasts during an online discussion of her new book “War Pigeons: Winged Couriers in the U.S. Military, 1878-1957,” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25, presented by the Camden Public Library. Email jpierce@librarycamden.org to request a Zoom link to […]
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Bates Winter Arts Festival to be presented during February virtual Art Walk L-A
This month’s “virtual” Art Walk L-A features art and performances from the Bates Winter Arts Festival on Friday, Feb. 26, on www.laarts.org/artwalk/, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. The virtual presentations include original artwork by Bates Arts Society members, Bates College Deansmen perform “A Change in my Life” by Rockapella, an original song by LuisDa Molina-Rueda, magic […]
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Early Evening Show will be live streamed from Johnson Hall
The Early Evening Show, Mike Miclon’s spoof of a Late-Night talk-Show, will be livestreamed beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27, from Johnson Hall in Gardiner. The Early Evening Show is filled with hilarious comedy, incredible music, and wild improvisations. Featuring physical comedian, Jason Tardy, dynamic folk-duo, Oren Robinson and April Reed-Cox (AKA The […]