CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Elliot Page, 34; Jennifer Love Hewitt, 42; William Baldwin, 58; Kelsey Grammer, 66. Happy Birthday: Keep your feelings to yourself. How you display your affections and thoughts will have an impact on your reputation this year. Be a good listener, and you will accumulate information that will give you an […]
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Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Posted inDear Abby
Grateful mom honors life of young son’s benefactor
DEAR ABBY: On Sept. 14, 2017, you printed my letter about my ex-husband “borrowing” money from my 13-year-old son’s piggy bank. Soon after, you reached out to tell me a gentleman (the founder of an organization that helps people who have been wronged) wanted to send my son twice the amount of money that had […]
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Posted inHoroscope
Aquarius: How you arrange your day and spend your time will affect meaningful relationships
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Rihanna, 33; Brian Littrell, 46; Willie Garson, 57; Sidney Poitier, 94. Happy Birthday: Address issues that have been hanging over your head for some time. Look for the good in everyone and the silver lining in whatever situation you encounter this year, and you will position yourself to excel in […]
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on Feb. 20
100 Years Ago: 1921 Governor Baxter yesterday issued a proclamation designating Friday, April 8 as Bird Day. He requests that all teachers of the public schools and the people generally shall observe the same with appropriate exercise that a better understanding may be had of bird-life. 50 Years Ago: 1971 Gov. Angus King visited and […]
Posted inDear Abby
Story of wrongful conviction shared without permission
DEAR ABBY: I’m a gay man in my late 40s, partnered with a man in his late 50s. There are a lot of issues from my past that I try hard to move beyond and let go of. I was wrongly accused and convicted of a crime I didn’t commit, for which I was sentenced […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Guest artist Jared Mongeau creates online theater experience
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Posted inDr. Roach
‘Kaleidoscope vision’ may be a migraine aura
DEAR DR. ROACH: Periodically, I suffer from kaleidoscope vision where my peripheral vision in the extreme right or left eye appears that I am looking through broken glass. It started about five years ago, when I was 65. After about 10-15 minutes it disappears. I never get headaches. It does not hinder my eyesight other […]
Posted inHoroscope
Capricorn: Change begins with you
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Benicio Del Toro, 54; Seal, 58; Jeff Daniels, 66; Smokey Robinson, 81. Happy Birthday: Strive for harmony, and you’ll gain peace of mind. How you interact with others and do your best to be part of the solution, not the problem, will help pave the way to a brighter future. […]
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on Feb. 19
100 Years Ago: 1921 Miss Jessie Lord of Lewiston was appointed treasurer of Hebron Academy at a meeting of the trustees according to a story in the Portland paper. She takes the place of Charles S. Erswell who is leaving the academy to take a chemical engineering position in the west. Miss. Lord has been employed as […]
Posted inDear Abby
Grandmothers refuse to follow practical gift-giving request
DEAR ABBY: Our 11-year-old has learned to lie, and we feel terrible about it. Because she has a sensory processing disorder, clothes are a useless gift because the seams and fabric are often uncomfortable for her. We have repeatedly asked family and friends not to gift her clothes, but her grandmas are in denial and […]