BRIDGTON — Deborah J. Ripley, a stained-glass artist from Denmark, Maine, joins a group of more than 40 artists at Gallery 302, 112 Main St. Ripley learned stained-glass techniques from a gifted local artist in the winter of 2016. It brings her great joy to make something interesting, bright and beautiful from a pile of […]
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Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Posted inDr. Roach
Is slow the best speed for fatty liver weight loss?
DEAR DR. ROACH: I have had fatty liver for the past 10 years. To reverse it, I am trying to lose weight. Now I am 116 kilograms. I have heard that if someone has fatty liver and wants to lose weight, they should not lose more than 1.5 kg per week. This week, I lost […]
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Posted inDear Abby
Man says machismo made him give in to divorce demand
DEAR ABBY: I was married to my wife for 29 years, and I have now been divorced for two. I have tried to move on, but I can’t because I still love her. She initiated the divorce because she thought I cheated on her. I didn’t fight her because I was too macho. I don’t […]
Posted inHoroscope
Cancer: Channel emotional energy into love and romance
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Daniel Ezra, 29; Adam Brody, 41; Julie Taymor, 68; Don Johnson, 71. Happy Birthday: A steady pace forward will get you where you want to go. Put your energy where it will bring the highest returns. An aggressive, no-nonsense approach to the way you do things will help you reach […]
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on Dec. 15
100 Years Ago: 1920 Bates College is a community within a community, or so it would seem when one glances over a program of the week’s social activities. There’s always something going on in some part of the campus, in the shadows of David’s Mountain and on the shores of Lake Andrews. It has its own well-equipped theater, […]
Posted inSun Spots
Homeowner grateful to mystery snowplow driver who cleared wet snow
DEAR SUN SPOTS: After that awful paste of precipitation that fell last weekend, I wanted to let your readers know that there are indeed wonderful people in our midst. I was looking at the mess where the town plow had gone past my driveway after my snowblower refused to go through it, although it did […]
Posted inEncore
Novelist Dave Patterson featured in online Meet the Author series
Portland novelist Dave Patterson is the next author in the monthly series featuring a variety of Maine writers at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17, at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell. Following the huge success of his debut novel, “Soon the Light Will Be Perfect,” Patterson will be sharing progress on his upcoming […]
Posted inEncore
‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’ — online presentation by Freeport Players
“A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” by Dylan Thomas, will be presented by Freeport Players online, available on YouTube from Friday, Dec. 18, through Wednesday, Jan. 6. The link to the presentation is available on their website at fcponline.org. This evocative and humorous work brings alive a Welsh Christmas in the 1920s—the snow, the cats, the […]
Posted inDr. Roach
Low PSA level not a cancer-free guarantee
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 72-year-old man with an enlarged prostate. My PSA has varied over the past several years, between 2.8 and 3.5. I take Flomax. My primary doctor has noticed a nodule on my prostate. He recommends further evaluation by MRI with possible biopsy. What do you think? — J.L. ANSWER: A […]
Posted inDear Abby
Man lets special anniversary pass without any celebration
DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my husband 25 years as of today. (We’ve been a couple for 32 years.) He has done absolutely nothing to commemorate this. I reminded him months ago to save for something because it was very important to me. My friends would have happily helped him do something. Every […]