CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Vanessa Hudgens, 32; Sophie Monk, 41; Beth Orton, 50; Dee Wallace, 72. Happy Birthday: Pay attention to detail, and choose your words wisely this year. You will be misled by someone who isn’t trustworthy if you are gullible. Getting facts straight and being honest and articulate will help you end […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on Dec. 14
100 Years Ago: 1920 Wage reductions of 22 and 1/3%, to take effect December 20, were announced Monday in the Androscoggin, Bates and Hill cotton mills, and the Lewiston Bleachery & Dye Works. This is in line with the reductions announced generally by textile mills throughout New England. 50 Years Ago: 1970 Members of the […]
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Posted inSun Spots
Readers ask for places to donate knitted items, organ, calendars
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have new knitted hats, slippers and mittens to give away. I also have lapghans (small afghans) that are good for the sick and elderly. Does Sun Spots know of any charities that would like these items? — Sylvia, no town ANSWER: Ordinarily, there are many places to donate these handmade items, […]
Posted inDear Abby
Mom’s efforts at gift-giving are rejected by her son
DEAR ABBY: I’m writing because I’m torn. My mother-in-law recently retired and wants to gift stocks to all of her grandchildren. However, my husband refuses to accept them on behalf of our son. We also didn’t deposit her wedding and baby shower gifts to us. (Both were checks.) We just kept them because I felt […]
Posted inHoroscope
Cancer: Be careful about what you share with others
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Taylor Swift, 31; Jamie Foxx, 53; Wendie Malick, 70; Christopher Plummer, 91. Happy Birthday: Stay focused on what’s important to you, and do your best to dodge criticism from anyone trying to control you or put demands on you. Aim to liberate yourself from confining situations, and you will ease […]
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Daughter’s new kitten brings comfort, conflict to household
DEAR ABBY: My 34-year-old daughter lives with me to get ahead on her student loans. She has a good job, pays rent and has a serious boyfriend. My niece, her cousin, recently died by suicide, and naturally, we are all devastated, but my daughter took the news especially hard. I had to be out of […]
Posted inHoroscope
Gemini: Speak up and do your part
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Mayim Bialik, 45; Madchen Amick, 50; Regina Hall, 50; Jennifer Connelly, 50. Happy Birthday: Go about your business, and share only the necessary information. Keep a low profile, and aggressively pursue what’s important to you. The less personal information you offer others, the easier it will be to maneuver yourself […]
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on Dec. 12
100 Years Ago: 1920 The new home of the Lewiston Trust Company is now in the process of construction. It certainly makes that downtown section look a whole lot more metropolitan. 50 Years Ago: 1970 Traffic in downtown Auburn was snarled for over an hour this morning after several electrical wires fell to the ground while Central Maine Power […]
Posted inEncore
Drive-In holiday movies planned to raise funds for social ministry efforts
St. Joseph’s Parish
Posted inEncore
Advent hymns featured at Oasis of Music
Greg Boardman, viola, and Scott Vaillancourt, organ, will perform from 12:30-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 16, at the Oasis of Music, held at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. The duo will play music from the Advent hymn repertory. Boardman studied viola with Julia Adams and teaches elementary orchestra in Lewiston schools. […]