Eventful week in The Borough of 04074. Plane lands in the middle of 295 up the street. High school basketball tryouts. Thanksgiving, the nice holiday of the year coming up (in a town filled with people, most of whom have a hard time being thankful that they have food, since they always have). Here goes: […]
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LIFE IN THE SUBURBS: Greetings from Zip Code 04074
Eventful week in The Borough of 04074. Plane lands in the middle of 295 up the street. High school basketball tryouts. Thanksgiving, the nice holiday of the year coming up (in a town filled with people, most of whom have a hard time being thankful that they have food, since they always have). Here goes: […]
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The holidays at this time of year account for a great deal of activity, both legitimate and not. It’s is prime hunting time for scammers and it’s more serious for senior citizens since, as a group, we elders are the most susceptible to falling for a scam. Here’s one I almost bought into recently. Magazine […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS:
The holidays at this time of year account for a great deal of activity, both legitimate and not. It’s is prime hunting time for scammers and it’s more serious for senior citizens since, as a group, we elders are the most susceptible to falling for a scam. Here’s one I almost bought into recently. Magazine […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
Art Review: Paul Revere rides again in ‘Persian Visions’
Revolutionary potential in Iranian photography show at USM
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
Art Review: Paul Revere rides again in ‘Persian Visions’
Revolutionary potential in Iranian photography show at USM
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
ON THE RIGHT LANE: No soup for them
The other day I was reminiscing about the 1950s and 1960s and I wonder how we arrived at the state that our nation is now in. During high school I worked part time at an independent auto parts store making something like 75 cents an hour and yet I had more than enough money to […]
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Feature obituary: John Dodge, 46, safety specialist with passion for nature
Dodge of Portland is remembered as caring and industrious.
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Sugarloaf ski resort opens for season
The largest ski area east of the Rockies will open Friday thanks to temperatures in the teens and low 20s this week.
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Billionaire: Time for the U.S. to send men to Mars
Billionaire Dennis Tito, tired of being told that we can’t send humans to Mars just yet, on Wednesday revealed his scheme for launching two astronauts to the red planet as early as December 2017. Dubbed “Inspiration Mars,” the fly-by mission would exploit a rare alignment of Earth and Mars that minimizes the time and the […]