You love it when your house is decked out in its holiday finest, reflecting all the good cheer and festive spirit inside. At least, you love it until Dec. 26. Then you can’t stand to look at another candy cane plate. Smart shopping means choosing items you can use year-round, experts say, then adding little […]
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Maine Gardener: Consider your home before choosing the best plants to live in it
To grow houseplants well, you have to re-create in your home the kind of environment where the plant grows in nature. Kevin Kearns, director of the Seedling Program at the Morrison Developmental Center in Scarborough, said that all houseplants are either tropical or subtropical. Plants from temperate zones require a period of dormancy during winter, […]
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Ex-Etiquette: When exes exclude each other, it can hurt
Q: My husband and I are separated. One son lives with me, one with him. Our friends, whom we considered the other half of our family, picked him and cut off communication with me. Am I wrong to think them terribly rude when they took the rest of my family out to celebrate my son’s […]
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Families Today: Help siblings learn to work it out
As a baby becomes a toddler, she and her older sibling will discover many new ways of playing together, like peekaboo and hiding. A 4-year-old and his 18-month-old sister imitate each other as they march around. This is a reward for their battles. They have a hilarious time throwing food off the table. The older […]
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Savvy Senior: Assistance dogs can help with variety of conditions
DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: Can assistance dogs help seniors with physical limitations? My mother, who’s 60, has progressive multiple sclerosis and I’m wondering if an assistance dog could help make her life a little easier. — Dog-loving Linda DEAR LINDA: For people with disabilities and certain medical conditions, assistance dogs can be fantastic help and can […]
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Holiday Door Contest: Cast your Vote
Now it’s time to vote for your favorite holiday-decorated door.
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Bill Nemitz: Vigil keeps morality of MaineCare cuts in mind
To the best anyone could recall, it was a first for the Maine Council of Churches: Throughout last week’s public hearings on Gov. LePage’s proposed cuts to MaineCare, dozens of people took time to sit down in a corner of the State House and pray.
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Claws let a lead slip again
Maine continues a pattern of strong starts, then lapses, in losing at home to Erie, 109-105.
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Brady, Tebow take different routes to success
Tom Brady and Tim Tebow have wildly contrasting styles, but both have their teams on winning streaks.
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Tebow: Heaven sent?
Tim Tebow’s faith has played a large role in shaping his confidence on the football field.