DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: My wife and I provide a lot of financial support to my elderly mother and are wondering if any of it is tax deductible. What can you tell us? — Stretched Thin DEAR STRETCHED: There is some tax relief available to adult children who help look after their aging parents or other […]
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Smooth selling from here on out
Need to put your house on the market? Fixes like removing wallpaper and refinishing floors may help attract today’s finicky buyers with their ‘move-in ready’ mantra.
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Maine Gardener: If gardening space is tight, why not try growing up?
With the warm spring, everyone is thinking of pushing the calendar and doing some gardening. From the questions I’ve been getting, the trend toward growing food will continue this year. Although Nancy and I have a fairly large garden that we devote to vegetables and cutting flowers such as gladioli and dahlias, I’ve been thinking […]
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Ex-Etiquette: No excuse for cutting ex out of kids’ lives
Q: After my husband and his ex split, she moved just far enough away to make it difficult for my husband to see his two kids. His ex quickly moved in with another man and has encouraged this guy to actively participate. The kids call him Daddy, which drives my husband crazy, and the ex […]
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Families Today: Hitting, kicking, etc.: Be a model of control
Most children go through a period of hitting, kicking and scratching in the second year. Parents are often the first victims. For a child, parents are the primary source of comfort and sustenance, so when something goes wrong, they’re the first to be blamed. But when a child is about 7 or 8 months old, […]
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Bill Nemitz: Window to village’s past could be shattered
I’ve got a thing for old buildings – starting with the one I call home. As any visitor over the last 10 years will tell you, a tour of our circa 1790 abode in Buxton’s Bar Mills village invariably ends in the attic. There, I stand beneath the post-and-beam construction and proudly point to a […]
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Santorum beats Romney in Louisiana primary
Santorum has done well throughout the South, and Romney barely campaigned in Louisiana.
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Idea with staying power
Maine Huts & Trails combines the outdoors and friendship.
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What’s Up in April: New supernovae visible, along with three asteroids
The month of April is named after Aprilis, which means aperture, since April is the month of opening. We have had one of the warmest winters on record, so we will wait and see what this spring will bring as life returns to the Earth in the northern hemisphere. As the nights continue to get […]