Tuesday Boosting Your Web Traffic: Ensure your business is found online, 2 to 4:30 p.m. at SCORE Offices, 100 Middle St., Portland. The fee is $35 with online registration. For more details and to register, visit www.scoremaine.com or call 772-1147 weekday mornings. Job Fair, 9 a.m. to noon, with 35 employers recruiting for open positions, […]
2013
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Motherlode: What you can do about teens drinking and driving
“If they’re old enough to serve in the military, they should be old enough to drive.” “I was drinking when I was his age. They’re just having fun.” “If the kids are drinking at my house, at least I know where my own kids are.” When it comes to drinking and older teenagers, relaxed parental […]
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Savvy Senior: To find in-home care, first determine needs
DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: What’s the best way to find a good in-home caregiver for my elderly mother? — Looking for Care DEAR LOOKING: Finding a good in-home caregiver that’s dependable, likeable, trustworthy and affordable can be challenging, to say the least. Here are some tips and resources that can help: Before you start the task […]
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Think small
Townhouse condos are springing up everywhere, and larger homes continue to be repurposed into small apartments, proof that bigger is not better for everyone. And home furnishing companies are catering to this expanding market. As a result, consumers can fit lots of new comforts into a modest footprint. With a smart approach to design, smaller […]
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For 2013, green cleans up
Looking for luxe in all the wrong places? Trend spotters suggest taking your interiors on a trip to emerald city.
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Ex-Etiquette: Follow adult children’s lead next holiday season
Q: My children are adults, both married. I divorced their father 12 years ago, and have been remarried 9 years to a wonderful man with a wonderful family. To make things easy on themselves, my children have decided to start having holidays that include both their dad and his wife and my husband and I, […]
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Maine Gardener: Crack a catalog and experience spring thaw in your mind
The holidays are over, and it is time to start looking at gardening catalogs. They started arriving well before Christmas, with retailers hoping people will buy some items as gifts. But I never look at them until after Christmas, and only looked at them before New Year’s because I was stuck inside with nothing to […]
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Book Review: A memoir of the good life’s spiritual side
Betty Elaine Williams has something to tell us in her memoir, “Mumma, Can You Hear Me?” about how to live a life of meaning. For Williams, it is much to do with faith, not merely spiritual faith, though that is central to her story. She spent 20 years in South America as a missionary, and […]
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Claws left grasping for an answer
A foul in the last second of the game gives Canton two free throws – and a 92-91 victory at the Expo.
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McAuley 43, Deering 35: Afternoon later, Lions take charge
McAuley pulls away in the third quarter to win a game that was stopped by a wet floor on Friday.