Think big and follow through on your plans. Opportunity is heading your way. A chance to stabilize your position and set a higher standard of living is within reach. Shy away from unpredictable people. Rely on yourself, no one else. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22- Jan. 19) – Anyone trying to convince you to be impulsive or […]
2015
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Wife institutes bacon ban
DEAR HARRIETTE: To protect our health after the World Health Organization classified bacon as carcinogenic as asbestos and cigarettes, my wife is dead set against buying any more bacon. I love bacon – plus all meat! And don’t want to give up bacon or sausages. I think everything is now on some danger list, and […]
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To duck the trick or not to duck?
Neil Armstrong said, “I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.” In today’s deal, South has to guess what to do at trick one. True, it is only one deal in a lifetime of contracts, but partner will be very happy […]
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Cosby sues model Beverly Johnson over drugging claim
LOS ANGELES — Bill Cosby sued one of his most vocal accusers for defamation Monday, accusing supermodel Beverly Johnson of fabricating claims that the comedian drugged and tried to sexually assault her in the 1980s. The lawsuit is part of a new legal strategy by Cosby to attack some of the women accusing him of […]
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New Hampshire high court upholds firing of UNH professor
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s highest court said Wednesday that an arbitrator went too far when he said the University of New Hampshire couldn’t fire a professor who changed student evaluations given to a lecturer. Marco Dorfsman was an associate professor and chair of the Language, Literature and Culture Department at UNH in 2012 […]
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Wells woman honored for caregiving
WELLS — Amy Madge described being her mother’s home caregiver as “the hardest job I ever loved.” “My mother was my best friend, my rock and my inspiration. I think of her every day,” said Madge. Madge took care of her mother, Lorraine, for about three years until she died at the age of 82 […]
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Those on public assistance spent hundreds of millions on lottery
AUGUSTA — Maine residents on public assistance have spent hundreds of million of dollars on lottery tickets – enough to win more than $22 million in prizes between 2010 and 2014, including eight jackpots worth at least $500,000 each. The data on winnings comes from a state Department of Health and Human Services memo obtained […]
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WJHS writers recognized
WELLS — In a ceremony honoring veterans with Wreaths Across America and Wells Junior High School students and staff present at Ocean View Cemetery on Dec. 7, six WJHS students were recognized for their writings and placement in the Veterans of Foreign War’s Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest for 2015. All six received a framed […]