You’ve got the potential to excel if you invest in yourself instead of helping others get ahead. It’s time you trusted in your skills and capabilities. Concentrate on being productive and pushing forward. Refuse to let what’s going on around you slow you down. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22- Jan. 19) – Don’t make any cash donations. […]
2016
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High school editor makes bad decision
DEAR HARRIETTE: I am the editor of my high school newspaper. I am the last step in approving articles, layouts and comics before the issue goes out. The most recent issue of the paper went out, and I approved a cartoon about cheerleaders that I thought was funny. It had them doodled with someone in […]
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Watch the spots to win the tricks
Ilka Chase, an actress and novelist who died in 1978, said, “You can always spot a well-informed man – his views are the same as yours.” You can always spot a good bridge player – he views the spot cards as carefully as you. In this deal, Sylvie Willard from France (East) was paying careful […]
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Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood dies at 81
LONDON — Robert Stigwood, the impresario who managed the Bee Gees and produced 1970s blockbusters “Grease” and “Saturday Night Fever,” has died. He was 81. Stigwood’s office said he died Monday. The cause of death was not announced. Born in Adelaide, Australia in 1934, Stigwood moved to Britain in the 1950s and soon became an […]
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Sports Roundup
Local linemen named Gaziano Award semifinalists Cheverus senior Frank Curran (defense) and Portland senior Charlie Kovarik (offense) were recently named semifinalist for the Gaziano Lineman Award, a scholarship for Maine high school linemen which is the largest of its kind in the country. The winners will be announced Jan. 30 in Augusta. Benefit basketball tournament […]
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Arts Calendar: Jan. 6-17
Greater Portland Exhibits “Local Color: Pieces of Maine,” paintings by Dawn Maron, Mike Maron and Suzanne Woodward, Lifeworks Chiropractic Center, 202 US Rte. 1, Suite 100, Falmouth, artists’ reception 5:30-7:30 p.m., to April 29. “Tactile Delights: Fabric Manipulation,” Art Quilts Maine, Portland Public Library, Sam L. Cohen Children’s Library, 5 Monument Square, to Jan. 29. “Photos […]
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Cumberland Police Beat: Jan. 7
Arrests No arrests or criminal summonses were reported from Dec. 21-27, 2015. Fire calls 12/25 at 9:11 a.m. Alarm system activation on Thomes Way. 12/27 at 3:47 a.m. Motor vehicle accident on Interstate 295. 12/27 at 12:10 p.m. Alarm system activation on Stornoway Drive. 12/28 at 2:31 p.m. Alarm system activation on Drowne Road. 12/29 […]
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Yarmouth Police Beat: Jan. 7
Arrests No arrests or criminal summonses were reported from Dec. 28, 2015, to Jan. 3. Fire calls 12/29 at 1:20 p.m. Fire alarm on Main Street. 12/31 at 11:29 a.m. Fire on Bluff Road. 12/31 at 3:59 p.m. Fire alarm on Cousins Street. 1/1 at 9:54 a.m. Carbon monoxide alarm on Seabury Lane. 1/1 at […]