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AUGUSTA — Reduced state spending for road and bridge improvements in the next two years is raising concerns about needed upkeep and higher costs in the future.

READFIELD — One thing that complicates the relocation of a church is the physical possessions a church family — like a regular family — accumulates over time.

Elderly people must often rely on others for things like trips to the doctor, handling their finances or chopping their firewood for winter.

My oldest has moved into a new home in Hollywood, and she thinks it’s haunted. It’s in a wonderful newly renovated neighborhood that was once part of the old art deco Hollywood, a space where golden age writers like F.Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda, Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain lived, when Hollywood was the capital of make believe. They’re all dead, but some think they’re still hanging around. LA is hard to leave even if you’re dead.