PORTLAND — During an awards ceremony on June 14 hosted at SPACE, the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance (MWPA) revealed live the winners of the 2018 Maine Literary Awards. This year, 145 books were entered across the award’s categories, more than 70 manuscripts were submitted into the award’s Short Works Competition, and nearly 40 Maine […]
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HIGH ENERGYY — The Rowe Elementary School hosted High Energy Performer Jason Tardy on March 5. Students in grades 4, 5 and 6 and students in Kindergarten through grade 3 plus staff members enjoyed Tardy’s performances of “Be Kind and Bullying Education.” Tardy’s performances were described as “action-packed and demonstrated his unique ability ‘to juggle […]
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Poet's Corner
GOD’S HOLY LAND Death is a gateway we all must one day pass through. To reach God’s Holy Land where our souls will accrue. We live on Earth until death takes our hand. We start an unknown new journey to God’s Holy Land. A place where there will be no sicknesses, painful sufferings, and no […]
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Poet's Corner
All Weather Friends, Mid Winter Hello Woody, glad to see You surviving the winter. Where’s Woodine? Haven’t seen her around. How are those offspring of yours? Saw one of them, two days back. Proud to call you neighbors. Did you see the three deer On the lawn earlier? Three years now, we’ve enjoyed Having your […]
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'The Damned One' debut
LEWISTON — Sean Wallace walked into the audition at Praxis Production Studios last December to read for the part of a British businessman, turned on a southern accent when he was done, and walked out playing the bad man who wears black in “The Damned One.” The supernatural Western set in the 1800s, shot entirely […]
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Ramblers offer bluegrass concert in Phillips
PHILLIPS — The Sandy River Ramblers return to the Phillips Area Community Center for a concert of Bluegrass music, featuring many original songs about Maine, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7. The band features mandolinist Dan Simon and banjoist Bud Godsoe, (from Madrid), the lead singing of 16-year-old phenom Dana Reynolds and bassist Julie […]
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George Michael dead at 53
Michael died at his home in Goring, England. His publicist, Cindi Berger, said he had not been ill. No other details were released. He enjoyed immense popularity early in his career as a teenybopper idol, delivering a series of hits such as “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” ”Young Guns (Go For It)” and “Freedom.” […]
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Festival of Trees, parade set for Nov. 25-27 in Norway and Paris
By Matt Daigle OXFORD HILLS — The Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for its annual Festival of Trees and Christmas Parade, set for Friday, Nov. 25 to Sunday, Nov. 27. Jennifer Boenig of the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce said that the Christmas Parade is nearing its 40th year, while the Festival […]
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Halloween fun abounds in the Oxford Hills
OXFORD HILLS — The Oxford Hills will echo with spooks and goblins and pumpkins and treats on Friday, Oct. 28, as the annual Norway Halloween Festival and Moore Park Halloween Party attract young and old from near and far. Paris After a smashing success in 2015 (and not pumpkin smashing, mind you,) the More at […]