PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — There’s a sweet legend about this town: On a blazing summer day in the 1850s, a lumber mill crew with wagon and ox took a break under a grove of tall evergreens. The air was cool, the pine needles fragrant. “Boys,” said the team boss, “this is paradise.” Thus, more than […]
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Robert Indiana owned paintings up for auction to pay bills, repair Maine home
Christie’s in New York is offering two pieces of art from the private collection of Vinalhaven artist Robert Indiana in a controversial sale to help pay the mounting legal bills of the late artist’s estate and make critical repairs before winter to his deteriorating island home, the once-grand Star of Hope. Maine Preservation listed the […]
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Maine’s first major snowfall closes schools, snarls traffic
Mainers in many parts of the state are waking up Friday morning to the first significant snowfall of the year. The storm has prompted dozens of districts to close schools, cities to issue parking bans and officials to warn people to be prepared for winter travel conditions. A winter storm warning is in effect in […]
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Center to present 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
STANDISH — Schoolhouse Arts Center will present “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism he sees among everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but this proves to be a frustrating endeavor. When an attempt to restore the proper holiday […]
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Home Time Radio Hour set for Freeport
The Freeport Community Players will present three performances of the WFCP Home Time Radio Hour at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. This year will feature music and radio shows from the 1960s with a special focus on The British Invasion. It’s the Community Players’ biggest fundraiser of the year. Performances are 7:30 […]
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Packed stage at Pedro's in Lewiston
Skosh will perform at Pedro O’Hara’s this Friday from 8 p.m. to midnight. Skosh is a five piece jam/rock/alternative country band from Buckfield. Formed in 2007, the band is comprised of Jedidiah Allen on drums/vocals; Elijah Allen on bass; Tyler Russell on guitar; Sam Berce on guitar; and Peter Richard on saxophone. The band has […]
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Bowdoin to hold December Dance Concert
BRUNSWICK — The Department of Theater and Dance at Bowdoin College will present the December Dance Concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30–Dec. 2, in Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. The December Dance Concert features choreography by Bowdoin Dance faculty Aretha Aoki, Adanna Jones and Gwyneth Jones with performances by Bowdoin students. Some students will also perform […]
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Sacred Steel Christmas show at Chocolate Church
BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., will host the Campbell Brothers Sacred Steel Christmas show at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, for their only New England appearance this season. The Campbell Brothers present a compelling, rich variety of material from the African-American Holiness-Pentecostal repertoire with a new twist: the growling, wailing, shouting, […]
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Doggie rescue; water pressure quandary
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I would like to thank the seven or eight people who stopped their vehicles on Route 122 in Poland on Nov. 2 to help capture my runaway dog. Annie took off and ran back and forth across the road before heading into the woods. Thanks to folks who pulled over, put on […]
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India joins the 'nuclear triad' club
On Nov. 5, India announced that its first domestically made nuclear powered submarine, the INS Arihant, had just completed its first “deterrence patrol” by spending a month on station, quietly prowling the ocean while armed with ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Arihant’s assembled crew that their […]