HARRISON — The third concert of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival’s 46th season continues at the Deertrees Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 31. The festival presents a chamber music repertoire performed by internationally acclaimed artists for three more Tuesday evenings through Aug. 14. Composers sometimes like to surprise listeners with unexpected combinations of instruments. […]
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Vera Trafton is SugarWood's featured artist for August
FARMINGTON — Vera Hagemann Trafton will be the featured artist during August at SugarWood Gallery, 248 Broadway. Vera lives in Exeter, New Hampshire, but spends much of the summer in the home she designed for herself and her husband in Phillips. An open house reception will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. […]
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Parents make daughter cry
DEAR ABBY: My parents live a simple life, enjoying their days as retirees. They invite me to join them for special occasions at their house (my childhood home) and although the house is organized and tidy, I become ill when I spend more than a few hours under their roof. Their cleaning practices are questionable. […]
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Democrats ignore truth to grab some votes
San Francisco is permitting “undocumented immigrants,” as political correctness demands we label them, to register to vote this November in local school board elections. Who doubts this is the first step by the left and Democrats toward full voting rights in state and eventually in federal elections? The claim by lawyers will be that it […]
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Cancer: Try something new
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Bianca Santos, 28; Kate Beckinsale, 45; Sandra Bullock, 54; Helen Mirren, 73. Happy Birthday: A critical look at your options will help you avoid taking on too much. Positive changes can be made if you are willing to let go of the people and situations weighing you down. Living within […]
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Democrats take note: ‘Normal’ isn’t coming back
Smack them with their own bat. That was the gist of, “Hey Democrats, Fighting Fair is for Suckers,” a provocative jeremiad that Politico ran on Independence Day. In it, writer Rob Goodman argued that, after Republicans have killed all the old political norms — denying a Supreme Court nominee a hearing, for example — it’s […]
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Book signing at The Tribune
NORWAY — Local jeweler and rock-hound Dennis Creaser has turned his creative hand to writing. He has published two books recounting occult stories that occurred locally. He will be signing his books from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, at The Tribune, 430 Main St., Norway. For more information: 207-739-6200.
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Alfred S. "Tommy" Clemens Sr.
SCARBOROUGH — Alfred S. “Tommy” Clemens Sr., 86, of Carthage died late Monday night, July 23, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Scarborough. He was born in Weld, Nov. 14, 1931, one of 14 children of John T. and Ethel M. Clemens, and received his education in local schools. On July 30, 1955, he married Doris […]
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Funeral notices for Thursday, July 26
BARRON — Lawrence Clyde, of Durham died Monday, July 23, in Farmington. Services for Lawrence will be held in Lisbon Falls at a later date, and will be announced in the paper. In memory of Lawrence Barron, donations may be sent to Lisbon Falls Community Library, 28 Main St., Lisbon Falls, ME 04252. CLEMENS — […]
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CLT announces production crew for 'Young Frankenstein'
AUBURN — Director Chris Hodgkin has announced his crew for the upcoming Community Little Theatre production of the musical comedy “Young Frankenstein.” In this award-winning Mel Brooks musical, Frederick Frankenstein, grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, inherits his family’s estate in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked sidekick, Igor, and a leggy lab assistant, […]