The Youth Ensemble of New England will be performing at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 2614 Main St. in Rangeley. The Youth Ensemble of New England is a youth orchestra comprised of 40 young people ages 10 to 20 and is based at Thayer Conservatory in Lancaster Massachusetts. […]
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Strawberry festival, craft fair at Norlands
LIVERMORE — A strawberry festival with a craft fair and local history will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center. The biennial event will feature artisans on the front lawn demonstrating handmade crafts and selling original artwork. Other activities include horse-drawn hayrides, tours of the […]
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Franco Center hosting Feast Day of St. Jean
LEWISTON — For the fourth year, the Fête Nationale and the Feast Day of St. Jean the Baptist, will be celebrated on Friday, June 22, and Sunday, June 24, at The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center. It’s in association with the Québec Delegation to Boston, the Franco-American Collection at USM/LAC, the Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society […]
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'Nightingale' to be performed at Celebration Barn
SOUTH PARIS — At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 23, the Celebration Barn Theater will present Figures of Speech Theatre’s “Nightingale,” an exotic retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale, featuring vocalists and lifelike puppets. Figures of Speech Theatre uses original vocal music, live actors in flowing silk costumes and 4-foot tall carved puppets in […]
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Sawyer Memorial presenting 'Hot Fiddle'
GREENE — Violinist Ashley Liberty and pianist Daniel Strange will present “Hot Fiddle” at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, June 22, at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. Liberty and Strange have been performing together professionally since their marriage in 2007. As a composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist, Liberty creates new music for the […]
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Mainely Improv at Baxter Brewing next week
LEWISTON — Mainely Improv “On the Spot Comedy,” one of Maine’s most popular improvisational troupes, brings its madcap antics to the Baxter Brewing Co. at 7 p.m. Friday, June 22. Admission is free. Starting in July, Mainely Improv will perform every third Friday of each month at the popular brewery. Much in the style of […]
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Lewiston schools changing field trip procedures after drowning
LEWISTON — Superintendent Bill Webster is making more changes to school department protocol a day after calling for an additional investigation into the drowning death of Lewiston Middle School student Rayan Issa on Tuesday. Webster said he directed staff Thursday to implement new procedures for field trip approval forms, stipulating that any forms going to […]
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Co-op advocate: ‘Silver tsunami’ of retiring business owners coming
POLAND — People wring their hands about an aging population in Maine that’s close to retirement but don’t worry enough about those who own the companies where they work, according to Rob Brown. “The people who employ that workforce are also aging, and they’re aging even faster,” Brown, director of business ownership solutions at the […]
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Cause undetermined in Livermore Falls deadly fire
LIVERMORE FALLS — A deadly fire Tuesday night at a Main Street house started in the first-floor living room and spread quickly through the 2½-story house, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The cause of the fire is undetermined because of the extensive damage to the building, according to a news release […]
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Farmington man, Wilton woman injured in Farmington collision
FARMINGTON — Two people were injured Thursday morning when two SUVs collided on Wilton Road, police said. Amber Durrell, 40, of New Sharon was crossing Wilton Road — from Knowlton Corner Road to Red Schoolhouse Road — when her vehicle and that of Walter Howard, 84, of Farmington collided on Wilton Road, officer Darin Gilbert said. […]