Eight students of 49 Franklin’s School of Magic and Showmanship have been learning how to materialize within an empty cube, magically change one person to another, read minds, multiply money and a host of other incredible feats of prestidigitation. They will perform in “The BIG Show,” at 1 p.m., Sunday, June 3, at 49 Franklin’s […]
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This time, the joke was on Roseanne Barr
I told you so. I’m sorry, maybe that’s petty, but I can’t help it. For over a month now, I’ve felt like a man caught in a feedback loop, doomed to joust until the end of time with readers upset with me for writing that I would boycott the hit reboot of Roseanne Barr’s eponymous […]
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Jean McQuade
RUMFORD — A Mass of Christian Burial honoring the life of Jean McQuade was celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, at Parish of the Holy Savior. Rev. Nathan March was the celebrant. Interment followed in St. Johns Cemetery. Services were under the care and guidance of S.G. Thibault Funeral Home, Cremation & Monument Services, 250 […]
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Harold E. "Hal" Grant
DAVIDSVILLE, Pa. — Harold E. “Hal” Grant was a truly remarkable man. He died Memorial Day, May 28, 2018, at age 95 in Davidsville, Pa., with his loving daughter by his side. Hal was born in Farmington on July 21, 1922, the son of Ira and Theodosia Grant. He joined the National Guard at the age […]
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Raymond Orszak
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Raymond Orszak, known throughout the circus world as the “Million Dollar Circus Ringmaster,” passed away after a brief illness May 22 in Pensacola, Fla., at age 81. His creative talents were evident from an early age. He started his long and successful career in show business by dazzling nightclub audiences with his magic […]
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Romaine Coolong Sr.
AUBURN — Romaine Coolong Sr., 82, of Lisbon passed away Sunday, May 27, at The Hospice House in Auburn. He was born Jan. 29, 1936, in Gardiner to Paul and Vivian Coolong. He was predeceased by his wife, Tessie; a sister, Donna Williams; and a son-in-law, Laurent Wilson. Surviving him are: three daughters: Rose Wilson, Brenda […]
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Funeral notices for Thursday, May 31
BRADBURY — Larry U., 77, passed away Monday, May 28, in Auburn. A graveside service will be held at noon Sunday, June 3, at the Meeting House Hill Cemetery, River Road, Hollis, with military honors. A celebration of life will follow at Skip’s Bar in Buxton. Dennett, Craig & Pate Funeral Home, 13 Portland Road, […]
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Ireland makes its decision on abortion
The scientific, moral and theological battle between life as an “endowed unalienable” right and the evolutionary view that we are just material and energy shaped by pure chance in a random universe with no author of life, no purpose for living and no destination after we die has been won in Ireland by the evolutionists. […]
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Expressive Movement staging 'Peter Pan'
Expressive Movement, Debbie’s Dance Studio, will perform a rendition of “Peter Pan.” Peter, played by Alice LeDuc along with Tinkerbell, played by Zoe Bordeau, find themselves searching for Peter’s lost shadow in the nursery of Wendy, John, and Michael. When Peter is told by Wendy, (played by Sophia Nichols), after tonight she must grow up, […]
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Community meals
HARTFORD — All are welcome to the free Community Goodwill Potluck Supper that is served at 6 p.m. the first Friday of the month at the Hartford Town Hall. For more information, contact 207-388-2510. — FARMINGTON — A supper will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 612 Farmington Falls Road. […]