The University of Maine at Farmington plans to kick off an outdoor Summer Concert Series that will feature free, live music on the lawn of the Emery Community Arts Center on Academy Street. All concerts are set to begin at 7 p.m. and are open to the public. Audience members are welcome to bring lawn […]
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Looking Back on July 11
100 Years Ago: 1922 Jerry Hudson, well known Lewiston dare-devil, figured in a spectacular airplane accident in Lynn, Mass., Saturday when the plane he was operating struck an air-hole, dropped several hundred feet and landed on top of an empty touring car. Hudson was not injured, nor were the pilot and one passenger. Hudson is […]
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Looking Back on July 9
100 Years Ago: 1922 Tourists over the road at Danville Junction from the Power House to the Upper Gloucester Road is much improved as several carloads of gravel have been used on it. 50 Years Ago: 1972 The Department of Veterans Services has been authorized to hire seven Vietnam veterans, according to Robert R. Washburn, […]
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Artwork by Amanda Retus on display in Gritty’s window
Amanda Retus is the featured summer artist on display in the Art and Ale window at Gritty’s in Auburn. Her work will be on display through August. Originally from Needham, Massachusetts, Retus has been a Maine resident since 2000. She loves to drive through the Eastern pines, the mountains and the ocean, capturing the beauty […]
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Looking Back on July 8
100 Years Ago: 1922 When William Pillsbury and Ernest Wells of Phillips were harrowing on the Cushman Farm in Avon recently, they discovered a penny which seemed to be somewhat corroded from long lying in the ground, and upon polishing it found the date was 1822. The penny is a little larger than our old-fashioned two-cent […]
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Looking Back on July 23
100 Years Ago: 1922 Miss Bernice Nelke, College street, Lewiston, sailed July 19 from Hoboken, N. J. for Vienna, Austria, where she will study music for a year. Miss Nelke is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nelke, being born at Livermore Falls and moving to Lewiston with her parents when a small […]
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Looking Back on July 22
100 Years Ago: 1922 Sarah F. Getchell of Rockland had a weird and thrilling experience during Thursday’s thunder shower when live wires fell on top of the umbrella which she was carrying. She fell to the sidewalk but the umbrella warded off the death dealing wires, and she escaped without injuries, complaining only of a […]
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Looking Back on July 21
100 Years Ago: 1922 Alice Kegan Rice, author of “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” is expected to arrive July 22 at her cottage at Prouts Neck. Mrs. Rice will give a reading, assisted by her husband, Cale Young Rice, in late July at the Country Club. Mr. Rice is a prominent literary man, being […]
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Back Woods Road to play at Music for Mavis series
Back Woods Road will perform in the Music for Mavis series from 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, at the gazebo in Turner. They are an energetic acoustic band known for tight harmonies, hard driving lead solos, and crowd-pleasing diversified choice of music and arrangements. Members are Rich Bernier (dobro, guitar, and vocals); Jane Bernier […]
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Lovell Speaker Series welcomes Voice of America journalist Libo Liu
An in-person discussion with Libo Liu, “What is happening in Hong Kong and why it matters to us,” is the next presentation in the Hobbs Library Speaker Series at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 14, at Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell. The late Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping had promised the British rulers that […]