100 Years Ago: 1921 Lewiston and Auburn Sun newsboys have been very busy during the last three weeks and have obtained 387 new subscribers. Cash prizes ranging from one dollar to four dollars have been awarded to 24 newsboys. The Lewiston and Auburn Sun boys are all working for another special prize which will be […]
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Meetinghouse Arts Online Gallery opens
FREEPORT — The Arts and Cultural Alliance of Freeport (ACAF) has launched an online gallery that showcases artwork of local Maine artists working in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, mixed media and photography. The title of the current online show is “Looking Forward” and it features artwork produced during the pandemic. These pieces […]
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A.J. Croce concerts will benefit the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
A livestream A.J. Croce concert has been scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18 and again on March 25. Over the past three decades, A.J. Croce has established his reputation as a piano player and serious vocal stylist who pulls from a host of musical traditions and anti-heroes — part New Orleans, part juke joint, […]
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Looking Back on March 16
100 Years Ago: 1921 All in line for the annual Easter openings today. Lewiston and Auburn will generally observe this as the day set apart for showing the new spring styles. The store windows are all dolled up and the style exhibit will not stop with those features which deal exclusively with women’s wearing apparel […]
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Oasis of Music to feature songs from 17th century
The music of John Dowland, an English Renaissance composer, will be performed at the Oasis of Music from 12:30-1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Greg Boardman on violin, Scott Vaillancourt on organ, and Terrence Karn on hand and small mallet percussion will perform their arrangements […]
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Lean in Toward the Light fundraiser event will benefit Sophia’s House
Two events on the spring equinox to benefit Sophia’s House
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‘Snuggie Bear’ featured in March Storywalk in Auburn
The children’s book “Snuggie Bear goes to the Maine Wildlife Park,” by Cynthia D. Grimm with illustrations by Peri Broadbent, is featured for the month of March in the Storywalk along the Riverwalk in Auburn. The Storywalk begins on the panels at Bonney Park and finishes at Festival Plaza on Main Street. Both Grimm and […]
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Clifford Cameron to perform Out of the Blue concert
Clifford Cameron will perform an Out of the Blue virtual concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 18. Cameron is a Maine-based pianist and composer with a particular fondness for improvised music. He obtained his Bachelors in Composition and Jazz Performance from The New School and the Mannes School in New York City. His music consists […]
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Looking Back on March 15
100 Years Ago: 1921 Monday night, March 21, has been named as the date of the postponed Bates College Night of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce Forum. This is to be observed as Ladies Night by the Forum Committee and a large attendance of Auburn women as well as a full attendance of the men […]
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Looking Back on March 13
100 Years Ago: 1921 Richard O’Neil, five years old of Harris Street, Auburn, telephoned the Sun office that he saw two robins in his tree yesterday morning. 50 Years Ago: 1971 “Traffic is backed-up all the way to Portland.” That is how Sgt. Donald E Darling of the Auburn Police Department summed up the situation. […]