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Winthrop fiddler featured in Oasis of Music performance
Winthrop fiddler Owen Kennedy will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Kennedy is embracing his Scottish heritage and sharing fiddle tunes from Scotland. From soaring slow airs to percussive strathspeys and driving reels, this concert will showcase […]
Looking Back on Nov. 9
100 Years Ago: 1920 Dr. J. A. Ness of Auburn shipped a carload of Holstein cows to Providence, R.I. Friday. They were a fine lot that he picked up for a special customer in that State. The lot consisted of 18 in number. 50 Years Ago: 1970 Mrs. Carlton B. Ring of Auburn is Twin […]
Looking Back on Nov. 7
100 Years Ago: 1920 Carl Prince and son, Donald, of Turner, have raised over two thousand bushels potatoes this season. 50 Years Ago: 1970 (From a photo caption) 11-year-old John Capen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Capen of 4 Poliquin Ave. Auburn proudly displays his first deer, a 116 pound, two point buck, which he bagged […]
Portland Stage offers free, live, digital series with Maine native John Cariani
Cariani is a Tony-nominated actor, “Almost, Maine” playwright and novelist
Looking Back on Nov. 6
100 Years Ago: 1920 (From an ad in the Journal) Wanted: Carpenters, 80c an hour, 10 hour day, pay for 11 hours. Bricklayers, $1.00 an hour, 9 hour day, pay for 10 hours. TURNER CONSTRUCTION C0. Lisbon Falls, Me. 50 Years Ago: 1970 A South Vietnamese general said today he believes all U.S. combat troops can be […]
Looking Back on Nov. 4
100 Years Ago: 1920 The Girls’ Glee Club, recently organized at the YWCA, of which Miss Hazel Woodbury is the director, will hold its first meeting at 8 o-clock-Tuesday evening at the Blue Triangle in Auburn. This singing club has been gotten together for fun and to promote sociability, and also to bring out the […]