Methodists plan Christmas concert AUBURN — Auburn United Methodist’s annual Christmas concert will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Church located at 439 Park Ave. The free concert will feature the Wesleyan Singers, The Park Avenue Pickers and the Auburn Bell Ringers, as well as several local soloists and musicians. Refreshments of […]
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Conservation Photo Contest winners announced
PARIS — Hannah Oriol of Otisfield won the 2018 Conservation Photo Contest, according to contest sponsor Oxford County Soil & Water Conservation District. She also won an honorable mention, along with Jim Knox of Wilton and Patricia Verrill of West Paris. Entries were in the categories of agriculture, forestry, soil and water, and wildlife. The winning […]
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Looking Back on Nov. 17
100 years ago: 1918 Mr. A. Waterman at East Auburn has been for many years manufacturing pegs. He makes nearly all of the pegs in the Lewiston and Auburn and vicinity, except those driven by machinery. He uses about 15 cords of white birch per year and makes from six to ten thousand bushels of […]
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Motown Christmas coming to Chocolate Church
BATH — A Motown Christmas will fill the Chocolate Church Arts Center with the sounds of Christmas music, rhythm and blues style, Saturday, Nov. 24, at 7:30 p.m. Pat Colwell and the Soul Sensations will present an old-school Christmas Motown R&B revue, complete with female backup singers and a full horn section. The repertoire includes Motown […]
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Mahoosuc Community Band to present Christmas concert
BETHEL — The Mahoosuc Community Band will present a Christmas concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at the West Parish Congregational Church. The band will play “Echoes From the Battlefield” arranged by Darren Jenkins to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The arrangement features familiar songs from that era. […]
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Breau staging fifth benefit for Pettingill School Park
LEWISTON — Six popular duets from Maine will perform at Denny Breau’s Happy Together concert to support improvements at Lewiston’s Pettingill School Park. The Nov. 25 show will be his fifth to benefit the park project spearheaded by Friends of Pettingill. It will run from 1 to 4 p.m. at The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron […]
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Chester Greenwood Day to include gingerbread contest, horse-drawn rides
FARMINGTON — The 42nd celebration of Chester Greenwood Day will be Saturday, Dec. 1, in downtown Farmington. The Franklin County Chamber of Commerce will present the annual celebration of Chester Greenwood, Farmington native and earmuff inventor. The theme this year is “Sights and Sounds of the Season.” Returning this year is the “Taste of Farmington” […]
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Bates "Chronicle of Mud Walk" cancelled
PHIPPSBURG — Due to inclement weather, Bates College has canceled its walking tour, Chronicle of Mud Walk, that was scheduled for Saturday at 11:45 a.m. The tour has not been rescheduled at this time.
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Center to present 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
STANDISH — Schoolhouse Arts Center will present “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism he sees among everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but this proves to be a frustrating endeavor. When an attempt to restore the proper holiday […]
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Home Time Radio Hour set for Freeport
The Freeport Community Players will present three performances of the WFCP Home Time Radio Hour at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. This year will feature music and radio shows from the 1960s with a special focus on The British Invasion. It’s the Community Players’ biggest fundraiser of the year. Performances are 7:30 […]