PARIS — A square dance class for beginners will begin the second semester of adult education in the Oxford Hills, Nezinscot program. The class will take place Wednesday, Jan. 3,  from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.Oxford Hills Middle School cafeteria, 100 Pine St.  The cost for the 15-week class is $60, or $5 a week. […]

RANGELEY —The Rangeley Lakes Snowmobile Club Snodeo will be held from Jan. 18-20. Events start with The Chili Chowder Cook-off sponsored by the Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce, Thursday January 18 at The Gingerbread House in Oquossoc, at 5 p.m. Followed by The RLSC Casino night at 7 p.m. at Bald Mountain Camps in Oquossoc. […]

FRYEBURG — The Pace Galleries of Art will be hosting a reception for its current exhibition, Fryeburg Academy Creates this Saturday, Jan. 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. The exhibition is a group show featuring Fryeburg Academy faculty and staff creativity outside the classroom, including paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, and video installations. The artists will […]

PERU — The Community Kids Theater will hold auditions for their spring musical production of “The Little Mermaid” from 5-6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 15, at Dirigo Elementary School. Ages 9 and above are allowed to audition. Time slots are still available, fun parts for boys and girls. Call 207-357-0899 for a time slot. Walk-ins […]

100 years ago, 1918If speech were silver, as someone has suggested, Marshal Nickerson’s office would be jammed to the doors with that precious metal. He is harboring in the commodious basement of the station the original talker from Talkton. The visitor claims many names, but sticks most persistently to Thomas Francis Henley. Not a great […]

LEWISTON — A musical improvisation between viola and steel cello will be featured Wednesday at the Oasis of Music presentation at Trinity Church, 247 Bates St.   The performance is scheduled for 12:30 to 1 p.m.   The steel cello is the invention of Bob Rutman, who developed the instrument in Cambridge, Mass., in the 1970s, […]