100 years ago, 1917Hockey at Bates for the 1917-18 season is at last underway, and the rink on Lake Andrews has been set up and the ice cleared. As a result of Captain Duncan’s call for candidates, eighteen men have turned out and have been pushing the puck around and getting the feel of the […]
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Looking Back on December 20
100 years ago, 1917Sheriff Stevens has instructed his men to seize all liquor found anywhere unless it bears the original doctor’s prescription pasted on the outside. In other words, from now on, all persons ordering liquor must send, with the order, their original doctor’s prescription, which must be pasted on the package by the shipper […]
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Maine Event Comedy Dec. 21
LEWISTON — Maine Event Comedy is presenting The Tightest Five comedy contest starting at 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 21, at Bear Bones Beer, 43 Lisbon St. Any stand-up comedian will tell you they have a tight five minutes, but who has the tightest five? Twenty of New England’s rising comedy stars will give it their […]
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CLT to hold 'Urinetown' auditions Jan. 5, 6
Urinetown Audition Notice AUBURN — Community Little Theatre will hold auditions for “Urinetown: The Musical,” a satirical comedy, Sunday Jan. 7, at 6 p.m., and Monday, Jan. 8, at 7 p.m. The auditions will take place on the second floor at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center, 30 Academy St. The doors open at 5 p.m. […]
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Looking Back on December 19
100 years ago, 1917President Pratt of the local carmen’s union and Dominick Desjardins, a conductor, will be arraigned at the Lewiston Municipal Court this morning to answer to the charge of riotous and obscene conversation and behavior and assault upon Motorman Fred Butterfield, warrants having been sworn out by officials of the I,. A. & […]
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Comedy at Johnson Hall
Maine Event Comedy presents a 3-comedian show at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center on Water Street, Gardiner on Saturday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7. Tickets are $16 for adults, $14 for seniors. This is a 21-and-up show. Tickets are available at Johnson Hall’s Box Office from noon to 3 p.m., Tuesday […]
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Vaillancourt family playing at Oasis
The Vaillancourt Family will join their intergenerational forces this Wednesday, Dec. 20, for a very special Oasis of Music at Trinity Church, 247 Bates St. in Lewiston, from 12:30-1 p.m. Scott Vaillancourt, music director at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul and his spouse, Linda Vaillancourt, violist for the Bangor Symphony and Maine Music Society, and […]
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Community Band free concert is Wednesday
Holiday tradition is 36th annual;Salvation Army donations accepted LEWISTON — The Auburn Community Concert Band, under the direction of Milt Simon, will present its 36th annual holiday concert on Wednesday, Dec. 20, at the Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston. The free, 75-minute performance will begin at 7 p.m. The 46-member concert band is comprised of […]
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Looking Back on December 18
100 years ago, 1917Falling a distance of thirty feet from the Grand Trunk bridge spanning the Androscoggin to the ice beneath Monday night about half past eight, a man from South Paris escaped with a slight scalp wound and a bruised hip. The force of the fall was somewhat broken by a suitcase which he […]
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Looking Back on December 16
100 years ago, 1917The clans are gathering, and once more the members of the Maine State Grange are with us! Every train that reached Lewiston on Monday brought its full quota, and these have been scattered among the hotels and private homes of the area. To all a warm welcome has been given. 50 years […]