100 years ago, 1917A narrow escape from being seriously injured, perhaps killed, was the good fortune of two women in Turner, Wednesday evening. After obtaining their team at the waiting room stable, they started for home and in the darkness, drove into the iron pipe fencing, just this side of the bridge. The horse, sleigh […]

MT. VERNON — The Sandy River Ramblers will perform at the Mt. Vernon Community Center, Saturday, Jan. 21. “We’ve missed the Mt. Vernon shows,” bandleader Stan Keach said. “We think of Mt. Vernon as our home base.” Besides guitarist Keach (a nationally-known bluegrass songwriter), the Ramblers feature banjoist Bud Godsoe from Madrid, Vienna’s Dan Simons […]

Ron Bergeron will perform from 8 to 11 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13, at Pedro O’Hara’s, 134 Main St., Lewiston. Bergeron’s been playing guitar for over 20 years and singing for even longer. His goal every show is to entertain the audience as best as he with his music and light-hearted humor. He will take requests […]

Friday night, Jan. 13, Donnie Hebert and Ray McLovin from the popular, local classic rock band The Veggies will perform at the Crooked Hook Tavern, 5 North Main St., Mechanic Falls. The duo will play tunes from the ’80s, ’90s and some of today’s country and pop hits. Music starts at 8 p.m. There is no cover charge.

Friday, Jan. 13, 4Play, top, with a special appearance by The Skidmarks, perform at the Brookside Tavern at Lost Valley ski area in Auburn. All are welcome. There is no cover charge. The music starts at 7:30 p.m.

Guitarists Dan Casavant and Randy Gould, and bassist Greg Goulette , known as the band The Fossils, will perform Friday, Jan. 13 at Mixers, 136 Sabattus Road, Sabattus. The band plays a wide selection of acoustic rock featuring lots of harmony, from such artists as CSNY, The Stones, Tom Petty, Warren Zevon, The Beatles and […]

100 years ago, 1917The closing lecture of the course in salesmanship which has been held under the auspices of the Woman’s Christian Association in Lewiston was given at ten o’clock yesterday forenoon by L. MacDonald of Porteous, Mitchell & Braun, Portland. In his practical and interesting talk Mr. MacDonald gave a definite explanation of the […]

WINTHROP — The Bailey Public Library will host journalist, writer and environmentalist Kathryn Miles at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24. The presentation will take place in the King Event Room. It is free and open to the public. Miles grew up in the Midwest, where she worked as a journalist for the Journal Star in […]

PARIS — Cottage Street Creative Exchange will present its second Globalocal show at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, in the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School auditorium.   Free tickets are available at Books N Things in Norway. Globalocal is a term created by Debi Irons, artistic director of the exchange, as a simple way to […]

BRUNSWICK — On Saturday evening, Jan. 21, Hollowbody Electric Band will perform a concert adaptation of their rock opera “One Way Trip to Mars” at the Frontier Theater, in Fort Andross Mill, 14 Maine St., at 8 p.m.  The multi-media show, in the tradition of The Who’s “Tommy” and David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust,” premiered at the […]