DENMARK — The Denmark Arts Center will host Maine comics at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, as part of the Lakeside Laugh Lab series. Featured comics include Jordan Handren-Seavey, Paul Hunt, Jake Jacobson and Mark Turcotte. Audience members 21 years of age and older are invited. Tickets can reserved by emailing standupforsumthing@gmail.com or purchased at […]

100 years ago, 1917The changing of the beats of Patrolmen Libby and Painchaud of the Lewiston Police Department, following a raid on a house on Park Street, has been made the source of comment. Patrolman Libby stated in court that he watched at the window of the house and saw young men playing cards and […]

RANGELEY — The annual Snodeo begins Thursday, Jan. 19, with the Chili Chowder Cook-off sponsored by the Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce at The Gingerbread House in Oquossoc. The Rangeley Lakes Snowmobile Club welcomes participants and observers to the annual winter festival, which has been held for more than 20 years. The event marks the first […]

The Oasis of Music resumes its musical offerings at Trinity Church in Lewiston this Wednesday, Jan. 4, from 12:30-1 p.m.  Oasis curator Greg Boardman will be performing French, Acadian and Québecois music for fiddle, including songs and ballad tunes, marches, jigs, reels and waltzes from olden times through to contemporary compositions in the traditional style. The […]

100 years ago, 1917The bill presented this week at the Union Square theatre in Lewiston by Capt. Louis Sorcho and his big submarine show, is one that should be witnessed by everyone in the two cities, especially the young, for it is not only interesting. but exceedingly instructive as well, giving first hand information regarding […]

  AUBURN — The Woman’s Literary Union will host singer Larry Gowell in concert at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 29, as part of Auburn’s 2017 Winter Festival. Gowell, an Auburn native, will  perform a wide array of songs.  Gowell has been singing since he was a teen, performing in the school choir and band and […]

100 years ago, 1917Since 12 o’clock last night, Sheriff Stevens has been in charge of affairs at the County Buildings. The rumsellers have also been preparing for Stevens. since Saturday and late last night practically all of the bar-rooms had been cleared and the stocks stored away for safe keeping. Local rumsellers and gamblers know […]

100 years ago, 1916One of Lewiston’s kindly disposed citizens, touched by the appeal for help for the family where sickness temporarily has handicapped them, has supplied a generous amount of coal and wood which will tide the family over several weeks of this severe weather. Other kind friends of those in need have contributed ten […]

Late-night TV hosts have cast 2016 as a downright apocalyptic year, but for television it was actually pretty great. Here are our picks for the best TV episodes of the year. It was a tall order to pick just 10 — if you have a favorite TV episode from 2016, let us know in the […]