BUCKFIELD — Dickie Hyper-Hynie’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve returns to Buckfield on Saturday, Dec.31, for two shows at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. at Buckfield Jr. Sr. High School located at 160 Morrill St. in Buckfield.  Tickets are $18 for all seats and can be purchased at Tilton’s Market in advance and at the door.  At the door […]

AUBURN — Night two of the Last Coming Laughing competition on Dec. 15  was huge, leaving comics Angela Merrill and Colby Bradshaw separated by a single point in Bradshaw’s  favor. On Thursday, Jan. 5, night three involves 10 comics dropping their best five minutes of comedy for audience votes at Cafe LA,  49 Spring St. […]

100 years ago, 1916Fire discovered shortly before one o’clock Monday morning gutted the freight shed of the Grand Trunk railroad on Oxford street, Lewiston, The blaze, which is believed to have caught from an overheated stove in the office, spread rapidly throughout the building and caused damage estimated at $2,000. Flames were discovered coming from […]

100 years ago, 1916The streets in some sections of Lewiston are reported to be in a very bad condition. One section of Sabattus street, where the snow drifted badly in the recent storm, there are great holes and ruts where automobiles have been shoveled out, leaving the road hardly safe for traffic 50 years ago, […]

Proceeds will also benefitlocal humane society AUBURN—Concerts for a Cause, the new concert series at Auburn’s First Universalist Church, Unitarian Universalist will host Bold Riley, a local folk group known across southern Maine for its soaring vocal harmonies and diverse instrumentation. The concert, to be held at the church on the corner of Pleasant, Elm […]

  BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre will hold local auditions on Feb. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 22 Elm St., Brunswick. This is an open call for adults only. Those who want to audition should show up, sign in, and will be seen in the order in which they arrive. MSMT […]

 BLUE HILL — The Bagaduce Music Lending Library’s Feb.10, 2017 deadline for entering its Young Composers’ Competition is fast approaching.  All Maine students high school age and younger who are creative and interested in writing original music have a chance to compete for prize money. Compositions are grouped and judged by age of composer: Group I – age 13 […]

100 years ago, 1916Manager Elwell, captain Pedbereznak and Dr. William Ness, coach of the Bates hockey team, completed plans for a skating club for the people of the twin cities last night. The club will use the surface of Andrews Pond and also the college rink. This will be kept cleared of snow all winter. […]

Reading, contrary to previous reports, is not dead. In fact, it’s very far from it. Brazilian author Paulo Coelho has legions of readers. His best-known book, “The Alchemist,” the story of a young Andalusian shepherd on a personal quest, spent almost eight years —  two presidential election cycles — on the bestseller lists. It was translated […]

LEWISTON — Grace Note Community Music School’s 2017 season of the Youth Orchestra of Lewiston-Auburn begins Jan. 10. YOLA is a string orchestra providing orchestral experience for young musicians, creating excitement and passion in music through a committed approach to performing. YOLA is open to violin, viola, cello and bass players. Players should be comfortable […]