AUBURN — Thursday, Dec. 1, Cafe LA will host the first night of its Last Comic Laughing Comedy Competition. Shows start at 8 p.m. This is a one-of-a-kind competition that will have more than 25 comics performing through winter at Cafe LA, all competing to be the “last coming laughing,” after the finals take place […]

LEWISTON  — The Lewiston Family Contradance series continues Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Saint Mary’s Nutrition Center, 208 Bates St. beginning at 6:30.  Special guest callers and musicians will be Dudley and Jacqueline Laufman of Canterbury, N.H.  Dance organizer and local fiddler and teacher Greg Boardman counts Laufman as “one of my most important mentors, and […]

100 years ago, 1916At a meeting of the local barbers at George’s shop on Lisbon street last night it was to agreed to advance the charge of a shave from 10 to 15 cents and to make a charge of five cents for trimming a moustache. This action has been taken because of the increased […]

LASIK isn’t always as awesome as we might think. Millions of Americans each year undergo LASIK surgery to correct their vision. Given how common the procedure has become and how ubiquitous the ads are on radio and TV, you might be tempted to treat the decision to get the treatment pretty casually or think of […]

Not much in my life has ever been stable. I’ve moved from place to place, school to school, job to job, relationship to relationship. The one consistency in my world began when I was 13. It was 2000, the year that “Gilmore Girls” premiered. The deceptively simple dramedy about a single mother and her daughter […]

100 years ago, 1916The installation of a Pathescope to be used in connection with instruction at Lewiston High, was authorized at last evening’s adjourned meeting of the Lewiston School Board. There will be no expense to the city. Though the picture camera has been used for educational purposes in other States, and though even in […]

RUMFORD — RAAPA is getting a little sand in its stocking this holiday season. Inspired by the many “Christmas in July” celebrations on lakes and ponds throughout the area, the Rumford Association for the Advancement of the Performing Arts will transport its audience to the tropics with their annual Christmas concert. Tropical Christmas Fantasy will be performed […]

GARDINER — Maine Event Comedy will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. Featured will be host Mark Turcotte, Dan Boulger, Phoebe Angle and Michele Mortensen. The performances will contain adult language and content, and are intended for mature audiences of ages 21 and older. There will […]

WINTHROP — The Charles M. Bailey Public Library in downtown Winthrop will host an open house Dec. 3 to celebrate the library’s 100th anniversary. The morning will feature an hourlong children’s party beginning at 10:30 a.m., hosted by the Winthrop Grade School fourth-graders. At 12:30 p.m., library trustees and staff will host an all-ages open […]

100 years ago, 1916Efrem Zimbalist, one of the world’s famous violinists, was heard last night in Lewiston for the first time. If the Pied Piper drew away the children of Hamelin town, it is no wonder that Zimbalist took his audience where he wished. Wonderful, his work certainly was. Not only do there seem to […]