AUBURN — Cafe LA will host a comic showcase at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at 49 Spring St. Ben Roberts will be host. Featured performers will be Ali Simpson, Brad Graffam, Micaela Tepler and Alan Richardson. Simpson just had her birthday, and said it didn’t make her older, but wiser and more sarcastic. Graffam, […]

100 years ago, 1916A barrel of Wolf River apples from Dr. Twitchell’s farm in Monmouth was received at Olfene’s market in Auburn yesterday that counted only 146 for the barrel. These apples were not only large but handsomely colored. The doctor had ten barrels of these apples from his orchard. 50 years ago, 1966(Editorial) The […]

100 years ago, 1916The St. Louis church, New Auburn, was dedicated yesterday with appropriate ceremonies which were in personal charge of Bishop Walsh of the Maine Diocese. During the forenoon high requiem mass was celebrated and the Bishop blessed the church with his benediction and by sprinkling ointment about the building. In the afternoon came […]

BUXTON — The Originals will present “Angel Street (aka Gaslight)” by Patrick Hamilton this month. Dates are Oct. 21, 22, 27, 28 and 29 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 23, at 2:30 p.m. at the Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Road. There will be a post-show talk-back with actors and the director after […]

JAY — Laughs and Apps, a six-comic showcase, is set for Saturday, Oct. 15, at Lafleur’s Family Restaurant, 224 Main St. Ben Roberts of Leeds will be the host for the showcase. He assembled a lineup of R.A. Sweeney, Angela Merrill, Sam Pelletier, “Big Bob” Glancy and Mike Johnson.  Sweeney, Merrill and Pelletier all perform […]

RUMFORD — Maine Event Comedy will present comedian Louis Ramey at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at 49 Franklin’s Mystic Theatre. Also performing will be Michele Mortensen and Greg Boggis. Mark Turcotte will be the host. Ramey, an Atlanta native, first attempted stand-up while in college and has since performed on “The Tonight Show with […]

BOSTON — WGBH’s televised choral competition “Sing That Thing!” is heading into its third season. Registration is open to amateur singing groups from towns and cities in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Groups have until early December to register for the show. Sing That Thing! participants get a chance at exposure […]

100 years ago, 1916Dr. J. A. Ness of Auburn is back from the Brockton Fair with blue ribbons flying in all directions. This is the third or fourth season that Dr. Ness has taken his superior herd of Ayrshires to Brockton and his honors this fall are the best yet, although he has always come […]

LEWISTON —  A film and discussion titled, “Re-thinking the End of Life,” facilitated by Valerie Lovelace, the executive director of It’s My Death, a Maine-based nonprofit, will be presented at the Lewiston Public Library, Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 6 p.m. in Callahan Hall. The event is free and open to all. The evening opens with the […]