100 years ago, 1916Arrangements have been made beginning this morning to have the Sun delivered at the houses throughout the village by Charles Earley. The papers will arrive on the 5:30 car and will be delivered at once so that the people may have them at breakfast time for the small sum of 10 cents […]

100 years ago, 1916J. E. Meyers, formerly of Braintree, Mass., and now operating the mill of the Stevens Mills Paper Co., Auburn, has leased the second floor of the wooden building at Main and Mill streets, this city. The structure, formerly the No. 1 factory of the National Shoemakers, is now owned by Michael Brownstein. […]

GREENE — The Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers will perform “The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow” on Children’s Day at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. In this comedic version of the classic Washington Irving tale, schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and a […]

POWNAL — Pineland Farms will celebrate summer with a festive, family-friendly evening of folk music and dancing planned for Thursday, Aug. 18, from 5 to 7 p.m. The event is intended to evoke the spirit of an old-time barn dance, and will feature the multi-generational fiddle group Les Bijoux (The Jewels), whose members range in age from 8 to “ageless.” […]

  AUGUSTA — Rocky for Equality, a local theater group, is returning to Augusta this summer for their 4th annual production of Richard O’Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Show LIVE!” The show takes place at Le Club Calumet on Aug. 19, 20, 26 and 27. Tickets are available online at www.rockyforequality.com.  The story follows Brad Majors and his […]

On Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 6:30 p.m., musicians Denny Breau, and his wife, Anne, and perhaps some as-yet-unnamed performers, will take the stage at the gazebo in Turner for a “Music for Mavis” concert. Denny recently entertained in Lewiston at the opening of the park at the old Pettingill School in honor of his late […]

BERLIN, N.H. — St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts is partnering with the Weathervane Theatre to bring the newly formed Cabaret Company to town at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19. Currently performing several nights each week at the Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, these four young professional performers from different corners […]

AUBURN — The annual Summer Keyboard Concert will be at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, at Court Street Baptist Church, 129 Court St. A new arrangement for organ solo of Jack Hayford’s “Majesty” will premiere. The new composition, by Mark Thallander and Bruce Wilkin, is titled “Fanfare and Acclamation on Majesty.” The piece is among […]

MINOT — The Minot United Methodist Church, 142 Minot Ave., will host Sonny Perry and the Country Music Show at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. Performances will include the songs “Daddy Sang Bass,” “I’ll Fly Away,” “Put Your Hand In The Hand” and “Will The Circle Be Unbroken,” as well as other old-time favorites. A […]

PARIS — My Tempered Soul will host an all-ages benefit rock concert on Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Four Seasons Function Center, South Paris. Doors open at 2 p.m. and close at 8 p.m. Donations will be collected at the door. All proceeds benefit the Wounded Heroes Program of Maine. Performers will include Arta’sin, Brand […]