It’s summer and the mountains and lakes of Maine are calling. It’s early June 1905, and conditions are just right for a road trip and some trout fishing at Tim Pond in Eustis, north of Kingfield. For a small group of prominent Twin Cities businessmen, just such a trip turned into an adventure that lives […]

On Thursday, from 5 p.m. until closing, Donnie Hebert will perform solo on the patio at Rails, 103 Lincoln St., Lewiston.

PARIS — Mike Miclon returns to Celebration Barn Theater for an all-new episode of “The Early Evening Show,”  on Saturday,  June 4, at 8 p.m. This month’s show will feature blues guitarist Samuel James with special guests Tom Murphy, Fritz Grobe, Amanda Huotari, and more as well as the Early Evening Show Orchestra. Samuel James’ songwriting has been compared to […]

100 years ago, 1916Lewiston Falls never looked more beautiful or spectacular than today when we consider the season. The water is high and at West Pitch the torrent is fierce. It is certainly a great pity that there is no way by which this splendid scenery can be enjoyed by our people. O, for a […]

Hurry Down Sunshine, the performing duo of local musician and songwriter Stan Davis, left, and crooner and guitarist Brian Kavanah will perform on Tuesday, June 28, as part of the “Music for Mavis” concert series at the Turner gazebo. The duo is know for folk songs, traditional music and ballads to warm hearts and set toes […]

100 years ago, 1916A new service arrangement was put into effect Monday by L. A. & W., in regard to handling cars in Union Square. The object of the new rule, which forbids more than one car being inside the diamond or “Y” formed by the Main street line and the turns of the Lisbon […]

WEST PARIS — An exhibit of photographs by Debra Koceika will be on display at the West Paris Library beginning July 1, through Aug. 15. The exhibit, “Photographs of Nature,” depicts her travels around the world photographing nature. She and her husband, David Mulhearn, have lived in Australia, New Zealand and the U.K. and explored […]

BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin International Music Festival welcomes more than 300 renowned artists and aspiring young musicians from around the world to Brunswick this week to open the Festival’s 52nd season, the second under the artistic direction of David Ying and Phillip Ying. The 2016 Festival theme is “Re-Invention.” The idea of re-invention is always […]

WATERVILLE — The Maine International Film Festival will award Oscar-winning director/screenwriter Robert Benton a Lifetime Achievement Award on July 10 at the Waterville Opera House. Benton is a three-time Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter who has directed eight actors in Oscar-nominated performances. He has collaborated closely with Maine-based Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and screenwriter Richard Russo, […]