100 years ago, 1916Pilgrims of Lewiston play the Bath baseball team in Lewiston Athletic field, Saturday afternoon, and the Pilgrims, always a team of no regrets, is hotter than ever before. The Bath team is no piker. On the list for Pilgrims to select from will be Tim Driscoll, Tom Norton, Bert Hammond, Red Wildes, […]

GREENE — The Araxine-Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road, will show Sandy Mortimer’s film “The Lure and Lore of Deserts” at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, May 13. Admission is free. The film shows the viewer that deserts are like people — each is unique, with its own look, feel and past. The deserts of […]

AUBURN— It’s widely accepted that central Maine has enjoyed a reputation of being a hotbed for blues music in past decades. It began when the old Cellar Door hosted Chicago-based national acts like Eddie Shaw and The Wolfgang (and many others) in the 1970s and 1980s, and continued when the now-defunct Midnight Blues Club and […]

100 years ago, 1916Following a conference between Frank D. True of Portland, president of the Poland Paper Co. at Mechanic Falls, and representatives of the strikers, it was announced that an agreement has been reached and that the men would resume work in three shifts of eight hours each and in addition to the shorter […]

Who wouldn’t want to go to a 300-year-old school of magic, learn to fly and cast spells? But in the novel, “A Handful of Spells,” by Kimberly A. Shaw, hard-of-hearing student Caitlin Leo falls off her broom, gets the spells wrong, and isn’t sure her cat is really a familiar. When she discovered the other […]

MECHANIC FALLS — The Pine Tree State Country Music Association will host the 17th annual Award Show at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at The Silver Spur, 272 Lewiston St. The show is dedicated in memory of country music legend Bob Elston. Master of ceremonies will be Kenny Tibbetts. House band will be Down The […]

AUBURN — Community Little Theatre will hold open auditions for Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” at 6:30 p.m. Sunday and Monday, May 15 and 16, at 30 Academy St. “Beauty and the Beast” is the classic story of a prince transformed into a hideous beast as punishment for his cruel and selfish ways and an […]

RUMFORD — The Rumford Association for the Advancement of the Performing Arts will stage another Murder Mystery Dinner Theater on Friday, May 20, and Saturday, May 21, at the Eagles Hall. The association will stage “Eat, Drink and be Murdered!” Connie Venskus of Rumford is the director. The production, penned by Tony Schwartz and Marylou […]

Friday, May 6, Shanna Underwood and Wanderlost will perform at She Doesn’t Like Guthries, 115 Middle St., Lewiston. The Wanderlost band is a rotating cast of musicians, and is almost finished recording Underwood’s third and fourth records. The idea behind Wanderlost is having a group of performers who know the songs, and change them depending on […]