AUBURN — Café Shalom 2016: Maine Musical All-Stars will host a wine and dessert reception at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Temple Shalom Synagogue Center, 74 Bradman St. The event is open to the public. Doors open at 6 p.m. RSVP is requested by March 31. Cost is $10 and includes wine, cheese, dessert […]
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Gawler Family Band at Village Coffeehouse
The Gawler Family Band will perform an evening of traditional fiddling and folk music at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the Village Coffeehouse of New Gloucester, First Congregational Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Road. The music is rooted in Maine and New England traditions, and features soaring melodies and driving rhythms. This talented musical family […]
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Cabin Fever Concerts presents Dave Rowe in Turner
Benefit will raise moneyfor music students TURNER — The First Universalist Church of Turner will welcome Maine native Dave Rowe at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 9, as part of its Cabin Fever Concert Series. The church puts on four monthly concerts each year to benefit music education and endeavors in the area. “I’m humbled and […]
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Looking Back on March 30
100 years ago, 1916Mr. Svenningsen of Auburn is confined to his home Hillcrest street as the result of injuries received in a fall, Tuesday evening. Mr. Svenningsen, accompanied by his wife, left an Auburn Heights car at Shepley street and had walked only a short distance when he stepped in a hole in the sidewalk […]
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Darrah film at Sawyer Memorial
GREENE — Marlin Darrah’s film “Southeast Asia — Exotic Spice Islands and Tropical Countries”will be shown at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, April 1, at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. Darrah takes viewers on a journey to many of Southeast Asia’s most intriguing, alluring and lovely countries. The voyage begins in Hong […]
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Theater Project staging ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’
BRUNSWICK — The Theater Project of Brunswick will present a stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s famous novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Performances begin Friday, April 1, and run through April 10. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays, and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Lee’s novel has sold over 15 million copies and been translated into […]
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Artist Barbara Traficonte to show at First Friday
The Main Street Gallery in Norway will hold its First Friday of the spring/summer season at 6 p.m. Friday, April 1. Artist of the Month Barbara Traficonte will show a series of new paintings from around the area. This painting was completed behind Main Street in Norway. She has been a member of Western Maine […]
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New exhibit to highlight ingenuity of Maine gunsmiths
AUGUSTA — “Inventors and Sportsmen: Maine Gunsmiths in the 1800s” opens at the Maine State Museum Saturday, April 2. The exhibit celebrates generations of Maine gunsmiths and illustrates the inventiveness, artistry and craftsmanship they brought to the early gun-making industry, as well as to the sports of hunting and fishing. More than 75 artifacts, including […]
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Looking Back on March 29
100 years ago, 1916The stores now occupied by the Lewiston Gas Light Co., and the Victor News, Ash street. will be deepened and to allow for this extension the Park street house adjoining the property will be raised one story. Davis and Sawyer. the owners, have given the contract to David Lemieux. 50 years ago, […]
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SAD 17 districtwide art show through April 8
PARIS — School Administrative District 17 will hold a districtwide student art show in the main lobby of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School from Tuesday, March 29, to Friday, April 8. The timing is in conjunction with this year’s community musical “The Wizard of Oz.” The exhibit is titled SPIRAL, and artwork from many grades […]