When the Lewiston Evening Journal reported the skeleton of a woman had been found near the Switzerland Road, women in town “said with one accord: ‘I think that’s Mrs. Lowell’s remains.’”
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The Gawler Family Band plan concert
The Vienna Union Hall plans to host the Gawler Family Band at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at 5 Vienna Mountain Road. The Gawlers are a fiddling family band from the heart of Maine. John and Ellen Gawler are master fiddle and banjo players and their three daughters Molly, Edith and Elsie grew up with […]
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Music for Mavis event to feature The Cobblestones
The Cobblestones will be featured at the Music for Mavis Tuesdays at the Gazebo at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, at 98 Mathews Way, in Turner Center. The local band offers Americana music with tight harmonies and acoustic music. The band started about three years ago when Carolyn Costanzi, vocals, and Mike Plourde, guitar/vocals, met […]
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Looking Back on June 4
100 Years Ago: 1922 Jews in Lewiston-Auburn celebrated Friday the Feast of Shabaoth or the Pentecost, giving thanks for an abundant harvest in Palestine in Biblical days. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Badges and cookie sales awards were presented to the girls of Scout Troop 270 at their final meeting of the season held recently at the […]
Posted inDear Abby
Daughter feels powerless to help her aging father
DEAR ABBY: My dad, who is nearing 80, has been married to my stepmom, “Ruth,” for nearly 35 years. She has always been temperamental and controlling to a degree, but during the last few years it has become abundantly clear that she’s emotionally abusive to my dad. Twenty years ago, I moved to another coast, […]
Posted inHoroscope
Pisces: Don’t reveal your plans until you feel confident you have everything under control. A personal change will add to your appeal and make you look and feel your best.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Bar Refaeli, 37; Russell Brand, 47; Angelina Jolie, 47; Noah Wyle, 51. Happy Birthday: Reevaluate your motives and whether you are still on the right path. Put a strategy in place that promises higher returns and helps secure your position and long-term gains. Consider your physical, mental and emotional health, […]
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NRBQ to perform at Chocolate Church Performing Arts Center
The Chocolate Church Arts Center, at 804 Washington Street in Bath, will present a performance by classic rock band NRBQ at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 10. NRBQ (originally short for New Rhythm and Blues Quartet) formed in the mid 1960s, and released their self-titled debut album in 1969. For more than five decades since, the […]
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Comedian Juston McKinney to be staged in Brownfield
Comedian Juston McKinney is set to perform at 8 p.m. Friday, June 10, at at Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road, is Brownfield. With multiple performances on The Tonight Show, his own Comedy Central specials and consistently selling out theaters, he’s at the top of his game. McKinney grew up living on the border […]
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Looking Back on June 3
100 Years Ago: 1922 How is this for a story? When Mrs. Charles Wheeler of Tenants Harbor went to the hen house a few days ago to gather up her hen fruit she found an egg in the nest that measures 7-1/2 by 9 inches and weighed 6 ounces. Can any of the readers beat […]
Posted inDear Abby
Woman eats roommate’s food when her spending runs dry
DEAR ABBY: A couple of months ago, I moved from my mother’s into an apartment with a friend I had rekindled a high school friendship with a few years back. The first month in, I noticed she had eaten a few of my freezer meals, so I confronted her about it. She started crying and […]