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Joyce Marilyn Barker

BURLINGTON, Mass. — Joyce Marilyn Barker, of Winslow, passed away Thursday, April 12, at Lahey Hospital, surrounded by her loving family and dear friend, Ann Andrews. She was born in Bridgton, Feb. 4, 1957, to the late Almon and Norine (Sturgis) Barker. She lived and grew up in Naples, attending Lake Region High School, where she […]

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Lake Region chorus seeks additional singers before Feb. 2

NORTH BRIDGTON — If you like to sing and are available on Monday evenings, the members of are inviting you to join them. The group is a fairly young choral organization looking forward to preparing for their fifth session of rehearsing and performing. The first rehearsal for the spring session will begin on Feb. 2, […]

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Oxford-area barbershop chorus ramps up for 2014-2015 season

In January, the chorus will begin rehearsals for its annual road show which is performed during July at several local concert venues which have included Sawyer Memorial in Greene, All Souls’ Chapel at Poland Spring, the Brick Church for the Performing Arts in Lovell, and the Denmark Performing Arts Center. Members of the chorus come […]

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Rock band Foreigner asks Portland high schoolers to sing backup on ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’

PORTLAND — When Deering High School music teacher Gilbert Peltola told members of his chorus they’d been chosen to perform alongside one of the top-selling rock bands of all time, they had a variety of reactions. “I don’t think anybody really believed it at first,” said Olivia Ryan, a junior at the Portland school. “We […]