Driving to work this week it came blaring on the radio: Christmas music. On Nov. 13. Walk into area stores: “Here Comes Santa Claus” and other holiday tunes are already playing. A British psychologist says listening to continuous Christmas music could be bad for a person’s mental health. She says people most at risk are […]
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The horror in Halifax
Wrecked homes on Campbell Road in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in December 1917. (Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management) For the first time, Nova Scotia’s annual Christmas tree gift to the city of Boston will make a thank-you stop in Maine to mark the tragedy’s centennial and Maine’s assistance. On a morning in Maine 100 years […]
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Craft fairs
AUBURN — Saint Dominic Academy will hold its 12th annual Holiday Festival from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at its Auburn campus at 121 Gracelawn Road. The event will have 75 vendors/crafters. There will be a variety of handmade and commercial items, such as wooden crafts, clothes, art, toys, jewelry, Christmas and home decorations […]
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Craft fairs
DURHAM — Acacia Lodge will hold a craft fair from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at the lodge hall, Route 136. There will be a variety of crafts and homemade items, and the kitchen will serve a light breakfast and lunch menu all day. — LITCHFIELD — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H in Kennebec […]
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Kevin Stanley
WELD — Kevin Stanley, 64, of Weld died late Thursday evening at his home surrounded by his loving wife and three children. He was born in Farmington, June 12, 1953, son of Kenneth and Joyce Dube Wing. He was a graduate of Dirigo High School and a dedicated employee of Timberland, Highland Lumber and Irving Forest […]
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Humble birth of baby Jesus reveals our shallowness
Familiarity doesn’t always breed contempt. Not if it’s a familiarity with Christmas. While America and much of the world are focusing attention on the coming of the new president, little attention is paid to a gift not even the world’s richest person could pay for and which is even today not received by many to […]
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Street Talk: Christmas gift ideas that probably won’t get you kicked out of the family
If I look deep within myself with unalloyed honesty, I’m not sure I ever completely forgave my brother for giving me an ice scraper for Christmas. Don’t get me wrong: As ice scrapers go, it was just fine. It had the little teeth on the edge to rip into ice and there was a nice […]
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Christmas services
AUBURN — The West Auburn Congregational Church will hold its annual Christmas Pageant at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18. The live Nativity will be made up of a multi-generational group of members of the Church. The congregation will join in the singing of traditional Christmas carols. In addition, special music will be provided by Scott Williams and Roberta Hill, […]
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Experiencing a 19th-century Christmas
LIVERMORE — A cold, windy day didn’t prevent scores of families from experiencing what a 19th-century Christmas would have been like at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center on Saturday. Visitors made their way from room to room. Tour guides, in character, were ready to answer questions or talk about the various items on display. In […]