BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., has announced the Sept. 2018–June 2019 performance schedule. For 41 years, the Chocolate Church has presented music, theater and dance on the main stage and in the annex. Most recently, the programming focus has been on highlighting local, regional, national and international musicians, producing community […]
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Michael P. Landry
AUBURN — Michael P. Landry, 64, of Lewiston, died at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice in Auburn on Sunday, Aug. 19, following a long illness. Born in Lewiston on April 4, 1954, he was the son of Roger and Catherine Clabby Landry. Educated locally, Mike loved music and playing guitar. He was […]
Phil House and Kathy Haley to perform at All Soul's Chapel
POLAND — The Poland Spring Preservation Society will be hosting Phil House and Kathy Haley at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 2, in the All Souls Chapel. House and Haley have been delighting audiences together or as solo artists at Poland Spring for more than four decades. House is well known as an exceptional pianist, which […]
Composer writes music to calm stressed-out shelter dogs
Even if you’re a longtime music fan, the name Terry Woodford might not ring a bell. But some of the artists with whom he worked as a songwriter, producer or engineer probably do: the Supremes, the Temptations and the Commodores. In a music career that started in the early 1960s and spanned a quarter-century, Woodford […]
BAAM presents concert on Bethel Common
BETHEL — Bethel Area Arts & Music (BAAM) is pleased to announce its summer concert on the Bethel Common from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26. The afternoon is designed to celebrate music, arts and life in the Western Maine mountains. It includes three musical performances, wood-fired locally made flatbread pizzas by Farmstand Flatbreads […]
Country music award show at the Silver Spur
MECHANIC FALLS — Down East Country Music Association, Inc. presents the 38th annual Award Show Sunday, Aug. 26, starting at noon at the Silver Spur, Route 11. The day of music and awards will also have a 50/50, raffles and food concessions. Support local artists and see the people who qualify to go to Tennessee […]
Christopher A. Cousins
HARRISON — Christopher Andrew Cousins, 42, of South Paris died suddenly Aug. 15. He was a beloved family man, respected journalist and Oxford Hills Viking for life. Born May 18, 1976, to Timothy Cousins and Ellie Frechette in Willimantic, Connecticut, he was a true Mainer by nature, if not by birth. He became a Maine resident […]
Stephen H. Brown
LEWISTON — Stephen H. Brown, 75, of Carthage died in Lewiston on Thursday, Aug. 16, from complications of cancer. Steve was born in Northampton, Mass., on Aug. 8, 1943, the son of Stephen Brown and Elsa Parshley Brown. He grew up in Northampton and Amherst and graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1968. He […]
Nancy Hamlin Coccia
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Nancy Hamlin Coccia of Port St. Lucie, Fla., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 1, 20 days before her 95th birthday. She was born in South Waterford to Johanna Wilhelmina Jansson and Carl Scripture Hamlin on Aug. 21, 1923. She graduated from Bridgton Academy in 1941 and Central Maine General Hospital’s School of […]
Daniel P. Gautreau
HANOVER — Daniel P. Gautreau, 69, of Roxbury, died Aug. 8 doing what he loved most, riding his Harley. He was born in Rumford on June 21, 1949, a son of Armand and Patricia (McHale) Gautreau. Danny was educated in Rumford schools and was a graduate of Stephens High School Class of 1967. He served […]