“Welcome to the New Normal.” Those words should be displayed at New York’s airports as a welcome to bedraggled travelers during the Northeast’s latest “snowpocalypse.” Why? Because the Big Apple’s much-lamented paralysis recently is a critical cautionary tale for everyone. The episode warns us about the kind of thing that’s likely coming to the rest […]
2011
Posted inEncore
CLT will audition for musical ‘Blood Brothers’
AUBURN — Lewiston-Auburn Community Little Theatre will hold auditions for its upcoming production of “Blood Brothers” on Sunday and Monday, Jan. 16-17, at Great Falls Arts Center. A musical written by Willy Russell, “Blood Brothers” is one of the longest-running musicals in London theater, with the 1988 West End production still running. The show will […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Oxford Hills working to improve graduation rate
OXFORD — Oxford Hills School District officials told the Board of Directors on Monday that progress is being made in improving the graduation rate. Assistant Superintendent Patrick Hartnett said fewer students are dropping out of school in the freshmen, sophomore and junior years but more work needs to be done. Last summer, the Maine Department […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
The Way I See It: Mr. ‘Fix-it’ needed
I know on a few occasions I have picked on the guys a little bit and on a few occasions they deserved it, but I’m here to tell you that there are some occasions where they get very high marks from me. For example, guys can do things — fix-it-type things, I mean. It’s strange, […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Correction: Wrong day
TURNER — An information session on a community effort to improve the Leavitt Area High School football field, which will allow more groups to use it more hours, will be held Thursday, Jan. 6, at 6:30 p.m. at Leeds Central School. A wrong date was listed in a story on Page B3 of Monday’s City […]
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Dr. Dolittle next up at Dreamland Theater
BATH -— The Dreamland Theater will show the 1967 classic “Dr. Dolittle” at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 9. This is the fourth film in the theater’s “Kids’ Classics” series for children and tweens. The series, put on by Sagadahoc Preservation at its Winter Street Center, will be presented on the second Sunday of each […]
Posted inFuneral Services
Stephanie Raye Webster
MONMOUTH — A funeral service for Stephanie Raye Webster was held Thursday at Bragdon-Finley Funeral Home with the Rev. Peter Mars officiating. Special memories were shared by her mother, Susan Webster and the poem, “Heaven’s Very Special Child,” by Edna Massionilla, was read by James Finley. Special musical selections were “Angel,” “You Are My Sunshine” […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Low confirmed as Auburn deputy fire chief
AUBURN — Geoff Low, 40, of Dixfield, was confirmed as Auburn’s deputy fire chief recently. Low has 24 years of fire service experience and has served for more than 10 years with the Auburn Fire Department, since April 2010 as acting chief. Low has an associate degree in fire science and is a licensed paramedic. […]
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Guitarist will play ethereal music in star-dome theater
PORTLAND — Boston-based musician Rob Byrd will conduct an ambient guitar concert on Saturday, Jan. 22, as part of the Southworth Planetarium’s “An Odyssey Through the Winter Cosmos” show. While listening to Byrd’s enchanting, transcendental harmonies, viewers will get to explore the cosmic depths within the constellations: the filaments of the Orion Nebula; the star-adorned […]
Posted inOur View
Trio of stories shows 2011 is off to a bright start
Three recent stories suggest 2011 is off to a great, optimistic start. The first involves Richard Gregoire, who is dedicated to brightening his corner of the world in Lewiston, and we mean “corner” literally. Gregoire programs the eight-foot electric sign on the kiosk outside The Medicine Shoppe pharmacy. The board was originally intended to advertise […]