MONMOUTH — Auditions for Theater at Monmouth’s fall production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Sorcerer” will be held on Monday, July 14, beginning at 3 p.m. at Cumston Hall. Interested singers, dancers, and actors are invited to schedule an audition for the production which will be directed by associate artistic director, Bill Van Horn. The […]
June 2014
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Winthrop library to host Susan Poulin July 22
Poulin is best known for her live performances, including the play “Ida: Woman Who Runs with the Moose.” She writes about and performs as “Ida LeClair” throughout New England. Her plays, which also include “Ida’s Havin’ a Yard Sale” and “A Very Ida Christmas,” have won numerous awards. Selected by Portland Magazine as one of […]
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Lake Region theater to present ‘Annie’
NAPLES — Lake Region Community Theatre has announced that its summer musical will be “Annie.” Director Mary Bastoni has cast more than 30 people ages eight and up in this play based on the comic strip character, Little Orphan Annie (played by Margaret MacLeod and Jordan Meier). Because there are so many talented orphans, Bastoni […]
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Met Opera HD Summer Encore Series at Fryeburg arts center
Wednesday, July 2 at 7 p.m. – RIGOLETTO: Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer’s acclaimed production, the talk of the opera world when it premiered in 2013, sets the action of Verdi’s masterpiece in the neon-lit world of 1960s Las Vegas. In this bold new vision Piotr Beczala is the Duke, a popular entertainer and casino […]
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Comedy night in Lewiston July 3
GO AND DO: Portland Comedy Co-op at She Doesn’t Like Guthries 8 p.m. Thursday, July 3 115 Middle St., Lewiston Free admission LEWISTON — Comedy Night at Guthrie’s, hosted by The Portland Comedy Co-op, returns with another great lineup of Maine’s best up-and-coming comedians. This month’s featured comic will be Cloud Morris. The California native, […]
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Regulators order insurance benefits from cashed-in policy to be awarded to Auburn widow
The family of a chronically ill Auburn man who was unscrupulously persuaded into cashing in his life insurance policy will be repaid more than $160,000, the state insurance bureau announced Thursday. Paul E. Richard, a Lewiston insurance agent who represented American Equity, allegedly advised the man to surrender a $100,000 life insurance policy that the […]
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LePage policy puts squeeze on cities, immigrants
PORTLAND — Gov. Paul LePage wants to limit state welfare benefits to only those residents living in Maine legally, a move that could force municipalities to drop some recipients or risk losing government funds. But opponents say the Republican would be pitting have-nots against other have-nots in the state and feeding into a fear of immigrants. […]
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Ex-Maine tribal official pleads guilty
BANGOR — The former finance director of the Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe has pleaded guilty to stealing $20,000 from the Maine tribe. Fifty-nine-year-old Charles Fourcloud was fired as finance director of the Passamaquoddy’s Pleasant Point reservation government in September for lying about his identity. He pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing more than $20,000 from the […]
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Sabattus woman gets 3 years in sex abuse case
AUGUSTA — Maine has been increasing the level of Medicaid funding it devotes to home-based care for the disabled since a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court ruling gave people a choice to live outside institutions. Data provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services indicates Maine was providing 50.9 percent of Medicaid long-term care money […]