TOPS NORWAY — TOPS meets Tuesdays in the Association Hall at Town & Country Mobile Home Village, 99 Town & Country Drive, Norway. Weigh-in is from 4-4:45 p.m. and the meeting is from 5-6 p.m. Yearly membership is $32 and monthly dues are $5 which includes a bimonthly magazine subscription to TOPS News. TOPS is […]
2019
Charges brought in case of stolen donation bins for family of slain Waterville woman
Christopher Hodges, 31, of Winslow, has been charged with theft in connection to stealing donation bins meant to help the family of Melissa Sousa.
OSHA inspecting businesses following deadly Farmington explosion
Social service agency and metal post, fuel and plumbing/heating companies checked.
Suspect arrested in fatal Southern California high school shooting
Authorities say a student gunman opened fire at a Southern California high school, killing two students, wounding three others and shooting himself in the head.
Met Opera presentation of ‘Akhnaten’ to be shown live in HD
FRYEBURG — The Metropolitan Opera’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Live in HD series presents “Akhnaten” at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. Each year, the Met’s Live in HD series brings 10 live opera cinema transmissions to more than 2,200 theaters in more than 70 countries worldwide, including […]
Celebration Barn Theater wins $15,000 grant to help build new generation of theater-goers
PARIS — The Onion Foundation has awarded Celebration Barn Theater $15,000 to support and expand its education initiative to engage local youth in live performance in 2020. The grant will support Celebration Barn’s “Theater in Schools” program, launched this year in partnership with SAD 17. Last spring, over 800 elementary students rode the school bus […]
Singer-songwriter Phil Poirier to play at North Church
FARMINGTON — Phil Poirier will perform songs for voice, guitar and piano in a solo concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, at the North Church. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for a Pie Social. For years, Poirier was a successful artist in the Portland area, showing in several of the larger galleries in […]
Scientists meeting in Portland say right whales on the way to extinction
At an international meeting, scientists urge immediate action to protect the endangered species that is the focus of regulatory efforts that could affect Maine’s valuable lobster industry.
Man found guilty in dog’s death that angered Down East community
The dog’s body floated ashore in Hancock in the summer of 2018.
Craft fair correction
LEWISTON — The Acadia Academy vendor fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16. There will be more than 30 vendors, a 50/50 drawing, bake sale and Kids Craft Room. The school is located at 12 Westminster St. Editor’s note: The original time was reported as being from 10 a.m. […]