Paris Fire Hall to host show PARIS — The Maine Country Music Association Show & Dance will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, at the Paris Fire Hall, 137 Western Ave., South Paris. Admission is $6 for nonmembers, $5 for members and $2.50 for children under 12. Children must be supervised […]
January 2019
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Celtic music to fill Chocolate Church
BATH — Richard Wood and Gordon Belcher will present their blazing Prince Edward Island Celtic at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, in the Annex of the Chocolate Church Art Center, 804 Washington St. Audiences will be taken on ride jigs and reels, strathspeys and hornpipes, and beautiful airs. Wood’s fiddle and infectious melodies complement Belcher’s versatile […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 9
100 years ago: 1919 (This item is from an ad in the Lewiston Journal) WANTED: Girls from 17 to 24 years of age with high school education, who desire permanent position to learn telephone operating. Seven dollars a week paid while learning. Frequent increases and two weeks vacation with pay. Apply, Hannah B. Leader, Chief […]
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The Harlow seeking submissions for annual juried art show
HALLOWELL — The Harlow art gallery is seeking submissions for Art2019, the 24th annual juried show and second annual juried show being held at its new location at 100 Water St. Art2019 is open to all Maine artists and to any artist with a strong connection to Maine. It will be held from May 10 through […]
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USM-LAC to host French sing-along
The public is invited to participate in the free monthly French sing-along at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College, 51 Westminster St., Lewiston. Les Troubadours will lead a selection of local Franco favorites, such as “C’est Dans le Temps du Jour de L’An” and “Mon Dieu Bénissez la […]
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Gaslight Theater announces auditions
HALLOWELL — The Gaslight Theater announces auditions for its first production of the year, “A Rollicking Evening of One Acts.” The frivolous and funny one acts include “A Terrible False Deception” by Rafe MacPherson and a few others. Auditions will be held at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, and at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14, at […]
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Crossbows could be in play for Maine’s deer hunters
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s deer hunters would be able to harvest the animals with crossbows if a proposal from a state legislator is approved. Republican Rep. Tim Theriault of China has submitted a bill that would allow the use of crossbows during the annual deer hunt. The bill specifies that crossbows could be used during […]
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Moose wanders into Alaska hospital building
ANCHORAGE, Ala. (AP) — A moose wandered into a hospital building in Alaska’s largest city Monday — and Stephanie Hupton was ready to capture the visit with her phone camera. Hupton works in billing at a physical therapy office inside a building attached to Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage. When a patient mentioned security staffers were […]
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Greatness never looked like this
President Trump’s promise to make America great again seems to be working about as well as his pledge that Mexico would pay for the new border wall that he also promised. America’s debt has grown dramatically under the Republican president and a Republican-controlled government whose politicians have long campaigned on the assertion that they spend […]
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Community sale
LOVELL — There will be a $2 per bag sale from Jan. 19-Feb. 2, at the thrift shop of the United Church of Christ, Route 5, Center Lovell. Hours are 10 a.m. to noon Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.