There once was a man from Kent So, last week I shared with you all a weird little poem I dreamed up while I was stoned on Nyquil or something. Since that little snippet ran in the paper, I think that means I’m a published poet now! I suppose I’ll have to start wearing an […]
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2020: aka 2019 Part II
The ideas, debates and questions that we’ll be talking about for the next 12 months
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Culture Club: Give contradance a whirl
On the second Saturday night of the month, several dozen Mainers gather at the Farmington Grange — just as they might have a century ago — to spend a couple hours dancing jigs, reels, waltzes and polkas. “I love the tradition of it,” said Cynthia Phinney, who started the Farmington Contradance more than a dozen […]
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Culture Club: Drama and class at The Public Theatre
Epic dramas spotlighting Broadway actors to comedies starring film celebs. Years of readers choice awards. And between six to eight productions each season, shown to a total of upward of 17,000 people over the years. Not bad for a little theater that started off in a borrowed space in the Auburn Mall. The Public Theatre […]
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History Buff: Ski Museum of Maine
The Ski Museum of Maine isn’t just for skiers. Even visitors who’ve never hit the slopes savor this run through iconic Maine history. The terrain takes in Swedish immigrants who brought skiing here, the state’s winter Olympians, ski areas (past and present) from the “Crown of Maine” to the coast, and Maine-made skis and boots. […]
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Calendar of events
Winterfest Auburn 2020 is among the many opportunities for fresh air and exercise this winter and spring in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties. Highlights of the Auburn festival Jan. 25-27 include Lost Valley Ski Area discounts, a torch parade and live music. Baxter Outdoors will host its annual Winter Duathlon, a snowshoe hike is set […]
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‘Climbing Mt. Katahdin In 1912 Was Adventure’
Editor’s note: Below is the entire story that first mentioned a possible map made by Henry David Thoreau in the mid-1800s. It was published in the Lewiston Journal Magazine, published by the Lewiston Evening Journal on Jan. 10, 1970. By Dr. Webster Chester In 1912, Colby College Commencement was over on the last Wednesday in […]
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Maine prophesies for 2020
Yes to major growth in L-A. No to a hurricane-free year in Maine. Maybe to something in Fargo? Ten Maine experts make their predictions for the new year.
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Do you remember the real America?
Can you remember when you never dreamed our country could never lose? When you went to church and found spiritual consolation, when people knew what the Fourth of July stood for, and when you took it for granted that the elderly and the clergy were to be respected. When you didn’t feel embarrassed to say […]
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Face Time: Erin Fasano, LHS grad acting up
Fasano has small roles in “Superintelligence” and “The Conjuring 3” next year and big hopes for 2020.