BANGOR — Penobscot Theatre Company’s Dramatic Academy is pleased to announce Northern Writes Junior, a playwriting contest for Maine youths ages 4-18. Winning entries will receive full productions via a weekend festival in the Spring as part of the Dramatic Academy 20/21 season. No experience is necessary to submit a play. Interested youth are challenged […]
June 2020
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Obituary: Paul E. LaPointe
HOULTON – Paul E. LaPointe, 70, passed away unexpectedly early Thursday morning, May 28, 2020, at his home. …
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Obituary: Albert “Al” Doyon
WESTBROOK – Albert “Al” Doyon, 79, passed away on May 26, 2020, after contracting the COVID-19 virus. Al was born on …
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Obituary: Oscar R. Gagne
LEWISTON – Oscar R. Gagne, 80, left this earth to reunite with the love of his life on Monday, June 1, …
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Obituary: Maureen A. (Coughlin) Zellenka
GLOUCESTER, Mass. – Maureen A. (Coughlin) Zellenka, 74, of Gloucester, wife of John Zellenka, passed away on Monday June …
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Obituary: Doris R. Theriault
AUBURN – Doris R. Theriault, 84, of Lewiston and formerly of Winthrop, died peacefully on Friday, May 29, 2020, at the …
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Obituary: Thomas “Tucker” H. Sweetser
BETHEL – Thomas “Tucker” H. Sweetser, 55, passed away at home on Wednesday May 27th. in Bethel. Tucker was born …
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Obituary: Bertrand E. Bryant
BERLIN, N.H. – Bertrand E. Bryant, 89, of Berlin, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital …
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Mary-Beth Taylor: Provide relief for local governments
As a town selectperson for Poland, I have witnessed the damaging effects that COVID-19 has had on my community. As leaders in our town have led the effort to keep members of the community safe, we have had to make some difficult decisions that have led us to financial strains that we never imagined. For […]
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Cal Thomas: Thoughts about racism, rioting and redemption
It was a night I shall never forget. The date was April 4, 1968. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated in Memphis and I was flying home to Washington, D.C., from Atlanta. As the plane descended over National Airport, I could see flames. Part of the city of my birth and capital of […]