If you wanted to have snowshoe races, but didn’t have any snow, what would you do? In January 1949, Norway planned a winter festival on Main St. Because there was so little snow, the event made the national news when many truckloads of sawdust were dumped on the street in order to run snowshoe races. […]
2021
Make a potato maze
1. Make a small hole in the short side of a long cardboard box, such as a shoe box. 2. With an adult’s help, cut out several pieces of cardboard and stick them inside of the box to make a maze like the one pictured. 3. Put a sprouting potato in the end of the […]
Darlingside to perform 2 virtual shows followed by a Q&A
Darlingside will perform two virtual show, at 3 and 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 26, with an all access post show Q&A: at 9:30 p.m. The show will be hosted by State Theatre in Portland. Band members Dave Senft (vocals, bass), Don Mitchell (vocals, guitar, banjo), Auyon Mukharji (vocals, violin, mandolin), and Harris Paseltiner (vocals, cello, […]
Obituary: Glendon A. Winton
SCARBOROUGH – Glendon A. Winton, 92, passed peacefully on Friday, May 14, 2021 at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Scarborough.
Glendon was …
Obituary: Anita J. Lemay
PERU – Anita J. Lemay, 67, of Peru. It is with broken hearts that we are writing that she has passed …
Obituary: Lorraine Edna Berry
AVON – Lorraine Edna Berry, 88, passed away on May 15, 2021 at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington.
She was born on …
Obituary: Juliette C. Bannister
LEWISTON – Juliette C. Bannister, 91, a long-time resident of Lewiston, died Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at D’Youville Pavilion. She was …
Obituary: Nancy Valliere
SCARBOROUGH – Nancy Valliere, 88, passed away at the Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough, May 10, 2021 surrounded by her loving …
Obituary: Justine Duteau
LEWISTON – Justine Duteau, 94, of Lewiston passed away on May 14, 2021 at her home with her family by her …
Obituary: Jane Bernier
CANTON – Jane Bernier, 57, of Canton, died unexpectedly May 13, 2021. She was born in Lewiston, a daughter of George …