If you’ve been following the Fast and Furious series since its inception, you’ve seen it grow from a devil-may-care little street-racing story in 2001 up to 2013’s Fast & Furious 6, which morphed into a full-blown spy thriller. It probably couldn’t have grown into Universal’s all-time biggest franchise ($3.1 billion-with-a-B as of this month) if […]
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Benefits Friday & Saturday, April 17-18: Wilton, Rummage sale, 9 a.m., First Congregational Church, 386 Main St. Saturday, April 18: Turner, Auction, entertainment, food, raffles, 4:30 p.m., Boofy Quimby Hall, Route 219. Benefits Pamela Sirois. Sunday, April 26: Jay, Mattress sale, new name brand, 10 a.m., Spruce Mountain High School North Campus, 33 Community Drive. […]
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Auditions for ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ this weekend
STANDISH — Auditions for Broadway’s beloved Wild West musical masterpiece “Annie Get Your Gun” will be held Saturday, April 18, from 9 a.m. to noon and Wednesday, April 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Schoolhouse Arts Center. The play includes a large cast with parts for males and females of any age from 10 to 70 with […]
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School break means Art Camp at Farnsworth
ROCKLAND — Children ages eight to 11 years old are invited to join art instructor Trelawney O’Brien and other creative kids this April school break for Art Camp at the Farnsworth’s Gamble Education Center. The weeklong camp will take place Tuesday, April 22, through Thursday, April 26, from 9 a.m. to noon. This April break, join other […]
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Norway Arts Festival gets ready
NORWAY — The Norway Arts Festival will host a reception and fine art auction at the Matolcsy Center at 480 Main St. on Sunday, April 26, at 1 p.m. as the kick off event of this year’s festival. Works from the Western Maine Art Group’s collection and works by current members will be auctioned by […]
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Celebrate Earth Day with Legos at the library
PARIS — The Paris Public Library is hosting a Lego afternoon on Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22, from 1 to 3 p.m. In celebration of the day, participants are invited to try one of the Earth Day-themed designs offered by the library, or they may bring their own Lego projects to work on or share. […]
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Earth Day concert happens Sunday
NORWAY — The First Universalist Church of Norway will present its seventh annual Earth Day Peace Concert on Sunday, April 19, at 2 p.m. The event will feature live performances by Heather Pierson, Mary Hargreaves, Davy Sturtevant, Nate Towne and the Norway UU Choir. The program will include songs and readings that celebrate and honor the earth and […]
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There’s a murder mystery at the high school Friday
PARIS — The drama class at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School (OHCHS) will hold its third annual Murder Mystery Theater event on Friday, April 17, at 6 p.m. This year’s performance is called “Murder at the Banquet.” Murder mystery involves a play during which the guests work to solve the mystery of who killed whom. […]
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Buckfield students get musical with ‘Beauty and the Beast’ this weekend
BUCKFIELD — Roughly 40 students crowd around elongated clothing racks, searching for their outfits, as one high schooler walks by, carrying his shirt and proclaiming in a British accent, “I need pantaloons.” It’s a normal Friday afternoon in the Buckfield High School cafeteria, where the cast ranging from first through 12th grade is gathered for a […]