PARIS — Oxford Hills Music Art and Drama Boosters are holding a Princess Brunch on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to noon at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School cafeteria. Six of the Grimm fairy tale princes and princesses will be played by high school students to entertain children and parents who attend. Nan Brett […]
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Black, White & Red Gala
NORWAY — Black, White & Red Gala celebrates ’40s music, dance and dining, along with a raffle to win fabulous prizes for a great cause on Saturday, Nov. 7. Cottage Street Creative Exchange Inc. is a local nonprofit with a Globalocal mission – to spark integration into dance and the arts, locally and globally – one step at […]
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Calendar of events
Benefits Wilton, Friday, Oct. 9-10: Community rummage sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., First Congregational Church, 386 Main St. 585-2130. Jay, Saturday, Oct. 10: Food and rummage sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., North Jay Grange 10, Route 17. 645-4628, 645-9353. Jay, Saturday, Oct. 10: Daughters of Isabella fall bazaar, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., St. Rose of Lima parish hall, […]
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Buckfield’s new Reader’s Theater lets imaginations run wild
BUCKFIELD — “We know now that in the early years of the 20th century this world was being watched closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own,” Bud Santos reads in a voice made for radio from the dimly lit meeting room at the Zadoc Long Free Library. “We know now that […]
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Meet TV ‘star’ game warden Saturday at Maine Wildlife Park
GRAY — Fans of Animal Planet’s reality TV show “North Woods Law” will get a chance to meet the stars this weekend — the game wardens who protect Maine’s wilderness and the wildlife residing in it. The meet-and-greet event will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. on National Hunting and […]
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Maine Mountain Chamber Music is at it again
When September rolls around we can be sure that Yuri Funahashi and Laurie Kennedy have been moving and shaking in the world of chamber music and are about to unveil for our delectation something that is between the superlative and the sublime. Every year (and particularly welcome after their recent sabbatical) these two founders of […]
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The Oxford County Fair makes education fun
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — This year, it’s all about getting dirty. The Oxford Fair, which opens Wednesday, Sept. 16, and runs through Saturday, Sept. 19, will feature its annual Agricultural and Conservation Education Day on Wednesday from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. At least 700 home-schooled, public, private and charter school from across Oxford […]
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Beyond the Fall provides a different kind of amusement at the upcoming Oxford County Fair
OXFORD — Those visiting the Oxford County Fair on Saturday, Sept. 19, will hear some rip roaring rock from Beyond the Fall as the band tears through heavy rifts, groovy tunes and sing-along lyrics. The Lewiston-Auburn-based four-piece band formed in mid-2009 and has been playing shows in Maine and across New England ever since. It’s comprised […]
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Vienna Historical Society holding DAR program
VIENNA — Do you have an ancestor who was active in supporting the Revolutionary War? If so, you are eligible to join the Daughters of the American Revolution. Your ancestor did not have to be in the Continental Army or part of a militia, as there were many other ways to serve the new nation. The […]