100 Years Ago: 1921 The Pulsifer Brothers gave a masquerade ball at Stevens Mills Grange Hall Friday evening. Special invitation had been extended to the employees of Cushman-Hollis Shoe Factory, and seventy-five of them were present. Everybody masked, even the orchestra, which was Pulsifer’s four-piece. Mrs. Bessie Reed, who wore a clever knickerbacker costume, won […]
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Under the Covers at Mixers on Saturday
Under the Covers will play at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4, at Mixers Nightclub & Lounge in Sabattus. The high-energy band plays hits from the 50s through today featuring songs by The Eagles, Blondie, Journey, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner and more. There is no cover charge and plenty of free parking. Mixers is located […]
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Looking Back on Dec. 2
100 Years Ago: 1921 The Camp Fire Girls of Park Street M.E. Church held their November ceremonial Wednesday evening at the home of the guardian. The candles were lit by Madelyn Lawrence and Bessie Footman. 50 Years Ago: 1971 Auburn Mayor John R. Linnell, concerned about rabid foxes turning up recently in the city, today […]
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Looking Back on Dec. 1
100 Years Ago: 1921 Harry & Coombs of Lewiston has been authorized to go ahead with plans for an eight room school building to be built on Hartley Field, in Saco to cost around $55,000. 50 Years Ago: 1971 A Thanksgiving Variety Show was put on by the sixth, seventh and eighth grade students at […]
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Looking Back on Dec. 8
100 Years Ago: 1921 The newly organized Lewiston and Auburn Automobile Association already has a membership of 400. This was announced at a meeting of the directors, held in the Lewiston Chamber of Commerce rooms Friday afternoon. Included in the other business was the report that it was impossible to secure the desired speaker for the recently […]
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Photographer David Hursty work on display at Gallery 302
Photographer David Hursty joins the cooperative of artists at Gallery 302 in Bridgton. Hursty views the world as an ever-changing palette. There is beauty all around us if we take the time to observe. He tries to find the special something in every scene. He began his adventure in photography in his father’s darkroom. After […]
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Comedians take stage in Farmington, Auburn this weekend
The River Comics Comedy Productions presents live stand-up comedy at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 3, at Mary Jane’s Slice of Heaven in Farmington, and again at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4, at Craft Brew Underground in Auburn. The show at Mary Jane’s Slice of Heaven in Farmington will feature Nic Dufault, Leonard Kimble, […]
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David Benoit Christmas Tribute to Charlie Brown to be performed in Bath
David Benoit Christmas Tribute to Charlie Brown is set for begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, on the Main Stage at Chocolate Church Arts Center, at 804 Washington St. in Bath. The Holiday/Jazz/Piano concert will feature special guest Courtney Fortune. In 1965, the first ever “Peanuts” animated special took place. It was a landmark […]
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Looking Back on Nov. 30
100 Years Ago: 1921 January 12 has been chosen as the date of the presentation of the opera “Faust” to be given by local talent in the Empire theater. The masterpiece of Gounod will be sung in French by some of the best talent of Lewiston and Auburn, under the musical direction of L.N. Gendreau. […]