PARIS – The Paris Department of Parks and Recreation will once again host an art show and festival in historic Moore Park, an event held for the first time last summer. Originally conceived by local artist Brenda Ellis-Sauro, Moore Art – In the Park will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. […]

POLAND – Gary Sredzienski, known as “The Accordion Warrior,” will perform Monday, Aug. 4, at All Souls Chapel. The 7 p.m. concert is part of the Poland Spring Preservation Society’s 2008 Summer Concert Series.Sredzienski demonstrates the diversity of the piano accordion with a wide variety of styles played on several continents. He is an artist-in-residence […]

BETHEL – The 29th annual Sudbury Canada Days, summer heritage festival of the Bethel Historical Society, will be held Aug. 8-10.The event will begin Friday, Aug. 8, with the 17th annual Hall Memorial Lecture, “Marsden Hartley: New England and 1930s Regionalism,” by Donna Cassidy, Ph.D., professor of American and New England studies and art history, […]

Fearing that children at the park playground might be injured, City Marshal Cailler gave chase to a runaway horse Thursday afternoon and captured it near Bleachery Hill. The city marshal was standing at the Park Street entrance to the police station when the team went tearing past. Hundreds of boys and girls were romping on […]

Friday, Aug. 1, the restaurant/cafe She Doesn’t Like Guthries will host an artists’ reception accompanied by live jazz. Local artists Jeanelle Demers, Jake Ference and Cassidy Shannon will display their paintings and photographs for the month of August. An example, above, is Demers’ work titled “Number 14.” The reception will begin at 6 p.m. There […]

WHAT: Festival FrancoFunWHEN: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1-3WHERE: Colisee, 190 Birch St., LewistonTICKETS: $10 per day, $25 for a three-day passMORE INFO: call 689-2000 or visit www.festivalfrancofun.com Festival FrancoFun kicks off Friday LEWISTON – An expanded variety of food, more crafters and a bigger dance floor will greet the thousands who attend the three-day […]

NORWAY – An exhibit of paintings and photographs of Lake Pennesseewassee is on view at the Norway Memorial Library through Aug. 9. The show titled “Images of Lake Pennesseewassee” includes artwork by Vivian Akers, Lee Bean, Pat Chandler, Vera Emerson, Nancy Engdahl, Minnie Libby, Jeanette O’Connell, Zilpha Plummer, Barbara Traficonte and Ellie Viles. Also featured […]

AUBURN- Local musicians Lindsey Montana and Mike Krapovicky will perform at Gritty McDuff’s beginning at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 31.Montana often performs as as a solo musician and also freelances with many area bands on multiple instruments. Krapovicky will be recognized as the bass player for The Grumps, a popular local trio. They will perform […]

For the second time this summer the large wooden block on Main Street owned by J. F. Boothby and F. H. White was the scene of a fire Wednesday night, the damage of which will amount to over $11,000. G.M. Fogg, harness dealer; A.M. Mears, confectioner; A. L. Durgin, restaurant keeper; Eli Clark, Mrs E.A. […]

RANGELEY – On Monday, Aug. 4, John Christie, president of the Ski Museum of Maine, former general manager of Sugarloaf/USA and author of “The Story of Sugarloaf,” will share the story of the development and history of Sugarloaf/USA.Christie will discuss Sugarloaf’s beginnings as a single, hand-cleared path up the mountain to a fully developed international […]