AUGUSTA: “Cabinet of Curiosities, the Museum Science Collections and You” continues at the Maine State Museum, State House Complex. Gallery hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. 287-2301 AUGUSTA: “Historical Native American Artwork” will be featured through June 30 at the Maine Capitol Complex. 287-6746 BATH: Ongoing exhibits “A […]

LEWISTON – The duo of Denise and Connie (Denise Marois and Connie Cote) will perform at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20, at the Franco-American Heritage Center as part of Festival FrancoFun 2009. They will present a variety of musical selections, including Broadway songs from “My Fair Lady” and “The Sound of Music,” as well as […]

A class of one hundred was graduated yesterday afternoon from the Grammar School of this city, the exercises being held at the Dingley School Hall. As usual the room was filled with people many being obliged to stand. The young people made a pretty picture as they sat upon the platform. The decorations put up […]

VINALHAVEN – Robert Indiana never saw his oversized EAT sign illuminated after it went up at the New York World’s Fair in 1964. A day after being turned on, the sign with its hundreds of light bulbs was turned off because it was attracting hungry tourists who thought it was a restaurant, not a piece […]

AUBURN – “Lost in Yonkers” is a play that promises to give audiences some highly entertaining and moving evenings in its upcoming run at Community Little Theatre June 19-28. “To my way of thinking, ‘Lost in Yonkers’ is one of Neil Simon’s best plays,” said Dick Rosenberg, veteran director and actor with CLT. He added […]

A frisky young bovine down at Merrow’s slaughterhouse at New Auburn caused some of the men there all sorts of trouble one afternoon this week. The calf, with several others awaiting the “death penalty,” were in a pen in the building which is situated over the river. The calf apparently was aware of the fate […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – R&B singer Chris Brown and former girlfriend Rihanna were among those on the guests list for Game 5 of the NBA finals on Sunday night. Brown was sitting courtside wearing sunglasses and all black attire. Rihanna could not be spotted, but a Magic spokesman confirmed she was on the guest list. […]

ROCKLAND – The Farnsworth Art Museum will present the first Maine in America Celebration, an arts festival throughout Rockport and Rockland celebrating Maine’s role in American art, from June 18 to June 28. The festival focusing on theater, music, dance and the visual arts, will include the presentation of the fourth Maine in America award […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Hollywood nursed another big weekend hangover. The Warner Bros. comedy “The Hangover” hauled in $33.4 million to remain the top box-office draw for a second-straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The tale of a Las Vegas bachelor party gone to extremes raised its total to $105.4 million after 10 days […]

DEAR ABBY: I’m a happily married woman who has always valued my friendships. I feel fortunate to have about a dozen women friends I can talk to, have lunch with and enjoy girls’ weekends with.One of my longtime friends, “Cecily,” is a widow. She’s an attractive, intelligent, vibrant woman who complains to me that she […]