It’s going to be a full weekend of entertainment at Holly’s Own Deli & Wine Bar, 84 Court St., Auburn. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26, Mary Murphy will play her classic-style blues and jazz piano until 9:30 p.m. On Friday, Jerry Joe Carrier will play his mix of originals and covers on solo […]

PRINCETON, N.J. – Grover Cleaveland, twice president of the United States died at 8:40 o’clock this morning at his home, “Westland,” in this college town, where he had lived since his retirement as the mation’s chief executive almost 12 years ago.An official statement given out and signed by three physicians gave heart trouble, superinduced by […]

BETHEL – The world’s tallest SnowWoman, dedicated Feb. 29, was a project that reflected community spirit, and Saturday, July 5, at the Bethel Art Fair a few pieces of one-of-a-kind art will be sold as a tribute to that accomplishment.Artist Ken Irons is creating the art on the shovels used by volunteers who handled and […]

HARRISON – The Naples Public Library will present a benefit concert featuring the live music of singer-songwriter Heather Pierson Wednesday, July 2, at Deertrees Theatre.In a career spanning two decades, Pierson has shared the stage with rock stars and folk legends; performed in recital halls; sung in sacred rituals and ceremonies; toured the New England […]

LEWISTON – The New England folk music trio Hope Hoffman and Kittlish will kick off the 2008 Bates College Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series Thursday, July 10.The 6 p.m. performance will be in the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater at the college’s Lake Andrews.The 2008 series will also present the world music duo Okbari, which continues the revelatory […]

FARMINGTON – Acclaimed playwright Madeleine George will read from her new novel, “Looks,” at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28, at Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers in the downtown.“‘Looks’ is a captivating commentary on high school society, where social standing can change in an instant,” wrote reviewer Heather Doss for Publisher’s Weekly. “Told from the points […]

Well-manicured shrubs. A cactus topiary, complete with chili pepper lights. An actual vineyard. Rock walls. Waterfalls. A gothic-revival farmhouse. And, of course, gorgeous flowers and trees of many varieties, colors and shapes.Must be the Maine Music Society’s Garden and Home Tour.The 14th annual fundraising tour will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, […]

While cleaning a codfish recently, Fish Warden F. A. Townsend of Calais found a ring in the stomach of the fish. The ring looks to be a gold-plated silver ring of the serpent variety, the head of the serpent set with a large emerald which is said to be an excellent stone notwithstanding the fact […]

NORWAY – Somewhere north of here there’s a magical place called “Almost, Maine.”Everyone should go there.It’s a place where northern lights bring dreams to life in a single moment in time.The stage of the Norway Grange is the road to “Almost, Maine,” where on a cold winter night four people give us glimpses of how […]

LEWISTON – The Downeast Brass, a group of five experienced musicians from southern and central Maine, will kick off L/A Arts’ Music in the Parks concert series Thursday, July 10. The band enjoys playing a wide range of styles, from classical to Dixieland. It has performed at private parties at the governor’s mansion in Augusta, […]