WINTHROP -The Half Moon Jug Band is set to take the stage at 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 27, to perform a benefit concert at the Winthrop Performing Arts Center at Winthrop High School. A portion of the night’s proceeds will go toward the center.The Half Moon Jug Band performs folk music. Members play banjos, guitars, […]

NORWAY – New York Times best-selling author Tess Gerritsen will be guest writer for a Fireside Chat Friday, Feb. 2, at Norway Memorial Library.Gerritsen has written medical thrillers, gaining widespread recognition with the publication of “Harvest” in 1996. She began her career as a physician who wrote in her spare time. She had published a […]

SOUTH PARIS – Singer/songwriter Kristen Short of Norway has released her third original music CD, “The Loan,” an adult contemporary/country-crossover music collection featuring seven original songs. She will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, at Oxford Hill Comprehensive High School Auditorium on Route 26. Accompanying her will be Vessel Recordings artist Heather Pierson and […]

AUBURN – Humorist Travis Wallace will bring his unique brand of New England comedy to the Fireside Inn & Suites (formerly The Auburn Inn) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3.A former radio morning show host, Wallace is well known throughout the Northeast for his stories and jokes about small-town New England. Born and raised in […]

BRUNSWICK – The community is invited to read Oscar Wilde’s novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” then attend a book lecture by Aviva Briefel, Bowdoin College associate professor of English, Wednesday, Feb. 7, on the Bowdoin campus.This the first event in the Bowdoin Book Lecture Series. “This new program invites all members of the community […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ­- Ron Carey, an actor best known for his work as a cocky, height-challenged policeman on the 1970s TV comedy “Barney Miller,” has died. He was 71.Carey died of a stroke Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Michael Ciccolini, an extended relative and family spokesman.Carey had a recurring role on “Barney Miller” from […]

TURNER – Mike Nadeau loves the outdoors – and cooking what he finds there, in warmer seasons, of course. “Anything that’s out there, I make things with it,” said Nadeau, who has a big backyard, with a huge garden, and loves to hunt and fish.On any given Sunday morning, he gets up about an hour […]

Most of us break our New Year resolutions in the first week of the year and forget about them by the end of January.But if you are interested in turning your resolutions into results, here are some tips.• Choose a result that you must have. Do not choose something that you would like to have […]

For my birthday this year, I’ve told my husband and children that all I want is a week off from making dinner.It’s not the cooking I mind. It’s the menu-planning.It’s hard sticking to a budget, providing nutritious food and getting dinner on the table within 45 minutes of coming home from work – not to […]

DEAR ABBY: I have a 15-year-old nephew I have suspected is gay for a long time. I recently saw his profile on myspace.com because I search there often, checking on my daughter. I found that he is on there and has listed his sexual orientation as “Bi.”I am sure that his mother, my sister, is […]