All Weather Friends, Mid Winter Hello Woody, glad to see You surviving the winter. Where’s Woodine? Haven’t seen her around. How are those offspring of yours? Saw one of them, two days back. Proud to call you neighbors. Did you see the three deer On the lawn earlier? Three years now, we’ve enjoyed Having your […]
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Christmas spirit abounds on Main Street in Norway
NORWAY — Did you know, the Matolcsy Art Center and the Norway Historical Society have many gift possibilities for sale each Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. During Norway’s Holiday Nights, Magic on Main Street? Stop by the art center (across from the Unitarian Church) and the historical society (side entrtance) and see for yourself! The […]
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'The Damned One' debut
LEWISTON — Sean Wallace walked into the audition at Praxis Production Studios last December to read for the part of a British businessman, turned on a southern accent when he was done, and walked out playing the bad man who wears black in “The Damned One.” The supernatural Western set in the 1800s, shot entirely […]
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Music, art fest opens Saturday in Sumner
SUMNER — After moving to Sumner a year ago, Lori Haigh discovered there was a lot of untapped artistic talent with the town’s youngsters and wanted to find a way foster that creativity. She found that through the first-ever West Sumner Village Music and Art Festival. The two-day event will run from 2 to 8 p.m. […]
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Paris woman provides art, spiritual care to orphans in Ecuador
PARIS — Maybe the stars aligned or there was some higher power at work, but either way the Rev. Sarah Shepley believes her recent mission trip to bring art to orphans in Ecuador was the convergence of her passions. Shepley of Paris is a full-time artist and was ordained as an interfaith minister in 2011. She […]
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New folk art center offers classes in wet felting, spinning, wood carving and paper making in downtown Norway
NORWAY — The Folk Art & Craft Center at Fiber & Vine in downtown Norway is just getting off the ground and organizers hope to grow the center and offer more to the community. Diana Arcadipone of Otisfield said she uses traditional craft techniques combined with paint in her own art practice and has taught a […]
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Church donated to library to become community center in Paris
PARIS — The town of Paris will have a community center open for residents and organizations hopefully by spring, thanks to a donation from the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church to the Paris Public Library. The community center will be located at the former Deering Memorial United Methodist Church at 39 Main St., […]
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Ramblers offer bluegrass concert in Phillips
PHILLIPS — The Sandy River Ramblers return to the Phillips Area Community Center for a concert of Bluegrass music, featuring many original songs about Maine, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7. The band features mandolinist Dan Simon and banjoist Bud Godsoe, (from Madrid), the lead singing of 16-year-old phenom Dana Reynolds and bassist Julie […]
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George Michael dead at 53
Michael died at his home in Goring, England. His publicist, Cindi Berger, said he had not been ill. No other details were released. He enjoyed immense popularity early in his career as a teenybopper idol, delivering a series of hits such as “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” ”Young Guns (Go For It)” and “Freedom.” […]