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7 Maine events this week include Holiday at Hadlock and an ugly sweater bar crawl

by Aimsel Ponti December 8, 2025December 7, 2025

Also, head to Waterville for the Bossov Ballet production of ‘The Nutcracker.’

Life & Culture, Maine, Mark LaFlamme, News

Exposing Santa’s secret strategies! Plus some other stuff. | Column

by Mark LaFlamme December 7, 2025December 5, 2025

This week, Mark LaFlamme ponders snarling, seasonal denial, The Incident and Santa’s naughty list.

Life & Culture, Maine, Mark LaFlamme, News

Lewiston moms worry teacher ruined magic of Christmas | Column

by Mark LaFlamme December 7, 2025December 8, 2025

At Montello Elementary School, a substitute teacher left students in tears, and their parents angry, Mark LaFlamme writes.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, News

Holiday at the Plaza fills Lewiston with cheer

by Russ Dillingham December 6, 2025December 6, 2025

People pack Dufresne Plaza and Lisbon Street during the city’s annual winter event.

Life & Culture, Maine, Schools & Education

Historic images light up Lewiston’s Lisbon Street: ‘A Street of Stories’

by Mark LaFlamme December 5, 2025December 5, 2025

The project is described as a digital storytelling event, one that uses archival images to weave tales of Lewiston’s downtown in the days of old.

Sun Spots

Maine-ly Harmony Women’s Barbershop Chorus to perform in Gardiner | Sun Spots

by Sun Spots December 5, 2025December 4, 2025

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Maine-ly Harmony Women’s Barbershop Chorus will perform a Christmas show, ’Tis The Season, at the Highland Avenue United Methodist Church, 35 Highland Ave., Gardiner, on Sunday, Dec. 14, at 2 p.m. Please join us in sharing the songs of the season, old and new, as well as a silent auction, refreshments, and […]