LOS ANGELES (AP) – The vampire romance “Twilight” drained the box office in its opening weekend, taking in $70.6 million. Catherine Hardwicke’s film also enjoyed the biggest opening ever for a female director, blowing away the previous standard of $41.1 million set by Mimi Leder’s “Deep Impact” in 1998. Drawing from its huge fan base […]

100 years ago, 1908 Complaints of the mysterious acting of strangers in Lewiston have convinced the police department that a gang of short-change artists and all-around crooks are operating here. Every attention has been directed to rounding up the gang. Several men have been detained at the police station, but they have been released because […]

VATICAN CITY (AP) –Vatican media are praising the Beatles’ musical legacy and sounding philosophical about John Lennon’s boast that the British band was more popular than Jesus. Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano says Lennon’s comment can be written off now as the bragging of a young man wrestling with unexpected success. It also said the Beatles’ […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Producer Dick Wolf is receiving a special honor at the 36th International Emmy Awards for extending the long arm of his “Law & Order” franchise into almost every corner of the globe. Sam Waterston, who has appeared as prosecutor Jack McCoy in more than 325 “Law & Order” episodes since 1994, […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Why are Asians good at math? Why are there so many Jewish doctors and lawyers? How did Bill Gates become Bill Gates? And why did Avianca Flight 052 crash on Long Island on Jan. 25, 1990? Malcolm Gladwell, the New Yorker writer who won acclaim with “The Tipping Point” and “Blink,” […]

LEWISTON – Author Colin Sargent will read excerpts from his acclaimed new historical novel, “Museum of Human Beings,” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 25, in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library.The book is about the life of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, the son of the fabled Native American woman Sacagawea who served as guide […]

LEWISTON – This holiday season, The Public Theatre will present its acclaimed adaptation of “A Christmas Carol,” followed by “A Solstice Celebration,” on Dec. 12, 13 and 14.The Public Theatre’s version of the Dickens classic has become a favorite holiday tradition in Lewiston/Auburn. This inventive adaptation, performed by six actors and a fiddler, was developed […]

SABATTUS – Local children’s author, grandmother and lifelong Lewiston-Auburn resident Jean Raymond will be at Jillson’s Farm and Sugarhouse for a reading of her latest book, “Little Blue Whistle,” from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23.Copies of “Little Blue Whistle,” published by Authorhouse, will be available for purchase and Raymond will also sign copies.Raymond […]

100 years ago, 1908 The goose bone prognosticators are busy, and according to the indications gleaned from the breast bone of that foolish bird, we are in for a winter of snow – much snow – and ice and intense cold, in fact, a good old fashioned Maine winter.The goose bone, according to the old-time […]

LEWISTON – “Godspell,” the rock musical that imparts the teachings of Jesus with an endearing comic twist, is coming to the Franco-American Heritage Center. The St. Dominic Regional High School Drama Society last performed “Godspell” 7 years ago, and will perform this unique retelling of the gospel according to Matthew on Friday and Saturday, Nov. […]