The able bodied citizens of North and West Auburn and vicinity turned out Thursday afternoon to help their neighbor and friend, Jesse Jones, raise his new barn. The date was changed owing to the recent snow storm so that the crew was not a large one. But 40 men, some younger, some older, each with […]

LEWISTON – Nationally touring band These United States will appear at She Doesn’t Like Guthries in Lewiston on Tuesday, May 5. The Washington Post said of the band: “Their songs walk a thin line between the roadhouse and the coffeehouse … they thump and jangle with a gritty charm.” Their most recent release, titled “Crimes,” […]

LEWISTON – Andrew Harris, L/A Arts Executive Director, was sworn in on Tuesday as the newest Commissioner of the Maine Arts Commission. A policy-making independent agency within the Executive Department of state government, the mission of the Maine Arts Commission is to “encourage and stimulate public interest and participation in the cultural heritage and cultural […]

SEBAGO LAKE – The Schoolhouse Arts Center at Sebago Lake will present “Bugsy Malone Junior,” May 8 through 10. This youth performance is directed by Keith Halliburton with a cast of youngsters who play Prohibition-era mobsters in this tongue-in-cheek tribute to the 1920s gangster flick. This popular pint-sized, pin-striped classic leaps off the silver screen […]

AUBURN – The Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a man and his imaginary friend Harvey, a 6½-foot-tall rabbit, is coming to St. Dominic Regional High School in May 8 and 9. Written by Mary Chase, the play won the Pulitzer for drama in 1945. It is the story about a man named Elwood P. Dowd (Delton […]

GREENE – Filmmaker Tom Sterling will present “Bhutan – The Cloud Kingdom,” at the Sawyer Memorial on Thursday and Friday, May 7 and 8. Bhutan is one of three small countries between China and India, along with Nepal and Tibet. Bhutan has never been invaded by a foreign power, so many of its monasteries and […]

FARMINGTON – The University of Maine at Farmington Community Orchestra will present its spring concert at 7:30 p.m., on Saturday, May 9, at Nordica Auditorium in UMF Merrill Hall. The ensemble, directed by Trond Saeverud, is a full symphonic orchestra including UMF students, staff and community members. The spring program will include the Beethoven “Eroica” […]

Tag day is to be held in these cities May 8 to aid the Lewiston and Auburn Children’s Home. The plan is to have one hundred chaperones and a thousand young ladies, stationed at the depots, hotels, street corners, everywhere in fact. People are advised to allow the first girl who approaches them to pin […]

SCARBOROUGH – In support of the release of their new CD, “Eyes to the Sun”, Maine band Sparks The Rescue will perform at 6 p.m., Tuesday, May 5 at the Scarborough Bull Moose store, 456 Payne Road, the day of the CD’s national release. The acoustic performance is free and open to the public, and […]

According to all reports, the prospects for a new cotton mill in Lewiston are very encouraging. The purchase by the Bates, Androscoggin and other corporations of the control of the Lewiston Bleachery & Dye Works is said to have been the initial step toward the building of a new cotton mill in this city. If […]