That an investigation will probably be made of the fire in the Morin block on Lisbon Street last evening is the opinion of Chief Engineer Moriarty. The fire was in the dry goods store of Rozek and Bshara, Assyrian merchants, 343 Lisbon St. It appeared to start quickly and with a sufficient explosion to force […]

WILTON – Barbara Craig, who has been with Central Maine Community College as adjunct faculty since 2002, has written “The Wilding House Mystery,” a novel for preteens that incorporates subject matter of today and yesteryear.An old, possibly haunted house on a hill, two teenagers alone and a stormy night with a creepy, hunched-over intruder knocking […]

“Spade & Archer,” by Joe Gores; Alfred A. Knopf; 337 pages; $24.Breathing new life into an iconic character created by a long-dead author is a risky business that requires both skill and daring.John Gardner pulled it off rather nicely with Ian Fleming’s 007, but Robert Parker’s attempt to resurrect Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe (“Poodle Springs,” […]

LEWISTON – The improvisational comedy troupe Mainely Improv will return Saturday, March 14, for another evening of fun at Marco’s Restaurant.Much in the style of TV’s “Whose Line Is It, Anyway?,” Mainely Improv performs comic skits on the spot, based entirely on suggestions from the audience. “When the show starts, we have no idea what […]

RUMFORD – Want to make some music of your own? Jam Night in the Pub will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, March 6, at the Black Mountain of Maine base lodge.People are urged to bring their musical instruments to jam or just come and raise the roof while local musicians play a […]

PORTLAND – Over the last decade, fiddler extraordinaire Natalie MacMaster has gone from the dance halls and traditional Scots-Irish music ceilidhs of her Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to critical acclaim on folk, world and pop music stages around the globe.Tuesday, March 17, MacMaster and her band will return to Merrill Auditorium for a rollicking Saint […]

GARDINER – Night & Day, a group playing eclectic Latin jazz and swing standards and originals, will kick off the Sounds Good! Music Live at Johnson Hall concert series at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6.Featuring vocalist Diana Hansen and Marta Lane on jazz flute, the group from Norridgewock also includes Bill Hansen, bass; Merrill Rollins, […]

A yawn that started last evening in one of the dressing rooms at the Mystic Theatre ended on the operating table at the Central Maine General Hospital. The leading character in this spectacular performance was Miss Retta Murray of Everett, Mass.Miss Murray was waiting to go on for the second performance. She was tired and […]

Under its slogan “Forward With Scotland’s Past,” Battlefield Band blends old Scottish songs and originals, and fuses ancient and modern instruments, including bagpipes, fiddle, synthesizers, guitar, cittern, flute, bodhran and accordion. Founded in 1969, the group performs worldwide and will play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath. […]

LEWISTON – Samantha Hunt, who wrote a novel about the inventor Nikola Tesla, and “Two Kinds of Decay” author Sarah Manguso are among the writers who will from and discuss their work in a Bates College literary series during March.The yearlong language arts live series at Bates presents nationally renowned writers. All events, which are […]