WINTHROP – Dyer Publications has released “The Taking,” a workbook aimed at helping landowners through the eminent domain process. The book sketches the story of the five-year process of the taking of the Sail Inn Restaurant by the Maine Department of Transportation starting in 2003.MDOT originally awarded $225,000 for the five-acre parcel and restaurant building, […]

A largely attended temperance meeting was held in Clan Campbell hall Sunday afternoon. Mr. Ames of Bates College was the first speaker and then a general testimony meeting was held. There was also an excellent meeting held in the evening at which remarks were made by President C. B. Ryerson and others. Regular meetings have […]

NEW YORK (AP) – After talking to journalism students at Stony Brook University recently, John Houseman of New York’s WPIX-TV left behind 18 new video cameras.Houseman, assistant news director at WPIX, had enlisted students at the Long Island campus as contributors to his news operation with an investment of $119 per camera. He wants the […]

LONDON – The house has everything an Agatha Christie fan could want – except a body in the library.The stuccoed Georgian villa where the writer spent her vacations is open to the public after a $7.8 million restoration. Visitors can see the bedroom where Christie slept, the dining room where she entertained and the drawing […]

GARDINER – Open Book Players will present “Worlds Afire,” a play written by Maine author and poet Paul B. Janeczko, as a fundraising event for Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center. The readers’ theater play will be staged at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the arts center, 280 Water St.The production mingles heartbreak, courage, suspicion […]

LEWISTON – The ensemble Music for a while will perform a program of Renaissance, Baroque and early classical music at 8 p.m. Friday, March 6, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall at Bates College. Featured will be music by J.S. Bach, Georg Telemann and Henry Purcell.The ensemble, which takes its name from a song […]

LEWISTON – The Bates College Gamelan Orchestra, joined by professional guest artists from Indonesia, will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 14, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.At noon Wednesday, March 11, a public workshop in Indonesian dance featuring two guest artists from Saturday’s program will be held also at the arts […]

BRUNSWICK – The local indie-rock band 9th Rail and the eclectic folk-meets-contemporary trio DXR will join forces for a benefit for (and at) The Theater Project. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6.9th Rail’s original sound reflects elements as diverse as seminal 1990s indie-rockers Pavement, the alt-country band Son Volt and the […]

LEWISTON – The Franco American Heritage Center and Bates College will present the fourth annual F.A.B. (Franco American Bates) Winter Dance Showcase on Sunday, March 8, at the heritage center.Featured local and regional artists include Jenn Bourgeault, Elizabeth Hansen/Androscoggin Ballet, the Bates Nepalese Dancers, Heather Baur, Sara Smith, Trish Harms, Caribeth Klemundt and the Bates […]

BRUNSWICK – Local artists and Web designers will share their experiences and tips at Artists E-Speak from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 16, at Frontier Cafe, Gallery & Cinema. The panel presentation will feature three artists and look at how they use their Web sites to promote and sell their work.Bob Santerre of Arrowsic […]