BETHEL – The Bowdoin College Meddiebempsters, an all-male group of 11 students singing a cappella, will perform Saturday, Feb. 18, at a concert benefiting the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis.]The fundraiser will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in Bingham Auditorium at Gould Academy on Church Street. All donations will benefit research education about pulmonary […]

Author of “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” will discuss that book, his new one. CAMDEN – Best-selling author, essayist and journalist John Berendt will speak about his most recent work, “The City of Falling Angels,” Sunday, Feb. 19, at the Camden Opera House.The author of “Midnight in the Garden of Good and […]

The first deFrees scholarships were awarded last year. RUMFORD – The Rumford Town Hall Auditorium will soon be filled with the sound of music, as local artists present two shows to benefit the Jane Holt deFrees Education Fund.The program will feature singers, dancers and musicians from the River Valley area in a variety show format […]

• The first snow storm of consequence for the winter visited Portland today. Between 7 and 8 inches of snow fell. The trains and electric cars moved nearly on time but shipping was somewhat bothered by the high winds that prevailed.• Her strength overtaxed as a result of her efforts to obtain an education while […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Al Michaels was traded from ABC to NBC for a cartoon bunny, four rounds of golf and Olympic highlights.The rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a bunny created by Walt Disney in the 1920s before he invented Mickey Mouse, were transferred from NBC Universal to The Walt Disney Co. as part […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Some humbling news for professional musicians like Madonna and U2: By a wide margin, TV viewers prefer the amateurs.Nearly twice as many people – 28.3 million – watched “American Idol” than watched the Grammy Awards – 15.1 million – when the two music programs went head-to-head in prime time Wednesday, according […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Britney Spears has taken responsibility – well, some of it – for driving with her baby son, Sean Preston, sitting in her lap.“I made a mistake and so it is what it is, I guess,” Spears tells “Access Hollywood” in an interview that was to air Thursday.Several photos published Tuesday showed […]

GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) – Wanda Vaughn of The Emotions was forced to dash out of her home after a torrent of mud crashed down a hill and poured into her kitchen and living room, authorities said.The mudslide Wednesday may have been caused by a leaking irrigation pipe found at a cemetery up the hill from […]

Feb. 10: AUGUSTA, Martina McBride will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Augusta Civic Center. $39.75/$49.75 626-2400Feb. 10: BATH, Nzinga’s Daughters will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. $10/$14 442-8455Feb. 10: ELLSWORTH, the Reggae Cowboys will perform at 7:30 p.m. at The Grand, 165 Main St. $15 667-9500Feb. […]

The display of images , postcards and other memorabilia shows the depth of Evangeline’s spirit, as conceived by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. “The Spirit of Evangeline,” a traveling exhibit compiled and curated by Francoise Paradis, will have its official opening Friday, Feb. 17, at the Franco-American Heritage Center in Lewiston. The exhibit is a compilation of […]