Despite twenty below zero weather, there has been no time this winter when the autos have not been out, and it is interesting to note the difference between now and three or four years ago when the first snow sent all the machines to the winter quarters. The different makes of cars are vying with […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Consumers who apply for federal coupons to pay for converter boxes ahead of next month’s transition to digital television broadcasts are being placed on a waiting list and may not receive their vouchers before the switchover, the Commerce Department said Monday. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the arm of the Commerce […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Talk about a monster of a promotion.Some 150 million 3D glasses will be given away for Super Bowl viewers to watch a 90-second 3D sneak preview of the big-screen animated feature “Monsters vs. Aliens.” While 3D telecasts are nothing new, this marks the first time one has been done for such […]

Lewiston is to have a vaudeville house – the real thing, with its talent for one of these great vaudeville circuits. It is to be at “Kora Temple,” the quarters now vacated by the Mystic Shrine and is to be in control and management of the J. W. Greeley Amusement Co.The head of the J. […]

Choosing the best books of the year is a haphazard business. There are too many books published each year for one person to make a stab at reading them all. Even if you narrow your scope to include only the good stuff, you still fall short.So instead, we offer a selection of the books that […]

LEWISTON – The murder mystery/dinner theater troupe Mystery for Hire is rolling out a full schedule of entertainment at Marco’s Restaurant. Besides offering murder mysteries, the troupe will launch improvisational comedy dinner theater under the title “Mainely Improv.” Performances will include “Medieval Murder Mystery” on Saturday, Jan. 17, and “Murder at the Last Chance Café” […]

“I’ll make the gas company in Lewiston a present of $25, as I have told them, if they will extend the gas main now going up Webster Street to the house of E.L. Dunton over the hill to upper Webster Street.” said Mr. M.J. Googin recently. “I’d like to see this extension made not only […]

So you’ve caught all the big movie releases of last year and you’re ready to move on. “Slumdog Millionaire”? Saw it, got the soundtrack. “Australia”? Been there, bought the dingo.So here are some of the movies coming for this year that may have tongues wagging in ’09. It could be an interesting 12 months, what […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Filmmaker George Butler wants his friends to know he’s very much alive, despite a premature obituary on “The Charlie Rose Show” this week.During Rose’s annual New Year’s Eve tribute on PBS to notable figures who during the year, he included Butler, whose 1977 film “Pumping Iron” featured a then-unknown bodybuilder named […]

LEWISTON – As part of the WRBC FM Never-Ending Concert Series, the Brooklyn-based band Black Taxi will perform Saturday, Jan. 17, at Bates College.Black Taxi, which includes Bill Mayo of Waterville, is an indie rock band that draws influence from musicians ranging from The Doors to TV on the Radio.Bates’ own The Lynwood James will […]