The Androscoggin Riverlands State Park, little known but located just miles north of Lewiston-Auburn, is on exhibition this winter: Experts are hosting free guided hikes on park trails in February and March, offering a different and beautiful look at the new park in the “off” season. The park was created in 2009, primarily from land […]

AUBURN — Like the comfort food you relished as a kid, the right food acts as a tasty time machine. That’s the aim of Carbur’s Folly. The sandwich — one of dozens on the menu at Pastiche in Auburn — hopes to remind folks of Portland’s Old Port in the 1980s and ’90s. Back then, […]

John Waters took his first drink of alcohol when he was 9 years old. Dan Bell was drunk and smoked marijuana when he was 12. Kyle Ruona grew up in an alcoholic family. All three men have one thing in common — they are on the path to recovery. Waters, 60, Bell, 27 and Ruona, […]

It was just a passing comment, like something you would mutter to a friend during a long day at the call center. “Another day,” she said. “Another 50 cents.” Titters all around. Only, the comment wasn’t whispered to a co-worker. It was posted as a status on Facebook. And it almost cost the workplace wit […]

As beautiful white snowflakes fell on a recent Sunday, I could hear my skis gliding along the hard-packed snow. I was chatting with two close friends and three more were headed toward me. Our children were in the hands of skilled volunteer instructors and, after a several-year hiatus, I was once again enjoying cross country […]

Some events require tickets or are subject to other limitations. If in doubt, we recommend you contact the venue. Night Life listings must be e-mailed to [email protected] and received no later than Monday. Tonight Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, Sabattus Karaoke, 8 p.m. to midnight, Schemengee’s Bar and Grille, Lewiston […]

The first thing a visitor notices are thousands of patterns for the different sizes and shapes of lenses they make.  Starting with a hockey puck sized piece of plastic, polycarbonate, or the ultra thin, high index material, it goes through numerous stages of cutting, polishing and cleaning before a final inspection prior to being delivered.  […]

“My mother was a wonderful cook,” she said, “and didn’t mind my being in the kitchen.” Her mother’s training prepared her for when she was “sent off to work” at age 14. Later, as a GI in the English Army during World War II, she started working in the mess halls, but quickly ended up […]