An Evening with Slaid Cleaves is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at Christ Church, 2 Dresden Ave. in Gardiner. The music of the Texas-based singer/songwriter is rooted in traditional country and folk forms, but is distinct enough to have held interest amidst a sea of singer/songwriters since the 1990s. While he […]
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SNAPSHOT: Oxford Hills Rotary Club helps clean up on Earth Day
Oxford Hills Rotary Club members spent time on Earth Day, April 22, doing roadside cleanup along Route 118 along Penneseewasee Lake in Norway. They found many items, including a deer carcass. Check out other upcoming area events!
Norway church benefit to feature pop-rock blues band May 13
Proceeds will benefit maintenance of the church’s 200-year-old building.
Tom Rush and Matt Nakoa plan Brownfield concert
A Tom Rush and Matt Nakoa concert is planned for 8 p.m. Friday, May 12, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road, in Brownfield. Since Tom Rush’s 1962 debut as an unknown folk-blues musician on the Boston/Cambridge music scene, he has established himself as a consummate performer and singer-songwriter. A few years back, a sold […]
Monmouth Academy’s Academic Decathlon team is state runner-up
The Monmouth Academy Academic Decathlon Team, coached by Cathy Foyt and Scott Foyt, tied for first place in the Super Quiz and second place overall in the Maine Academic Decathlon Championship on March 18. The Monmouth team qualified and was due to compete in the National Academic Decathlon online Championship in April. Academic Decathlon is […]
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay online series to finish May 10, 11
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s final scheduled presentation of its 26th annual Winter Speaker Series, “Order in the Pownalborough Court House, 1761-2023,” features Jay Robbins, a place-based historian. The online event takes place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 10. As a season bonus, at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 11 the Friends will present “Our Town: Bowdoin […]
Photo: Tiptoeing through the tulips
Auburn lacrosse coach’s daughter picks tulips during Thursday night’s game in Lewiston.
Dixfield society to host talk by local couple May 11
The Dixfield Historical Society is scheduled to showcase Lauren Hebert’s antique maps that especially pertain to Dixfield — as well as his wife Liz’s recently completed “underground railroad” quilt — at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 11. The Heberts live in Dixfield. The event will be held at the Dixfield Historical Society Museum House, 59 Main […]
Photo: Foul weather fans
Friends watch friends play baseball Wednesday in Auburn.