AUBURN — Concerts for a Cause will host Scott Ainslie at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 2, at the First Universalist Church of Auburn. The show will benefit the church, as well as the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society. Ainslie is a masterful historian, storyteller and musician who explores the African and European roots of American music […]
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Sturtevant, musician, storyteller, to talk on 'Gratitude'
WEST PARIS — The First Universalist Church of West Paris will hold a special worship service at 9 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, with Davy Sturtevant, local singer, songwriter and storyteller. His topic will be “Gratitude.” As a native North American white male, born the last child of a World War II veteran and a nurse/homemaker, […]
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Sending messages on racial equality
Demonstrators hold up signs Tuesday afternoon promoting racial equality, on Main Street in front of the First Universalist Church of Norway. Some members of the church gather from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. every Thursday as part of a peace vigil that recognizes lives lost to violence. (Adam Brown/Advertiser Democrat)
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People You Know: Phil House, letting the music do the talking
AUBURN — Phil House is coming up on a year of milestones. Thirty years playing organ at the First Universalist Church of Auburn. Thirty years playing weddings at the All Souls Chapel at the Poland Spring Resort. Thirty years playing in the Monday night Sunset Concert Series with good friend Kathy Haley of Danville. House […]
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Gypsy-jazz swings by for Concerts for a Cause
Ameranouche calls iit‘gypsy flamenco swing’ AUBURN — Concerts for a Cause, the new concert series at Auburn’s First Universalist Church, will host the acclaimed gypsy-jazz ensemble Ameranouche (pronounced uh-Mare-uh-noosh) at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6. The award-winning group plays a passionate style of music they call “gypsy flamenco swing.” They are veterans of the Newport […]
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First Universalist Church of West Paris October services
WEST PARIS — First Universalist Church of West Paris has announced its October schedule. Sunday services are held at 9 a.m. from September to June with a combination of guest speakers, worship service committee-led services and at least twice monthly by the Rev. Fayre Stephenson. Refreshments follow the service. All are welcome. Oct. 1: “Gaia, […]
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Norma Gammon Carter
1933 – 2016 TURNER — Norma Gammon Carter, 82, a longtime resident of Turner, died unexpectedly Monday morning, June 6, at her home. She was born in Framingham, Mass., on July 20, 1933, one of three children born to Harold and Leora (Leavitt) Maxwell. When she was an infant, her parents moved the family to […]
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Nancy DeHart Wood
1935 – 2015 NORWAY — Nancy DeHart Wood, longtime Norway resident, died Monday, Nov. 23, after a brief illness at the home of her son, Peter Wood. She was 80. She was born in Boston on March 5, 1935, to Albert and Susan Greene and grew up in Ashland, Mass., at the family apple orchard. […]
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Presentation tackles Norway’s historic buildings
NORWAY — The preservation of Norway’s downtown historic buildings continues to be at the forefront of efforts to foster economic growth. State and local preservationists and officials will present “Norway’s Historic Buildings: Moving Forward,” on Monday, Aug. 10, at the Norway Universalist Church sanctuary at 479 Main St., beginning at 7 p.m. The meeting is being […]