AUBURN — Dentistry with a Heart, an annual one-day clinic offering free dental care by Riverview Dental and Advanced Dentistry, will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, May 13. The two offices will serve patients on a first-come, first-served basis. No appointments will be made ahead of time. Patients must sign up […]
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L-A Democrats to hold office hours
LEWISTON — Democratic Maine Sen. Margaret Craven and Reps. Brian Bolduc, Michael Carey, Michel Lajoie, Peggy Rotundo and Richard Wagner will hold their monthly in-district office hours Saturday, May 14. The session will be held from 11 a.m. to noon in the Couture Room on the first floor of the Lewiston Public Library. These office […]
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra will wrap up season
LEWISTON — Music Director Rohan Smith will conduct the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra’s last concert of the season at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at the Franco-American Heritage Center. The performance will be repeated at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 22, at the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham. Featured will be pianist Laura Kargul, an accomplished […]
River Views — Early wheels: 1905 L-A Auto Club parade drew record crowds
It was a warm and sunny Saturday for St. John’s Day, June 24, when the residents of Lewiston and Auburn lined the streets to welcome summer and to witness a most unusual sight … a parade of automobiles. The occasion was described in a June 26, 1905, article in the Lewiston Evening Journal headlined “Automobilia.” […]
Pepsi cleanup at Simard-Payne park
LEWISTON — For the second year in a row, Pepsi Beverages Company of New England has selected this All-America city as a site for Pepsi volunteers to help with a community project at Simard-Payne Memorial Park. The volunteers will be in the park starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 14. The project will involve […]
Deadline to order conservation plants extended
LEWISTON — The Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District has extended its deadline to order plants, barrels and bins to Friday, May 13. A collection of conservation products are being offered to give an opportunity to recycle kitchen scraps with an Earth Machine compost bin, and reduce water usage by collecting rain water and […]
Dempsey Center offers Touch Drawing workshop
LEWISTON — The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at Central Maine Medical Center is offering a free Touch Drawing workshop for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. The six-part series will take place Thursdays, May 12 through June 23, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at CMMC, 60 High St., in the Cardiac Rehab […]
Maine Music Society will salute the Fab Four
LEWISTON — “All You Need Is Love” is the subtitle summing up the Maine Music Society’s theme for its “Beatles Retrospective” concert on May 20 and 22 at the Franco-American Heritage Center. The Androscoggin Chorale will present a program of about 15 Beatles songs, concluding with a short audience singalong. John Corrie, MMS artistic director, […]