Mystery Photo for October 30, 2016 There were four times as many incorrect entries for last week’s mystery photo as there were correct ones. The winner, Dawn Pray of Auburn had some help from her husband to identify the gazebo at the Auburn Municipal Beach at Lake Auburn outlet next to Route 4 in Auburn. […]

Dozens of people called or sent emails about the great times they have had at Larry “Sugar Bear” Bisbee’s Country Folk Music Theatre and Museum on Route 2 in East Dixfield. Several recalled that Bisbee was a popular radio DJ in the ’70s. Keith Howard left a message with his entry that he made the […]

There were very few entries for last week’s mystery photo of a concrete elephant on Minot Avenue in Auburn in front of American Concrete. It was made from a mold the company’s former owner, John Snowe, purchased, evidently hoping the elephants would be a big seller. Few were made, but Pam Brooks of Auburn knows […]

Barker Mill Arms on Mill Street in Auburn was the subject of last week’s Mystery Photo. Built in 1873, the five-story brick building has a rather ornate design compared to most mills from that era. It was the first major mill on the Auburn side of the Androscoggin River, utilizing power from a waterfall on […]

There were dozens of correct entrants this past week for the unique tractor built by Frank Jordan that sits on his front lawn in Lisbon Falls on Route 9 near the Sabattus town line. He drove it in the Moxie Parade this past year and claims it has a working still on board. The driver […]

Last week’s mystery photo was of the waterfall at the gatehouse on one of the canals between Simard Payne Memorial Park and the Yvonne’s Car Wash in Lewiston, taken from the small walking bridge that spans the water coming from it and heading toward the Androscoggin River. In a random drawing, Gary Morin of Auburn […]

Louise Gagne of Warren Avenue in Lewiston has been volunteering at the Great Falls Balloon Festival since the beginning. She has been on the chase team of many balloons, including her friends at Damn Yankee Balloons, based in Dixfield. Her husband, Marcel, decided to build a fence on the front lawn of his home on […]

Numerous people incorrectly identified last week’s mystery photo as being taken from the Height of Land on Route 17. However, several dozen people correctly identified Moosehead Lake and the golf course on Kineo Island in the middle of the massive lake. The photo was taken from one of the trails going up Mt. Kineo. The […]

Mystery Photo for August 28, 2016 With gazebos in so many area communities, it was no surprise that callers from Lisbon, Livermore Falls, Kingfield and several other towns identified last week’s mystery photo as being in their hometown. However, last week’s photo was taken in the town commons in Bethel. In the foreground is an […]