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Hard rain floods roads, basements

LEWISTON — They don’t put out flood warnings for nothing. As promised, hard rain in the early evening Thursday left roads flooded in several cities and towns, and crews were scrambling to keep up. In the Lewiston-Auburn area, the intensity of the rain began to pick up at about 6 p.m. Two hours later, it […]

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‘Moonlight and Magnolias’ leads to madness and mayhem

Comedic whirlwind focuses on real-life Hollywood in 1939 LEWISTON — What would you get if you put three legendary moviemakers in a locked office full of peanuts and bananas for a five-day marathon screenplay rewrite of a classic 1930s book? Why, “Gone with the Wind,” of course. And that’s the basis for “Moonlight and Magnolias,” […]

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‘Un-romantic comedy’ opens Public Theatre season

Cariani, who wrote “Almost, Maine,” takes another look at the subject of love, but this time he examines it in a suburban setting rather than in rural Maine. It follows the same structure as his extremely popular first play with four actors playing multiple roles in a series of funny and bittersweet love stories. Christopher […]