The Kora Shrine Circus will enter its 57th year in the spring of 2010. The week long Circus sponsored by the Kora Shriners of Central & Southern Maine has 17 performances during its annual spring visit to Maine. The Kora Shrine Circus, known for its affordable family entertainment, will be featuring a two-ring circus! So […]

For over a century it has been one of Lewiston’s most familiar landmarks, yet it remains shrouded in mystery and superstition, an enigma to all but the members and families who regularly enjoy its resplendent treasures. And, while the main thrust of the FEZtival of trees is indeed the collection of fully decorated Christmas trees […]

The guys in little cars; clowns; marching bands and bagpipers; and the renowned Shrine Circus: It’s all about family fun, and has been for well over a century. The Shriners — members of the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine — have come to personify fun since their order was founded, in Manhattan, […]

 Beginning in January 2010, Frank Preble, Past Potentate of the Kora Shrine Temple in Lewiston, will become the first-ever Mainer to chair the board of directors of the Shriners Hospital for Children, in Springfield, MA. The Shrine — The Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine — was founded in New York City in […]

For the fourth consecutive year, the Kora Shrine Temple in Lewiston kicks off the holiday season with its unique annual FEZtival of Trees, named for the distinctive headgear by which Shriners are known throughout the world. The atmosphere inside the century-old temple at the corner of Sabattus and Main streets in Lewiston is redolent with […]

WARREN (AP) — Two Maine prison inmates who escaped last weekend have been recaptured in Vermont. Maine prison authorities said 28-year-old Robert Fogg and 36-year-old Arden Shaw were caught Friday night. Both are serving sentences for burglary. They escaped from the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren, Maine. No other details were available.

PORTLAND (AP) — State officials say red tide killed a number of endangered sturgeon that were found floating in the Kennebec River last July. Officials say it was the first recorded case along the coast of Maine of fish being killed by toxic red tide. Scientists say 14 Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon, an endangered species, […]

SOUTHWEST HARBOR (AP) — A 12-year-old girl from Belfast who was swept out to sea with others by a rogue wave at Maine’s Acadia National Park gave thanks to her Coast Guard rescuers Friday. Simone Pelletier and her parents were at the Coast Guard station in Southwest Harbor as six guardsmen were given commendation and […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A 30-year-old New Hampshire man is going to prison for 11 years for setting a fire in Yarmouth, Maine, that destroyed 26 businesses. Everett Stickney of Exeter was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland. Stickney pleaded guilty in June to arson and firearms charges. Investigators say Stickney set a Jan. […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A new survey shows that nearly half of Mainers believe they are worse off than a year ago. Market Decisions’ poll of 400 Mainers was conducted from Oct. 19 to Nov. 2. While 48 percent saw themselves as worse off, only 27 percent expect to be better off in the next year. […]