WATERVILLE — Over the past two weeks, 74 businesses and organizations answered an urgent call from Maine Children’s Home’s winter essentials program — Christmas Program — for donations of warm clothing for 1,201 Maine children whose families are facing financial hardship this year. The call came in November when MCH was in desperate need of […]
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Readfield hosts Christmas Through the Ages
Eric and Sarah Dyer and their two children were dressed in Victorian attire as they welcomed people into their circa 1846 home on Dec. 9. Seven different groups of 15 gathered in the Dyer’s front parlor over the course of the day, where Eric and Sarah talked about the history of their home and how […]
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Twas the Bite Before Christmas’ and ‘The Maine Roadshow’
A new Andy Carpenter mystery, and a roadside tour of the Maine’s ‘history, culture, food, funk and oddities’
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‘George C. Scott’s Scrooge will never be topped,’ J.P. Devine writes
After spending a lifetime watching Charles Dickens, I settled long ago on Clive Donner’s 1984 version with the best Ebenezer Scrooge of all, George C. Scott. First of all, it was the best television production we’ve ever seen. Scott has all the requisite physical gnarls and attitudes to convey the loathing the public has for […]
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Earn-While-You-Learn partnership for multilingual learners forms
AUGUSTA — Augusta Adult and Community Education, in collaboration with MaineGeneral Health, recently introduced its Earn While You Learn initiative for multilingual learners. This program aims to empower multilingual students by offering educational opportunities while gaining practical experience within the healthcare industry. Dr. Kayla Sikora, director of Augusta Adult and Community Education, played a key […]
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UMaine at Farmington recognizes students for research projects
The University of Maine at Farmington has announced its Fall 2023 Michael Wilson scholars and fellows and their research projects. This semester’s student researchers includes Katherine Berube from Houlton, Riley Boucher from Williston, Vermont; Shaina Fusco from Reading, Massachusetts; Sadie Gray from Saco, Gillean Hamilton from Euclid, Ohio; Rain Smith from Eliot, Sean Tenney from […]
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Netflix to divorce ‘Love Actually’ on Christmas, J.P. Devine says
Did you know that “ Love Actually,” the movie love story of eight different couples in Britain trying to figure how to get through Christmas 2003, will be dumped by Netflix on Dec. 25? 2003! That makes this the 20th anniversary of this big, wonderful Christmas story of eight everyday London couples. In Hollywood, there […]
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Daughters of Isabella group installs new officers
SKOWHEGAN — Daughters of Isabella No. 441 of Notre Dame de Lourdes Church held its installation of officers Sept. 3 for a two-year term. The ceremony was held at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church Parish Hall. Diane Turcotte-Culleton was mistress of ceremony, and State Regent Denise Ducharme was installing officer. The jewels were presented by […]
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Blue Christmas Ceremony set for Oakland Dec. 21
OAKLAND — The ShineOnCass Foundation is set to host its third annual Blue Christmas Ceremony for grieving families and friends, and those who support them, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 21. The ceremony will be held on the Winter Solstice — the longest and darkest night of the year — at the Oakland Gazebo […]
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Low Lily to return to Portland to celebrate winter solstice Dec. 21
Trio releases newest album, ‘Angels in the Wreckage.’