LOVELL — The Charlotte Hobbs Library Speaker Series is set to continue at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, with a talk by Michael Davis on “Rattlesnake: a Western Maine Story.” Davis is the assistant director of the Bridgton Historical Society and the author of the weekly history column “In Ye Olden Times” for the Bridgton […]
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Skowhegan club donates books in memory of 3 members
Members of the GFWC (General Federation of Women’s Clubs) Skowhegan Woman’s Club, President Bonnie Chamberlain, Reading Group Chair Kathy Kahler and board member Mary Cayford met with Skowhegan Free Public Library Director Angie Herrick Oct. 4 at the library to read dedications and to donate books in memory of past members. The following women club […]
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Humorist Tim Sample always looks for common thread
When it comes to Maine humor, there is only one person I think of: Tim Sample. He has represented our state on not only the local stage but the national stage as well with his “Postcards from Maine” segments that appeared on CBS News Sunday Morning from 1993 to 2004. He’s even had a cooking […]
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Farmington to host inaugural open chess tournament Oct. 14
This event marks a milestone for the center’s new Farmington Chess Club.
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Photos: Fall colors mingle in Monmouth
Bees collect pollen on asters with a maple background.
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OFF RADAR: ‘Trigger Warning: A Novel’
This portrayal of life in academia stretches reality, but not as much as you might think.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Reptile’ a multiple murder drama
OMG. Is that Alicia Silverstone (“Miss Match” 2003) kissing Benicio Del Toro on the neck? (Del Toro starred in the Wes Anderson film “The French Dispatch”) It is. And is Justin Timberlake in Polo golf pants on a sun splashed green? They are joined by Michael Pitt, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz (I always wondered what […]
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West Gardiner teen attains Eagle Scout rank
GARDINER — Henry Ryan Avery, 17, of West Gardiner, a member of Troop 672, received his Eagle Scout rank Sept. 23 at Christ Church. The Avery family now has three Eagles: Henry, his father Ryan and his uncle Collin. Avery’s Eagle Scout project took place at the Wakefield Wildlife Sanctuary in West Gardiner, where over […]
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Loreena McKennitt shares woes of music industry
Celtic artist to return to Portland’s Merrill Auditorium Oct. 11
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Jackman teen completes Eagle Scout service project
JACKMAN — Maddox Cuddy, 14, of Jackman, hopes to become an Eagle Scout. Over the course of two weekends in September, he led a group of family, friends and fellow Troop 497 Scouts to complete roughly 60 hours of work on his Eagle Scout service project — improvements to the Forest Hills Nature Trail behind […]