Suzannah Herschkowitz as Senga Quinn and Jed Peterson as Ever Montgomery in “Dancing Lessons.” The play opens Friday, March 11, and runs through March 20, at The Public Theatre in Lewiston. A professional dancer with a career-ending injury is thrown for a loop when a geoscientist shows up on her doorstep asking for a dance […]
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Tannahill Weavers concert cancelled in Rumford
The Tannahill Weavers have cancelled the concert scheduled for Thursday, March 17, at 49 Franklin in Rumford. One of the members of the band has contracted COVID-19 and the band is cancelling the first 10 days of their US tour. 49 Franklin owners Scot and Cindy Grassette say, “We are sorry for any inconvenience. We […]
Mike Tyson to appear at New England Golden Gloves finals
Two Portland Boxing Club fighters will be fighting for Novice level titles.
Franco-American Collection plans two events to celebrate Francophone Month
USM’s Lewiston-Auburn College
Lewiston native releases ‘Paris Blue: A Memoir of First Love’
From acclaimed concert flutist Julie Scolnik comes an inspirational and heartfelt memoir about young love, heartache, and the role of memory in our lives. Set against a backdrop of classical music and Paris, “Paris Blue: A Memoir of First Love” is a true fairy-tale memoir with a dark underbelly about the tenacious grip of first […]
Concerts from summer of 2021 now available online
Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival
‘Fatty Tissue Thorn’ first release from sophomore effort by Maine’s Fonfon Ru
Portland-based post-punk band Fonfon Ru has released “Fatty Tissue Thorn,” the single and video from their sophomore album “Collapse of the Silver Bridge,” which comes out April 15. After a significant medical issue in 2019, FonFon Ru guitar player and singer Harry James turned their experience into “Fatty Tissue Thorn,” a sonic exploration of the […]
Bureaucratic error: Driver in bad crash in Oxford County shouldn’t have had a license
Convicted last summer of vehicular manslaughter, Ethan Rioux-Poulios should have been barred from driving for a decade. But an error by the courts and the BMV allowed him to keep his license. On Friday, he critically injured a woman in a police chase that ended in a wreck.
Wex and Idexx won’t say whether they’ll suspend doing business in Russia
The Maine-based companies will say only that they will abide by the sanctions imposed by the U.S. and Europe because of the invasion of Ukraine.
Lawmakers endorse batch of child protection reforms
The bills supported by a legislative committee Monday will be debated by the full Legislature in the coming weeks.