BETHEL — The River Fund Maine’s Innovation workshop series revolved around five arts and culture topics while taking high school students from Telstar and Gould Academy to local Bethel art-related locations. Students explored The Gem Theater, the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, did the public art walk through the mural project with Kate Webb, from […]
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Richard J. 'Dick' Rose
BOWDOINHAM — Richard J. “Dick” Rose of Bowdoinham passed away at his camp over Memorial Day weekend. He is survived by his daughter, Kimberly Rose Brown, her husband, James Brown, stepdaughter, Amy Arthur and her husband, Wayne Arthur, and Amy’s mother, Deborah Rose; grandchildren Parker and Emily Brown and Jack and Caroline Arthur; brother, William Rose, […]
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Rangeley voters to reconsider property tax levy article
RANGELEY – Residents will be asked to reconsider increasing the municipality’s property tax levy limit, referred to as LD 1, by $218,895 during an open-style special town meeting. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, at Rangeley Lakes Regional School. Voters rejected the article during the first annual town meeting […]
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Maine arts proponents fear funding cuts from President Trump
Mainers with a passion for culture are concerned that President Donald Trump might seek to eliminate funding for a number of small domestic agencies that include the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Whatever Trump proposes in his budget, probably within days, a generally sympathetic Congress will get the […]
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YWCA PEACE, Bates College present gender, culture course
LEWISTON — The YWCA’s PEACE program will offer a collage workshop in partnership with students from Bates College’s Gender and Culture course on Thursday, March 16, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the YWCA, 130 East Ave. The evening will combine creating a collaborative collage piece with a discussion on the concept of women’s empowerment. Supplies will be provided but participants are […]
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Cultural Plan seeks ways to improve community artistic growth
LEWISTON — The Cultural Plan L/A Launch meeting Monday evening brought together a diverse and passionate group dedicated to improving the quality and abundance of arts and culture. The plan is a collaborative project of L/A Arts, Arts and Culture Lewiston Auburn, the Maine Arts Commission and Reinholt Consulting. Emily Reinholt and Saskia Reinholt of […]
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Bien fait! Madame Bonneau: Auburn woman named to Franco hall of fame
AUGUSTA — For Auburn’s Doris Belisle-Bonneau all the accolades and honors she received from the governments of the state of Maine and France are not about her. Belisle-Bonneau, who has been a longtime supporter of saving and restoring Lewiston-Auburn and Maine’s Franco-American culture and language, was inducted into the state’s Franco-American Hall of Fame on […]