“Music for Mavis” presents John Hoose, of Country Choir, with Auther LeBlank and Walter Magee at the Turner Center Gazebo at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 10. Bring a chair, bring a snack, bring a friend. Suggested donation $5 to pay the musicians. Rain or shine. If rain, under the library, right beside gazebo. FMI: 753-0954.
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'Music for Mavis' ninth season approaching
TURNER — Melodies and lyrics often rouse reminisces of days gone by. It’s been said that it’s sometimes not the song that makes you emotional, it’s the people and things that come to mind when you hear it. So it was with Mavis Varney. She sang harmony, played alto saxophone in the school band, told […]
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Jay resident disappointed no gazebo at Town Office
JAY — Resident Dot White told selectpersons Monday her dream of having a gazebo built at the Town Office property is “slowly dying.” Her comments came after selectpersons told her there is not enough space and property setback for plowing snow. There is also no electricity or other amenities and no money. And with the close […]
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Andre C. Castonguay
AUBURN — Andre C. Castonguay, 83, a resident of Livermore Falls, passed away peacefully Sunday, Feb. 11, at Hospice House of Androscoggin in Auburn, with his loving family at his side. He was born Nov. 2, 1934, in Canton, the son of George Castonguay and Alberta (Moreau) Castonguay. He was a 1954 graduate of Jay High […]
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As the crow flies in Poland
A crow flies past the gazebo at Poland Spring Resort on Friday afternoon.
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Lewiston: Kennedy Park Gazebo renovation kicks off
LEWISTON — With a 4-foot ring dug out of the Kennedy Park soil, work renovating and moving the historic gazebo and bandstand kicked off Wednesday. “We’re going to be going pretty consistent on it going forward,” said George Fellows, project foreman for Hebert Construction. “They are pouring concrete in the morning (Thursday) and once the footers […]
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Work begins on historic Kennedy Park gazebo in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Workers will inspect the foundation of the downtown Kennedy Park gazebo and bandstand Wednesday to see if it can be reused. “This thing hasn’t moved a whole lot, so we suspect there’s a decent footing and foundation down there,” said Mike Hebert of Hebert Construction. “We want to see what it is. Regardless, […]
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Season’s final concert at Turner gazebo on Sept. 9 featuring Turner Templeton
At 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, “Music for Mavis” Tuesdays at the Gazebo will host its final concert of the season featuring Turner Templeton in the final concert of the summer music series. Turner Templeton is a duo that plays Americana music and includes Tom Stevens (baritone guitar, foot percussion, harmonica, vocals), and Joe Hodgkis, […]
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T-Acadie to perform at Turner gazebo on August 26
At 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, “Music for Mavis” will host a Tuesdays at the Gazebo concert featuring the toe-tapping, sizzling sounds of (TEE-ah-kah-DEE), a folk trio from Maine. Band members are Pam Weeks on fiddle, mountain dulcimer, guitar, singing; Jim Joseph on button accordion, 5-string banjo, mandolin, fiddle, jaw harp, percussion, feet, singing; and […]
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Lewiston’s Kennedy Park gazebo group hopes to start renovations
LEWISTON — The group hoping to resurrect Kennedy Park’s gazebo and bandstand are still about $28,000 short of their goal but hope to break ground this fall. “We definitely want to bring this project to fruition, hopefully before the snow flies,” Heather Hunter, treasurer of the Kennedy Park Bandstand Restoration Committee, said. The group has […]