Oh, but it’s true. After taking a stand-up comedy workshop through Lewiston Adult Ed., Hartill won first place at the amateur stand-up comedy competition at The Strand Theatre in Rockland in June. She also performed in the Portland Comedy Showcase at Bull Feeney’s and at The Thread Theater in Lewiston last month. She’s made it […]
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Darth Vader, Yoda to invade Lewiston-Auburn skies
The Force will be in the skies over the Twin Cities this summer. The Great Falls Balloon Festival will feature two “Star Wars”-themed specialty balloons at its 24th annual event in August. Balloons featuring the heads of Darth Vader and Yoda will make their first appearance on the East Coast north of New Jersey at […]
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Great Falls Balloon Festival: ‘Love at first flight’
LEWISTON — “It was love at first flight,” Trish Whidden of Florida said when she and her husband Bill took their first hot air balloon ride 32 years ago. Now they are the crew chief and pilot of Great Balls of Fire, which departed Lewiston’s Simard-Payne Memorial Park Sunday morning during the Great Falls Balloon […]
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Soggy Sunday afternoon at the Great Falls Balloon Festival
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Great Falls Balloon Festival returns to the skies Saturday night
LEWISTON — It was up, up and away for more than a dozen hot air balloons at Saturday evening’s Great Falls Balloon Festival launch. A large crowd filled Simard-Payne Memorial Park throughout the day as hot and sunny weather brought perfect conditions for the second day of the event. It was a glorious follow-up to […]
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Great Falls Balloon Festival: Third launch of weekend off without a hitch
LEWISTON — Despite a rough start with a rainout Friday night, organizers of the Great Falls Balloon Festival were pleased to see three launches over the last three days and were keeping fingers crossed for a fourth on Sunday night. On Sunday morning, hundreds of visitors gazed skyward as balloon after balloon lifted off into […]
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Great Falls Balloon Festival rises to the occasion
LEWISTON — Some people didn’t bother to go to Simard-Payne Memorial Park for Saturday night’s balloon launch because of weather forecasts. Which were wrong. Way wrong. Instead of rain, a rather large crowd watched another successful Great Fall Balloon Festival launch on Saturday night. And those who stuck around after the launch, got to see Jewel […]
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Great Falls Balloon Festival Parade keeps the fun rolling
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Local group takes Balloon Festival back to medieval times
AUBURN — While a costumed Lady practiced her medieval harmonies at the front of the camp, Blacksmith Jack Harrill of Bingham kept rhythm of his own at the back, hammering at the glowing iron. He used to do it for a living, he said. “I did it for about 15 years, and then I got […]
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Finally! Great Falls Balloon Festival takes to the skies Saturday
LEWISTON — Despite some dark skies and early, worrying winds, the balloon pilots rallied Saturday morning at the opening of the second day of the Great Falls Balloon Festival. Balloonmeister Mickey Reeder said about 15 of the 18 balloons managed to launch Saturday morning from Simard-Payne Memorial Park, heading south toward New Auburn, Durham and […]