We were recently delighted to discover that a Spirit Halloween store had temporarily popped up next to Shaw’s in Auburn. And then we went inside. Make that delight on steroids. The store’s amazing, full and fleeting — we can’t imagine it’ll still be here in another month, which means it’s to be savored now, like […]
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The art of the scare: Lost Valley's Mountain of Terror
I showed up late last week to the Lost Valley Mountain of Terror rehearsal run. Big mistake. As a result of my tardiness, I ended up unaccompanied and disoriented in the middle of a horrific landscape; just a curious reporter with pen and notebook surrounded by madmen in pig masks and body parts everywhere I […]
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Johnson Hall to host Halloween variety show
GARDINER — The “Off the Wall” Halloween variety show will be presented at 2 and 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. The show features the duo of Jason Tardy and Steve Corning, who will mix circus arts, improvisation, special effects, audience participation and a heavy dose of […]
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Mystery for Hire celebrates Halloween early at Mixers
Mystery for Hire celebrates Halloween a bit early at Mixers Nightclub & Lounge in Sabattus with a performance of its “Who Killed Jolly Roger? – Pirate Mystery” show on Saturday, Oct. 13. Guests are invited to dress up as a pirate and win cash prizes. Doors open at 5 p.m. with a buffet dinner followed […]
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Trunk or Treat returning to Wilton
Trunk or Treat will take place in Kineowatha Park and on High Street in Wilton on Oct. 31 from 5:30-7 p.m. (Courtesy photo) WILTON — Wilton Public Safety will once again host Trunk or Treat on Halloween, Wednesday, Oct. 31 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The event allows children to trick-or-treat from vehicles parked in Kineowatha […]
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Nancy Ann Douglass
LEWISTON — Thursday, Sept. 6, after a valiant fight Nancy passed on to Heaven with her family at her side. Born Nov. 22, 1936, to Richard and Evelyn Howard, Nancy grew up in East Auburn and attended Auburn Schools, graduating from Edward Little. While in high school she was a majorette. Nancy continued her education and […]
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Halloween candy going to U.S. troops
Molly Lachance, 9, of Lewiston and Arthar Anduha, 8, of Auburn hand their Halloween candy to dentists Rose Sheline and Calvin Kenley during the Halloween Candy Buy Back at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn on Wednesday. Sheline and Kenley of Maple Way Dental Care gave the children $1 per pound to keep and […]
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Dixfield Halloween Walk
Dixfield police officer Anne Simmons-Edmunds hands out candy Tuesday during the annual Dixfield Halloween Walk. (Dixfield Police Department photo) Dixfield police reserve officer Dustin M. Broughton found a little “delinquent,” Tanner Banaciski, 10, of Dixfield, dressed in jail garb and wearing handcuffs during the annual Halloween Walk in Dixfield on Tuesday. (Dixfield Police Department photo)
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Trick or marijuana treat
Vivian Ocharsky of Auburn, left, spins a spooky tale while having fun with Blunt Man (Glen Carter of Legal Peaces) on Lisbon Street in Lewiston on Halloween night Tuesday. The business was giving away free marijuana to legal age adults. “Let’s see if we can light him up and smoke him,” said Christopher Williams of […]
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Halloween is king sized at Geiger's house
A steady stream of trick-or-treaters files in and out of Peter Geiger’s house on Brentwood Avenue in Lewiston on Tuesday night for his annual “3 large candy bar giveaway.” Traffic was snarled for most of the early evening as several hundred people waited at times for their turn to be asked a question they were required […]