halloween
Bliss Thru Shopping: To the Batmobile! In heels!
So now Bag Lady wants to be Wonder Woman and Shopping Siren is ready to glove up and be Batman. In villain-smiting heels, of course. So many costumes beckoned as we headed out to Halloween shop this week. We’re happy, and a little surprised, to report that even at this very late date, there’s plenty […]
Beacon House Social Club to host inaugural Halloween party Oct. 31
RUMFORD — The Beacon House Social Club will hold its inaugural Halloween party from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, at its office on Canal Street. Beacon House peer member Heidi Blais said the club had been looking for new events to host that would “help us get our name out there a little […]
Norway gets new solar-powered pedestrian signals
NORWAY — The downtown area will soon have solar-powered pedestrian crosswalk lights in two areas. Town Manager David Holt said the units are being installed at the intersection of Cottage and Main streets and Paris and Main streets by the Rowe Elementary School. The Department of Transportation provided Norway with the solar-powered pedestrian crossing safety […]
Norway expects big turnout for Halloween Festival
NORWAY — Thousands of children and their parents are expected on Main Street for the 10th annual Halloween Festival on Friday. “This is the 10th anniversary of Norway Downtown’s Halloween Festival, and it is on Halloween,” Recreation Director Deb Partridge said. “Very exciting.” Last year, it attracted more than 2,500 children and their parents from […]
Peter Geiger’s the place to be — again — on Halloween
LEWISTON — Lewiston’s popular master of Halloween, the generous giver of giant candy bars, is outdoing himself again. “This Halloween, I am going big or I am going home,” Peter Geiger, editor of the Farmers’ Almanac, said Monday. Actually, he’ll be at his Brentwood Avenue home Friday night, along with his troop of volunteers, to […]
Lewiston-Auburn This Week
Lewiston-Auburn This week Monday, Oct. 27 LEWISTON — Lewiston Youth Advisory Council presents the kickoff to its public image campaign at 2:30 p.m. in City Hall. This is an effort to get residents to show their love for Lewiston. AUBURN — City Council meeting workshop, 6 p.m., in Auburn Hall. Meeting begins with a 30-minute […]
Norway Downtown Halloween Festival broke records
NORWAY — The ninth annual Norway Downtown Halloween Festival was a record breaking success with more than 2,500 children and adults participating. The smiling participants made their way along Main Street trick-or-treating, entering raffles, playing games and enjoying refreshments. Along the journey they met with Smokey The Bear, Cat In The Hat, Sparky, Baxter, Newbie, […]
C. Pelkey: And another light is turned off
After moving to Lewiston from a smaller town, I had hopes of receiving more trick-or-treaters on Halloween. We did get more, but they were older than a trick-or-treater should be, and seldom was a costume even attempted. This year, my boys, ages 4 and 2, were old enough to go trick-or-treating. My wife urged us […]
Suspicious package in Orono turns out to be discarded Halloween costume
ORONO — A suspicious package turned out to be a discarded Halloween costume once it had been exploded by the Bangor police bomb squad, Police Chief Josh Ewing said Sunday. Ewing said Orono police received a report midmorning Sunday that the item, which was about the size of a cereal box and appeared to have […]