Briana Levesque checks out a loom at the Bates Mill complex in Lewiston on Thursday night during Museum L-A’s “Chills at the Mill” behind-the-scenes spooky tour. The guided tours narrated by museum staff told stories of the more gruesome and creepy history of the mills during the 45-minute tour. Guests were issued flashlights to help […]
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Camden Garden Club to present 70th annual House & Garden Tour
The Camden Garden Club will present its 70th Annual House & Garden Tour, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, July 20, rain or shine. Last year’s tour included the private blue and white hydrangea gardens behind the Hurricane House, pictured here. This year’s tour spans a wide spectrum of styles, designs and sizes, ranging from a magnificent […]
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Model T club taking the back roads this weekend
KINGFIELD — On Saturday morning, holiday travelers in a hurry to get to campgrounds or cemeteries or cottages on lakes might be startled to see a scene from the early 20th century. The Down East Chapter of the Model T Ford Club of America is having its annual Spring Dust-Off Tour around the lakes and mountains […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Amazing Acro-Cats have impurrfect start in circus
Fifteen circus cats were stuck on a bus — and they had a performance in two hours. “Jax is like, ‘I’ve got this.’ No you don’t, Jax,” said circus owner Samantha Martin, fending off Jax’s paws as she fed keys through a tiny bus window to a human also trapped inside. Even on a good night, […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Playwright, actors tour Rumford mill for research
RUMFORD — Author Monica Wood of Portland has plenty of experience with paper mills. She grew up in Mexico, across the Androscoggin River from the Rumford paper mill. “I’m familiar with that mill,” Wood said. “When I was younger, they used to send us into the mill as part of a field trip. We got […]
Posted inOxford Hills, The Franklin Journal
Tree identification class to be held Sept. 20
OTISFIELD — Tree identification will be the subject of the Sept. 20 meeting of the western Maine chapter of the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine at Merle’s Ring’s tree farm. Ring, a state district forester and longtime SWOAM member, has 16 acres of forestland he has been managing for nearly three decades. He will […]
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Auburn seeks help planning cultural festival
AUBURN — City officials are hoping creative Twin Cities residents will help plan a celebration of arts and culture along Main Street. Auburn’s Economic Development Specialist Alan Manoian has scheduled a meeting next week to plan the first Downtown Auburn Fine Arts and Humanities Festival. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. July […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, The Franklin Journal
Reporter’s notebook: Road trip to Tennessee, NYC unforgettable
DIXFIELD — Spending a week and a half on a tour bus and in a Tennessee hotel with country music performers from across the nation and Canada was a great experience for Rumford nurse Mandy Bither Jordan and her 17-year-old daughter, Melanie Jordan. And the road trip to states and places they’d never been to was […]
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Loon Echo to hold digital slideshow ‘tour’ on Nov. 22
BRIDGTON — Join Loon Echo Land Trust for a digital slideshow “tour” of its preserves and trail systems at the LELT office at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22. The wheelchair accessible office is at 8 Depot St., Suite 4. If you are new to exploring the outdoors, recently moved to the Lake Region or have […]
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LePage to host Blaine House food drive, offer tour of mansion
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage is inviting Maine residents to the Blaine House next month off to drop off food donations and receive a tour of the governor’s mansion. The Republican governor and First Lady Ann LePage are hosting the third annual food drive on three consecutive Saturdays in October, starting on the 12th. […]