St. Patrick’s Day is serious business in Benedicta. Just ask Jane Cummings. As a girl, she and her classmates would return from Christmas vacation and immediately start practicing for the annual St. Patrick’s Day show. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    BANGOR – Tim Martin stood behind his 7-year-old son, Jacob, as the color guard leading the Memorial Day parade approached Davenport Park. “Put your heels together like this,” Martin, 35, of Bangor said as he demonstrated. “Now, put your hand over your heart to salute… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Memorial Day parade, 7:45 a.m. May 29, begins at the Togus Building 205 parking lot, and proceeds to the Togus National Cemetery. Local veterans organizations, Maine National Guard and Togus staff will participate in wreath laying ceremonies in the cemetery. For more information,… Read More
    BANGOR – Looking around at a roomful of people from various cultures and religions all gathered for one celebration, James Varner couldn’t help but smile. It was last Sunday evening at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Park Street, and a group – including Hindus, Christians,… Read More
    Harriet Beecher Stowe moved to Maine in 1850, with her husband, Calvin Ellis Stowe, a professor at Bowdoin College. In Brunswick, she wrote her famous ?Uncle Tom?s Cabin? and many stories about New England life, including ?The Pearl of Orr?s Island? (1862) and ?Oldtown Folks? (1869). The latter… Read More
    BANGOR – Elder Christopher DiSalvatore stood before the congregation to make his report as the morning worship service ended Sunday at Hammond Street Congregational Church. The tithingman, a long stick with a ball at one end and a feather attached to the other, rested against his broad shoulder. Read More