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
Who is your valentine today? Usually, it’s someone we love in a special way – whether it’s the boy sitting at the next desk or the person you wake up next to each morning. Sometimes it’s a mother, a daughter, a boyfriend. I have a friend who is… 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
Everybody loves coming home from a long night of trick-or-treating with a pillowcase full of candy. But sometimes, the most memorable Halloween experiences have more to do with tricks than treats. For my younger sister, her funniest Halloween started out like any other. It happened… Read More
Residents are reminded that the U.S. flag and the Maine flag should be displayed on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, at half-staff from sunrise until noon only, at which time the flags should be raised to full staff. BANGOR – Parade, led by 101st Air… Read More
Residents are reminded that the U.S. flag and the Maine flag should be displayed on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, at half-staff from sunrise until noon only, at which time they should be raised to full staff. BANGOR – Parade, led by 101st Air Refueling… Read More
Memorial Day Weekend activities Residents are reminded that the U.S. flag and the Maine flag should be displayed on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, at half-staff from sunrise until noon only, at which time they should be raised to full staff. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
The poet had it wrong. It’s not April that’s the cruelest month. In Maine anyway, it’s March that’s often cruel – gray skies that spit snow, and a brown, muddy earth from which it seems impossible for anything green to emerge. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Special weekend events: Saints & Spirits Shopping – Most of Camden’s year-round shops will be having spring sales during this weekend. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
The star shining above the stable at the edge of the parking lot was more to westerly and not really a heavenly object. More precisely, it was a star-shaped cluster of multicolored electric lights. Though people traveled from afar, they came by car. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Memorial Day will be celebrated in many of Maine’s communities with a variety of events, including parades, appearances by politicians and church services and other ceremonies by and for those who have served in the U.S. military. Memorial Day events scheduled for Saturday, May 26,… Read More
Easter seems to tug at the hem of Christians’ faith like a stubbornly persistent pup. Even those who claim to have lost their faith or “retired” from religion return to church on the day of Christ’s Resurrection. They sit snug against others they only see… Read More