2013
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: My younger sister “Lainie” is 14. She has had a smartphone for about a year. While I don’t belong to any social media sites, Lainie is a social media junkie. She never goes anywhere without her phone. Sometimes she’ll have her phone in one hand and her tablet in the other, taking turns […]
Castlebay to perform tonight at Curtis Memorial Library
BRUNSWICK Now Christmas comes, ‘tis fit that we should feast and sing and merry be. Keep open house, let fiddlers play; a fig for cold, sing care away. Maine’s premier Celtic duo, Castlebay, will “drive cold winter away” with joyous and mysterious seasonal songs and tunes from Ireland, Scotland and the British Isles, as well […]
Abstract art show at River Arts
DAMARISCOTTA River Arts welcomes the public to an evening of music, refreshments, conversation and art at its opening reception for the “Abstract” juried exhibition tonight, 5-7 p.m, Dec. 20 at its galleries on U.S. Route 1 in Damariscotta. The exhibition of 80 pieces of art by 60 different artists from all over Maine, includes paintings […]
Holiday Guitar Night at Lincoln Theater
DAMARISCOTTA Lincoln Theater will present its first annual Holiday Guitar Night featuring two extraordinary musicians, Eric Lugosch and Stephen Bennett, 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28 the theater. National fingerpicking champion Eric Lugosch presents a truly original and inspirational show. There are no gimmicks or gadgets — just a genuinely gifted imagination and a fluency that […]
Germany denies Jewish heirs; Cologne returns art
BERLIN Germany says it won’t return two paintings once owned by a Jewish businessman who fled the Nazis, even as the western city of Cologne agreed to hand back almost a dozen other valuable drawings to heirs in two separate cases. The contrasting decisions were both announced Wednesday. They illustrate the considerable legal leeway that […]
Friday, Dec. 20
Adelle R. Weeden, 90, of Shapleigh, died on Dec. 16, 2013 at her home. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 23 at the Carll-Heald & Black Funeral Home, located at 580 Main St. in Springvale. Interment will be at the Southern Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Those planning an expression […]
Seagulls’ comeback falls just short
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — For almost the entirety of the opening three quarters Thursday night, the Old Orchard Beach girls basketball team couldn’t buy an outshot shot. Sometimes, though, it just takes one to get an entire team going. That was the case for the normally sharpshooting Seagulls as Kelsey Custeau’s 3-pointer with 40 seconds […]