Trifectas are not only for racetracks. At the track, you win a trifecta bet by picking the first three finishers in order. The pay-off is usually big. In politics, trifectas also exist. That’s when one party controls the executive and both branches of the legislature. President-elect Trump will have one. That could give him a […]
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Stories from Maine: Saving Chamberlain and the 20th Maine
One historian’s mid-20th-century efforts rescued a number of true Maine stories from certain obscurity, and he launched one local hero into the realm of American legend. John James Pullen was the third of four children born to Orrin D. and Jean Reed Pullen on Dec. 17, 1913, in North Amity, Aroostook County, Maine. Young John […]
Freeport Players to put on new show for Home Time Radio Hour
An all-new show at RADIO XVIII–WFCP Home Time Radio Hour presented by Freeport Players combines music, comedy, mystery and fun. Performances are at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., at 7:30 p.m. next Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6-7, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8. It’s the 18th year where the “live studio […]
Get a dose of seasonal cheer at Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest
Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest heralds the gift-giving season with three days of local shopping and lots of activities for shoppers, families, locals and visitors to enjoy. Visit Wiscasset Village from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. next weekend, Dec. 6-8, plus festive family events on Friday and Saturday evenings. Marketfest features a visit from Santa who arrives […]
Motown and country holiday concerts shake up the Opera House
Come for Santa Claus, stay for the music. Santa will be coming to town during Boothbay Harbor’s Holiday Lights Weekend, but in the evenings after Santa has returned to the North Pole, two equally merry guys and their bands will be playing at the historic Opera House in celebration of the season. Pat Colwell and […]
From the Chocolate Church: Home is where the Hot Chocolate is
Volunteer Jazz Band’s annual holiday benefit concert for the Chocolate Church Arts Center is back.
Tiny house, big art: Artist showcases the value in balancing macro and micro
Deanna Jacome creates larger-than-life paintings in a tiny home in Freeport.
Cooking at the Cove: Bring on the soup
Here we are, at that in-between time between Thanksgiving and Christmas when, for a lot of us, things are a bit … hectic. I don’t know about you, but every year, I have the best of intentions to accomplish more holiday preparations ahead of time. But then I can’t bring myself to gear up for […]
Danny Tyree: It’s normal to be thankful for these things, isn’t it?
I would love to revolutionize your Thanksgiving Day speeches, but I must admit that the blessings I feel gratitude for are embarrassingly mundane. I mean, I am thankful for weekends, babies, walks in the rain, comfy sofas, random acts of kindness, the fact that I pay so little attention at work, I am permanently exempted […]
Visit Lincoln Theater on Saturday for Santa and a holiday movie
The Lincoln Theater, in partnership with the Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce’s Villages of Light, will welcome Santa Claus to the theater at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, with a free screening of “The Christmas Chronicles 2” at noon. Santa time will include free cocoa and cookies. In the heartwarming holiday adventure “The Christmas Chronicles […]
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