WISCASSET Experience a 19th century style Christmas with a 21st century flair at Historic New England’s Nickels- Sortwell House this holiday season. For the first time since 1956, the first floor of the Federal-style mansion will be decorated for the holidays. As part of Wiscasset Village’s annual Holiday Marketfest, the house will be open to […]

BATH Maine mystery writer Bruce Robert Coffin will be signing books in Bath next week. The author will be on hand at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, at Patten Free Library to sign books; Mustard Seed Bookstore will handle sales. He is the bestselling author of the Detective Byron mystery series and is a former […]

ARIES Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, an outburst of creativity may surprise those close to you, but this week you just may need an outlet. Channel this energy into a project you have been hoping to complete. TAURUS Apr 21/May 21 Your poker face is on this week, Taurus. Keep things close to the vest as […]

BRUNSWICK — The Greater Freeport Community Chorus will present “Un Natale Barocco (A Baroque Christmas)” in performances Dec. 9 and 10 in Yarmouth and Brunswick. The concert will feature the 60-voice chorus, accompanied by a 10-piece chamber orchestra, singing Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gloria” and Francesco Durante’s “Magnificat in B-flat Major.” Performances are set for 7 p.m. […]

BRUNSWICK Brunswick High School’s Jazz program musicians are set to perform for a good cause — BHS’s music programs. The Eighth Night of Swing and Jazz will take place at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Brunswick High School’s Crooker Theater. The public is invited to enjoy a complimentary dessert buffet and take part in a silent […]

BATH The Bath Youth Meetinghouse and Skate Park is coming alive with color and design thanks to a mural designed and created by youth from the middle and high schools. “They had murals at the old skatepark, and the kids were wanting something because it was just all this gray wall and it was just […]

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you might feel like you do not measure up to others this week. How others see you is completely different from your perception. Don’t be too hard on yourself. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, letting go is a hard lesson to learn this week. You may have to […]

AUBURN The music of Vince Guaraldi — more specifically, the music he created for “A Charlie Brown Christmas” — will be featured in Auburn UU’s December Concert for a Cause. The Heather Pierson Jazz Trio will be performing Guaraldi’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1. The concert will take place at […]

NEW YORK Pixar films have never been shy about death. The “Toy Story” films are, in part, about mortality. The poetic highlight of “Up” is a wordless sequence of a spouse’s passing. The Earth, itself, was left for dead in “Wall-E.” But Pixar plunges fully into the afterlife in “Coco,” a brightly colored fable surrounding […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Downtown Association will hold its Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on the Town Mall in Downtown Brunswick on Saturday from 2-5 p.m. Featured will be horse and carriage ride on Park Row and Maine Street, hot cocoa and coffee and Christmas cookies — all provided by the BDA. At 3 p.m., a […]