Monmouth News

All-day registration for women who want to join Motor Maids at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston; 7 p.m. social hour at Fast Breaks, 1465 Lisbon St., Lewiston Wednesday, July 8 8 a.m., Dot Robinson Road Run, a motorcycling skills test at the Ramada Inn, Lewiston 6:30 p.m., Escorted parade will leave the Ramada Inn and continue to Lisbon Street, Court ...

MONMOUTH : Imagine walking down a country road in the gathering dusk and coming upon a display of hay balers and loaders looming into the sky from the middle of the road.

WINTHROP : The Winthrop Police Department has moved into a completely renovated building with up-to-date facilities housed in a building, the shell of which dates back to 1855.

MONMOUTH : The Theater at Monmouth announces a one-night celebration of the nationa s independence and of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincolna s birth.

The strawberry season in Maine should be a good one -- big yield, big berries -- as long as growers get a few consecutive days of sunshine and warm temperatures.

AUGUSTA : The following items were compiled June 12, by the Public Information Office for the Maine Department of Public Safety: Maine State Police Troopers arrested Lisa Beardreau, 23, of Gardiner, on June 4, after Pilot Wayne Ireland clocked her car speeding.

AUGUSTA : The following news items were compiled by the Public Information Office of the Maine Department of Public Safety: The big lane switch on I-295 from Topsham to Gardiner takes place on Tuesday, June 16th, as the northbound lanes will be closed for the summer for repairs.

IT A IS AN ART Legacy Theater's production of Chicago will run from July 10 to 19.

AUGUSTA : Fewer than 300 local voters turned out Tuesday to pass the city's $27 million school budget.

MONMOUTH : The Lions Club International Maine Lions District 41 Convention was held April 25, 2009, at the Samoset Resort in Rockport.

Winthrop Police say several people were injured when three cars crashed Saturday evening on route 202.

AUGUSTA : The Maine House narrowly approved a bill May 28 that would guarantee the right of people to dry their clothes outside in the sun.

Corey Dyke, 17, of Monmouth Academy positions a spaghetti bridge he built with Jared Jacobs during testing Tuesday at the University of Maine in Orono.

BELFAST : The Theater At Monmouth will present its original jazz and blues musical version of the beloved children's tale "The Three Little Pigs" at the Belfast Maskers Waterfront Theater, 43 Front St.

CAPITAL AREA : MANCHESTER COMMUNITY CHURCH The church, at 21 Readfield Road in Manchester, will hold its Spring Sale and Luncheon from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, May 1 and again from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2. Come early and enjoy a doughnut and coffee in Manchester Community Church's Country Kitchen CafA© and stay for lunch with Jackie & ...

CAPITAL AREA : OLD SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH A rummage and attic treasure sale will be held Friday and Saturday, April 24 and 25 at the church at 135 Second St.

AUBURN : The Maine Association of Community Theaters will present the 12th annual One-Act Play Festival on Saturday, April 25 at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center at 30 Academy St.

A man wanted by police for failure to comply with the sex offender registry was arrested Tuesday afternoon.

Many Mainers will remember Taxing Maine, the award-winning play about the history of state taxes that toured 34 Maine sites in 2006.

Still, there is plenty of snow and ice ahead of us. Several current photographic exhibits offer images that celebrate winter and remind us that in addition to building character, this season has its beauty.