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Maine-ly Harmony women’s barbershop chorus installed its board of officers April 5 for the 2023-24 fiscal year. They are Peg Dubrow, member at large; Judy Labonte, member at large; Kathy Joyce, secretary; Barbara Combs, vice president; Sue Staples, president; and Janet Dunham, treasurer. Installing officers were Anne Danforth and Cathy Anderson. Outgoing officers, who served […]

Saturday, Oct. 15 After a 2-year COVID hiatus, barbershop is back in a big new way: a men's chorus, a women's chorus, a mixed chorus, and three quartets! Concert at 2 p.m. United Methodist Church, 320 Church Road. $20/general admission; $15/seniors...

Print Brooklyn Bar & Grill in City Heights buzzed with patrons Thursday evening, the kind of scene its owner, Bill Lutzius, had eagerly anticipated for the past year. Early on COVID-19 forced business owners to lay off longtime bartenders and wait staff, scraping by on government assistance until life could return to normal. That day now appears fast approaching, but Lutzius won’t see it. Last week, he was found at his Mission Hills home, dead at age 63 of an apparent heart attack. “We tho...

Womens barbershop chorus brings Christmas carols to seniors virtually Augusta-based Maine-ly Harmony usually visits nursing homes and assisted living facilities in central Maine during the holidays, but COVID-19 changed those plans. Author: Chloe Teboe (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 8:08 AM EST December 23, 2020 Updated: 8:11 AM EST December 23, 2020 AUGUSTA, Maine — In regular years, schedules at nursing homes and assisted living facilities wou...