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This weekend in the arts: The Lyrical Groove, Glen Wilson, rock journalism at Small Press Nite, Disco Riot, Jasper Johns, Don Bartletti, "Next to Normal," plus live music picks and more arts events.

100 Years Ago: 1924 While operating a three ton tractor near Monmouth Fish Hatchery Tuesday afternoon moving a building, Frank Libby was seriously injured by the overturning of the heavy machine which pinned him underneath. The tractor was pried off and first aid was rendered to the unconscious man by Dr. F. L. Chenery, Jr., […]

Genesis co-founder, Mike Rutherford has announced that Mike And The Mechanics will tour... and he's confirmed 30 UK shows. The Looking Back: Living the Years Tour, will launch next March. Rutherford said: "We had so much fun on the last tour and the au...

DOVER’S JOHN P. HALE served New Hampshire as a Representative in the 28th Congress.

100 Years Ago: 1924 Volunteers continued Monday to dredge the Androscoggin river at Lewiston-Auburn for the body of Henry Alexander Rich, Bates senior of Hyde Park, Mass., who was drowned Saturday afternoon when strength gave out and he was forced to give up his hold on an overturned canoe. He and Miss Vivian Chase Milliken, […]

Mike + The Mechanics have announced a 2025 UK tour, on which they will “play all the hits” as well as “drift into Genesis”.

Mike Rutherford announced 30 upcoming tour dates for his long-time Genesis side project Mike and the Mechanics in May 2024.

1999 – 25 Years

The veteran meteorologist was let go after three decades at the station.

100 Years Ago: 1924 Martel McLain, of West Appleton, won first place in the Maine Egg Laying Contest for the month of March with his flock of Rhode Island Reds. Seven hundred eggs were produced by Mr. McLain’s birds during that month, according to records forwarded to O. M. Wilbur, Poultry Specialist, of the Extension […]