Greg Rec

Local & State

Watch: Monument Square Christmas tree arrives for the holidays

November 15, 2023November 16, 2023

The Monument Square Christmas tree traveled from a South Portland home to Monument Square on Wednesday.

Arts & Entertainment

Photos: Cape Elizabeth Land Trust fundraiser

August 30, 2020

Over 30 artists set up their easels at different locations throughout Cape Elizabeth this weekend, painting scenes for a fundraiser for the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust. The program, called Painting for Preservation, has 32 artists participating, painting scenes en plein air that will be sold at an online auction on Sept. 12-13.

Local & State

Pandemic a time of stress, togetherness for family of six

by Greg Rec May 25, 2020May 24, 2020

There are so many unanswered questions because of the uncertainty brought on by the coronavirus.

Local & State

Maine Maple Sunday may be canceled, but sugar houses are still selling

by Greg Rec March 22, 2020March 21, 2020

Syrup producers are looking to make sales despite the annual statewide event’s postponement because the coronavirus outbreak.

Local & State

Kennebunk sisters use ‘sapcycle’ to transport maple sap

by Greg Rec March 9, 2020March 9, 2020

They retrofitted an old jogging stroller to hold two 5-gallon buckets, which they wheel over to the house of a neighbor, who who boils the sap down into maple syrup.

Local & State

Christmas tree tattoos memorialize man slain in Scarborough

by Greg Rec March 2, 2020March 2, 2020

A shop in Scarborough offers the tattoos in honor of James Pearson, the Christmas tree farmer who was attacked and killed in his front yard last December, donating half of the proceeds to a scholarship fund created in his memory.