Maine Audubon is offering two trips to Stratton Island just off the coast of Scarborough on July 10. The island, a nesting colony and roosting site for a diversity of coastal birds, is a National Audubon Seabird Institute project site and normally closed to visitors. Those who make the trip next month will hear about […]
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Fourth of July festivities in Midcoast
Bath Bath’s annual Heritage Days will kick off Friday, June 30, and end with a fireworks display on July 4. The Independence Day parade will take place on Lincoln, Centre and Front streets at 10 a.m., and rides, games and food trucks will be available throughout the day. Musical performances will take place on the […]
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Senior dog rescue hosting open house in North Yarmouth
Finally Home Senior Dog Rescue & Retirement Home in North Yarmouth will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 15. Visitors will be able to tour the nonprofit rescue home at 616 New Gloucester Road and meet the 12 dogs now living there and the staff. Raffles, refreshments and merchandise will […]
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Cahan elected chair of Falmouth Town Council
The Falmouth Town Council elected Hope Cahan as its new chairperson June 21 and Jay Trickett as vice chairperson. Cahan takes over the leadership position from Peter LaFond, who will continue as a councilor, She was elected to the council in 2020, and she serves on several committees, including the Ordinance Committee and the Community […]
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Mill Creek Concert Series starts June 28
This summer’s Mill Creek Concert Series in South Portland kicks off Wednesday, June 28, with the Downeast Brass Quintet. The Wednesday night concerts at Mill Creek Park are free and begin at 6:30 p.m. The summer’s lineup also features: singer-songwriter Andi Fawcett on July 12; Stone Broke, a ’70s-’90s rock/country/blues tribute band, July 19; Studio […]
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Scarborough votes June 27 on $54.3 million school budget
Scarborough residents will vote Tuesday, June 27, on a $54.3 million school budget. The budget is 4.4% more than this year’s budget, an increase officials say is largely due to a $1.8 million increase in salaries and a $500,000 increase in health insurance costs. Combined with the new $22.8 million municipal budget, Scarborough residents will […]
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Scarborough volunteer wins Patriots’ Community MVP Award
Robert Sam Kelley of Scarborough, a Vietnam War veteran, was honored with a Myra Kraft Community MVP Award earlier this month on behalf of the New England Patriots Foundation. As a volunteer with Vet to Vet Maine, Kelley has been a “peer companion” for three other veterans and has helped them access benefits to improve […]
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Field Day at Tidewater Farm in Falmouth next month
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a Field Day from 10 a.m. to noon on July 8 at the University of Maine Gardens at Tidewater Farm in Falmouth. The event will feature a walking tour of the gardens that will highlight plants and practices to support the lifestyle of pollinators, as well as […]
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Author to speak on Maine women’s suffrage leader in Cumberland
Author Anne Gass of Gray will be the special guest of the Cumberland Historical Society Wednesday, June 28, for a talk on Florence Brooks Whitehouse, a novelist, painter, vocalist and mother of three who joined the women’s suffrage movement in 1913. Gass, Whitehouse’s great-granddaughter, is the author of “Voting Down the Rose: Florence Brooks Whitehouse […]
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Paint for Preservation June 23-25 in Cape Elizabeth
Artists will set up their easels all around town June 23-25 for Cape Elizabeth Land Trust’s 16th annual Paint for Preservation event. The paintings the artists produce will be auctioned off at a ticketed outdoor reception June 25 from 4 to 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to tour the painting sites to see the […]