Julia Gagnon of “American Idol” fame and her fiance perform old and new songs for more than 350 fans.
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Inside Gray: July 19
Wild Blueberry Festival The eighth annual Wild Blueberry Festival takes place Aug. 10 and fills Pennell Park and the parking lots at Gray Town Hall with food trucks, live music, artisans, crafters, a farmers market, community, school and church groups, a kids tent, blueberry and bee mascots and more. The festival starts at 9 a.m. […]
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Inside Windham: July 19
Concerts at Dundee Park The parks and recreation department’s concert series at Dundee Park continues with Maine bluegrass band The World Famous Grassholes from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 24. Then with Andi Fawcett and Doubting Gravity perform pop, folk and rock ‘n’ roll July 31. The last concert is set for Aug. 7, […]
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It Happened in Windham: How children and families passed the time in past times
Buster Gilman was 5 years old in 1938. His mother, Alice, was a hardworking housewife and his father, Lloyd “Gillie” Gilman, worked at Windham Town Hall. He had older siblings from his parents’ previous marriages, but they were much older than he, in their teens and early 20s. He had no video games or television […]
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Yarmouth Clam Festival ready to get underway Friday
This year’s festival program, including multiple appearances by American Idol’s Julia Gagnon, was a little harder to pull off because of a drop-off in the number of volunteers.
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Inside Bridgton: July 12
Chickadee quilt show The Chickadee Quilters will present their 43rd annual quilt show at Stevens Brook Elementary School on Saturday, July 13, and Sunday, July 14. The show will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days and admission is $10. Proceeds from the show benefit Bridgton Community Center activities, the local food […]
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Inside New Gloucester: July 12
Library community concert Marc Black, New York Blues Hall of Fame inductee, will transport audiences on a nostalgic journey with a free performance, “Boppa Chua! A History of the 1950s and ’60s Through Popular Song,” at 5 p.m. Sunday, July 14, at New Gloucester Public Library, 379 Intervale Road. Black will lead audiences from bobby […]
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Inside Windham: July 5
Farmer’s Market open The Windham Farmer’s Market is open for the 2024 season. It is located on Turning Leaf Drive near the Stockhouse Restaurant in the heart of North Windham. The town market is a community of producers and makers who share their talents with local shoppers on Saturday mornings from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 […]
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Inside Gray: July 5
Maine Moose Sunday On July 21, Maine Wildlife Park will be all about Maine’s moose, opening at 9:30 a.m. There will be a wildlife keeper at the moose enclosure at 11 a.m. to discuss moose’s adaptations and how the park’s resident moose is cared for. At 1 p.m., a moose biologist from the Maine Department […]
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Lakes Region Sportsman: Help at hand for newcomers to Sebago Lake
When I was a youngster and before my parents bought their place on Sebago, we would visit a variety of lakes in the summer to fish and relax. We brought along an old 6-horsepower motor and rented a boat if the cottage didn’t come with one. My dad would talk to the local tackle shops […]