WELLS ─ STRETCH students of Wells Elementary School teacher Suzanne Laplante-Killoran welcomed several fourth-grade classes to the school’s second-floor atrium on June 6 to watch a presentation regarding the women’s suffrage movement in America. The right to vote was eventually granted to women after an arduous 70 plus-year campaign ending in 1920 with the passage of […]

WELLS — The Hope Hobbs Gazebo at Wells Harbor Park will be the place to be to hear the music of the Strafford Wind Symphony, a popular group of wind ensemble musicians presenting a wonderful mix of patriotic and traditional “Community Band” music later this month. The free concert will be performed from 6:30 to […]

WELLS — Three members of the Wells High School chorus were selected to participate in this year’s All-State Music Festival and Choral Concert held at the University of Maine at Orono from May 16 to May 18. According to Wells High Band Director Larry Downing, Zoe Angelakis participated in Treble Chorus while Tim Martell and […]

  WELLS — Congdon’s After Dark, New England’s first food truck park, will host a fundraiser on Sunday for My Pal Spencer, which funds research for Sanfilippo Syndrome—a rare and fatal genetic disease afflicting a local family. Spencer Smith, the 4-year-old son of Wells native Nathan Smith and his wife Alli, suffers from Sanfilippo Syndrome, […]

OGUNQUIT – Over Mother’s Day weekend, the Ogunquit Barn Gallery held its 41st consecutive Student Art Show exhibiting a variety of student artwork from several area schools. Over three days, beginning with a reception on May 10, about 550 people viewed the exhibit consisting of kindergarten through 12th grade art. “It’s a great opportunity for students […]