Living on a scenic farm in New Gloucester might sound idyllic, but there are other considerations to take into account.
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How a third Shaker came to join the religious group’s only active community
Sister April Baxter moved to the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village this spring and is optimistic the community in New Gloucester — the home of the small religious denomination’s 3 members — will continue to grow.
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Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester prepares for Wabanaki Arts Market
The annual market on Saturday features artists and musicians from Maine’s Indigenous Wabanaki Confederacy.
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Maine Shaker Village staff brace for funding cuts, prepare for summer
At a moment of uncertainty, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village looked forward to a summer full of community events.
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In wake of ‘devastating’ cuts, volunteers step up to ready Shakers for the season
Friends of the Shakers gather from around the country to prepare for spring at Sabbathday Lake, the only still-active community of its kind in the world.
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Local band performs for fundraiser at Shaker Village
Yard Sauce, a folk-fusion group, performed at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village to help raise money for the long-gestating herb house project.
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Grant freeze causes major setbacks for Shaker herb house project
The Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village’s herb house revitalization project faces uncertainty in the wake of the federal grant freeze.
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Shaker Village celebrates milestone with herb house on new foundation
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village celebrated a major milestone in its years-long herb house project – lowering the building onto its new foundation.
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Sabbathday Village renovating herb house, making a community space
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, the last active Shaker community in the world, is working on renovating its herb house to add a community space. Part of a larger modernization project, the work will allow for the continuation of an herb making tradition that is almost as old as America itself.
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Get a glimpse into the past at the Shaker Village’s Harvest Festival
The event is on Indigenous Peoples Day, and admission is free.