HARPSWELL — The Rev. Frank Strasburger is the scheduled guest preacher at All Saints Chapel on Sunday. The service of Holy Eucharist and sermon begins at 9 a.m. at the chapel, located at 9 Cooper Lane, off Harpswell Islands Road, Route 24. Strasburger will be followed this month by the Rev. Mary Ann Hoy on […]

WISCASSET — Things are heating up at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church as many volunteers are working on final plans for the 60th annual Strawberry Festival on June 30. The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “We are very excited about this year’s festival,” said Beth Cowing-Sawyer, co-director of the festival. “It’s our 60th […]

PORTLAND — Bishop Richard Malone and all U.S. bishops are announcing that the 14 days from June 21, the memorial of martyred Saints Thomas More and John Fisher, to July 4, Independence Day, will be dedicated to a nationwide “Fortnight for Freedom — a great hymn of prayer for our country.” The Fortnight was established […]

EDGECOMB — The first Saturday summer supper of the season will be held at the Edgecomb Congregational Church on June 16 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Guests start arriving as early at 4 p.m. for the supper that starts at 5 p.m. People can browse the thrift shop, check out the items on the free […]

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FREEPORT — First Parish Church is sponsoring a public church supper on June 9. The meal will be served in two sittings, at 5 and 6 p.m. at 40 Main St. The menu includes three kinds of beans, chop suey, macaroni and cheese, hot dogs, rolls, desserts and beverages. The cost is $8 for adults […]

BRUNSWICK — First Parish Church, UCC, will hold its annual clothing and linen sale on June 8 from 4-7 p.m. and June 9 from 9 a.m. to noon. This sale has been an annual event in Brunswick for the past 25 years. Parishioners and friends of First Parish begin their spring-cleaning in their overcrowded closets […]

HARPSWELL — The Rev. Katharine Babson opens All Saints Chapel’ summer series this Sunday. The service of Holy Eucharist and sermon begins at 9 a.m. at the chapel, located at 9 Cooper Lane, off Harpswell Islands Road, Route 24. Babson will be followed this month on June 10 by the Rev. Frank Strasburger, the Rev. […]

PORTLAND — Jehovah’s Witnesses will hold their district convention at the Cumberland County Civic Center this weekend. The three-day convention, “Safeguard Your Heart,” is expected to draw about 5,000 Witnesses and non-Witnesses. It began at 9:20 a.m. today. It will continue Saturday and Sunday at 9:20 a.m. each day. A news release from organizers says […]