WELLS — July programs at Wells Reserve at Laudholm include: Thursday, July 14, 10 a.m. Nature Walk. Join a Wells Reserve naturalist in a variety of coastal habitats to discover what’s happening in the ever-changing world of plants and animals. Free with admission. Thursday, July 14, 7 p.m. Concert: Blues in the Barn III. The […]
wells maine
WOCSD recognizes retiring staff, those with 20 years’ service
WELLS — Five staff members from the Wells-Ogunquit Community School District retired at the end of this school year. In addition, one staff member has reached the 20-year milestone in service to the district. All six were honored in a “Celebration of Service to Education” ceremony on June 17 at the end of a staff […]
Winning “Bikes for Books” participants receive bikes
WELLS — Last month, Wells Elementary School held an assembly to draw winners in the “Bikes for Books” reading incentive program sponsored by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Maine and the Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation. In the drawing, nine boys and nine girls each went home for the summer with new Huffy bicycles plus […]
At your service
Every morning as I make my coffee, I watch the birds at the bird feeder outside my kitchen window. The other day I noticed, perched on the deck railing near the feeder, a brownish-grayish bird throwing a temper tantrum. It would quiver and shake furiously until some of the brownish-whitish birds at the feeder would […]
Garden trip planned
YORK — The York County Retired Educators Association Travel Committee has planned a trip to experience the beauty of the Gardens in Boothbay on July 26. The bus will leave Jackson’s Hardware in Kittery at 8:30 a.m., stop at the Meadowbrook Plaza in York at 8:50 a.m., at Wells Transportation Center at 9:10 a.m. and […]
Mommy’s Corner
There were a lot of songs in my head last weekend with lyrics mentioning Los Angeles, or L.A. as the cool kids call it. I even jotted down a few lines like “L.A. proved too much for the man,” and “I’d be safe and warm if I was in L.A.” Why, you ask? I know, […]
Make strawberry picking your jam
In our hyper-tech gadgety world of all things convenient, instant, high-speed, it’s crucial to occasionally remind ourselves to take slow-paced, unplugged moments to truly take in what’s around us, what’s tangible, and reap the savory things in life – literally. In life’s metaphorical fast lane, my family and I recently took a pit-stop detour, a […]