WELLS — The Wells Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting a 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament for boys and girls in grades three through eight at the Walter Marsh Recreation Area (on Route 9A) on June 25. Brackets will be set in grades three/four, five/six and seven/eight (as of spring 2016). The first 20 teams will […]
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Antique show, sale at Wells Reserve
WELLS — The 16th annual Wells Antique Show and Sale will take place on June 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm Road. For more information, contact (800) 641- 6908 or goosefare@gwi.net.
Man pleads not guilty to murder tied to Wells burglary
ALFRED — A man accused of felony murder in the death by cardiac arrest of a Wells woman as he was allegedly attempting to break into her Wire Road home in March 2015 has entered a not guilty plea. Carlton Young, 24, of Sanford made a brief appearance before Justice John O’Neil at York County […]
Garden expert to speak in Ogunquit
OGUNQUIT — Douglas Tallamy, award-winning author of “Bringing Nature Home,” will speak at the Ogunquit Playhouse at 7 p.m. June 27. Tallamy’s talk, “Rebuilding Nature’s Relationships at Home,” will discuss how the special relationships between plants and animals determine the stability and complexity of local food webs, why it is important to restore life to […]
Who owns Wells Beach?
WELLS — Who owns the beach? That was the topic of a talk given Wednesday night at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm by land surveyor Robert Yarumian and historian Edwin Churchill. The presentation, “Who Owns the Beach? Investigations into Historical Ownership of the Maine Coast,” was held to discuss new findings available in the Report […]
Too young not to scale new heights
We can all agree that summer took its time getting here this year, but now that June is in full swing, it sure seems time to pack up and put away all those heavy winter clothes. Combine that with overdue spring cleaning, and I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who’s dug through my […]
Give your children the gift of financial knowledge
It’s almost Father’s Day. If you’re a dad with young children, you can expect some nice homemade cards and maybe even a baseball cap. But, of course, your greatest reward is spending time with your kids and watching them grow. In return, you can give them a gift – the gift of knowledge. Specifically, in […]
Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow – eventually
Last week, Spouse and I worked on our vegetable garden. By that, I mean we bought plants and talked about planting them. The patch of yard dedicated to the garden each year remains half-covered with black tarp and will not be seeing any planting until it is – well, tilled. In the meantime, we took […]
Who doesn’t love a fiesta?
There’s something to be said about a feast that serves a multi-fold purpose; a dinner abundant in plentiful offerings, as healthy as the host so wishes, a fabulous opportunity for uproarious music appropriate to the spicy theme, an event that pretty much guarantees a fantastic time by all. The staples of a taco feast are […]
AWS seeks owner of lost cat
Patches – whose real name is unknown – is a young black/white adult male that was found in the area near the community center in North Berwick. He was brought to Another Chance Animal Rescue by a concerned citizen that feared for the animal’s safety. Patches seemed intent on wondering back and forth on an […]