Willowbrook to host Agricultural Day in Maine village
Willowbrook Village in Newfield presents Agricultural Day on Saturday August 17 featuring 19th century life displays hay rides a sack race skills contests egg balancing croquet and a 1950s Ferris wheel activity. Visitors can see blacksmiths at portable anvils talk with Revolutionary War reenactors and enjoy a bean supper starting at 5 30 PM.
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Newfield
Willowbrook Village
Maine
Robert Schmick
Willowbrook
Don and
Marguerite “Pan” King
Schmick
Saco lighthouse art project set for updates
Saco prepares updates to the 12 foot Lighthouse on Parade piece with 62 lighthouse panels. Artist Johanna Hoffman and Chet Wancewicz led the 2003 painting at Wardwell facility, dedicating about 300 hours from February to March. The 10th anniversary prompts labeling, a coloring book draft, and a potential scavenger hunt and interpretive sign.
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Liz Gotthelf
Saco
Main Street
Johanna Hoffman
Chet Wancewicz
Hannaford
Mark Johnston
Hoffman
Wancewicz
Wardwell
Saco Spirit
Maine
Nonprofits partner for bike rides and family fun
Biddeford based Community Bicycle Center teams with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine for The Chain Reaction a bike ride fundraiser with activities at Pumpkin Valley Farm in Dayton on Sept 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event celebrates kids and the adults who mentor them and offers a family fun day with participants free to bike or stay at the farm. Proceeds will be split between the two groups both organizations providing positive role models for youth.
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Biddeford
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Maine
Pumpkin Valley Farm
Dayton
Bronwyn Potthoff
Community Bicycle Center
CBC
Potthoff
Breakaway 5K funds MAPS scholarships in Old Orchard Beach
Aug 17 marks the 18th Breakaway 5K and Nat and Marilyn Golzbein Fun Run to fund MAPS scholarships. MAPS pays nine $1,000 awards to local graduating seniors named after four educators from Old Orchard Beach. Retired educator Louie Ladakakos started the race. MAPS began in 2003 to disperse funds.
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Liz Gotthelf
Old Orchard Beach
Nat
Marilyn Golzbein
MAPS
E. Emerson Cummings
Herbert R. Bean
Jerome A. LePelletier
John McSweeney
Louie Ladakakos
Maps Foundation
Free lunch a hit with Biddeford students and adults
Sixth grader Alex Truehart and classmate Trenton Cote enjoy a dessert at Biddeford High School during the summer meal program. Melissa and Tony Truehart praise the lunches as filling and generous, noting meals are free for children and $3 for adults.
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Biddeford
Alex Truehart
Trenton Cote
Truehart
Melissa
Tony
Melissa Truehart
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