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The Greater Gardiner River Festival begins on Wednesday, June 20, with a bang—Kavanaugh Carnival on the waterfront at 4 pm, Maine vendors selling your favorite festival foods, The Bilge Pumps rock band from 7-9 pm, and spectacular fireworks from Central Maine Pyrotechnics after 9 pm. This festival traditionally kicks off the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Whatever Family Festival that includes events in Gardiner, Hallowell, Winthrop, and Augusta.
Find and Remove Ticks from Your Body Bathe or shower as soon as possible after coming indoors (preferably within two hours) to wash off and more easily find ticks that are crawling on you. Conduct a full-body tick check using a hand-held or full-length mirror to view all parts of your body upon return from tick-infested areas. Parents should check their children for ticks under the arms, in and around the ears, inside the belly button, behind the knees, between the legs, around the waist, and especially in their hair. Examine gear and pets. Ticks can ride into the home on clothing and pets, then attach to a person later, so carefully examine pets, coats, and day packs. Tumble clothes in a dryer on high heat for an hour to kill remaining ticks.
The town of Sumner, located between Rumford and Auburn, has joined a growing list of communities adopting an Industrial Wind Development Ordinance. Sumner residents packed the town’s fire barn last week for a special town meeting and by a 2 to 1 vote, the ordinance was approved. Sumner’s Industrial Wind Power Ordinance Committee spent nearly a year researching the topic and crafted an ordinance that would give the town and its citizens additional protections above and beyond the State’s minimal standards.
The Franco-American Heritage Center is pleased to announce the activities for its annual Festival Franco Fun. this yearly celebration of Franco-American music, food, and culture will be happening at the Franco Center on Saturday, June 2nd. Festivities begin at 7am, with a Family Crepe Breakfast open to the public. Following breakfast, there will be a special Children’s Entertainment program, where children under 12 are admitted free with the purchase of an adult Festival ticket. Magical Wonders Entertainment presents Magician Dennis Labbe, followed by the regarded story teller Michael Parent.
A Maine Forest Service forest ranger out hunting last fall came across a strange object he found right in the middle of an old, overgrown logging road on Elephant Mountain. That object has been identified as an ejection seat from the infamous B-52 Stratofortress-C crash that killed seven airmen almost 50 years ago north of Greenville.
The Kennebec Valley Art Association (KVAA) recently received a $3,430 grant from the Kay E. Dopp Fund of the Maine Community Foundation for a proposal entitled “Building the capacity of the KVAA and the Harlow Gallery through investments in programming, planning and sustainability”. The funding will allow the KVAA board of directors to update the organization’s strategic plan. The planning process is especially significant for the nonprofit arts group this year since the group will soon be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Harlow Gallery.
“Ride into Summer”, brought to you by Gardiner Main Street and Pyro City, is a wicked tasty way to kick-off the summer season in Maine. Formerly known as “Hawgs, Pies, and Fireworks”, this 3rd annual event includes a motorcycle and bicycle parade, peoples’ choice pizza contest of local traditional and non-traditional pizzas, live music, and Maine’s largest fireworks display.
Talent Show Auditions Wed., May 23, 5-7 pm Sat., May 26, 2-4 pm All ages and all talents are welcome to try out. Amateur only! Acts will be auditioned in [...]
On Friday, May 18th, Governor Paul LePage released today a comprehensive book of accomplishments of his first 500 days in office. The Governor’s 500th day as Maine’s Chief Executive is Saturday, May 19, 2012. The 20-page compilation, titled Making Maine Prosperous, The First 500 Days of Governor Paul LePage, details the achievements made by the LePage Administration and the State of Maine 125th Legislature. A web version of the book is free to the public and available on the Governor’s website.
The finalists hail from every corner of the state, including Bangor, Belfast, Bethel, Brunswick, Camden, Deer Isle, Georgetown, Norridgewock, Portland, Stockton Springs, Unity, and York. Youth finalists come from communities such as Farmington, New Gloucester, Scarborough, and West Bath.The winners of the awards will be revealed live at a ceremony on Thursday, May 31 at 7:00 p.m. at the Glickman Library on the University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus. The event is free to MWPA members with a suggested $10 donation for nonmembers.
Boothbay Windjammer Days Kicks Off 50th Anniversary with “Jammers and Joggers” Land and Sea Race – On June 25, schooner captains and identical twins Bob and Joe Tassi will set sail from Rockport aboard the schooner Timberwind bound for Boothbay Harbor. At the same time, veteran marathoner Dr. Aquilino Alamo will start running from Rockport to Boothbay bearing the Windjammer Days signature torch. Alamo calls himself “a regular family doctor” and has a dream of running a marathon in each of the 50 states.
Maine State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin reported that Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed the State’s Aa2 credit rating, and has revised its outlook to negative from stable. During the past several months, the Office of the State Treasurer has led a team of state government officials in discussions with the national rating agencies to update Maine’s credit rating.
Today the Harlow Gallery announced the start of an Indiegogo campaign in support of CSA: Community Supporting Arts, a project partnering 14 artists with 13 CSA farms in and around central Maine. The campaign aims to raise $3,000 by July 1, 2012. The Harlow Gallery invites the public to invest in a ‘share’ of Community Supporting Arts through this grassroots internet fundraising tool; art and farm related perks are available to project supporters at various giving levels. Indiegogo.com is a global crowdfunding site that supports a creative community that embraces collaboration, fearlessness and authenticity. Please visit the campaign at http://www.indiegogo.com/CSA-Community-Supporting-Arts to find out more or to make a pledge.
Come on two wheels or two feet, but make sure you come to Gardiner Main Street’s Summer Kickoff event “Ride Into Summer” – brought to you by Gardiner Main Street and Pyro City, is a wicked tasty way to kick-off the summer season in Maine. Mark your calendar for Friday, May 25th. Formerly known as “Hawgs, Pies, and Fireworks”, this 3rd annual event includes a motorcycle and bicycle parade, peoples’ choice pizza contest of local traditional and non-traditional pizzas, live music, and Maine’s largest fireworks display.
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