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Morning Commute by David WitbeckMaine Art Gallery on Chase Hill Road in Kennebunk Lower VIllage will feature an exhibit of new paintings

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During the Apple Festival, the carriage house at the Shaker Museum in Alfred will have exhibits and demonstrations of traditional Shaker crafts as well as gift items and food for sale.

Known for their simple way of life, the Shakers redesigned the broom in the 1820s such that it was flat, not round.

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Shaker Hill Apple Festival

Folksinger John Gorka is among the musicians who will perform at the eighth annual Shaker Hill Apple Festival in Alfred, Saturday, September 23, and Sunday, September 24, 10 AM to 4 PM both days.

The festival includes a craft fair, an author’s talk, presentations about the his-tory of Shaker Hill (so named because it was a Shaker com-munity), pony rides, wagon rides, apple and pumpkin picking, auctions and raffles.

Susan Futrell, author of the recently published book Good Apples – Behind Every Bite (University of Iowa Press), will give a talk about her project on Sun-day (the time TBA; check yorkcountyshelterpro-grams.com for updates).

Futrell interviewed commercial apple grow-ers from New England to Washington state to find out what growing apples for the market entails.

Celebrating Maine's Favorite Fall Fruit

Folksinger John Gorka will perform at the 8th Annual Shaker Hill Apple Festival on Saturday, September 23.

She hopes to call atten-tion to the difficulties that face apple growers who are dealing with current eco-nomic and ecological chal-lenges. FMI about her book, visit uipress.uiowa.edu.

The Shaker Hill Apple Festival is an important fundraising event for the

York County Shelter Pro-gram, which provides a va-riety of resources to people

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The festival will offer an art and craft fair, apple and pumpkin picking, horse-drawn wagon rides and live music. The juried art and craft fair will include over a dozen artisans.

needing housing, sub-stance abuse help, medical care and food.

The YCSP and Friends of the Shaker Museum, The Brothers of the Chris-tian Instruction, and Gile’s Family Farm of Alfred collaborate in hosting the event.

Historic Shaker Hill is home to the shelter pro-gram’s offices and some of its facilities. The Brothers, the Shaker Museum and one of Giles’ orchards are also at Shaker Hill.

Shaker Hill was settled by a Shaker communi-ty (it was first known as “Holy Land”) in 1793. The community existed un-til 1931, making it one of the longest-lasting Shaker

communities in the United States.

Today, the Alfred Shak-er Museum is in a building constructed in 1875 by the Shakers to serve as a car-riage house and a storage place for lumber.

T h e b u i l d i n g w a s among eight other original buildings (plus the Shaker cemetery) preserved by the Brothers of Christian In-struction, who purchased the property in 1931. (FMI: alfredshakermuseum.com)

The Brothers have been steadfast supporters of the Shelter programs, and help run The Bakery at Notre Dame. The bakery offers employment to peo-ple needing job training and employment; money raised from sales goes to the YCSP.

The bakery also makes

food for the York County Food Pantry, which YCSP oversees. (FMI, brothersof-christianinstruction.org.)

A local farm business, Gile’s Family Farm, over-sees the Notre Dame apple orchard, also on Shaker Hill. Festival-goers will be able to pick their own ap-ples and pumpkins. A farm store near the bakery also offers apples and pump-kins from the orchards, as well as cider.

The festival includes a

large craft fair, with 60-plus vendors, a giant yard sale hosted by the Brothers, and activities for children in the “Kids Zone” area.

Live music and dance performances will be held throughout the festival. Folksinger John Gorka is performing from 5 PM to 6:30 PM Saturday.

Local performers in-clude dancers from the

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Brick Store Museum Joins National “Museum Day Live!”

The Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk will cel-ebrate local history on Sat-urday, September 23, from 10 AM to 4 PM. Admission will be free that day as part of Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day Live!

A nationwide event, Museum Day offers free admission to visitors who present a Museum Day Live! ticket at a participat-ing museum or cultural

institution. Additionally, the museum invites visi-tors to celebrate their own history through oral history recording sessions, and the scanning and digitizing of visitors' personal pho-tographs with the help of museum staff.

On September 23, the museum will have trained oral history interview-ers ready to speak with anyone who has memo-ries of the Fire of ’47 or the year 1968, specifically (though any time period is welcomed). It is rec-ommended that anyone interested in recording an interview call the museum

at 207-985-4802 to make an appointment.

Museum Day visitors to the Brick Store Museum are also invited to bring in personal photographs, negatives, slides, and glass plates (up to five per per-son) for the staff to scan on the museum's high-resolu-tion archival photograph scanners, to help preserve the images. Those who want to use this service are asked to bring a flash drive or CD to take the images home (or provide an email address). The service is free; donations accepted.

The event represents Smithsonian’s commit-

ment to make learning and the spread of knowledge accessible to everyone, giving museums across all 50 states the opportunity to emulate the free-admission policy of the Smithsonian Museums in Washington D.C. Last year’s event drew over 400,000 participants to museums nationwide.

This year, Museum Day Live! visitors at the Brick Store Museum will be able to view the following ex-hibits: Once Upon a Time in Maine: Fairy Tale Art & Artifacts (last weekend for this show!); The Fire of ’47 Retrospective; Polite Society: Etiquette Past & Present, and Aweigh We Go: Sailing Ships of the Kennebunks.

The Museum Day Live! ticket and more informa-tion on the Local History Collection Day is avail-able at the Brick Store Museum’s website, www.brickstoremuseum.org. Visitors who present the Museum Day Live! ticket will gain free entrance for two people. One ticket is permitted per household, per email address.

FMI about Museum Day Live! and a list of par-ticipating museums and cultural institutions, please visit: Smithsonian.com/museumday/venues.

The museum at 117 Main Street in Kennebunk has added a special local

history activity to the free-admission "Museum Day."

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“A” is for Apple Hundreds of different apple varieties have been grown successfully in Maine. Today, more than 100 are

grown statewide, with commerical orchards offering as many as 30 varieties. Each one has different charac-teristics. The harvest season is extended with varieties that ripen at different stages of late summer through late autumn. Some apples are best for pies, others for applesauce, still others for jelly and cider. Some, of course, are best for eating fresh from the orchard. The average size of an apple orchard in Maine is 20 acres; some are smaller than one acre, and the largest grows apples on 320 acres. Find the following apple varieties in this word search puzzle:

Solution on page 22

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The historic Sarah Orne Jewett Museum will be the scene of a "StorySlam" on Saturday, September 23, 7 to 8:30 PM. A StorySlam is a live storytelling com-petition similar to a po-etry slam. The concept was founded in 2001 by The Moth, a nonprofit literary society in New York City.

Storytellers (slammers) have 5 minutes each to tell a story, based on a theme chosen for the event. Con-testants are judged on their ability to stay within the five-minute time frame, stick to the theme and on having a story that has a conflict and a resolution.

With the theme food and dining, the event at the

Jewett House is entitled “In a Pickle, Egg on Your Face, or Easy as Pie.”

Historic New England South Berwick site manag-er Marilyn Keith Daly says, “The story can be funny, poignant, incredible, scary, or all of the above. It might be about the worst dinner party ever, a lifelong search

for the perfect onion ring, or about the storyteller's relationship with food. But the story menu for the StorySlam event will undoubtedly be rich and satusfying. And, of course, entertaining."

Admission is $8; $5 for Historic New England members. Registration is

recommended. FMI or to register, call 207-384-2454 or register online at www.HistoricNewEngland.org.

Sarah Orne Jewet t Museum is located at 5 Portland Street, in South Berwick. It is one of more than three dozen historic sites owned and operated by Historic New England.

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Experience a StorySlam at Sarah Orne Jewett House

Celebrated novelist and short story writer Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909) would no doubt have enjoyed the challenge of the StorySlam that will take place at her historic home on September 23.


ShopsTake a Pumpkin Patch Ride at the Trolley Museum

The Pumpkin Patch Trolley is a family friendly event with trolley rides, pumpkin picking, pumpkin painting, games for children and refreshments.

The Seashore Trolley Museum will host its 19th annual Pumpkin Patch Trolley event over the next two weekends: September 23 and 24, and September 30 and October 1, from 11 AM to 3 PM each day. Visitors will receive a free pumpkin with each paid admission.

The centerpiece of the event will be the tradi-tional Pumpkin Patch ride. Passengers will ride to Meserve’s Crossing on one of the museum’s authentic antique streetcars.

After disembarking from the platform, passen-gers pick pumpkins from an adjacent field (at no charge beyond the regular admission fee). The pump-kin patch experience also includes family games, crafts, face painting and snacks.

The pumpkins are then left with museum volun-

teers and transported back to the museum visitor cen-ter. Pumpkin Patch pas-sengers then complete their round-trip ride and go to the museum campus where

they can visit the exhibit barns, restoration shop, exhibit gallery and mu-seum store. At the center, children also can choose to decorate their pumpkins

with materials supplied by the museum.

Like all trolley museum events, Pumpkin Patch Trolley is dog-friendly. Dogs are even welcome to ride on the vintage trolleys and streetcars.

In case of inclement weather, activities will be held in an exhibit barn and/or under a tent. Lunch service with hot-dogs, snacks and juice will be available both days.

The event sponsor is Kennebunk Savings.

The Seashore Trolley Museum’s regular oper-ating hours are 10 AM to 5 PM daily through Columbus Day and then weekends only until the end of October.

Regular admission is adults $14, seniors (60+) $12, children ages 6 to 16 years $11.50, ages 3 to 5 $7, and under 3 $2. The mu-seum is located at 195 Log Cabin Road in Kennebunk-port. FMI 207-967-2800 or www.trolleymuseum.org.

• Popular Yarns from Maine & Beyond• Latest Needles, Hooks, Notions, Buttons & Patterns

• Classes, help & demos• 100s of New and Used Books

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Don’t Miss This Event:MAINE YARN CRUISE May 26–September 4

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Visit the area’s newest yarn store (and books, too)

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Pumpkins are ready to be picked up by children and their families as they return by trolley from the pumpkin patch to the visitor center.


Send publicity information for exhibits, performances, public suppers, fairs

and other events to:The Tourist News

179 Cat Mousam RoadKennebunk ME 04043

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The next issue is September 28,Fall Foliage & Festivals Issue

The deadline for the Sept. 28 issue is Tuesday at noon, Sept.19.

Tourist News

Third Thursday Talk, 5:30 PM, Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk. Monica Grabin discusses finding her family’s history in the south. Supported by the Maine Hu-manities Council. $10/members free. Light refreshments served. FMI call 985-4802 or brickstoremuseum.org.

Garlic Growing Workshop, 6 to 7 PM, Wells Reserve, Laud-holm Farm Rd., Wells. Offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners with Allan Amio-ka. Participants will help plant the All Seasons Garden. $5 donation requested. FMI and to register 324-2814 or [email protected].

Conversational French Language Group, 6 PM, Wells Public Library, 1434 Post Rd., Wells. An informal way to practice or re-learn French. Group meets weekly. FMI 646-8181 or [email protected].

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22Fiber Arts Group, 10 AM, Wells Public Library, 1434 Post Rd., Wells. Embroidery, cross stitch, weave, quilt, etc. If you cre-ate with fiber and it's portable, you're welcome to join this weekly group. FMI 646-8181 or [email protected].

End-of-Summer-Gathering, 4:30 to 7:30 PM, Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk. Spirits tasting, art sale, auction preview. Tickets limited. $20/$15 members. FMI and tickets, 985-4802 or brickstoremuseum.org.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23First Parish Marketfest, 7 AM to 6 PM, First Parish Con-gregational Church, York St., York Village. Activities for all ages, vendors and more. Ham and bean supper, 4 to 7 PM; admission charged. FMI 363-4937.

Saturday Tours of the Meetinghouse Museum, 10 AM to 1 PM, Historical Society of Wells and Ogunquit, 938 Post Rd., Wells. Continues Saturday, September 30, 10 AM to 1 PM. Free admission. FMI 646-4775 or [email protected].

Shaker Hill Apple Festival, presented by York County Shelter Programs, Alfred Shaker Museum, Giles Family Farm and the Brothers Apple Store. 10 AM to 4 PM, Shaker Hill Rd., Alfred. Festival will offer juried arts and craft fair, Shaker Museum exhibits and demonstrations, book and yard sales, silent auction, apple and pumpkin picking, wagon rides, live music, children’s activities, antique car rides, farm and food booths. Free parking and admission; rain or shine. Continues on September 24. FMI call Megan Gendron or Joan Sylvester, 324-1137, [email protected] or [email protected].

Smithsonian Museum Day, 10 AM to 4 PM, Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk. Museum Day Live! is an annual celebration hosted by Smithsonian Magazine. Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide free admission to anyone presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket. Print your own by visiting smith-sonianmag.com. FMI 985-4802 or brickstoremuseum.org.

Submitting Work to Literary Journals, 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM, York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Dr., York. The Maine Writers and Publishers Association will present a program on how to manage the process, overcome roadblocks and create a plan to get one's work in front of editors. Includes a Q & A session. FMI 3673-2818 or [email protected].

Pumpkin Patch Trolley, 11 AM to 3 PM, weekends through October 1, Seashore Trolley Museum, Log Cabin Rd., Kennebunkport. Ride the streetcar to the pumpkin patch for games, face painting, raffles and pumpkin deco-rating. Snacks available. FMI 967-2800 or trolleymuseum.org/events.

16th Annual Lobster Dash, a 5-mile beach run, 8:45 AM, Ogunquit. FMI lobsterdash.com.

David Witbeck Exhibit opens at Maine Art Gallery, 14 Western Ave., Kennebunk Lower Village. Gallery open daily from 10 AM. Continues to October 19. FMI maine-art.com or 967-0049.

13th Annual Tour of Fairy Houses, 11 AM to 3 PM, Ports-mouth, New Hampshire. Features more than 100 hand-crafted fairy houses made by local artists, florists, garden clubs, businesses, families and school children. Proceeds

donated to the nonprofit organizations, schools and civic groups that participate in the tour. Free parking is avail-able on Pierce Island. Sponsored by the Friends of the South End. Rain or shine. Continues on September 24. FMI portsmouthfairyhousetour.com.

2nd Annual Maine Invitational Show – "Autumn," a group exhibition, opens with a reception from 5 to 7 PM, Arundel Farm Gallery, 76 Arundel Road, Arundel. Exhibit continues through September 14 when there will be an Artists Conversation, 1 to 3 PM. FMI call 561-702-6396 or visit www.ArundelFarmGallery.com

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24Seacoast Cancer 5K, 7:30 AM registration; 8:30 AM warm-up; 9 AM walk/run begins. At 10 AM, awards, refreshments and post-event celebration takes place at the south park-ing lot, Wentworth-Douglas Hospital, Central Ave., Dover, New Hampshire. Donations benefit families and patients receiving care at the Seacoast Cancer Center each year. No pets, bikes, roller blades or skateboards. FMI, to register or donate, 603-740-2687 or [email protected].

Season End Car Show, 11 AM to 3 PM, Bentley’s, Rte. 1, Arundel. Hundreds of cars on display – antique cars, 1956 and older; bikes 1984 and older. Rain date, October 2. FMI bentleyssaloon.com.

Fall Film Series, 3 PM, York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Dr., York. This week's film is The Light Between Oceans, which is rated PG-13. FMI 3673-2818 or [email protected].

Friends of the Ogunquit Heritage Museum annual fun-draiser, 5 to 9 PM. The public is welcome. Reservations are required by Sunday, September 17. Entitled “Dinner and a Chance,” the event at Jonathan’s Restaurant in Ogunquit includes a buffet dinner, dessert and coffee. There will be a cash bar and a raffle with tickets at $2 each, or 5 for $10. Prizes include a Norman West painting, a handmade Irish chain quilt, a dozen lobsters, a wine basket and more. A silent auction will feature artwork donated by local artists. Live music performed by Sea Smoke. Tickets are $40 per person. Proceeds will help the Heritage Museum expand its educational programs. For reservations, call 646-0255 or email [email protected].

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26End of Life Planning: A Panel Discussion, 6 PM, Wells Public Library, 1434 Post Rd., Wells. Panel is comprised of representatives of local funeral homes and advocacy groups. Free event is sponsored by Friends of the Wells Li-brary. FMI [email protected] or 646-8181.

Author Talk, 7 PM, York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Dr., York. Maine writer Caitlin Shetterly will discuss her book Modified: GMOs and the Threat to our Food, our Land, our Future. Shetterly will answer questions and have books for sale and signing. FMI 3673-2818 or [email protected].

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27Lunch and Learn with Pura Vida! Costa Rica's "Pure Life," noon, Wells Reserve, Laudholm Farm Rd., Wells. $2 sug-gested donation. FMI 646-1555 or wellsreserve.org.

JUST AHEADFriday, September 29Pastel Painters Society of Maine 18th International Ju-ried Show opens, Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Ken-nebunk. FMI 985-4802 or brickstoremuseum.org.

40th Anniversary Awards Show, "Big and Small" Fine Art Show, 10 AM to 7 PM; reception, 5 to 7 PM, Masonic Lodge, Temple St., Kennebunkport. Hosted by Maine Women in the Arts, the show of fine art including paint-ings, photography, sculpture, mixed media, pottery and fabric art from more than 50 Maine artists. Continues Sat-urday, September 30, 10 AM to 5 PM; Sunday, October 1, 10 AM to 4 PM.

"It Is Possible That" Exhibit opens, 5 to 8 PM, Engine, 265 Main St., Biddeford. Artist Allen West creates in tex-tiles such as felt, knitting and weaving. Show continues through November 4. FMI 370-9130 or feedtheengine.org.

Calendar: Sept. 20 ~ 30 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20Register Now for Beginning Beekeeping Course, deadline September 28. 5-week Beginner Bee School will be held 6 to 8:30 PM, Wednesdays, October 4 through November 1, Anderson Learning Center, 21 Bradeen St., Springvale. Course is sponsored by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine State Beekeepers Association. FMI and fees 800-287-1535 (in state), 324-2814 or [email protected].

Kayaking on the Little River Estuary, 10 AM to 1 PM, Visitor Center, Wells Reserve, 342 Laudholm Farm Rd., Wells. Paddle the salt marsh with a registered Maine guide and naturalist. Minimum age is 12 (12 to 15-year-olds must be accompa-nied by an adult). Maximum participants is 6. Maximum weight for kayaks is 325 pounds. Participants must be able to get up from a seated position on the ground. $40 mem-bers/$50 nonmembers. FMI 646-1555 or wellsreserve.org.

"Influx:" A Multimedia Installation, Mondays through Saturdays, noon to 4 PM, Pepperell Mill Campus, Biddeford. The collaborative of artists will draw their inspiration from the past, present and future. The collaborative of artists explore the reciprocal relationships between the mill, the river, and the city that developed around it. Continues through Friday, September 29 with a closing event from 5 to 9 PM. FMI [email protected].

Wonders of the National Park Video Series. Starting September 20 and continuing every other Wednesday at 2 PM at the Hurd Library, 41 High Street in North Berwick. The North Berwick Historical Society, in conjunction with library, will host a series entitled "Wonders of the National Parks: A Geology of North America." The video series will focus on the little known facts about out national parks. A discussion will follow the half-hour video. Admission is free. FMI call the library at 207-676-2215.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21Annual Rosh Hashanah Services, 9:30 AM, Jonathan's Restaurant, 92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit. Services led by Rabbi William Leffler and Cantor Ellen Farber. A potluck lunch will follow. No kitchen facilities available. $20. All are welcome. FMI and to RSVP, 251-1746 or [email protected].

Hike with Maine Guide Linda Grenfell, 10 AM, meet at Wells Library parking lot, 1434 Post Rd., Wells. Participants will receive directions to one of four parcels of Wells Con-servation lands for the nature walk. This free event is spon-sored by the Friends of the Wells Library. FMI 6476-8181 or [email protected].

Quiltport USA MINI, Ramada Inn, Saco Plaza, 352 North St., Saco. Quilt, chat and eat with other quilters. Contin-ues to September 24. FMI and to register, go to quiltpor-tusa.com.

Mothers Beach Walking Tour, 2 PM, meet at Trinity Cha-pel, Woodland Ave., Kennebunk Beach. Tickets $10/$5. Tours last 60 to 90 minutes and cover less than a mile on sidewalks and flat terrain. Sponsored by the Brick Store Museum. Continues Thursdays through October 5. FMI and tickets brickstoremuseum.org.

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37th Annual Eliot Festival Days with fireworks, DJ and chili cook-off on Friday night. Continues September 30. Saturday includes a pancake breakfast, 5k road race, pa-rade at 11 AM, and crafters from 10 AM to 3 PM, State Rd., Eliot. FMI eliot5kandfestival.com.

Saturday, September 30Museum Fall Online Auction begins, all day, Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk. Continues through October 20. FMI and online link, brickstoremuseum.org.

15th Annual Punkinfiddle, a National Estuaries Day Cel-ebration, a family-friendly festival, 10 AM to 4 PM, Wells Reserve, Laudholm Farm Rd., Wells. Admission charged; free for kids. FMI 646-1555 or wellsreserve.org.

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Barn Gallery Summer 2017

Shadows & ReflectionsOAA ExpressionsMemorial Exhibition: Norman WestShowcases: Steven Holt – Photography Shiao-Ping Wang – PaintingInvited New England Sculptors

Barn Gallery, 207-646-8400

Shore Road & Bourne Lane, P.O. Box 794, Ogunquit, Maine 03907Daily: 11 AM - 5 PM, Sunday 1 - 5 PMwww.barngallery.org • [email protected]

Fall Exhibitions

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Maine's largest group gallery • Showing works by 88 artists

Jean Briggs, Gallery OwnerMast Cove Lane & Maine Street • Kennebunkport • 207-967-3453

The Beckoning Path by Sally Caldwell Fisher

Our 38th

Season!

Take a ride in the country to visit the Wade Zahares Gallery

Take Rte. 35 from Kennebunk to Lyman, 4.5 miles

from I-95 (southbound) exit

314 Alewive Road, Lyman • 207-499-2485

www.zahares.com

Original Art Prints • Local Scenes

Illustrated Children’s BooksOpen Thurs. & Fri. 2–7 PM

and by appointment

“If you don’t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true.” These lyrics from a song in the musical South Pacific helped inspire writer/art-ist Steve Hrehovcik to fol-low his dream of a career in the theater. He describes his journey in his recently

markable children and a wonderful grandson.”

In his presentation, Hre-hovcik shows cartoons he drew that appear at the end of each chapter of his story.

Hrehovcik has writ-ten more than 700 feature articles for newspapers, magazines and business publications. Among them are personal profiles, his-torical events, art exhibits, theater reviews and hu-morous personal accounts.

He has also written movie scripts, comedy stage plays, musical re-views and a comedy televi-sion travel show featured on the Maine Public Broad-casting Network. He also writes poetry. He is cur-rently working on a musi-cal comedy. Copies of his book will be available for purchase and signing.

The Center is located at 175 Port Road, (Route 35) in Kennebunk Lower Vil-lage. It offers a variety of social, educational and fun activities for senior over 50. FMI call 207-967-8514.

released book, Rebel With-out A Clue – A Way-Off Broadway Memoir.

Hrehovcik will give a presentation about his book at The Center in Ken-nebunk Lower Village on Thursday, September 21, at 1 PM. In his memoir, Hrehovcik skillfully com-

bines pathos with humor a s h e d e -scribes how his search for theatrical (or any o ther ) success often led to sur-prising new discoveries.

He a l so reveals how he managed to achieve a few tr i -u m p h s a long the way – most important, he says, “a m a r r i a g e of 51 years, three re -

Steve Hrehovcik Presentation at The Center

The Pepperell Mill Cam-pus in Biddeford is cur-rently featuring a multi-media installation entitled “Influx.”

Formerly a textile mill, the building is now home to commercial enterprises including artists and busi-nesses. Organizer Sarah Baldwin explains that the title is a reference to the “influx of new creative

energy to the area” that is contributing to the revital-ization of the surrounding downtown community.

The collaborative of art-ists presenting Influx “seeks to explore the reciprocal relationships between the mill, the river, and the city that developed around it.”

By utilizing part of the Riverwalk pathway, pa-trons will be able to explore artwork that is inspired by the past, present and future of the mill, the natural ele-

ments of the nearby river and ocean, as well as the activities of the people in the mill and surrounding urban areas.

Installed works will be on display through Sep-tember 30. It is open to the public, Monday to Sat-urday, noon to 4 PM. A closing event will coincide with the Biddeford + Saco ArtWalk on Friday, Sep-tember 29, from 5 to 9 PM.

The event will feature work by Alex Mead, Jarid

Multimedia Installation on Exhibit at Pepperell Mill del Deo, Julie K. Gray, Marques Bostic, Michael Evans, Christy Matson, Lucky Bistoury and Ann Thompson, along with organizer Sarah Baldwin.

A map is available to guide visitors to explore the installations and be-come familiar with the mill campus and area busi-nesses.

Entry to the Pepperell Mill Campus is at 2 Main Street in downtown Bid-deford.

Pine Needle Bud Vase by Ann Thompson

in the Old Fire House • 31 Ocean Ave. • Kennebunkport • 207-967-0020

Landmark GalleryFine Art Studio

Brig Admirable by Luigi Renault

Open 10-5 daily


Arctic and Indian artsfor the 21st century

26 Maine Street, Kennebunkportwww.homeandaway.gallery

Sculpture | Prints | Baskets |Beadwork|Jewelry

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Open 11 to 5Friday-Saturday-Sunday-Monday

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Fall Fine Art Awards Show • BIG & small

Fri., Sept. 29 10 am - 7 pmSat., Sept. 30 10 am - 5 pmSun., Oct 31 10 am - 4 pm

At the Masonic HallTemple St., Kennebunkport

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Original art by Maine artistsin BIG and small sizes

by Trisha WinslowFans of artist David

Witbeck might quickly – and rightfully – associate him with a particular sub-ject. “I’ve been painting my signature fishermen for eleven years,” Witbeck says. “They’ve become my identity as an artist, but it’s not all I am.”

Witbeck’s recent work, which includes figurative and landscape pieces, will be on display for three weeks at Maine Art Gal-lery in Kennebunk Lower

Village, beginning Satur-day, September 23. The artist will attend the open-ing reception that evening from 5 to 7 PM.

Witbeck’s larger-than-life coastal characters have earned him many ardent followers and collectors. During recent years, how-ever, the Rhode Island-based artist has focused his energies on other subjects.

For example, last Octo-ber he spent time in Maine, in Friendship and Ston-ington, so he could focus

on pole wharves. Witbeck is drawn to their spindly and fragile appearance, which belies their ability to withstand the constant barrage of the tides.

“I love walking low-tide mudflats, around and un-der pole wharves, looking for whatever secrets the receding water may have revealed,” Witbeck says.

While his subject mat-ter may shift, his bold, vi-brant, expressive style has not. “The actual wharves in these harbor villages

don’t look a bit like the ones I painted for the show,” he says. “As a lways , my work has a lways been m o r e a b o u t what it feels like than what it looks like.”

John Spain, M a i n e A r t o w n e r , s a y s that Witbeck’s work evokes joy. “I’ve had the pleasure of represent ing David Witbeck

Archipelago by David Witbeck

Maine Icon by David Witbeck

for eight years, and one of the most enjoyable parts is watching peoples’ first reactions to his work,” Spain says. “It begins with the smiles on their faces, and then they stand and really study each piece, the amazing composi-tions, and the masterful execution.”

Witbeck works primar-ily in oils. His process starts with a simple act. “I start just about every painting by drawing one big shape, the ‘subject,’ directly on the canvas.”

He uses this approach whether paintings are figures, landscapes or sea-scapes.

Focusing on one subject may reflect Witbeck’s long career as a photographer; he earned a degree in that field from Rhode Is-land School of Design in 1980. He rented his first art studio space in 2003 and by 2007 was successful

enough to paint full time.Witbeck looks forward

to discussing his work and his process at the opening. The show continues to October 23. Maine Art

Maine Art Gallery Features Exhibit of New Work by David Witbeck

Gallery is at 14 Western Avenue in Kennebunk Lower Village. The gallery opens 10 AM daily. FMI visit maine-art.com or call 967-2803.

Anticipation by David Witbeck

5 Pier Rd., Cape Porpoise, Maine 207-967-5053www.thewrightgallery.com

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CLAssiC CAr EVEnts Bentley’s Saloon, Rte. 1, Arundel, Tuesdays, 5 PM to dusk, to September 19. Season End Car Show on Sunday, Sept. 24. Rain date, October 2. FMI bentleysaloon.com or 985-8966.Classic Car Tours, Motorland, 2564 Portland Rd. (Rte. 1), Arundel. Daily 10 AM to 5 PM. Guided tours; admission charged. Over 150 classic cars and trucks from 1915–1985 including Duesenberg, Ferarri, Maserati, cars from U.S. presidents, Hollywood stars and royalty. FMI 710-6699 or motorlandamerica.com Eliot Commons, Rte. 236, Eliot, last Saturday of the month, 4 PM, May through September. For vehicles 1972 and old-er. Hosted by Kruise Knights. FMI Kruise Knights Facebook page or 252-1976.TJ's Pizza Weekly Cruise-In, 366 Elm St., Biddeford, Thurs-days, 5 to 7 PM, May 4 through September 28. FMI 284-6133.

COmmuniTy SAlESBook Sale at the Book Shed of the Libby Memorial Library, 27 Staples St., Old Orchard Beach. Tuesday–Friday, 10 AM to 4 PM; Saturday, 10 AM to 3 PM. FMI 934-4351. Gently used books, DVDs, CDs and other items. Proceeds benefit library programs and acquisitions. Book Sale, Wells Public Library, 1434 Post Rd., Wells. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10 AM to 4 PM; Tuesday and Thursday, 1 to 8 PM; Saturday, 10 AM to 1 PM. Collection updated weekly; books, 25 cents to $5. FMI wellslibrary.org or 646-8181.Cargo Shop at the Church on the Cape, 3 Langsford Rd., Cape Porpoise. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2 to 4 PM, April through November, plus Saturdays,10 AM to noon, June through November. Affordable clothing, household items, white-elephant articles, linens, collectibles, books and games. FMI 967-5787.

EquinE EvEnTS BlixxHorses educational programs, including individual-ized horse therapy. Learn about horse behavior, care and communication. Kennebunk. By appointment only. FMI blixxhorses.org or BlixxHorses Facebook page or 985-1994.Women and Horses Workshop, a hands-on experience, Ever After Mustang Rescue, 463 West St., Biddeford, Mon-days, 6 to 7:30 PM. FMI and/or to register, 284-7721.

Fun AnD GAmESBingo, Wells-Ogunquit Center at Moody, 300 Post Rd. (Rte. 1), Moody. Senior center. For dates and details, wocam.org or 646-7775. Must be over 16 to play.

Bingo, Ramsdell Rogers American Legion Post 56, Meadowbrook Plaza, Rte.1, York, every Monday, 7 PM. Doors open 6 PM. FMI ramsdellrogers56.com or 363-9827.Duplicate Bridge (ACBL-Sanctioned), Wells-Ogunquit Center at Moody, 300 Post Rd. (Rte. 1), Moody, Tuesdays, noon to 3:30 PM. If a partner is needed, arrive by 11:45 AM. FMI wocam.org or 646-7775.Square Dancing with the Nubbble Lighthouse Keepers, Sundays, 7:30 to 9:30 PM ; lesson at 7 PM, the Wells Activity Center, 113 Sanford Rd. (Rte. 109), Wells. Each week will feature a different caller and cuer. FMI 207-312-8114.

GALLEriEs And Arts ACtiVitiEsBiddeford + Saco ArtWalk, venues downtown and in the mills, last Friday of the month, 5 to 8 PM, April 28 through October 27. FMI biddefordsacoartwalk.com or 370-9130.Fiber Arts Group, Wells Library, 1434 Post Rd. (Rte. 1), Wells, Fridays, 10:30 AM to noon. Open to all needleworkers, all ages and abilities. FMI [email protected] or 646-8181.Knitting and Crafting Group, Thursdays, 1:30 to 4 PM. Drop-ins always welcome to knit, crochet, embroider, hook rugs, or do another craft project. Deering Room, Dyer Library, Rte. 1, Saco. FMI 283-3861.Maine Women in the Arts meets the first Thursday of the month, alternating between an 8 AM and 7 PM meeting. A business meeting about upcoming art shows is often

followed by a discussion or program. Open to the public. Meeting location TBA. FMI www.mainewomenarts.com.Painting Group, Engine, 128 Main St., Biddeford. Saturdays, 11 AM to 1 PM. Bring your own supplies; $10 fee. Beginners welcome. Amanda Hawkins, instructor. FMI and/or to register, [email protected] or 370-9130.Saco Bay Artists invites artists to join. Meetings are held at The Pines, 20 Manor St., Ocean Park, second Monday of the month. Meetings alternate between noon and 6:30 PM. (PM meeting June 12.) FMI sacobayartists.org or 937-2125.

Village Art Walks, Lower Village, Kennebunk and Dock Square, Kennebunkport. Second Friday of the month, 5 to 7 PM, June through September, and December. FMI gokennebunks.com or 967-0857.

liGhThOuSESBoon Island Lighthouse. Six miles northeast of Cape Neddick in York. First commissioned as a beacon in 1799; lighthouse built in 1811, then rebuilt in 1855. 133 ft. tower. The island was the site of the 1710 shipwreck of the British ship Nottingham Galley, which was the subject of Kenneth Roberts’ novel Boon Island. Not open to the public. Visible from Long Sands Beach or Sohier Park in York, or by boat. FMI newenglandlighthouses.net.

Goat Island Lighthouse, Cape Porpoise Harbor, Pier Rd., Kennebunkport. Established in 1833 and rebuilt in 1859. 25 ft. tower. Close to shore, and can be viewed from Cape Porpoise pier or visited by boat. If home, lighthouse keepers will give tour. Owned and maintained by Kennebunkport Conservation Trust. FMI kporttrust.org. FMI on boat tours, 831-3663; for kayaking rental information, 888-925-7496 or 967-6065.

Nubble Light, off Cape Neddick, York. Lighthouse built on small island near shore in 1879. Not open to the public. 41 ft. tower. Visible from Sohier Park on Nubble Rd. “The Nubble” is said to be the most photographed lighthouse in the country. Owned by the town of York. Friends of Nubble Light operate a visitors’ center and gift shop in Sohier Park. Gift shop and center open mid-April through October. Open daily 9 AM to 4 PM to mid-May; 9 AM to 7 PM through October. FMI newenglandlighthouses.net. FMI for boat trip, finestkindcruises.com or 646-5227.

Wood Island Light, Biddeford. Two miles east of mouth of Saco River. Visible from East Point Sanctuary, end of Lester B. Orcutt Blvd., Biddeford Pool. Built in 1808, and rebuilt in 1858. 47 ft. tower. Accessible by boat. FMI woodislandlighthouse.org or 200-4552.

muSEumSAlfred Shaker Museum, 118 Shaker Hill Rd., Alfred. Restored buildings of former Shaker community. Wednesdays and Saturdays, 1 to 4 PM, May to October. FMI alfredshakermu-seum.org or 324-8669 or 324-7650.

Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk. Housed in a block of restored 19th century buildings. Open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10 AM to 5 PM; Wednesday, 10 AM to 8 PM; Saturday, 10 AM to 4 PM, Sunday, noon to 4 PM. There are ongoing exhibits that showcase the area's history. Admission: adults $7.50; seniors $6; children, ages 6 to 16, $3; under age 6, free. On weekends there is a family rate of $10 for up to six members. Admission is free for museum members. FMI brickstoremuseum.org or 985-4802.

Counting House Museum in South Berwick, on Main (Rte. 4) and Liberty streets, formerly a cotton factory built beside the Salmon Falls River in the 1830s.The brick building is the headquarters of the Old Berwick Historical Society, which owns and maintains the property. The building contains one of northern New England’s last textile mill ballrooms. The museum has a permanent collection of artifacts, photographs and documents, and hosts regular exhibitions showcasing the heritage of this area, which was the site of the first permanent settlement in Maine. Open 1 to 4 PM on Saturdays and Sundays, May through October. Admission is free. FMI obhs.net or 384-0000. Kittery Historical and Naval Museum, 200 Rogers Rd. Ext., Kittery. Items and artifacts that reflect Kittery’s rich historical and maritime past, including shipbuilding, toys, archaeological finds and household artifacts. Special

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programs offered year-round. Open Saturday and Sundays, 10 AM to 4 PM, mid-April through Columbus Day. Adults, $3; children 7 to 15, $1.50; under 7, free. FMI kitterymuseum.com or 439-3080. Meetinghouse Museum, 938 Post Road (Rte. 1), Wells. Home of the Historical Society of Wells-Ogunquit. Nautical artifacts, decorative arts, historical items, genealogical research library. Tuesdays and Fridays, 10 AM to 4 PM; Free tours of the Meetinghouse Museum on Saturdays, 10 AM to 1 PM. Donations accepted. FMI historicalsocietyofwellsandogunquit.org or 646-4775. Museums of Old York, York St.,York village. A complex of historical buildings. Fall hours, September 7 to October 15: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 AM to 5 PM; Sunday, 1 to 5 PM. FMI oldyork.org or 363-1756.Ogunquit Fire Company Fire Museum, Firemen’s Park, 86 Obed’s Lane, Ogunquit. On view 24 hours a day. View the steam pumper, firefighting memorabilia and memorials.Ogunquit Heritage Museum, 86 Obed’s Lane, Ogunquit. June through October. Tuesday–Saturday, 1 to 5 PM. Free. FMI ogunquitheritagemuseum.org or 646-0296. Ogunquit Museum of American Art , 543 Shore Rd.,Ogunquit,10 AM to 5 PM, May through October. Exhibitions, recent acquisitions and works from the museum’s permanent collection. FMI ogunquitmuseum.org or 646-4909.

Pasco Exhibit Center, Kennebunkport Historical Society, 125 North St., Kennebunkport. Monday–Friday, 9 AM to 3 PM, year-round. Admission $5; free for KHS members. FMI kennebunkporthistoricalsociety.org or 967-2751.Saco Museum, 371 Main St. (Rte. 1), Saco. Tuesday–Thursday, noon to 4 PM; Friday, noon to 8 PM; Saturday, 10 AM to 4 PM; also Sunday, noon to 4 PM, June through December. Adults $5, seniors and students $3, children 7 to 18, $2, 6 and under free. Free admission, Fridays, after 4 PM. FMI dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org or 283-3861.Seashore Trolley Museum, 195 Log Cabin Rd., Kennebunk-port. Largest electric railway museum in the world. Opens May 6. Saturdays and Sundays only until Memorial Day, then open daily through Columbus Day. Open Saturdays and Sundays through October 29. 10 AM to 5 PM. FMI trol-leymuseum.org or 967-2800.Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Restored furnished houses, exhibits, historic landscapes and gardens, and costumed role players on 10-acre site. Open daily, 10 AM to 5 PM, May 1 through October 1. Adults $20, children 5 to17 years $10, family $50. Children under 5 and museum members, free. FMI strawberybanke.org or 603-433-1100.White Columns (formerly known as the Nott House), 8 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. Historic 1853 Greek Revival home with restored gardens and gift shop, owned and maintained by the Kennebunkport Historical Society. Open 10 AM to 4 PM, Monday through Saturday, through Columbus Day. Adults $10, under 12, free. FMI kennebunkporthistoricalso-ciety.org or 967-2751.

OuTDOOr ACTiviTiESBird Banding Demonstration, Tuesdays, 7 AM, Wells Re-serve, Laudholm Farm Rd., Wells. Free with admission. FMI 646-1555 or wellsreserve.org. Birding Watching. Various locations, sponsored by York County Audubon, Wednesdays, 8 AM, May through Sep-tember. Bring your own scope. Members $5, non-members $8. FMI York County Audubon Facebook page or 391-8071.Cliff Walk,York Harbor. The one-mile walk starts at the public parking lot (parking permit required) beside the Stage Neck Inn, off Route 1A. Free parking is available on Rte. 1A. The walk winds along the edge of rock cliffs, and offers dramatic views of the crashing surf. Also offers views of some of York’s most beautiful estates. The trail is narrow and rocky, and without a guardrail in places. Rubber-soled shoes are advised. Cycling, Maine Coast Cycling Club leads rides from Ken-nebunkport Bicycle Company, 34 Arundel Rd., Kennebunk-port, Sundays, 8 AM and Tuesdays, 5:45 PM, May through October. FMI mainecoastcycling.com or 205-7159.


Cycling, group rides on Wednesdays, 5:30 PM, and Sundays, 8 AM. Meet at Fast & Happy Bicycles shop at 463 Main St., Springvale. FMI 502-2280. A women’s cycling group meets every other Saturday, 8:30 AM. FMI 318-4682.East Point Sanctuary, end of Lester B. Orcutt Blvd., Bidd-eford Pool. A water and shore bird-watching haven, with views of Wood Island Light. No dogs. Open year-round. FMI maineaudubon.org.Ferry Beach State Park, Bayview Rd. (Rte. 9), Saco. Includes picnic area, nature trails and nature center. Open 9 AM to sun-set, Memorial Day to Labor Day. Also can be visited off-sea-son, by parking outside the locked gate and walking in. Dogs prohibited on beach April 1 to September 30. Adults (ages 12 to 64), Maine residents, $5; non-residents, $7. Seniors (65+), Maine residents, free; non-residents, $2. Children 5 to 11, $1; under 5, free. FMI maine.gov or 283-0067.

Fisherman’s Walk and Wiggly Bridge, York. The walk is three-quarters of a mile, and starts at the George Mar-shall Store on Lindsay Road, near Hancock Wharf. It leads through Steedman Woods Preserve to the Wiggly Bridge, a 75-foot-long mini-suspension pedestrian bridge, then crosses Route 103 to the Sayward-Wheeler House, and ends at Edward’s Harborside Inn on Stage Neck Road. Kayaking. “Discover Rivers” program led by a registered kayak guide on a local estuary (a coastal river), sponsored by Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm, Wells. Launch times depend on tides; 2.5 hours on the water, various days, June 28 to October 4. Reservations required. For ages 12 and older. FMI wellsreserve.org/kayak or 646-1555.

Marginal Way, Ogunquit, is a one-mile paved walkway that follows the shore from Perkins Cove to Shore Road. A favorite spot for artists and photographers, because of its scenic overlook of surf and rocky outcroppings. Parking is available at Perkins Cove. Milliken Mills Trails Park, a 70-acre park off Portland Avenue near Milliken Mills Road, Old Orchard Beach. Hiking and biking trails, both off road and on, educational signage, a picnic area, a gravesite of a Revolutionary War soldier. Off-street parking with easy access to the Eastern Trail (ET).Mount Agamenticus in York, elev. 692, (also known as “The Big A”) is the tallest hill on the Atlantic seaboard between Florida and Mount Desert in Acadia National Park. On a clear day, panoramic views extend along the Maine coast, west to Mount Washington in New Hampshire and south to Boston. A variety of trails for hikers and mountain bikers. The summit is a popular site in the fall for watching migrating hawks, bald eagles and osprey. Access from Mountain Road, off Route 1. FMI agamenticus.org or 363-1102.Petanque Club, Veteran’s Memorial Park, Heath St., Old Orchard Beach. Tuesdays, 2 PM; Fridays, 6 PM. New mem-bers welcome. FMI Joe Leprohon, 937-2015, or Bob Quinn, 934-2648.

Scarborough Marsh, 92 Pine Point Rd. Scarborough. State’s largest salt marsh (3100 acres) has guided and self-guided walks, kayaking and canoe trips. Includes na-ture center. Hosts many programs and events. The prop-erty is open year-round. The Audubon Center is open May through September. FMI maineaudubon.org or 883-5100, summer season; 781-2330, off-season.

Self-guided nature walks at Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm, Laudholm Farm Rd., Wells. Seven miles of trails through fields, forests and marshes, and ocean beach. Trails are open daily, 7 AM to dusk, year-round. Visitor Center has exhibits and gift shop. Open Monday–Friday, 10 AM to 4 PM, off-season; 10 AM to 4 PM seven days, Memorial Day weekend to Columbus Day. Admission charged late May to Columbus Day. Over age 16, $5; ages 6 to 16, $1; under age 6, free. Members free. FMI wellsreserve.org or 646-1555.

Self-guided nature walks, Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, Rte. 9, Wells. “Carson Trail,” a one-mile walking trail, handicapped-accessible, open daily, dawn to dusk, year-round. Free. Headquarters open Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 4:30 PM. Free nature programs and guided walks, Saturdays, 10 AM, July and August. FMI 646-9226.

Vaughan Woods Memorial State Park, 28 Old Fields Rd., South Berwick. 165-acre park near Salmon Falls River fea-tures walking trails through old growth forest. Picnic fa-cilities. 9 AM to sunset, Memorial Day to Labor Day. Access off-season by parking outside locked gate and walking in. Adults (ages 12 to 64), Maine residents,$3; non-residents,$4. Seniors (65+), Maine residents, free; non-residents, $1. Chil-dren 5 to 11, $1; under 5, free. FMI maine.gov or 384-5160, summer season; 490-4079, off-season.

POinTS OF inTErESTBeach Plum Farm , Rte. 1, Ogunquit. Preserved farmhouse and barn on 22-acre saltwater farm, near the Ogunquit River. Includes the Roby Littlefield Museum. Beach Plum Farm also serves as headquarters of the Great Works Regional Land Trust. Open dawn to dusk, year-round; free admission. FMI 646-3604.

SENIORS' ACTIVITIESThe Center, 175 Port Rd., Kennebunk. The senior center offers a variety of programs, including exercise and wellness classes, recreational activities (including bridge, cribbage and mah jong) and luncheons. Open Monday–Thursday, 9 AM to 4 PM; Fridays, 9 AM to 1 PM. FMI seniorcenterkennebunk.org or 967-8514.The Memory Cafe, Bradford Common Bistro, Huntington Common, Huntington Common Dr., Kennebunk. Mary-Lou Boucouvalas, director of Louis T. Graves Memorial Library, Kennebunkport, offers an afternoon of stories, games, music, art and activities for people and families dealing with memory loss. Every other Saturday, 12:45 to 2 PM. Free. FMI 967-2778.

Wells-Ogunquit Center at Moody, 300 Post Rd. (Rte. 1), Moody. The senior center offers many educational, fitness and recreational programs, including bridge and cribbage, Monday–Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM. Current activities include bingo, Wednesdays, doors open at 4:30 PM; bingo starts at 6 PM. Burgers, hotdogs and snack food available. Must be over 16 to play. A pancake breakfast is served every Saturday through October, 8 to 11 AM. All you can eat for $5 includes blueberry or buttermilk pancakes, 2 sausages, orange juice and coffee. FMI wocam.org or 646-7775.

THEATERSBiddeford City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Restored 1860 opera house, hosts plays and other arts events. FMI citytheater.org or 282-0849. Leavitt Theatre, 295 Main St. (Rte. 1), Ogunquit. 580-seat historic theater. Features current films, historic silent films accompanied by live piano music and other entertainment, May through September. FMI leavittheatre.com or 646-3123.

Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St. (Rte. 1), Ogunquit. Historic summer playhouse. Performances June through early October. FMI ogunquitplayhouse.org or 646-5511.

Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Buxton. Open most of the year. Hosts a variety of events, including live music, dance, and plays presented by The Originals, the theater’s resident company. FMI sacorivertheatre.org or 929-6472.

TOURSBackstage Tours at Ogunquit Playhouse are offered Sunday, September 24; Monday, September 25; and Friday, September 29. Visitors go behind the scenes to see how the magic on stage is made, from wigs, sound, sets and costumes to the dressing rooms. A 90-minute tour is $10. An abbreviated 45-minute tour is $5. Tours can be at the Box Office at 207-646-5511.

Brewery Tours, Kennebunkport Brewery, the Shipyard Shops, 8 Western Ave., Lower Village, Kennebunk. See local ale being brewed. By appointment, preferably 24 hours in advance. Year-round. FMI 967-1261.

Historic Mill Tours, Biddeford, starting June 8. Two-hour tour through the city’s 1843 textile mill complex, Thursdays and Saturdays, starting 10 am to noon, $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, $10 for students, 40 Main St., Biddeford, next to Portland Pie. Reservations required; call Heart of Biddeford at 207-284-8520, Monday to Friday from 10 AM to 2 PM to book a tour. Reservations should be made prior to 2 PM on the day before the tour.

Kennebunkport Village Walking Tours from White Col-umns (formerly known as the Nott House), 8 Maine St., Kennebunkport. Open at 11 AM Saturdays ithrough mid-October. Adults, $7; free to members and children under 18. Tours are offered by the Kennebunkport Historical Society, which owns and maintains White Columns. FMI 967-2751.

Tours at The Jagger Brothers Mill, 5 Water Street. Spring-vale. This family-owned mill has been spinning yarn in Springvale for over 100 years. The tour shows the process of spinning from bales of fiber to spun yarn. Yarn is available for purchase at the end of the tour. Tours offered the 4th Wednesday of the month at 10 AM. Reservations required; call 800-225-8023. Children must be at least age 12. Free.

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Fort McClary State Park, Rte 103, Kittery Point, Kittery. Revolutionary-era fort, manned during five wars, near the mouth of the Piscataqua River. The fort is named for New Hampshire native Major Andrew McClary, who died in the Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston during the Revolutionary War. The buildings at Fort McClary represent several different periods of construction; the fort was upgraded and modified to meet changing defensive needs. The site was manned during the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and World War I. Half-mile trail; leashed dogs allowed. Picnic tables. Open year-round, dawn to dusk. (Buildings are closed in the off-season.) Regular season, Memorial Day to September 30. Small admission fee. FMI fortmclary.org or 490-4079 or 439-2845.Franciscan Monastery, 28 Beach Ave., Kennebunk. Active monastery features well-tended gardens, trails and park along the Kennebunk River. Grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmstead. Open between sunrise and sunset, year-round. Free admission. FMI 967-2011.Hamilton House, 40 Vaughans Lane, South Berwick. Built c.1785 and restored in 1898, the former sea captain’s house and gardens stand on the banks of the Salmon Falls River. It is decorated in Colonial revival style, with elegant antiques, furnishings and murals. Owned by the Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities. Concerts in the gardens, July and August on Sunday at 1 PM. House open Friday–Sunday, 11 AM to 5 PM, with tours on the hour; grounds open dawn to dusk, June 1 through mid-October.The property is adjacent to Vaughan Woods State Park. Admission is $8. FMI historicnewengland.org or 384-2454.Jewett House, 5 Portland St., South Berwick. The Georgian-style home of writer Sarah Orne Jewett is owned by the Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities. Furnishings include Jewett’s desk, where she penned her classic works, such as The Country of the Pointed Firs. Friday–Sunday, 11 AM to 5 PM, June 1 through mid-October. Admission, $5. FMI historicnewengland.org or 384-2454. Walker’s Point, the family compound of former President George Herbert Walker Bush, can be viewed from Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport. There is limited parking along the road; best viewing and easiest access is by foot or bicycle. Follow Ocean Avenue, two miles from Dock Square.The Wedding Cake House, 105 Summer Street,Kennebunk, is one of the most photographed structures in the area. On the National Register of Historic Places, this distinctive Federal-style brick house was built in 1825 by shipbuilder George Bourne. Bourne added the lavish, ornamental “frosting” about 25 years later. It is a private home so viewing is from the roadside only. White Columns and First Families Museum, 10 AM to 4 PM, 8 Maine St., Kennebunkport. White Columns is a Greek Revival home open for tours. Built in 1853, it has many of the home's orginal furnisings. The museum contains memorabilia and artifacts representing the family of for-mer President George Herbert Walker Bush, whose family has had a summer residence in Kennebunkport for gen-erations. Tours on the hour; last tour at 3 PM. The home is owned and managed by the Kennebunkport Historical Society. Admission and tours are free to KHS members, $10 non-members. Continues through Columbus Day. FMI 967-2751.

SCIENCE FUNAstronomy Classes, New School, 38 York St., (Rte. 1 South), Kennebunk. The Astronomical Society of Northern New England offers beginner classes at 6:45 PM, the first Friday of the month. ASNNE regular meeting follows at 7:30 PM. Classes are free; $5 for non-members if there is a guest speaker. FMI [email protected] or asnne.org.Starfield Observatory, 918 Alewive Rd. (Rte 35), Ken-nebunk. The observatory is home to the Astronomical So-ciety of Northern New England, which hosts a monthly star party, open to the public. Private star parties can also be scheduled. ASNNE also hosts other programs. FMI [email protected] or asnne.org.


Pick-Your-OwnApple Orchards

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Brackett's Orchards, 224 Sokokis Ave., Route 11, Limington. 207-637-2377. Doles Orchard, 187 Doles Ridge Road, Limington. 207-793-4409.Giles Family Farm at Notre Dame, Route 202, Alfred. 207-324-2944. Kelly Orchards, 82 Sanborn Road, Acton.207-636-1601. Lakeview Orchard, 301 Brock Road, Alfred.978-729-5667. Libby & Son U-Picks, 86 Sawyer Mountain Road, Limerick. 207-793-4749. McDougal Orchards, Hanson's Ridge Road, Springvale. 207-324-5054. Notre Dame Institute, Route 202, Alfred.207-324-2983.Pine View Orchard, 17 Sunset Lane off Pine Hill Road, Berwick. 207-715-0365.Pulsifer's Orchard, Brackett Road, Cornish. 207-632-1720. Snell Family Farm, 1000 River Road, Buxton. 207-929-5318.Spiller Farm, 85 Spiller Farm Lane, Wells. 207-985-2575.

• 7500 varieties of apples are grown throughout the world.• Apples are grown in all 50 U.S. states.• The pilgrims planted apple trees in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.• The top apple producing states are Washington, New York, Michigan,

California, Pennsylvania and Virginia.• Most apples are still picked by hand.• The apple variety ‘Delicious' is the most widely grown in the United States.• The apple tree originated in an area between the Caspian and the Black seas.• Apples have no fat, sodium or cholesterol.• One apple has five grams of fiber and about 80 calories.• The science of apple growing is called pomology.• Apples were the favorite fruit of ancient Greeks and Romans.• Apples are a member of the rose family.• It takes about 36 apples to create one gallon of apple cider.• Americans eat 19.6 pounds or about 65 fresh apples every year.• 25 percent of an apple's volume is air, which is why they float.

Apple Facts and Figures

Brooks Dance Center in Waterboro. FMI about the event, yorkcountyshelter-programs.com.

Admission and parking for the festival are free.

28th Annual Cornish Apple

FestivalOne of the longest-

running apple festivals in Maine is held in the beau-tiful and historic western York County town of Cor-nish on the last Saturday of September. A popular bluegrass festival is also held at the same day, at a nearby apple orchard.

This year’s 28th Annual Cornish Apple Festival will be held Saturday, Septem-ber 30, rain or shine, in Thompson Park, from 9 AM to 4 PM. Admission is free. Thompson Park is in the village’s center, off Route 25.

Apples, freshly pressed cider and other apple prod-ucts from local vendors are the centerpiece of the festival.

One of the most popular events is the annual apple pie baking contest. The fes-tival also features more than 50 vendors offering

jewelry, art, photography, crafts, farm produce and food items. A 5K road race will be held at 9 AM. Local performers will provide mu-sic and other entertainment.

This year the festival is partnering with The Cor-nish Antique Show and Vintage Fair, which will be held at the Cornish Fair-grounds, at 21 Fairgrounds Drive, 9 AM to 4 PM. Ad-mission from 9 to 11 AM is $6; free after 11 AM. A free shuttle to the apple festival will be offered throughout the day.

The Cornish Apple Fes-

tival is a fundraising event for the Cornish Associa-tion of Businesses (CAB), a non-profit organization representing Cornish and neighboring towns. FMI: cornish-maine.org.

HiramBluegrass Festival

Apple Acres in Hiram, about three miles from downtown Cornish, also participates in the festival by hosting an annual blue-grass festival, from 11 AM

to 5 PM on Saturday, Sep-tember 30. The festival is free. This year’s musicians include Old Eleven, The Ladles and The Bagboys.

Apple Acres will also pro-vide activities for children, and host a chicken barbecue. Apple Acres has a pick-your-own orchard and a farm store. FMI: appleacres.com or 625-4777. The orchard is at 363 Durgintown Road.

by Nancy McCallumApple season always

brings to mind a friend of mine who was a Massachu-setts transplant who was in love with all things Maine. She especially loved pick-ing Maine apples.

Karen, a journalist for the Journal Tribune in Bid-deford, covered western York County towns includ-ing Cornish, Limington and Limerick, where apple orchards are abundant.

I was visiting her in her Saco apartment one cool September day, when she offered me an apple. She had recently picked the fruit at a local farm.

I think her enthusiasm had led her to pick some of the early Macs just a little too early, because as I bit into the shiny apple, I could not believe how tart it was.

Since Karen was also a complete and utter fan of the Maine accent, and was attempting to master it, I de-

cided to convey the tartness with some Maine humor.

I looked at her and said in my best Maine accent, “That apple was some ta-aaaht (tart.)”

She looked at me as if we were Bert & I and said in a slow Maine-ish accent, “Why, how taaaht was it?”

I replied, “Well, it was so taaaht I smiled for a week against my own volition.”

Well, we broke into hysterics and thought we were some-thin’. In fact, we were so convinced that we were funny that I wrote up our exchange and sent it to the Reader’s Digest as a submis-sion for one of their joke pages.

It took a year, but one day a fact checker from Reader’s Digest called me to confirm the authenticity of the joke. The stern voice on the other end of the line

had me repeat the joke, and also swear that Karen and I were so smaaaht that we were capable of writing such clever stuff ourselves.

After calling me, Mr. Fact Checker called Karen, who was now a reporter for the Cape Cod Times.

I got to her first and made sure we were on the

same page, so to speak. I told her to use her best Maine

accent when the fact checker called.

Satisfied with our re-sponses, the joke appeared in the Digest in December of 1991.

Karen gave me the by-line credit since I created the set-up and the punch line. She also graciously told me to keep the $125 they paid out for the joke. Sweet. How sweet was it? Why, it was so sweet I smiled for a week under my own volition.

How Tart Was That Apple, Anyway?

Applefestcontinued from page 3

Boston-based acoustic folk band, The Ladles, will bring their distinctive harmony and ar-rangements to the Hiram Bluegrass Festival on Saturday, September 30.

Note: The number for each high and low tide indicates the height in feet above or below sea level. This chart shows tides for the mid-coast of York County; tide times are a few minutes earlier to the north (Old Orchard Beach) and a few minutes later to the south (York Beach). Tides are affected by the weather and cycles of the moon; the actual times and tide heights can differ slightly from the predictions above.

September 20 ~ October 4Tide Chart

Wednesday, September 20Low ..........5:47 AM .... -0.6 High .......12:02 PM ... 10.0 Low ..........6:06 PM .... -0.4 Sunrise: 6:27 AMSunset: 6:44 PMNew Moon: 1:31 AM

Thursday, September 21High .......12:22 AM ... 10.1 Low ..........6:30 AM .... -0.5High .......12:44 PM ... 10.0 Low ..........6:50 PM .... -0.4 Sunrise: 6:28 AMSunset: 6:42 PM

Friday, September 22High .........1:06 AM ..... 9.9 Low ..........7:12 AM .... -0.2 High .........1:25 PM ..... 9.8 Low ..........7:33 PM .... -0.2 Sunrise: 6:29 AMSunset: 6:40 PM

Saturday, September 23High .........1:49 AM ..... 9.5 Low ..........7:52 AM ..... 0.2High .........2:05 PM ..... 9.6 Low ..........8:16 PM ..... 0.1 Sunrise: 6:30AMSunset: 6:39 PM

Sunday, September 24High .........2:32 AM ..... 9.1Low ..........8:32 AM ..... 0.6 High .........2:46 PM ..... 9.3Low ..........9:00 PM ..... 0.4 Sunrise: 6:31 AMSunset: 6:37 PM

Monday, September 25High .........3:17 AM ..... 8.6Low ..........9:15 AM ..... 1.0 High .........3:30 PM ..... 9.0Low ..........9:47 PM ..... 0.8 Sunrise: 6:32 AMSunset: 6:35 PM

Tuesday, September 26High .........4:05 AM ..... 8.2 Low ........10:01 AM ..... 1.5 High .........4:17 PM ..... 8.7 Low ........10:37 PM ..... 1.1 Sunrise: 6:33 AMSunset: 6:33 PM

Wednesday, September 27High .........4:56 AM ..... 7.9 Low ........10:52 AM ..... 1.8High .........5:08 PM ..... 8.5Low ........11:32 PM ..... 1.4 Sunrise: 6:34 AMSunset: 6:31 PMFirst Qtr: 10:55 PM

Thursday, September 28High .........5:52 AM ..... 7.7 Low ........11:48 AM ..... 2.0High .........6:04 PM ..... 8.3 Sunrise: 6:36 AMSunset: 6:30 PM

Friday, September 29Low ........12:31 AM ..... 1.5 High .........6:50 AM ..... 7.6Low ........12:46 PM ..... 2.1 High .........7:02 PM ..... 8.3 Sunrise: 6:37 AMSunset: 6:28 PM

Saturday, September 30Low ..........1:29 AM ..... 1.5 High .........7:47 AM ..... 7.7Low ..........1:44 PM ..... 1.9 High .........7:58 PM ..... 8.4 Sunrise: 6:38 AMSunset: 6:26 PM

Sunday, October 1Low ..........2:22 AM ..... 1.3 High .........8:39 AM ..... 8.0 Low ..........2:37 PM ..... 1.7 High .........8:51 PM ..... 8.7 Sunrise: 6:39 AMSunset: 6:24 PM

Monday, October 2Low ..........3:10 AM ..... 1.0 High .........9:27 AM ..... 8.3 Low ..........3:25 PM ..... 1.2 High .........9:38 PM ..... 9.0 Sunrise: 6:40AMSunset: 6:22 PM

Tuesday, October 3Low ..........3:53 AM ..... 0.7High .......10:09 AM ..... 8.8 Low ..........4:09 PM ..... 0.7High .......10:23 PM ..... 9.4 Sunrise: 6:41 AMSunset: 6:21 PM

Wednesday, October 4Low ..........4:33 AM ..... 0.3High .......10:49 AM ..... 9.3Low ..........4:51 PM ..... 0.2 High .......11:05 PM ..... 9.7 Sunrise: 6:42 AMSunset: 6:19 PM

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The weather pattern has showed some signs of change this since Labor Day. The prevailing south-westerly summer winds have recently shifted to the north, cooling off the air and ocean surface tem-peratures. Fishermen are eagerly anticipating the fall migration of striped bass and bluefish as they begin their annual trek to warmer waters. Kennebunkport:

Anglers fishing between Cape Porpoise and the Mousam River had a great week catching mackerel and stripers. Stripers can be caught along all the beach fronts from Gooch’s to Par-son’s beaches and Ocean Avenue’s rocky shoreline.

The Kennebunk River has also been producing excellent catches of striped bass of all sizes. If all the bait stays around and we don’t have any major storms, fishing should be great through the month of September.Wells, Ogunquit:

Brandy from Webhan-net River Bait and Tackle told me that fishing has been very good. There have been numerous reports of outstanding fishing from Ogunquit Beach. There are plenty stripers of all

sizes around, mostly taking tubes and bait. Mackerel were a little harder to find this past week, even the spike-size mackerel that are far and away the best size striper bait an angler could hope for. York:

Captain Phil Breton re-ported fishing has been excellent since Labor Day when the weather permits getting out on the wa-ter. Long Sands Beach in York and Marginal Way in Ogunquit have been very productive with impres-sive catches of 28- to 30-inch stripers.

Short Sands and Moody Point have been spotty with most catches being smaller sized fish. Mack-erel have been hard to find so Captain Phil has been traveling to Kennebunk-port to fill his live well.Goose Rocks Beach and Biddeford Pool:

Captain Steve Brettell told me the fishing at Goose Rocks was very good this past week. There is still abundance of small sand eels and mackerel. Stripers have been feeding regularly at first light.

During their fall migra-tion, stripers will become much more competitive for food as they stoke up

Saltwater FiShing Preview by Captain Greg Metcalf Amusements

Anglers Still Awaiting Striper and Bluefish Migration

for the long swim south. Steve is confident that we have a few more weeks of outstanding catches ahead.

Saco River and Saco Bay: Pete from Saco Bay Tackle reported stripers, mackerel and the occa-sional black sea bass are being caught on a daily basis. Even though beach fishing for stripers has been good, don’t ignore the lower rivers like the Scar-

borough, Saco, Mousam and estuaries.

As the days shorten and the water temperature cools, tide and time of day aren’t as much of a factor in catching bass as in mid-summer. Pink or purple tubes coupled with a sand worm continue to catch fish in the rivers, while chunk-ing mackerel and clams from the beaches have been very productive.

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Trolley Rides, Exhibits, Hiking Trails, picnic areas

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Thursday, September 21, 10 AMHike Wells Conservation Lands

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September 22-24 Common Ground Fair – Unity. A celebration of rural life, demon-strations, Maine organic-produced foods and crafts as well as livestock exhibit.

September 24-30 Cumberland Fair – Cumberland Center. Large exhibit halls, midway and livestock exhibits, animal pulling events and harness racing.

October 1-8 Fryeburg Fair – Fryeburg. Maine’s largest agricultural fair. Beautiful setting during the height of foliage sea-son. Exhibit halls, museum, harness rac-ing and livestock.

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Earlier this year I wrote a humor column about hanging out with some fa-mous Mainers. Alas, it was a work of fiction, because the people I wrote about – Stephen King, Patrick Dempsey and Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer – are not actually my friends, in spite of my numerous FB friend requests, the phone calls, the drive-bys, etc.

And maybe a few re-straining orders, which also have gotten in the way of what I feel could be ex-cellent friendships. But my point of the column was that Maine is such a “small world” kind-of-place, that we often end up sharing our meals with somebody famous who is in Maine for the same reasons we are.

So, in a “Truth is Better Than Fiction” moment – a few weeks ago I was sitting in my apartment in Spring-vale ‘round 6 PM, in my pjs, settling in for a night of checking-up on (some-times that is confused with stalking) famous people on FB, and watching a “Life-time” movie about people who stalk famous people.

Imagine my surprise when I received this FB message from my friend Jean, who wrote: “Jona-than Edwards is playing at the Sunoco station. Come over.”

O.M.G. Jonathan Ed-wards! As for the gas sta-tion, for those who don’t know about Guay’s Su-noco station in Kennebunk Lower Village, here’s the back story. Every Monday night for the past 19 years

a group of local musicians have been getting together to jam in one of the bays at the station, after it closes for the day.

They, of course, call themselves “The Garage Band.” So, as it turned out, a guy I know in Ken-nebunkport plays tennis with Jonathan, who lives in Cape Elizabeth. This guy, Jim, told Jonathan about the Monday night jam session and suggested he join in.

Just for the record, no pun intended, Jonathan Edwards, who established himself as a gifted singer-songwriter when his first hit “Sunshine” hit Billboard’s charts in 1972 is, in my book, in the same class as James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Don McLean, et. al.

I wore out his first al-bum from playing it so much and had to buy a second one. In fact, as I told one of my friends when I finally got to the gas station, I would not have gotten out of my PJs for Dylan. Or Jackson Browne. But definitely for James. Or Neil Young. But I digress.

So I get there, after call-ing a few other friends who I know are fans, and by then a small crowd is watching as Jonathan E. sits in the background jam-ming on his harmonica. I found his tennis buddy Jim, who told me that Jona-than did not want to sing, he just wanted to blend in.

Apparently he is tired of singing “Sunshine” and definitely would not do that one. But, Jim said, if

you get your friends to start chanting “Shanty, Shanty” at the gig’s end at 9 PM, then maybe he would sing that. “Shanty” just happened to be the party anthem of my college dorm, so I was ALL IN.

So we all started chant-ing at 9 PM and he gra-ciously took a guitar and sang to us. It was goose bump-city, as it had been for most of the night. I spent most of the night call-ing people and whisper-ing, or maybe yelling, into my phone, “YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE WHO I AM STANDING NEXT TO!”

(I had inched up to him as close as I dared. He pretended not to notice. His wife kind of circled me a few times, but when it turned out she was origi-nally from Kennebunk and we knew a bunch of the same people, she put her Taser away.)

Jonathan was just so adorable in his bright blue-checked shirt, sitting on an oil can, happy to blend in with the band. I actually tapped him on the shoul-der and thanked him for coming, and he replied “My pleashuuhhhh” with an earnest attempt at a Maine accent, for which I forgave him.

I then blurted, “I was in my PJs!” and he grinned and said, “So was I!” Well, fortunately some EMT re-sponders were present and were able to administer a little oxygen, because by now I was on the floor.

When he sang “Shanty” and the night was over I

realized I could have just left my car in the lot and floated home on my hap-piness, but NOOOOOOO. . .my amazing friend Jean then asked if I would like to join her and JONA-THAN and his wife Sandy and others for dinner on The Spirit, a boat that is also a restaurant.

WOULD I?? I guess maybe. Not only did I get invited, I ended up walk-ing with him and his wife down to the boat. I was speechless most of the way,

and secretly texted my friend Ben, as my friend Susan and I tried to walk like normal people, instead of celebrity stalkers.

When we got on board the boat, no one was be-ing forward enough to sit beside him, so it felt like DESTINY that led me to sit right beside him. I could not believe what was hap-pening. He was a good sport and actually talked to me about some of his songs.

He said he generally doesn’t like to discuss their meaning, but did give me some back story on my fa-vorite song “Athens Coun-ty.” He ordered a beer, a crab dish and salad, in case you are wondering – and he bought my Diet Coke. I

couldn’t eat. I was afraid I would accidentally choke or spit food while I talked.

He laughed at my ner-vous jokes, squeezed my shoulder a few times, gave me a guitar pick and pro-nounced me an “Edhead” (versus a Deadhead). He may have administered CPR once or twice, and he also hugged me good bye. A real hug. Not an air hug. He did tell me he was sur-prised when he went to the men’s room that I hadn’t followed him. Frankly, I am surprised too.

So, it seems my origi-nal humor column about anything being possible in Maine when it comes to celebrities is true. From now on, I am sleeping in my clothes.

Yankee Quipper by Nancy McCallum

Truth is Better Than Fiction: My Night with Jonathan Edwards

photo by Nancy McCallumJonathan Edwards was content to sit in the background of Guay's Sunoco Station jamming on his harmonica, but after some vociferous encouragement from the audience, he graciously picked up a guitar and sang "Shanty."


NightlifeAlisson’s Restaurant

11 Dock Square, Kennebunkport, 207-967-4841 Fridays, 10 PM – DJ & Karaoke

www.alissons.com

Bentley’s SaloonRte. 1, Arundel, 207-985-8966

Sundays, 1 to 5 PM – Live MusicSundays, 5 to 8 PM – Live Music

Wednesdays, 7 to 11 PM – Open MicThursdays, 7 to 11 PM – Live Music or Karaoke

Fridays, 8 PM to Midnight – Live MusicSaturdays, 2 to 6 PM – Live Music

Saturdays, 8 PM to Midnight – Live Music www.bentleyssaloon.com

The Burleighat the Kennebunkport Inn

Dock Square, Kennebunkport, 207-967-2621Thursdays, 7 to 10 PM – Local DishFriday, September 22 – Fox and Fern

Saturday, September 23 – Michael Beau DalleoFriday, October 6 – Don Wessels

Saturday, October 7 – Michael Beau DalleoFriday, October 13 – Michael Beau Dalleo

www.kennebunkportinn.com

Clay Hill FarmAgamenticus Rd., Ogunquit, 207-361-2272

Sundays – Curt Bessette & Jenn KurtzMondays – Brian Bair

Tuesdays – Stephen BracciottiWednesdays – Dennis Coraccio at the PianoThursdays – Katherine Mayfield at the Piano

Fridays – Katherine Mayfield at the PianoSaturdays – David Hollis at the Piano

www.clayhillfarm.com

Colony HotelMarine Room Lounge

140 Ocean Ave., Kennebunkport, 207-967-3331Fridays, 5 to 7 PM – Live Entertainment

Saturdays, 5 to 7 PM – Live Entertainmentwww.thecolonyhotel.com

Elements: Books Coffee Beer265 Main Street, Biddeford, 207-710-2011

Friday, September 22, 8 PM – Sock Puppetswww.elementsbookscoffeebeer.com

Federal Jack’s Brew PubThe Shipyard, Kennebunk Lower Village

207-967-4322Tuesdays, 8 PM – Trivia

Thursdays, 9 PM – KaraokeFridays, 10 PM – Live Music

Saturdays, 10 PM – Live Musicwww.federaljacks.com

Féile Restaurant & Pub1619 Post Rd., Wells, 207-251-4065

Wednesdays, 6:30 to 9:30 PM – Live Irish MusicThursdays, 7 to 9 PM – Trivia

Fridays, 8 PM – Karaoke AnnieSaturdays, 8 PM to Midnight – Live Music

www.feilerestaurantandpub.com

Hooks Chill & Grille696 Main St., Ogunquit, 207-216-4813

Sundays, 3 to 6 PM – Live MusicThursdays, 6 to 9 PM – Live Music

Fridays, 6 to 9 PM – Live Musicwww.hookschillgrille.com

Hurricane Restaurant29 Dock Square, Kennebunkport, 207-967-9111

Saturdays, 7 to 10 PM – Live Musicwww.hurricanerestaurant.com

Inn on the Blues7 Ocean Ave., York Beach, 207-351-3221

Friday, September 22, 9:30 PM – Conniption FitsSaturday, September 23, 9:30 PM – Tickle

Friday, September 29, 9:30 PM – Rob Pagnanowww.innontheblues.com

Jonathan’s Restaurant2 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit

207-646-4777/1-800-464-9934 Saturday, September 23 – Jonatha Brooke

Friday, September 29 – Martin BarreSaturday, September 30 – Cris WilliamsonFriday, October 6 – Suzanne Westenhoefer

Saturday, October 7 – Suede with Fred Boyle & Rich HillFriday, October 13 – Jon Pousette-Dart

Call or check website for ticket prices & reservations: www.jonathansrestaurant.com

Lodge on the Cove29 S. Main Street, Kennebunkport, 207-967-3993

Fridays, 6 to 9 PM – Local Live Musicwww.lodgeonthecove.com

Litchfield’s Bar & Grill2135 Post Rd., Wells, 207-646-5711

Wednesdays, 7:30 to 11 PM – Trivia & KaraokeFridays, 9 PM to 12:30 AM – DJ Dance Music

Saturdays, 9 to 11:45 PM – Live Musicwww.litchfieldsbarandgrill.com

Mike’s Clam Shack1150 Post Rd., Wells, 207-646-5999Fridays, 8 to 11 PM – Live Music

Saturdays, 8 to 11 PM – Live Musicwww.mikesclamshack.com

Nonantum Resort95 Ocean Ave., Kennebunkport, 207-967-4050

Sundays – Jim CiampiMondays, 6 PM – Live MusicTuesdays, 6 PM – Jim Ciampi

Wednesdays, 6 PM – Gary Richardson Thursdays, 6 PM – Jim Ciampi

www.nonantumresort.com

On the Marsh46 Western Ave., Kennebunk Lower Village

207-967-2299Fridays and Saturdays – Live Piano

www.onthemarsh.com

Pedros181 Port Rd, Kennebunk, 207-967-5544

Sundays – Live Music on the Patiowww.pedrosmaine.com

The Pilot House4 Western Ave, Kennebunk

207-967-9961

Run Of The Mill100 Main St., Saco, 207-571-9648Sundays, 4 to 7 PM – Live Music

Tuesdays, 7 to 11 PM – Open Mic NightWednesdays, 7 PM – Washers Tournament

Saturdays, 8 to 11 PM – Live MusicSundays, 4 to 7 PM – Live Music

www.therunofthemill.net

The Front Porch9 Shore Rd., Ogunquit, 207-646-4005

Sundays, 8 to 9 PM – Kim Kuzma (Disco) Fridays to Sundays, 5 PM to Close – Live Piano

Tuesdays, 8 to 9 PM – Kim KuzmaThursdays, 8 PM – Dinner Cabaret

www.thefrontporch.com

Vinegar Hill Music Theatre53 Old Post Road, Arundel, 207-985-5552

Friday, September 22 – Scarab: A Tribute to JourneySaturday, September 23 – Ivan Pecel (Juggling)

Thursday, September 28 – Psychic Lauren RainbowFriday, September 29 – Slambovian Circus of DreamsSaturday, September 30 – Magic Dick and Shun Ng

Friday, October 6 – The Doo Wop ProjectSaturday, October 7 – Ellis Paul & Sophie B Hawkins

Friday, October 13 – One Night in MemphisSaturday, October 14 – The Platters

www.vinegarhillmusic.com

York Harbor InnShip’s Cellar Pub

480 York St., York Harbor, 207-363-5119 Fridays & Saturdays – Live Music

www.yorkharborinn.com

New York’s Slambovian Circus of Dreams has been described as a mixture of Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan and David Bowie among others. They will bring their alt-folk psychedelica show to Vinegar Hill Music Theatre in Arundel on Friday, September 29. photo by Bob Schultz


World's Best French ToastSpecialty Omelettes • Belgian Waffles

Real French Crepes

Five Points Shopping Plaza, Biddeford • 283-2928 Open daily 7 AM to 2 PM

Sandwiches & Soups • Children's Menu

Rte. 9, Kennebunk Lower Village

7–1:30 weekdays

7–2 weekends

967-5132

since 1953

Port Lobster Co.Fresh Fish Daily

Lobsters • Lobster Meat • Clams Hot Clam Chowder To Go

122 OCEAN AVE., KENNEBUNKPORT • 207-967-2081

Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily • portlobster.com

Our Lobsters cooked free.

Lobster ~ The Best Gift from Maine!Lobsters packed for travel. Next day air service available.

Gift certificates available

Our own Homemade entreés featuring fresh local seafood

LOBSTER ROLLS freshly made with our own hand-picked lobster meat

Fresh Crab Rolls, too!

Beer & Wine

$12.99+tax

Extraordinary Food ~ Ocean Views

Happy Hour • Sun.–Thurs. 3–5pm

Waterside or Deck DiningLobster Bakes & Live Music

Every Monday 5–8pm • Reservations requiredOn the Kennebunk River in The Breakwater Inn

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by Nancy McCallumOn a warm Wednesday

afternoon in mid-Septem-ber, a steady stream of cars continues to pull off Log Cabin Road in Arundel to visit Frinklepod Farm’s farmstand. Now in its sixth year, the certified organic farm has become an im-portant resource for the

surrounding communities. The farm is perfectly situ-ated in Arundel, just a few miles from the centers of Kennebunk, Biddeford and Kennebunkport.

The farmstand is filled with fresh vegetables, herbs and flowers just picked from the gardens and greenhouses on 3.5

acres of the 16-acre prop-erty. It also includes fresh-baked goodies such as blueberry muffin tops and carrot-molasses muf-fins made at “The Pod,” a building near the edge of the farm land, where it meets the woods. Frinkle-pod also sells other locally made food products.

But it isn’t just the loca-tion that has made Frinkle-pod well known. Flora Brown, who owns the farm with her husband Noah Wentworth, says the farm’s success has been due to loyal support from the very beginning, and also because the couple works to expand their vision of what they can do.

“We’ve had loyal cus-tomers from the begin-ning,” Brown says. “People have been truly excited to see local agriculture in the community. Their excite-ment is contagious.”

The couple also has add-ed services as they have grown. “Being innovative and entrepreneurial as farmers is crucial to being successful,” Brown says. “Each year we add some-thing new.”

This year saw the open-ing of the two-story build-ing they call “The Pod.” The 3000-square-foot build-ing was built with super-in-sulated walls, triple-glazed windows and solar panels. The panels supply elec-trical energy to The Pod, the farmstand and the ir-rigation system, making

Frinklepod a net-zero en-ergy farm.

While the exterior work is still being completed, the finished interior is a hive of activity. The front room, which Brown calls the “flex room,” has been used for floral designing jobs for events such as weddings, as well as workshops on flower design.

Flowers are an integral part of the farm, and Wen-tworth and Brown grow dozens of classic and heir-loom flowers, as well as what Brown calls “unusual and quirky blooms” such as sea holly, love-in-a-mist and snow-on-a-mountain.

She also grows greenery, vines, grasses and grains. Flowers are available for purchase through the farm’s Community Sup-ported Agriculture (CSA) program for 12 weeks, from mid-June mid-September.

(CSA is a program in which consumers agree in the spring to order farm produce ahead through the season, and regularly pick up a box of pre-paid veg-gies. The program has been so successful that Brown and Wentworth had to cap

the number of customers at 110 this year.)

As for The Pod, the flex room will also allow the couple to keep their farm-stand open year-round. Besides their own veg-gies, they will offer other choices, including locally made food products, baked goods and hot coffee.

The baked goods are made in the new commer-cial kitchen also on the first floor of The Pod. The kitch-en has allowed Frinklepod to launch several new en-deavors; besides offering a great space to bake healthy goodies for the store, it has also allowed Brown to conceive of a “Meal Kit” business.

Two months ago she be-gan advertising kits, which include meals-to-go for busy customers who pick up the kits, and then sim-ply pop their meals into the oven, with minimal additional preparation on their part. The concept is not new, but Frinklepod’s meals are vegan (no animal and dairy products), which satisfies the needs of many of her customers, and also means that the kits will stay fresh longer.

Customers can order from the Frinklepod web-site; orders placed by Sun-day night will be ready for pick-up on Wednesdays. Frinklepod typically offers two meal choices, which vary each week. A recent menu offered a pad Thai meal or Mexican stuffed peppers. The menu also in-cludes a list of ingredients.

The new kitchen has also allowed Brown and Went-worth to create a cooking school, with a variety of classes offered. (See frinkle-podfarm.com for listings.) A professional chef leads many of the classes.

The couple also will use The Pod to host other educational classes, such as how to make herbal tinctures, and even na-

Frinklepod Farm Flourishes with Hard Work and Community Support

Jonathan’s o g u n q u i t

92 Bourne lane • 207-646-4777Just around the corner from the Ogunquit Playhouse

Concert Series: www.jonathansogunquit.com

Serving Dinner NightlyKids Eat Free Nightly Until 5:30

CHeRyL WHeeLeR - 10/20 ToM RuSH - 10/22

Frinklepodcontinued on page 19

photos by Geraldine Aikman

Flora Brown and Noah Wentworth tend the farmstand in Arundel with help from their daughters Etta, left, and Sascha.


Dining

Mabel's Lobster Claw

It's a Classic!

OPEn DAily 11:30-9

Steak • Seafood • Lobster Homemade Pies & Cakes • Full Bar

since 1953!

Reservations suggested • 207-967-2562 124 Ocean Ave., Kennebunkport

Frinklepodcontinued from page 18

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organic produce fresh maine seafood waterfront views

live entertainment

Rte. 1 North • WellsLunch & Dinner from 11 a.m.

Sunday Breakfast Buffet 8-11 a.m.207-646-8467

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Since 1973

Served with Choice of Potato & Vegetable of the Day(age 55 and up)Senior Menu $795

Maine Shrimp Casserole • Chicken Shortcake • Maine MeatloafGrilled Pork Chop • Open-faced Prime Rib Sandwich

Served Weekdays 11 AM – 8 PM

Maine Lobster,Steak and Prime Rib

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More than just great food. . .More than just waterfront dining. . .

More than just friendly faces. . .More than just sea breezes & cocktails

on the deck. . .A unique group of people

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Reservations (207)967-3444Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport

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Casual Waterfront Dining featuring Fresh Local Seafoods.

Opening Wed., May 4, 5 PM

ture crafts. (An upcoming class, on November 11, invites students to learn how to create paper flow-ers.) The Pod also has space for climate-controlled crop storage and a propagation greenhouse.

Brown says this year the farm enjoyed a good harvest season, and to cel-ebrate the harvest, Frinkle-pod is hosting its 3rd annu-al “Fall Frolic,” which will be held Sunday, October 15. The event is a potluck dinner open to the commu-nity. (Vegetarian dishes are preferred.) It will be held rain or shine, 5 to 7 PM.How the Farm Began

Wentworth and Brown started Frinklepod in 2011 when they bought 16 acres of land that had become fallow. Wentworth comes from a farming family. (His family roots go back to the Wentworth clan, which have run the subsistence farm “Neverdun” Farm, just across the road, for decades.) Brown’s back-ground includes projects that combine agriculture with social justice issues.

The name “Frinklepod” was inspired by one of the couple’s children’s favorite books, Uno’s Garden, by Graeme Base. “We hope that our farm can mirror the main themes of this book – the importance of ecological biodiversity, conservation, and the need to maintain a healthy bal-ance between humans and nature,” Brown says.

As part of their mission, Wentworth and Brown

decided to offer a variety of workshops about gar-dening, food, and health, to give people “hands-on” opportunities.

From the start, their crops have been organic. They also employ growing practices centered around building healthy soil, at-tracting beneficial insects for pest control and pol-lination, and using hand tools to work as intimately as possible with each plant.

Their plantings have in-cluded perennials such as fruit and nut trees, to make the farm diverse. The construction of three green-houses allows them to grow produce year-round.

The couple also wants to make fresh, healthy food available to all. To that end, they accept SNAP (Supple-mental Nutrition Assis-tance Program) payments and also grow food that is delivered to local food pantries and soup kitchens.

Frinklepod maintains an informative, user-friendly website, and encourages customers to use it to call ahead orders, to purchase products, or learn about classes. They also post pic-tures and information on their Facebook page.

The farm is at 244 Log Cabin Road. It is open 9 AM to 6 PM, Tuesday through Friday; 8 AM to 4 PM, Saturday; 10 AM to 4 PM Sunday. FMI frinkle-podfarm.com or 289-5805.

Frinklepod's array of fresh organic vegetables attracts a large and loyal following of consum-ers from the Kennebunks and beyond, as well as a full roster of CSA members.

Frinklepod grows vegetables, herbs and flowers in the greenhouses and on 3.5 acres of land. New this year is "The Pod" at the back edge of the garden, a solar-powered building with a commercial kitchen, classroom space and a year-round farm stand.

http://graemebase.com/book/unos-garden/


SUPPORT MAINE FARMERS. Buy Local!

Community market of the Kennebunks, Saturdays, 9 AM to 2 PM, Wa-terhouse Center, 51 Main St., downtown Kennebunk. The market welcomes farmers, fishermen, florists, foragers, artists, craftsmen, creameries, chefs, canners, carpenters, chocolatiers, weavers, beaders, butchers, bakers, pho-tographers, roasters, musicians, metal smiths, needle workers, herbalists, painters, knitters, quilters, nonprofits and volunteers. Open May to October. FMI Linda Johnson, 604-1341 or [email protected]

Gateway york Farmers’ market, Saturdays, 9 AM to 1 PM, June 3 through October 7. Parking lot at the York Visitors’ Center, 1 Stonewall Lane (Route 1), York. Local farmers, specialty food producers and crafters selling fresh produce, meats, seafood, baked goods, cheeses, homemade goodies and more. Rain or shine; smoke-free and pet-free except for service animals. Please bring reusable bags. FMI 363-4422 or www.gatewaytomaine.org/farmersmarket

Kennebunk Farmers’ market, Saturdays, 8 AM to 1 PM, Garden Street parking lot, just west of Rte. 1. Fresh local fruits and vegetables, organic produce, meats, baked goods, flowers, eggs, maple syrup, fresh and dried herbs, cheeses, potted plants and yarn. Open to November 18, rain or shine. www.kennebunkfarmersmarket.org

Kittery Community market, Sundays, 10 AM to 2 PM, Kittery Center Vil-lage at Post Office Square, 10 Shapleigh Rd., Kittery. Fresh local food choic-es and artisan work in an outdoor weekly food market. Over 35 vendors offering produce, meats, cheeses, maple syrup, baked goods, pickles, jams/jellies, crafts and more. New this summer, Kittery Community Market will partner with Seacoast Eat Local to accept SNAP/EBT. Open to October 1. www.kitterycommunitymarket.com

maine Crafters and Farmer's market, Sundays, 8 AM to noon, The Ball-park, 7 Ballpark Way, Old Orchard Beach. Features Maine products and crafts. Free parking at the stadium. Continues every Sunday. FMI Guy Fon-taine at 205-6160.

newfield Farmer and Artisans market, Saturdays, 9 AM to 1 PM, 637 Water St., Newfield, in front of the library and town office. On rainy days the market moves inside the barn beside the post office on Willowbrook Vil-lage. Market features SNAP/EBT. Products include fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables, annual and perennial flowers, beef, pork, chicken, eggs, baked goods, wood products and more. Open May to October. www.mainefarmer-smarkets.org/market

north Berwick Farmers’ market, Fridays, 3 to 6 PM, Town Hall parking lot, 21 Main Street, North Berwick. Offers local vegetables, fruits, meats, dairy and baked goods by area farmers, bakers and artisans. Accepts SNAP/EBT. Open May to October, rain or shine. www.northberwickfarmersmarket.org

Saco Farmers' market, Saturdays, 7 AM to Noon, open May 13 through October; Wednesdays, June through September, Saco Valley Shopping Center, corner of Spring and Scammon streets. Saco. Rain or shine. Sea-sonal vegetables/fruits, glass bottled milk, grass fed beef/veal, lobsters/steamers, herbal products, baked goods, perennials/annuals, whole wheat flour, cut flowers, organic dog treats, goat cheese, butter/eggs, apples/cider, fresh and dried herbs, vegetable seedlings and crafts. www.sacofarmers-market.com

saco river Market, Saturdays, 9 AM to 12:30 PM, year-round, Pepperell Event Center, 40 Main St., Saco. Locally grown agricultural products, spe-cialty foods and local arts and crafts. 207-294-2074

Sanford Farmers’ market, Saturdays, 8 AM to noon and Wednesdays, 3 to 6 PM, Central Park, Main St., Sanford. Fresh fruits and vegetables, flow-ers, plants, shrubs, herbs and cheeses. SNAP/EBT, credit and debit cards accepted. Saturday market runs May 6 to October 28 and November 18; Wednesday market runs to September 27. www.sanfordfarmersmarket.org

Springvale Farmers’ market, Wednesdays, open May through Columbus Day Weekend, 1 to 5 PM, Fresh produce, eggs, goat cheeses, plants and seedlings, cut flowers, annual and perennials, jams and jellies and baked goods. SNAP/EBT, credit and debit cards accepted. Rite-Aid parking lot in Springvale Square, 474 Main St., Springvale.

Wells Farmers Market, Wednesdays, 1:30 to 5 PM, Wells-Ogunquit Cen-ter at Moody parking lot, 300 Post Rd., Rte. 1, Wells. Fresh local fruits and vegetables, gluten free prepared foods, organic produce, baked goods, flow-ers, eggs, meats, fresh and dried herbs, cheese, herbal soaps, fresh-baked bread, potted plants and more. Proud to support Maine Harvest for Hunger. Rain or shine. www.wellsfarmersmarket.org.

Public Suppers & BreakfastsONGOINGPancake Breakfast, 8 to 11 AM, Senior Center, 300 Post Rd., Wells. All-you-can-eat $5 includes blueberry or buttermilk pancakes, 2 sausages, orange juice and coffee. Every Saturday, May through October. FMI 646-7775 or www.wocam.org.Friendship Lunch, a free lunch held the second Monday of every month at 12 noon. Homemade food. Holy Cross Lutheran Church, corner of Storer and Lord streets, Kennebunk. FMI call 985-4803.Share the Bounty, a free bean supper, held the first Saturday of every month at 4 PM. Homemade beans, cole slaw, hotdogs, bread and homemade pies. Holy Cross Lutheran Church, corner of Storer and Lord streets, Kennebunk. FMI 985-4803.Baked Bean and American Chop Suey Supper, 4:30 to 6 PM, Ober Hall at the First Congregational Church of Kennebunkport. Church members will serve baked beans, hot dogs, American chop suey, coleslaw, bread, beverage and dessert. $8 adults, $4 children under age 12. The suppers are held the last Saturday of the month through October. The church is 1.5 miles south of the Seacoast Trolley Museum where Log Cabin Rd. becomes North St., next to Arundel Cemetery.

All You Can Eat Baked Bean Supper, 5 to 6:30 PM, West Kennebunk United Methodist Church, 160 Alfred Rd., West Kennebunk. Two kinds of baked beans, three kinds of salad, hot dogs, buns, beverages and homemade desserts. $8 adults, $3 children ages 5-12. Held the first Saturday of the month through October 7.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine State Beekeepers Association (MSBA) are offering a 5-week beginner bee-keeping school, Wednes-days, October 4 to No-vember 3. All classes will be held from 6 to 8:30 PM at the Anderson Learning Center, 21 Bradeen Street in Springvale.

Instructor Larry Pei-ffer, master beekeeper

UMaine Extension Beekeeping Course

and former MSBA vice president, will discuss honeybee colonies, hive construction, pests and diseases, honey produc-tion and seasonal manage-ment of the hive.

Participants will also have an opportunity to observe area hives and gain hands-on experience during a field lab at a later date.

The cost is $95 per per-son, $140 for two people

who share materials. The fee includes a one-year membership in the York County Beekeepers As-sociation. Registration is required by Thursday, September 28. Partici-pants can register online at extension.umaine.edu/york/programs/begin-ner-bee-school.

To register by phone or FMI, contact the UMaine Extension York County office, 800-287-1535 or 207-324-2814.

For 100 years, Univer-sity of Maine Cooperative Extension has supported UMaine’s land and sea grant public education role by conducting communi-ty-driven, research-based programs in every Maine county.

Maine Extension helps support, sustain and grow the food-based economy. It is the only entity in Maine that touches every aspect of the Maine Food System – research, production, processing, commerce, nutrition, as well as food security and safety.

Participants will have an opportunity to gain hands-on experience.

The honeybee was named Maine's official state insect in 1975. It is the only insect that produces food consumed by humans. September is National Honey Month. For more fascinating facts about bees, visit mainebeekeepers.org.

http://www.northberwickfarmersmarket.org

http://www.sacofarmersmarket.com

http://www.sacofarmersmarket.com


The sight of hundreds or thousands of raptors (birds of prey) heading south for the winter is one of the most awe-inspiring events of the season. Maine is situated along the Atlan-tic flyway, the Autobahn for migrating birds, and there are choice lookouts to catch a view of this feath-ered exodus from the state.

Each fall, as the days grow shorter and colder, eagles, ospreys, falcons and other hawks abandon their breeding grounds in Maine and the Canadian Maritimes and fly south. Some travel to southern parts of the country, and others fly as far away as the southern reaches of South America.

It is not the cold weather per se that sends them packing, it is the impact of freezing temperatures on their food supply that forc-es their departure. With ice covering lakes and other

There's High Drama in the Skies over Southern Maine as Raptors Fly South

waterways, bald eagles, for instance, can no longer get to the fish they prefer as their diet.

Hawks' carnivorous diet includes small mam-mals such as mice, gophers, rabbits, fish, reptiles and

amphibians, that are not avail-able when the ground is fro-zen or covered

w i t h s n o w . S o m e p u r s u e

small birds, and others supplement their diet with insects they catch in mid-

air, both of which are less plentiful in cold winter weather.

Worldwide, there are about 450 species of rap-tors. In Maine, there are 14 regularly occurring hawk species, which include the osprey, bald eagle, north-ern harrier, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper’s hawk, peregrine falcon, northern goshawk, red-shouldered hawk, American kestrel, merl in, rough-legged hawk, broad-winged hawk, red-tailed hawk and golden eagle.

The hawks depart in waves with departure times varying with the wind and the weather.

Here is a typical migra-tion schedule for hawks: September – broad-winged and sharp-shinned hawks, American kestrels, bald eagles and ospreys; Octo-ber – red-tailed and red-shouldered hawks, gos-hawks and bald eagles; late October to November – peregrine falcons, gos-hawks, merlins, bald eagles and osprey.

With perfect conditions you could see thousands of hawks flying overhead, but their migration is very weather and site depen-dent. Mount Agamenticus in York provides a good overlook for seeing birds, but a place like Fort Foster

Hawks summer throughout the northern parts of Maine and Canada, then migrate to more southerly areas for the winter months. They begin their journey in September and October, sometimes traveling together in numbers of 100 or more. The hawk above is looking for food – small animals – in the field below.

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Since most hawks are soaring birds, they depend on updrafts to help them travel. Consequently, they do not like to fly across large bodies of water where there are no up-drafts. Instead, they follow shorelines and mountain ridges. Certain geographi-cal locations, such as Fort Foster, become concentra-tion spots where hawks gather, waiting for the right weather conditions, before crossing a narrow stretch of water.

A place like the top of Mount Agamenticus pro-vides an opportunity to watch a variety of hawk

behaviors, such as how they use “thermals” (ris-ing currents of warm air) to gain altitude and “up-drafts” (upward currents of air that commonly occur around mountain tops) to gain enough lift to soar for many miles.

Hawks travel in large numbers because, in keep-ing with their predatory nature, they are oppor-tunists. They use group behavior as a way to find thermals. They watch oth-er birds riding thermals and then follow them.

Other good vantage points for hawk watching include East Point Sanc-tuary in Biddeford Pool, Kennebunk Beach near the Narragansett condomini-ums and Sea Point Beach in Kittery.

Hawks ride currents of warm air (thermals) to help them soar and to conserve energy for their long jouney.


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you get to be outside and harvest something healthy right off the tree – but at McDougal Orchards in Springvale, a lot of people don’t just come for the fruit. They come for Cap-tain Jack’s Donut Shack and the freshly baked ap-ple cider donuts.

Captain Jack – orchard owner Jack McAdam – says the best season to date in the baker’s dozen of years he has been at this, was the year he made and sold 130,000 donuts. His best weekend: over 16,000 donuts made and sold.

The donuts are sold in the orchard’s store, which is in the large white barn facing Hanson Ridge Road. On weekends and holidays through Columbus Day, the donuts are available at the "shack" next to the

store, where customers can watch them being made by the “donut robot,” and get them freshly dipped in cinnamon-sugar. They are also sold at the San-ford’s Farmer’s Markets, Wednesdays, 3 to 6 PM and Saturdays, 8 AM to noon.

If you get your donuts at the orchard, you can enjoy them on one of the picnic tables, along with hot coffee or cold or hot mulled cider.

McAdam, who was a Coast Guard captain until his retirement from the National Oceanic and At-mospheric Agency in 2009, owns the orchard with his wife Ellen, who is a Mc-Dougal. She is the seventh generation of McDougals to work the orchards, and she says her daughter may eventually become the eighth. (She also holds out

hope for her son, who has a degree in horticulture.)

The McAdams created their own recipe, and it is one they won’t share. (They will, however, share a recipe for apple cake, which is on their blog on their website mcdougalor-chards.com.)

The orchard is open for picking now, 9 AM to 5 PM, daily. With 38 variet-ies of apples, the season is a long one. They also grow stone fruit, and right now, peaches, plums and nectarines are ready for picking, with pears just starting to ripen. (Earlier in

the season, they had cher-ries available for picking.)

The McAdams also have a greenhouse, where they grow tomatoes and cucumbers. Later in the season they will have fall raspberries, winter squash-es and pumpkins. Hay rides through the orchards and to the pumpkin patch-es are offered, weekends only, through Columbus Day, weather permitting.

The McAdams also have a corn maze that will open later in September,

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If warm apple cider donuts dipped in cinnamon sugar don't sound appealing, there are also pumpkin donuts and blueberry donuts. All have roughly the same calorie count.

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McDougal Orchards’ operation includes seven generations of the McDougal family descen-dants. The farm’s scenic location makes it a popular day-trip destination. Guests come for pumpkins, squash, raspberries and especially for Capt. Jack's famous cider donuts.

plus miles of trails they encourage visitors to walk on their 284-acre farm. (Dogs are not allowed.) Children and adults may enjoy the Hanson Ridge Fairy Village out in the or-chards. The orchard is also a destination for fans of geocaching, with geocache sites on the farm.

The farm store also in-cludes specialty items in-cluding jams, jellies, pick-les, apple butter, maple syrup and pies made by other Maine artisans.

A colorful display of handmade baskets made in Ghana, and priced very reasonably, have been sell-ing well, Ellen says. All the money made from the sales goes to support a Ghana

trade organization. She also sells baskets made by a local crafter, as part of the McAdams’ efforts to sup-port local and sustainable businesses.

Twelve years ago El-len’s parents Robert and Pat (Robert has since passed away; Pat lives nearby) took steps to pro-tect the farm for future generations through the state’s Land for Maine’s Future Program and the U.S.D.A. Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program.

The McDougals granted the agencies an agricul-tural conservation ease-ment. Besides orchards, the land includes hay fields, pastures and woodlands.

McDougal Orchards is at 201 Hanson Ridge Road. FMI mcdougalorchards.com or 324-5054.

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DiningApple Donutscontinued from page 22

Captain Jack (orchard owner Jack McAdam) has sold as many as 16,000 of the popular donuts in a single weekend.

McDougal Orchards in Springvale offers 38 varieties of apples.

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