Lunch
OTISFIELD — Otisfield cooks are planning the final Community Lunch of 2024 with a Thanksgiving feast. The traditional menu includes turkey with stuffing and gravy, mashed potatoes, butternut squash, peas, and cranberry sauce, along with a variety of homemade pies to go with coffee, tea, or apple cider. This all happens on Wednesday, Nov. 20, from 11:30 to 12:30 at the Community Hall at 292 Route 121. The meal is free, but we appreciate donations to keep community lunches self-supporting.
The Social Outreach Committee started the community lunches in 2011 to help bring neighbors together, providing a space to socialize and break down social isolation. If you know of someone who might like to get out and have a nice meal, please let them know, or better yet, invite them. Finally, let’s give thanks for the many volunteers who plan, cook, shop, solicit food, set up, wash dishes, and clean up! Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas! The next Community Lunch will be on January 15, weather permitting.
Dinner
MECHANIC FALLS — A free Thanksgiving dinner will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 16 at Mechanic Falls Church of the Nazarene, 5 Oak Street in Mechanic Falls.
Fairs
PARIS — Local Boy Scout Troop 130 will be holding a Craft and Vendor Fair on Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Paris Fire Station located at 137 Western Ave., from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Our spaces are full. Come check out our amazing crafters and do some Christmas shopping! We’ll have hand-made hats, children’s items, custom vases, jewelry, Scentsy and so much more! Local author Patricia Probert Gott will be on hand, selling and signing her books as well. The Boy Scouts will be offering hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, chop suey, and water for lunch.
CASCO — The Casco Village Church, United Church of Christ is hosting our annual “Christmas in the Village” Holiday Fair on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.! This year’s fair will have a variety of vendors, in addition to decorative greenery, baked goods, a raffle, and a soup & sandwich luncheon. The vendors will have country crafts, balsam products, paintings, crochet items, 3D-printed animals, and a children’s book written by a local author on site to autograph your books! Please come enjoy our Christmas festivities with us at 941 Meadow Rd. in Casco, or contact us at 207-627-4282.
AREA — Start in Norway Nov. 23 at 212 Main Street, the American Legion Craft and Vendor Fair.
Then you can go across the street to The Guy E. Rowe School’s Craft Fair. Next, head down Paris Street to the Oxford Hills High School DECA Fair.
From there, head to Market Square and turn right to the First Congregational Church fair.
After that, you could head back to Market Square and visit the Craft Fair at Market Square Health Care.
Get back on Route 26 and head to the Paris Fire Department, 137 Western Avenue, for its auxiliary fair.
NORWAY — Guy E. Rowe School’s Vendor and Craft Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Guy E. Rowe School. This event is a fundraiser for the school’s PTO.
MECHANIC FALLS — A Craft Fair will be held on Nov. 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Mechanic Falls Church of the Nazarene, 5 Oak Street in Mechanic Falls.