GRAY — For much of the day on Saturday, June 4, The Ancient Ones, a living history group in full period dress, will set up a real living history camp from the late 1700s-1800s. They will put up a canvas tent and keep a variety of demonstrations going on all day long, including fire starting, […]
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Wildlife park to feature raptors
GRAY — Staff from Wind Over Wings, a raptor education center, will be the featured presenter from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at the Maine Wildlife Park, Route 26. Hope Douglas founded this nonprofit organization about 20 years ago. Recently relocated from Connecticut to central Maine, the center’s goal is to provide […]
UMaine 4-H camp demo at wildlife park
GRAY — Staff from the UMaine 4-H Camp at Bryant Pond will be featured presenters from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 14, at the Maine Wildlife Park on Route 26. For over 50 years, the University of Maine 4-H Camp & Learning Center (formerly the Maine Conservation School) has strengthened children’s relationship […]
Sabbathday Grange to honor food pantry
NEW GLOUCESTER — Sabbathday Lake Grange No. 365 will hold an open house Friday, May 13, to honor the Community Auxiliary Food Pantry of the First Congregational Church of Gray. The pantry has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the Community Citizen Award. The pantry has been in operation for two years and serves […]
Wildlife Park opening for season
GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park on Route 26 in Gray will open for the 2011 season on Friday, April 15, just in time for school vacation week. There still is some deep snow in shaded areas, the parking lot may be a bit soft, and all of the nature trails may not be open, […]
Q: What do turtles do in the winter? A: Raid the fridge.
Opening the nondescript white refrigerator in the office of the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray, one would expect to discover the usual assortment of bagged lunches and expired yogurts. Not so in this office, in this refrigerator. The small interior light of the kitchen appliance casts a warm glow on white-topped plastic containers. Organized neatly […]
Divided church members agree to split use
AUBURN — The feuding founders of a Turner church turned to the courts Tuesday to seek a temporary fix for their ongoing dispute. The judge’s answer: Divide the church’s weekend religious service hours between the two opposing factions. Androscoggin County Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy brokered the deal shortly before the closing of the courthouse […]
Coming snow doesn’t mean a white Christmas
Weather forecasters are calling for snow in southern Maine between now and Christmas Day, but that’s no guarantee that the region’s children will be making holiday snowmen after opening their presents. It could be southern Maine’s first green Christmas since 2006. “We will probably see snow. Whether it’s accumulating snow or not remains to be […]