GRAY — Sometime Thursday night or early Friday morning unidentified vandals drove doughnuts into a hayfield at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, cutting deep, damaging ruts into the soil. Michael Graham, curator of the Shaker Village, noticed the damage Friday afternoon as he left the village to do errands. “My heart sank. It looked like someone […]
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Louise 'Nellie' M. Knapp
AUBURN — Louise “Nellie” (Morrell) Knapp, 79, of Gray and more recently of Hebron, passed away Friday, Sept. 21, at Clover Healthcare in Auburn. Louise was born in Windham to Clifford and Fannie (Plummer) Morrell on Oct. 28, 1938. After completing school in Windham and Gorham State Teachers College, she taught second grade at Memorial Elementary […]
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Summer scenes from Shaker Village in New Gloucester
Paula Gauthier, a tour guide at Shaker Village in New Gloucester, talks to a sheep at the farm while on a break Tuesday afternoon at the iconic homestead. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) A sheep walks past Scottish Highland cows Tuesday afternoon at Shaker Village in New Gloucester. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Norm Devonshire, a museum docent at […]
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Maine Native American Summer Market returns to Shaker Village
GRAY — The 10th annual Maine Native American Summer Market will be held from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. Admission is free, rain or shine. Barbecue lunch plates will be served. The Shaker Museum and Shaker Store will be open as well. Shaker Village is at 707 […]
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Free bird watching trek being planned at Shaker Bog
NEW GLOUCESTER — Trained naturalist and birdwatcher Carol Beyna will lead a group to the bird habitats of the Shaker Bog at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, May 26. The bog was originally built by the Shakers in 1816 as a reservoir to power their mills, but today, the 150-acre […]
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Shaker Village offers thanks
In 2014, Maine conformed with federal regulations regarding interstate signage. Shaker Village lost its Maine Turnpike signs and faced prohibitive annual fees for alternative logo signs. Rep. Ellie Espling came to Shaker Village’s aid, submitting a bill to maintain Shaker Village’s visibility. Although Rep. Espling’s bill was defeated after compelling testimony on her part and […]
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Shakers and Wabanaki: Parallel paths of culture
NEW GLOUCESTER — Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village played host for the eighth year to the Native American Summer Market and Demonstration on Saturday, and more than 24 different vendors and entertainers shared their works and educated others about their culture. The streets were lined with cars as hundreds of people gathered to see the items […]
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Hundreds turn out for Maine Native American Summer Market at Shaker Village
NEW GLOUCESTER — The thunder of a giant ceremonial drum echoed from the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village on Saturday as hundreds listened and watched traditional dancing performed by members of the Sipayik Troupe of Perry. “The turnout was overwhelming,” said Michael Graham, director of the Shaker Village. Inside a giant tent in proximity to a […]
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Maine Native American Summer market at Sabbathday Lake Saturday
NEW GLOUCESTER — Forty Maine Wabanaki artists will travel to the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village for the sixth annual Maine Native American Summer Market and Demonstration on Saturday, Aug. 23. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. under a large tent at 707 Shaker Road, rain or shine. Admission is free. […]