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Our mission is to be the indispensable guide to life in IN THIS ISSUE Each press day, as I review Southern Maine, setting the gold standard for local Wells Angels...... PAGE 3 the soon-to-hit-newsstands issue business promotion, exceptional journalism and one last time so as to write this overall goodwill for locals and tourists alike. Ogunquit Playhouse...... PAGE 4 From the now weekly greeting, it seems Publisher's one theme always jumps off the Kate Nelligan...... PAGES 6 & 7 Desk... pages in front of me. It emerges Mainely Authors ...... PAGE 8 as a metamessage of sorts, one of F.O. Goldthwaite’s Spirits ...... PAGE 9 those ‘things that make you go “hmmm”’ (90s Local Heroes ...... PAGE 10 song reference). Today is no exception. And the Pool Lobster theme that strikes me is change. in scenic Biddeford Pool In the Art World ...... PAGE 12 In the lead story we find the benefits of it. In Full Take-Out Menu • Grilled & Fried Seafood Calendar ...... PAGES 16 & 17 the playhouse piece we learn the process of it. In Lobster Rolls • Soups • Salads • Entrees Kate Nelligan, we are inspired by it. Whatever Fresh Lobsters, Steamers, Mussels ~ Live or cooked to order Fourth of July Events ...... PAGES 18 & 19 its nature, change is a powerful force. It's also Great Selection of Wines and Beer Theatre Review ...... PAGE 21 a kind of fountain of youth. Take-out or eat in our scenic ocean-view picnic area Fishing Report ...... PAGE 22 Every adjustment, every shift, every change in course, is a kind of adventure – and as the www.poollobster.com It's Like This ...... PAGE 25 Wells Angels remind us, adventure keeps us Phone orders welcome young. So I say, go ahead. Change it up. PoolLike us on Lobster at Goldthwaite’s/Pool Company Lobster Activities ...... PAGES 26 & 27 in scenic Biddeford Pool “To a young heart, everything is fun.” 3 Lester B. Orcutt Blvd. • Biddeford Pool • 207-284-5000 Nightlife ...... PAGE 30 (Charles Dickens) Out & About ...... PAGE 31 Indeed it is. Kitchen open daily for the season. Breakfast weekends only 7 to 10 AM

Our Cover Artist Kingsley Gallup Kate Nelligan is best known Owner and Publisher for her colorful graphic designs originating from cut Graphics Editor paper collages and block Geraldine Aikman prints. Her coastal designs Contributing Writers and patterns are reminiscent of summers in TouristFaith Gillman. News Dana Pearson, Staff her favorite place, her home town of Ken- Valerie Marier, Kristin Kuehnle, Jo O'Connor, nebunkport. For many years, she worked as Steve Hrehovcik, Greg Metcalf, Rob Coburn a product designer developing collections for the gift and home decor markets until Distribution Bookkeeping for launching her own design collection, all David Spofford Irene Seltzer See Pages with a coastal flair. From pillows and rugs Tourist News Fourth to bags and tableware, Kate’s lively prints 7 Chase Hill Road 18 & 19 and products can be found in her store in Kennebunk, Maine 04043 of July the Port, where she enjoys interacting locals www.touristnewsmaine.com and visitors alike. Come visit Kate Nelligan [email protected] Events Design at 30 Dock Square. 207-204-0055

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Faith Valerie Rob Dana Jo Steve Gillman Marier Coburn Pearson O’Connor Hrehovcik has called is a free- is a is a writ- is a local began as an Ken- lance market- er, musi- writer advertising nebunk journal- ing strat- cian, and with deep copywrit- home for ist who egist and inveterate roots in er, then 30 years. has trav- copywrit- movie- the Ken- shifted to A freelance writer/editor eled the world writer. He’s written feature goer who lives in Ken- nebunks. She is the feature articles, film, by night and loan pro- ing for magazines articles, speeches, TV and nebunk with his wife mother of twins, the theater and television cessor by day, Faith has and newspapers. She radio commercials, print Diane. Though he loves founder lead singer of scripts, ghost writing written for numerous moved to Maine from ads, brochures, blogs and where he is, he enjoys the local band The Dock and editing. He has been Maine-based magazines the New York metro- websites but never un- leaving from time to Squares, and an artist with Tourist News since and newspapers in the politan area thirty years der his own name. He’s time, if only to relish who creates driftwood 2006. He is also an artist last several decades. She’s ago. She considers the from away but is here to the sensation of coming and sea glass art. With creating illustrations of happiest when sharing Kennebunks home but stay. He’s a Registered home again. He can be boundless energy, she homes, portraits, ani- the stories of the people loves every inch of the Maine Guide in training found gardening, skim- also teaches Zumba and mals, caricatures and and places that make Pine Tree State. Val is and leads summer bike ming stones, cultivating aqua classes. Her career children’s books. He and Maine the best place to a happy wife, moth- tours that include mostly his beard, and referring has included marketing his wife Carol have lived be in every season. When er and grandmother accurate Maine facts and to himself in the third and communications in Kennebunk for al- she’s not writing, Faith who also enjoys knit- trivia. Rob, Wendy and person. Find his novels positions for the Boston most 50 years. His book spends the majority of her ting and reading, golf their son Steve live in Two Birds and The Mural- Celtics, the Boston Gar- Rebel Without A Clue time with George – that and travel, and writes Kennebunk. Rob looks ist, as well as No, But Seri- den/FleetCenter, CBS – A Way-Off Broadway is when she’s not busy about them in her week- forward to contributing ously: 1994-2007, a collec- Radio, Sonesta Hotels, Memoir is available on maintaining her reputa- ly blog, Wandering articles on the outdoors, tion of humor columns and the Wang Center his website: www.ken- tion as the “Kennebunk With Val (www.wan- beer, wine and spirits. at www.amazon.com/ for the Performing Arts. nebunkartstudio.com. Dance Lady.” deringwithval.com). author/danapearson. TOURIST NEWS, JUNE 28 - July 4, 2018 PAGE 3 The Wells Angels: Young at Heart and Just a Little Bit Wild by Faith Gillman The Wells Angels even take the entire day; enjoy It all started with a have their own logo, many stops along the way birthday present for Beth which was designed by and plan our ‘close to home Keenan a few years back. the daughter of one of the dinner stop’ at Congdon’s “I received a scooter riders. After Dark,” she said. and as others tried riding “The next thing we The whole idea is to it, I said “I can do this! know, we have tee shirts, have fun and stay young This is fun,” said Keenan, a then a sweatshirt or a jacket at heart at any age. Mostly Massachusetts native who with the logo,” said Keen- the Wells Angels ride for summered in Wells for 50 an. “It has a life of its own “sheer enjoyment,” accord- years and now lives full and we are going along for ing to Carol Steingart, one time in Maine. “At first it the ride and loving it.” of the newer members of was used for transportation Amy Picotte is from a the group. to the store, to the beach, to small town in central Mas- “I bought a scooter in volunteer or for work.” sachusetts but has been 2014 to ride around town Soon Keenan joined coming to the area for four with and do errands—and with other scooter riders decades, owning a home in for ice cream runs,” said for outings, and the group, Wells for the last 21 years. Steingart, a marine edu- A few members of the Wells Angels were happy to show off their scooters on a Saturday which goes by the moniker She purchased her first cator who lives on Wells morning on Wells Beach; from left, Carol Steingart, Joyce Hartmann, Colleen O’Brien, “Wells Angels,” was born. scooter about five years Beach and owns Coast Beth Keenan, Amy Picotte and Nancy Wolff. Photo by Faith Gillman “The name? Well, a few ago. Picotte, who has been Encounters. than you think. We all have of us had been Harry’s An- dubbed the “head angel” Riding alone was fun for extra layers and gloves in gels in a golf league,” said by other riders, said there Steingart but a bit lonely. our seat compartments.” Keenan. “Then a couple are many reasons she be- Then a mutual friend intro- And just how are the of us found helmets with longs to the group. duced her to Amy Picotte. Wells Angels received in little angels on them, so we We have similar in- “We instantly hit it off. the motorcycle world? terests in She told me of the Wells “We were invited to nature and Angels and that was my make an appearance at exploration ticket to enjoying my new Bentley’s last fall, thanks to and life vehicle,” said Steingart. Teresa Andreoli, owner of seems to “We are perfect weather Arundel Ice Cream who told slow down scooters. It’s like surfing. Bentley’s manager about to a good When conditions are right, us. We were apprehensive Born to be…well, a little wild. The Wells Angels show off pace when we text each other and go. thinking we’d might get their matching jackets. Photo by Faith Gillman you’re on It’s a hoot to ride with the harassed when we arrived,” a scooter,” Angels. Behind my helmet said Steingart. “But we re- being hosted there. The fun- “We are treated like Rock she said. I’m giggling like a little kid. ceived the warmest wel- niest thing was determining Stars! Everyone we have “The best We sound tough but we’re come from everyone includ- where to park among all the come in contact with in the thing about just a bunch of middle age ing Bentley himself. And it Secret Service vehicles.” scooter /motorcycle world it is being people enjoying a ride out so happened that President Picotte is thrilled with that has passed by us gives together in the open frontier.” The Wells Angels were welcomed by Bentley and Mrs. Bush were there the reception the Wells us a wave or a nod,” she said. and experi- The Wells Angels have Warren himself at Bentley’s Saloon in too, making an appearance Angels receive every- “It’s just plain fun, fun, fun!" encing new taken trips to Mount Aga- Arundel. Photo courtesy of Carol Steingart at a children’s cancer event where they go. adventures. menticus for the sunset, laughed about the angel We all appreciate the great Kittery Foreside for lunch, thing and then thought outdoors. A few of us are to Nubble Light for ice “why not be the Wells members of Great Works cream, and have spent Angels?” Regional Land Trust, Laud- time just exploring back The group has grown to holm Farm and The Eastern and coastal roads. But stay- 10 women and four men, Trail.” ing safe, avoiding roads who buzz around mainly The group is loosely with posted speed limits on 49cc Honda Metropoli- structured, with a hand- of more than 35 mph and tan or Buddy scooters. ful of planned trips in the the weather are some of the They work or are retired warmer weather. Picotte challenges they face. from a wide range of fields, said the Wells Angels plan “Riding solo is a risk. including education and coastal and inland country- Drivers tend not to see you the business and medical side rides approximately ev- easily. But in a pack with industries and range in ery other week, depending the Angels everyone stops age from 30 to nearly 70. on weather and schedules. and takes notice, waving Keenan said the men who “We have a ride to Port- us along and smiling as ride with the Wells Angels land Headlight planned we pass,” said Steingart. “remain anonymous most this week. It is 110 miles “Weather is another chal- of the time.” round-trip, but we will lenge. It’s much colder

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Outside put it, “It’s not that we’re level surfaces. the Ogunquit Playhouse, never done, it’s that we’re “I remember with La another group stood at at- never happy with what’s Cage, we built these walls, tention, awaiting the signal done.” and when we put them that the final performance It’s that level of self-crit- up, there were these gaps of the Leiber-Stoller hit icism that ensures the high- in the seams,” said Dolan. parade had come to an end. est level of quality in the On top of that, “at the old Like a politician’s cam- sets presented to audiences site, we’d have to paint paign team, this group is at the Ogunquit Playhouse. outside. And of course it always working, though “The shows became big- would rain.” there comes a time – crunch ger after Brad arrived,” Dolan’s problems were time – when all pistons are said Dolan, referring to solved by renting the Molly firing and a well-choreo- Artistic Director Brad Ken- Trolley building from long- graphed plan must be ex- ney, who came on board time Playhouse supporter ecuted to achieve success. in 2005, two years before Stillman Bradish, who had Tim Becze and Cheryl Dolan, assistant scenic charge and resident scenic charge, respectively, This is the changeover. Dolan’s arrival. “The vision moved his base of opera- paint the sky for the Ogunquit Playhouse’s 75th anniversary production of Oklahoma! There is a narrow win- always starts with Brad, tions to Wells. By 2013, dow in which to strike one and he insists on giving the Dolan’s two dozen-strong the help of 14 over-hires – structed for the 1998 West The floor was particu- set and load in and erect biggest and best product. crew, previously split be- those brought on part-time End revival. Described larly important for Oklaho- another, and that window We’ve upped our game.” tween the Playhouse and for the changeover – the as “a little worn out” by ma!, which features a ballet opens the moment the au- Considerably. Since the Boston Road facility, Café set, with its bar, spiral Dolan, it arrived at the sequence (the first one to be dience has filed out into the Kenney has turned the had moved entirely to the staircases, and 242 old ra- Boston Road workshop a incorporated in a Broad- parking lot Saturday night. Playhouse into an all-musi- new location. dios, was loaded into three month in advance, giving way musical). On Monday It closes by Wednesday cal venue while stretching Ogunquit’s only ap- 53-foot-long trucks and, by him time to “look it over, morning, crew members evening, when the next the season from 10 to 26 proved manufacturing site, noon, sent off to New York take notes, take pics, see were hammering sections show has its first preview weeks (including a Christ- with a main workshop, ga- for its off-Broadway run. if anything is damaged.” of Masonite flooring on performance. But even af- mas show at the Music Hall rage, and storage building “For 10 to 15 minutes on With five carpenters on the stage, which measures ter all the hard work of the in Portsmouth), Cheryl Far- totaling 7,900 square feet, early Sunday morning, the hand, he is able to modify 32 feet wide and about 30 intervening four days, that ley, Director of Marketing, was purchased by the Play- stage is bare,” said Dolan. and augment a set, though feet deep. As Romanoff doesn’t mean they’re done. Communications, and Pa- house at the end of 2016. But then comes the load-in. they never cut or reduce pointed out, the floor has “We’re always tweak- tron Services, says annual Included with the sale was The truck with the Okla- it in any way, and always to be perfectly smooth and ing and modifying,” said revenues have risen from the residence, used by sea- homa! set – including the with permission. One mi- seamless for the ballet to be Technical Director and $1 million to $10 million. sonal crew members who surrey with the fringe on nor change, for example, performed without a hitch. now, joked Dolan, don’t top – is unloaded backstage is that they repainted the Six makeshift tables have much of an excuse for as crew members begin smokehouse. straddled seats in the the- being late to work. hanging new configura- Dolan said they work ater recently occupied by “It was a rather long tions of lights and projec- on a technical run-through patrons. These large tables, Elizabeth Rose strike,” said Dolan of the tions, while others work Sunday night (another “10 interconnected by a dizzy- first phase of the change- House on the flooring, which is out of 12,” meaning 10 ing array of cables, allowed over between Smokey Bed & Breakfast custom painted for every hours of work within a the sound designers, stage Joe’s Café and Oklahoma! 61 Fletcher Street, production. 12-hour period), so that manager, lighting/pro- “Because of the unusual Kennebunk, Maine That first crew works the cast can rehearse Act I jections crew, director/ amount of electronics on for 12 hours straight. A by Monday afternoon and choreographer, production phone 207-467-3599 stage, we were delayed by Hans and Marjorie tiring gig, but not what it evening. manager, and producers cell 207-216-1147 two hours.” used to be. Another 10 out of 12 to complete their tasks Ruediger That delay, however, elizabethrosehouse.com “Years ago we worked Monday night ensures that without tripping over each did not push back the till we dropped,” said Act II is ready to go on Tues- other. It being a musical, a scheduled spacing re- Dolan. “But that’s not effec- day. By Wednesday morn- rehearsal piano was also at hearsal at 7PM Sunday, tive. Now it’s 12 on, 12 off.” ing, the electronics have the ready. when the new cast becomes The Oklahoma! set is been completed, the props Although Dolan’s team familiar with the dimen- a rental from California, are finished, and the crew will make adjustments to sions of the stage. With having originally been con- can start painting the floor. sets, it isn’t uncommon for the Ogunquit Playhouse to bring people aboard who are intimately familiar with them. On Monday, Romanoff gestured toward a man pacing the stage, eyeing the crew’s progress. “That’s Michael Allen,” he said. Come to find, Al- len was on the design team that adapted the Broadway revival for the national tour. Following the plan, the set was complete by Wednesday afternoon in time for a press photo shoot Taylor Quick and Stephen Mark Lukas Taylor and dress rehearsal. A few hours later, an audience filed in for the first preview. And two days later, the Ogunquit Playhouse opened its doors for the official opening night performance of the 75th an-

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Kate Nelligan: Local Girl Makes Good. . . Really Good. by Valerie Marier dent and creator-owner lines. I liked how the colors ing up in Kennebunk. Her my life, but honestly, I The “Breast Cancer Artistic inspiration can of Kate Nelligan Design ‘talked’ together.” mother, Judith Merrow, never thought I was espe- Diaries” related WCSH re- strike anywhere. For Kate (formerly Local Color) at What emerged from remembers four-year-old cially good.” porter Ann Murray Paige’s Nelligan, it happened on a 30 Dock Square saw more that creative brainstorm Kate using magic mark- She actually thought she courageous, albeit losing, summer night while dining than a wall of painted in 2011 was Nelligan’s ers to draw “intricate de- would become a writer. battle against breast cancer. at the Ramp on the Cape buoys. She recognized a “mothership,” a 20”x20” signs all over the beautiful At Berwick Academy in Nelligan edited 100 hours Porpoise pier, one of her design. canvas pillow that first white comforter on her South Berwick, Maine, of raw footage down to an favorite local restaurants. “I went home, pumped appeared on a corner shelf bed. When she went to the Kate shined in her English hour-long documentary. She couldn’t stop staring up the music, and began in Holly Ross’ shop in the library, the only books she classes. Later she studied She also wrote screenplays, at the rainbow medley of cutting paper into differ- Galleries at Morning Walk, brought home were Ed Em- communications at the one even placing as a final- lobster buoys hanging on ent shapes,” Kate recalls. Kennebunk. That mother- berley’s drawing books,” University of Southern ist in the Sundance Film an outside wall. “I rearranged stripes cer- ship has since cruised full Merrow says. Maine in Portland, honing Festival two years in a row. Something just clicked. tain ways, and added con- speed ahead, selling explo- Nelligan calls her a passion for screen writ- But even while consid- The Kennebunkport resi- trasting colors with simple sively up and mother “my ing. When a local friend ering a writing career, Kate down the rock and asked her to edit a docu- never stopped dreaming East coast. In my founda- mentary about breast can- about having her own de- its ever-wid- tion,” and cer, Kate jumped at the ening wake credits her chance. – continued on next page are Nelligan- (today, any- designed way!) for home acces- the “no-TV sories with a during the colorful, nau- week” rule tical theme, in the Mer- including row house- napkins, dishes, coasters hold. “Mom played and and more. read to us all the time, and “When I figured out organized countless art how to translate those pa- projects,” Nelligan says. per cuts to a digital design At seven, Kate created file that I could manipu- her first fish design, an late and turn into repeat eight-inch sculpture cast patterns, that’s when the in sand and decorated with faucet turned on full blast turquoise sea glass. At 10 — and it’s never stopped,” she gathered rocks along From Kate's collection of handmade stamps tourist news 5x7 Nelligan said with a laugh. Mothers Beach, then paint- Actually, that creative ed and sold them on the Issue 8 faucet had been gushing sidewalk in front of KBIA. since the late 1960s, when During her teen years, Kate was a little girl grow- “Kate sat at my old Singer June 28, 2018 - 4th of July for hours and decorated Kennebunk native Kate Nelligan lives her passion for design clothes,” her mother said. Nelligan hand-crafted coupon books for Father’s Day (“Good for one huge Big Daddy’s Sundae ooz- ing with hot fudge!”) and made photo coasters for family Christmas gifts. At a friend’s urging, she sold her line of barrettes to Marlowe’s on Main Street, Kennebunk. She says, “I’ve created and designed all A young Kate gets a kick out of a mower ride

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sign company. She says, had made Kate laugh out ums grace the doorway. Kate Nelligan: Local Girl Makes Good. . . Really Good. “As a product designer loud when she was only The technicolor contin- working for companies two months old, was the ues inside on the shelves, like Foreside, I was often wind in her sails. “He was with placemats and nap- part of a design team and my coach,” she says. “I kins, melamine bowls and many times I felt my origi- could feel him telling me plates, jazzy socks, aprons, nal ideas were getting ‘lost to go for it. I had to try. His tunics, dresses, tee shirts, in committee’ decisions.” death made me realize that nearly all with a fish/boat/ As she was mulling her life is so short.” clam/lobster theme. “The future, Nelligan suffered A 5x7 photo of Norman colors are so happy, it’s the most painful loss of Merrow sits in a frame on hard to stay in a bad mood her life when her father, Kate’s desk at the shop. The in here,” Kate says with a Norman Merrow, died in initials “CEO” are etched smile. January 2012. Her dad, on the top of the frame. “I Now launching her who Judith Merrow said talk to him every day,” she third season, Nelligan, 55, says. “I took his belief has changed the shop name in me and decided from Local Color to Kate to switch gears and Nelligan Design. “We have design a collection of the same great merchan- my own. That’s when dise, but I’m doing it for the fun really began.” legal and practical reasons. In early sum- That design process mer, 2016, Nelli- starts on a cork wall in gan opened Local her Kennebunkport home, Color just off Dock which she shares with Square in the heart husband James and son of Kennebunkport. Liam. “I put on reggae, The 900-square-foot jazz or classical music, shop is a cornucopia throw ideas and colors up of color, inside and on the cork wall and work The exterior of Kate Nelligan Design in Dock Square is as colorful as the interior out. Bright orange into the night,” she says. Grundens and flower She admires artist Henri Nelligan believes she pots cascading with Matisse and his “paper is a true Aquarian, which red and pink gerani- cut-outs,” and uses this means she is inventive, technique with her X-acto independent, free-spirit- Kate and son Liam circa 1998 knife. “Most of my fish de- ed, truthful and curious. signs started this “There are few things I way,” she says. enjoy more than putting Perhaps the an idea together,” she says, biggest influence “whether it’s a screenplay, on Kate Nelligan’s a pillow or a clam shell life, however, are pattern. I like making it her Maine roots happen.” Is she ever! and surround- ings. “I just love beautiful Maine,” she says. “Going on our boat to the islands off Cape Porpoise, or to the cove off Lords Point, or just being on the water, or in the water, is my favorite place to be.”

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MAINELY AUTHORS Hemingway Got it Started for this Maine Storyteller Mainely Authors is a Q & always writing something; hilarity, the deep, some- or bit of dialogue is better Strout’s Ol- A interview with a Maine au- columns for school news- times rough integrity and than dazzling them with ive Kitter- thor that is featured in every papers and magazines. It character, the humorous word skills. idge (Ran- issue of Tourist News. Kristen never occurred to me to try appraisal of more rari- You have published dom House Kuehnle, owner of Fine Print writing fiction until I read fied lives. It could be the both short stories and Trade, 2008) Booksellers in Dock Square in Hemingway’s early story same if I lived somewhere novels. Do you have a dif- or Monica Kennebunkport, asks Maine collection, In Our Time else, though; ferent writing Woods’s authors about their writing (Originally published in it’s more cir- process for ei- Ernie’s process and about authors 1924). The collection taught cumstance than ther? Is either Ark:Stories they enjoy reading. me that “literary” fiction conscious choice more difficult? (Chroni- Jim Nichols, the author could be spare and evoca- since I’m one I think the cle Books, for this issue writes short- tive, could be told largely of those small- writing pro- 2002). I took stories and novels. His through action and dia- town Mainers, cess is the it back and fiction has been nominated logue, and didn’t necessar- a with family same, unfortu- spent an- for different prizes, and ily have to be brilliant on going back to nately: a slow other five in 2012, Hull Creek was the surface. Hemingway’s the early 1600’s slog through months rec- a runner-up for the 2012 writing engaged me in a here. revision after reating the Maine Book Award for Fic- way that more celebrated How would revision until stories so tion. Closer All the Time, stylists’ efforts never had. you describe you’ve written they all took the novel discussed in this You felt that you under- your work, in out all the bad place in the Author Jim Nichols interview, won the 2016 stood it. terms of your writing style or inapplicable parts. I same town, Maine Literary Award for Does living in Maine and your subjects? wish I were more fluent, with recurring characters, wondering whether he’d Fiction. Nichols lives in influence your work, and I’m more interested in but it doesn’t seem that’s over a limited time span. approve of what I was Maine; and when not writ- if so, how? authentic narrative and un- going to happen. I find I also had to write three doing. Early on he had ing, he is a pilot, singer, I’m fascinated by my der-the-surface craft than I writing a novel much more new stories, or chapters, to helped me get a story pub- actor, and beekeeper. fellow Mainers, especially am stylish prose or compli- difficult; basically, you fill in the gaps. I was very lished, and introduced What inspired you to working men and women cated story lines. I believe have to write thirty im- happy about this after- the story, in Esquire. He write fiction? who live in small towns. that stunning the reader peccable short stories and ward because it brought subsequently hooked me I’m a lifelong lover of I love trying to capture with a perfectly timed and make them all work with a new character named up with his agent and he reading and books and was them: the tenacity, the dry executed scene, sentence one another! It can be more Early Blake to life, and he was a twenty-year corre- fun, though, because you became one of my all-time spondent/advisor when it have more room to explore. favorites. came to writing. Is there a common What was most person- What authors have influ- theme that connects your al about this book for you? enced your work? Who is work? Probably the chapter your favorite author, if you Everything I write titled “Tomi”, because it had to choose one? seems to have to do with a derived from a true-life Ernest Hemingway, longing or yearning to con- discovery I made about Tobias Wolff, Raymond nect. We’ve been turned my own mother’s first mar- Carver, Richard Ford, Car- loose in this world with a riage to a doomed fighter son McCullers, Steinbeck, desire to join hearts with pilot. Heinlein, Cheever, John someone else, but without Of your work, do you O’Hara, Alice Munro are all the tools we need to have a favorite? just a few. Contemporaries make it happen. We try I’m not sure that I do. would definitely include our best, getting into all My favorite right now is Monica Wood and Eliza- 27 Western Ave., Kennebunk Lower Village sorts of trouble, hoping the novel I’m working on. beth Strout. My current Reservations 207-204-0860 or Open Table that if we’re persistent, I definitely have favorite top-shelfies are Munro h it’ll all work out. And endings, though. There’s and the Canadian writer Casual Dining Wednesday – Saturday, 5 to Close sometimes it does, but of- a short story called “Slow Howard Norman. ten it doesn’t—and there’s Monkeys” from Slow Mon- What are you working Craft Cocktails • Raw Bar a story to tell. keys and Other Stories on now? How would you How did you come up (Carnegie-Mellon Univer- describe the work? Fireside Dining on the Terrace with Closer All The Time sity Press, 2003) that has I’m revising a novel Oyster Happy Hour • 5-6:00PM (Islandport Press, 2015)? an ending hard to beat. tentatively titled Blue Sum- Sunday Live Jazz Brunch The novel started out There’s another in Closer mer. It’s set in small-town as unrelated short stories, All The Time’s chapter, Maine, and it’s about a most of which had been “Ted”, that comes pretty musician who is necessar- For July 4th Special Hours & Events Check Us Out at published in magazines close. I love endings that ily returning home after a and lit journals. When I work so well they seem 20-year absence, knowing submitted them as a col- inevitable. he’ll have to face up to www.spatoystercellar.com or lection to Islandport Press, Who has been the big- certain deadly ghosts, and

I was asked by Genevieve gest influence on your hoping he can pull it off. And Announcing Opening Downstairs: Morgan, their fiction edi- work? tor, to consider revising the Probably Norman Mail- manuscript so as to connect er. For a long time, I had Kristen the stories, a la Elizabeth him in mind when I wrote, Kuehnle is an avid reader, “turned” 207-967-9989 Call Store columnist, for Updated who moved to Maine from Salem, Hours Mass. She retired from Open Friday & Saturday at 5PM Salem State University Raw Bar • Craft Cocktails • Bar Menu in 2016 and now serves on the SSU faculty as professor emerita. Since retiring, Kristen opened a book store, Fine Print Booksellers, in Dock Square, Kennebunkport. She is the mother of two sons and a happy grandmother. Reading is a pas- Best Sellers sion. One of her favorite Maine Authors • Children’s Books expressions is “Open a Book and open a mind”.

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SPIRITS It's Maine in a Glass with this Thoughtfully-Crafted Gin by Rob Coburn cused on creating a specific were going for juniper with- said, “Bimini is an amazing It’s the perfect moment type of gin – one inspired by out the pine sap aftertaste. product. We use it in our of late afternoon sun, ocean the coast of Maine. He said, I kept thinking that part of Garden Gin & Tonic -- made view, good friends, and a sea “In looking at gins in the what made that Maine sum- with Bimini Gin, Hibiscus, breeze – if only you could marketplace, the focus was mer taste was an IPA style of and Fever Tree Tonic. This capture it in a bottle to take looking back to tradition. beer and when I saw a refer- beautifully crafted Ameri- with you and savor. Big brands were touting a ence in a 19th century book can style gin is balanced That was part of the mo- traditional recipe that went on American distilling to perfectly with a pleasant tivation for Darren Case and back decades or longer.” hops, I started experiment- citrus touch, but also con- Kristina Hansen to come Beefeater, ing with hops tains enough botanicals to back to Maine and start for example, as one of the know you’re drinking a Round Turn Distilling. The is a London botanicals in quality gin.” He likes to use local couple had gone to Dry gin with the recipe,” Bimini in as many cocktails New York City for work. roots to 1863. Case said. as he can. Round Turn captures the essence of a relaxing time by the water. He was in advertising and Even mak- They per- When Round Turn first she worked in jewelry de- ers of new fected the opened they had no in- mill next to Portland Pie and heat from his hand away sign. After about 6 years American Gin recipe after a tention of becoming Bid- Banded Brewing. When you from the ice in the glass. of the city life the lure of (which is a long process deford’s cocktail bar. They visit, you’ll learn more about Darren and Kristina Maine kept calling and they style of gin) were looking to of experimentation. It in- had a folding table in case the variety of tonics avail- would be glad to make you began to devise a strategy the past for inspiration. The cludes juniper, grapefruit someone wanted to come able to try there or purchase their version of the drink – for building a business that Round Turn team took a dif- peel, hops, coriander seed, in and buy a bottle. The tast- to take home. The Bimini Special. If you’d would bring them home. ferent approach and set out chamomile, orris root and ing room is now a peaceful, While the Maine coast like to try it at home Bimini The craft distilling industry to embrace summertime in aromatic barely malt. It’s relaxing place featuring only inspires the gin, the name gin is available locally as was growing and visits to Maine and use that inspira- called Bimini and really one kind of alcohol -- their is from the Hemmingway well as in 10 other states. distilleries got the wheels tion to drive both the flavor does capture summertime Bimini gin. novel Islands in the Stream To make the Bimini Spe- turning. profile and the branding. seaside Maine. The tasting room is open set on the island of Bimini. cial start with chipped ice in They opened Round They didn’t discard the Making gin at Round Tuesday, Wednesday and The drink of choice for the a tall glass, add ½ oz of fresh Turn in Biddeford in June of idea that gin has to taste like Turn starts with grinding Thursday from 4-9 and Fri- main character in the book is lime juice, 2 oz of Bimini 2015 after about 18 months juniper. They didn’t think and mixing the botanicals day and Saturday from 2-10 made with gin, coconut wa- gin, 4 oz of coconut water of planning and prepara- that it needed to feel like you and adding them to a high- with hours on Sunday from ter, lime and angostura bit- and 3 dashes of Angostura tion. Darren had been fo- just ate a pine three. “We quality neutral alcohol base. 12-6. It’s located at 32 Main ters. He drinks it wrapped bitters. They sit in two separate Street in Biddeford in the in a paper towel to keep the Cheers. tanks for a few days and then are blended back together and re-distilled. The gin now sits in a tank for at least six weeks before bot- Come check out Trillium! tling. The bottling process A great shop that is thrilled to be part of the Biddeford Renaissance is a friends and family affair with all hands on deck for the 1000 to 1200 bottle runs. They now bottle once or twice a month. 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LOCAL HEROES Landry is Coach, Mentor, Father, Husband and Friend by Valerie Marier is “nonstop everywhere High School, says, “Adam To a person, ev- Welcome to “Local He- and for everybody. I don’t Landry gives kids rides to eryone asked about roes” – a regular feature in think he sleeps,” says Scott football and baseball prac- Adam Landry had Tourist News about local Corey, MAYFC secretary. tice if their parents are un- nothing but non- people or organizations who “I drive by the base- able to. He donates his eve- stop praise and we find inspiring, because ball fields on my way to nings to the weight room deep affection for of their dedication to making work at 6:30 AM and he’ll to keep it open for all kids. the 40-something this world a better place. This be out there liming the He coaches youth softball, MAYFC chairman week's local hero is Adam base lines and raking the youth football and a youth who sports a bushy Landry. field,” MAYFC treasurer basketball program. He is black beard and Few photos ever show Rebecca Hernandez says. a hero to the underdog and enough tattoos to Adam Landry hunkered “He wants the kids to have is constantly looking for give Grandma the down in an armchair with fun, he wants to help them ways to lift kids up.” vapors. Landry’s his feet propped up on an grow, and no matter what Adds Coach Dave Cas- day job is at Cen- ottoman. The Waterboro the sport, he’s there to tro, “What makes Adam tral Furniture & resident and chairman of help.” special is that he always Appliances, Inc. MAYFC (Massabesic Area Brendan Scully, ath- sees the glass half-full. in Sanford, but it’s Youth Football and Cheer) letic director of Massabesic When he coaches a team, his time spent with Coach Adam Landry spurring on two Mustang football players it’s never ‘That kid isn’t the kids that stirs his good enough.’ It’s always, passions. ‘That kid has so much po- “I think MAYFC is the In 1998, tential.’” premier youth organiza- Landry grad- tion in New England,” uated from Landry says. This non- Bonny Eagle profit football and cheer- High School Experiences ing program supports the in Standish. youth of Alfred, Limer- Six years Personal Assistant Services ick, Lyman, Newfield, ago he vol- Shapleigh and Waterboro. unteered to Pet Sitting • Childcare Those programs include coach a sev- Personal Shopping flag football for boys and enth and From the recent & Errands girls in grades K-2, foot- eighth grade OPEN to the hard-to-find, Time Management ball for boys and girls in MAYFC foot- Wed.-Sat. 1000s of mysteries. Booking Travel grades 3-8, and cheering ball team. His for grades K-8. dedication, 10 AM–5:30 PM From classics and cozies Coordinating Meetings to tough guys and Organizing Correspondence “We are all volunteers spirit and hu- and everyone gives so mility imme- thrillers. Creative Projects Event Planning Assistance much,” Landry says. “We diately caught work hard to get top notch the eye of oth- equipment for the kids, er coaches and 1 Bourne St. • Downtown Kennebunk • 985-8706 including the best helmets volunteers, (Just steps off Main St., behind Xtramart) Debra 862.206.9427 and uniforms. We raise and he was www.mainelymurders.com money through our pro- soon named gram registration, with MAYFC chair- active fund raising and man. Adam Landry offering encouragement with the support of local “I’m happy to his Mustang team member sponsors year after year. to do whatev- And it’s not about me. This er I can to help the orga- part is being on the field is truly a group effort.” nization but my favorite with the kids,” Landry says. “It’s a pleasure and a labor of love.” Landry’s sartorial selection will probably never earn him a spot on the Best Dressed list. When he’s not clad in his green Mustang team shirt, he wears a hooded sweatshirt and khaki shorts year- round, “even when I’m snowplowing my drive- way,” he says. “The kids give me a hard time about my outfit, but I’m comfortable.” “He just goes above and beyond,” Corey says. “He and his wife ran a Turkey Trot to raise money. They had a garden built for one of our schools. Whether he’s on or off the field, he’s there and he’ll do 1513 Portland Road anything to help.” “Regardless of season Arundel, ME and time, all without pay or any expectation of pay, 207.985.3537 Adam is a terrific example to parents and kids alike,” WeirsBuickGMC.com Coach Brendan Scully says. “I can’t say enough about how great it is to have a man like Adam committing his time to our programs at all levels. He is a terrific example to 25 Dock Square - Kennebunkport parents and kids alike.” 207.204.0396 www.jakdesigns.com Open 7 days a week TOURIST NEWS, JUNE 28 - July 4, 2018 PAGE 11

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IN THE ART WORLD Local Artist Merges Playfulness and Placidity by Trisha Winslow Hill Road beginning Sat- even more sim- “I am completely in- urday, June 30, on which plified, much less spired by water, sky, and date there will be an Artist detailed.” In her beach,” says Bethany Reception from 5 to 7 PM. latest series, Beach Harper Williams. “I love “I don’t like to paint the Days, the figures the big expanses of land- obvious. I like the viewer to are essentially scape. Couple this with the look and find new things simple strokes of changing ocean light, and like the shapes of colors, color. But as sim- it’s magic.” textures, playful shapes ple as these figures The work of Bethany and scribbles. The vast are, Williams cap- Harper Williams will areas of sky or beach or tures beautifully be featured at Shows on water give me the room the movement and Maine Art Hill at 10 Chase to play,” says Williams. interaction, the “When looked at up close, mood and activity. all these interesting and “I work most- unexpected shapes and ly with palette subtle textures and colors knives, big and can be found. Yet from a small, always us- In the Sun and Salty Air by Bethany Harper Williams distance, it is clearly a sky ing a palette knife or beach or water.” for my figures,” says Wil- described as having energy Williams often has fig- liams. “It helps me to stay but also a calmness and ures in her paintings. “I away from focusing on playfulness. “It is reflective am trying to capture a details,” she adds. “Re- of who I am,” she says. “I moment in time,” says Wil- cently I have started to am a doer. I’m very active. liams. “I’m not concerned bring brushes back into my I love sports, tennis, golf, with who the people are, work to add texture, but I biking, swimming, and but I’m trying to invoke a like using big brushes, like skiing.” At the same time, memory others can relate a broom!” Williams says, “I’m also a to. My people have become Williams’ work is often very relaxed, calm person. Bethany Harper Williams I love to travel, especially adventure traveling.” One gallery owner says this about Williams and her work: “Her work rep- resents the youthful energy of the present day Maine's largest group gallery, showing works by 75 artists yet has peaceful and calm roots planted in nostalgia. This paradox is expressed Sun-Kissed Umbrellas by Bethany Harper Williams beautifully in her simple yet sophisticated style of painting.” What does Bethany Harper Williams say about her own work? “It makes me happy that I get to do what I love and other people enjoy it too.” Chat with Williams in person on Saturday, June Heading South by Dylan Stark 30 to view her new works, Our 38th share a drink and a snack, Season and take in her work. Jean Briggs, Gallery Owner Shows on Maine Art Mast Cove Lane & Maine Street • Kennebunkport • 207-967-3453 Hill at 10 Chase Hill Road in Kennebunk is open daily at 10 AM. Bethany Harper Wil- liams’ show will run from June 21st - July 15th June 30 through July 19. FMI call 967-0049. 76 Arundel Road, Arundel Stonehome Estate Jewelers www.ArundelFarmGallery.com Buyers & Sellers Gallery Hours: Thursdays - Sundays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Specializing in Restoration & Repair

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"To plant a garden is to believe in Distinctive Audrey Hepburn River Tree Arts tomorrow." Maine & In Our 36th 100 x 100 Show New England Year Artisans Annual July Summer Solstice Craft Show in Wells, Maine

Enjoy the best of art and craft Saturday and Sunday, July 7 & 8, 2018 at a summer craft show that is a festive tradition in Wells: The Call to Artists Annual July Summer Solstice Craft Show. - and Save the Date - Now in its 36th year, the popular two-day Friday, August 10, 5 to 8 PM event will be held from 10 AM to 4 PMat the 4:30 Admittance for River Tree Members Wells Jr. High School on Route 1 (1470 Post Road), Wells. Enjoy a stroll through the renovated gal- This juried craft show features 70 + craft- lery, sipping a glass of wine and chatting ers and artists who display their handmade Barn Gallery Summer 2018 with friends old and new. wares inside and also outside on the Jr. High This festive event is designed to support grassy lawn. Traditional, contemporary and MID-SEASON the work of River Tree Arts, providing country crafts are featured. You’ll see stained EXHIBITIONS classes in the arts to students of all ages and glass, jewelry of all types, pottery, soaps, June 27~ July 28 exhibiting work of local artists. candles, wood crafts, fiber arts, graphics, Regional Artists: This annual fundraising event will fea- photography, handcrafted specialty foods An Open, Juried Show ture 100 paintings, photographs and mixed Sponsored by Kennebunk Savings and much more. Many of the crafters and OAA Expressions media by local artists, which will be sold artists have been coming back for years, and Showcases: for $100 each. This is a great opportunity to Gayle Fitzpatrick – Painting they look forward to making new products Michael Walek – Painting acquire an original piece of art at a reason- for their customers. [Showcases hang through Auction Aug. 4] Gayle Fitzpatrick able price while supporting the mission of The craft fair also includes music by folk Invited New England Sculptors River Tree. Barn Gallery, 207-646-8400 musician John Tercyak of Bar Harbor. His Shore Road & Bourne Lane, P.O. Box 794, Ogunquit, Maine 03907 River Tree Arts is enhancing the lives CDs will be available for sale at the show. Daily: 11 AM - 5 PM, Sunday 1 - 5 PM of our students by providing high quality John has a strong following and has received www.barngallery.org • [email protected] arts programming for students and adults. many accolades as a performer. Throughout the years, RTA has served Beach Dawgs Cafe will be offering lun- hundreds of students in both after school cheon specials. Their homemade, hearty and summer programs in dance, sewing, Maine fare will please all palates. The Old Bookshop metalsmithing, voice, piano, and many The craft show is held rain or shine. Park- more. Adults are inspired also, as RTA offers A. David Paulhus ing and Admission are FREE. classes designed to develop and to improve Rare Books, Paintings, Prints and Autographs For more information contact show direc- their talents while enjoying the company of tor Darr Littlefield at 646-5172, or visit sum- P.O. Box 264 fellow students in a comfortable and stimu- [email protected]. Also, visit www. 207-625-9167 27 Maple St. (Rte. 25) lating environment. www.rivertreearts.org. summersolsticecraftshows.com. [email protected] Cornish, ME 04020

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Saturday, June 30 at the Federated Church, United Church of Christ, in Sunday, July 8th 17th Annual York Gateway Farmers' Market, lot behind Chagrin Falls, OH. FMI www.oceanpark.org or 934-9068. “A Day at the the York Region Chamber of Commerce, 1 Stonewall Beach” Lane, next to Stonewall Kitchen York, 9 AM to 1 PM. Open Barn Day, BlixxHorses, 10 AM to 5 PM. Open Barn Every Saturday, May 26 to October 6. FMI 363-4422. Day is an event that priovides a glimpse of the horse 5K Road Race and 1K Kids Fun Run lifestyle and provides information on all aspects of horses, Race benefits the KBIA scholarship fund, Thursday June 28 horse care, and a variety of activities that can be enjoyed providing opportunities for local children Tai Chi and Qigong, Ocean Park Rec Hall, 22 Colby without riding. Included will be demonstrations and to attend summer camp, as well as Kids Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, 9-10 AM. $5. FMI www. and an opportunity to learn and interact with horse, as Free to Grow, the child abuse prevention oceanpark.org or 934-9068. well as a drawing for a Swag Bag, door prizes and more. council of York County. Free race t-shirts, BlixxHorses is a 501(c)(3) Night Hike, Wells Reserve at Laudholm, 342 Laudholm Educational organization. designed by a Kennebunk High School stu- Farm Rd, Wells, 8 to 9:30 PM. Enjoy a rare opportunity dent, will be given to the first 150 registered Donations welcome. FMI on to experience the Wells Reserve at Laudholm after dark. this event and more, visit participants. 7:30 AM – Packet pick-up and Watch the sun set, listen for nocturnal animals, visit Photo of the Week www.blixxhorses.org or the beach, and discover moon lore. Children who can same day registration starts; 8:30 AM – Kids call 985-1994. 1K Fun Run starts; 9 AM – 5K Road Race hike comfortably and quietly are welcome. Registration required. $7/$5. FMI wellsreserve.org or 646-1555. Monday July 2 Friday June 29 Yoga on the beach in Ocean Park, the foot of Friday, July 13, 6 PM Zumba Fitness Class, Ocean Park Rec Hall, 22 Colby Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, 9-10 AM. Cost $5. FMI www. Randall Avenue, Old 21st Edition Road Race oceanpark.org or 934-9068. Orchard Beach, 9 to 9:30 5K Run/Walk AM. Anyone from 5 to 105 is Free dinner for all registered Fairy House Building, Kennebunkport Conservation welcome to join registered participants, beer and wine Trust, 57 Gravelly Brook Rd., Kennebunkport, 3:30 to yoga teacher Anne Parsons Marchant at the water’s garden, live music and priz- 5:30 PM. Meet “Fairy House” author Tracy Kane who will edge for standing poses. es. Pre-registration online or read one of her books and offer expert tips as participants begin building their own houses along the Trust’s Fairy Wear comfortable clothes register same day: and sunscreen. FMI www. www.kennebunklibrary.org Ridge trail. Subsequent “Fairy Fridays” building days will be held July 13 & 27 and August 10 from 2 to 4 PM. oceanpark.org or 934-9068. Free and open to all ages who believe in fairies and fun! Kayaking on the Little RSVP: [email protected] or call 967-3465. River Estuary, 342 Laud- Welcome Summer! holm Farm Rd, Wells, 1 Baked Bean & Chop Suey Supper Saturday, June 30 to 4 PM. Paddle the quiet 17th Annual York Gateway Farmers' Market, lot be- Saturday, June 30 waters of a Maine estu- hind the York Region Chamber of Commerce, 1 Stone- ary, watching for wildlife First Congregational Church of Ken- wall Lane, next to Stonewall Kitchen York, 9 AM to 1 and learning about this PM. Every Saturday, May 26 to October 6. FMI 363-4422. treasured habitat from a nebunkport's summer suppers will take registered Maine Kayak place on the last Saturday of each month Member-Guest Day at the Museum, Brick Store Mu- Guide. For ages 12 and up and some restrictions ap- through October 2018. The next two seum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk. Museum Members and their guests are invited to enjoy a full day of ac- ply. Registration required. suppers will be held on Saturday, June tivities at the Museum. FMI call 985-4802 or visit www. FMI wellsreserve.org/ Wyatt, son of Erin and Paige Gott and grandson of Harriet and Jim 30th and Saturday, July 28th from 4:30 brickstoremuseum.org. kayak or 646-1555. Gott, owners of Bufflehead Cove Inn in Kennebunk, with his duck to 6 PM, (or once food is sold out), in the Owen. Photo by Shannon Gordon. church’s Ober Hall at 141 North St. The Seventh Annual Cornish Strawberry Festival, Route Zumba Fitness class, Ocean Park Rec Hall, 22 Colby Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, 9-10 costs are $8.00 per adult, and $4.00 per 25, Cornish Village, 9 Am to 3 PM. Fresh strawberries of every kind, a craft fair, live music performances and AM, for all ages conducted by Nancy Greenblatt. Cost $5. child under age 12. The church members local food vendors. This event donates 50% of the pro- FMI www.oceanpark.org or 934-9068. will be serving baked beans, hotdogs, ceeds to Sacopee Rescue. FMI www.cornish-maine.org. Tuesday July 3 Sunday, July 1 Yoga Fitness Class, Ocean Park Rec Hall, 22 Colby Morning Workshop in the Ocean Park Temple, 50 Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, 9 to 10 AM, for all ages Temple Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, 10:30 AM. Guest conducted by Susan Giarolo. Cost $5. FMI www. Seas the Day! preacher Rev. Hamilton Coe Throckmorton, Senior Pastor oceanpark.org or 934-9068. Enjoy a day of fishing or sight-seeing Ocean Park’s 21nd with Captain Greg Metcalf aboard Striper Swiper. Annual Sand Sculpture Grocery Deliveries to the Competition, on the Fridge beach between Randall ur .c o o Greater Kennebunkport Area and Ancona Avenues in l m il Old Orchard Beach, 9:30 to F To order please call: 12:30 PM. This year’s theme is Mysteries of the Deep. A Annette 207-702-7877 • Donna 207-702-7888 flyer with information and or email us at [email protected] rules for the competition will be available at the Convenient • Reliable • Safe Ocean Park Association We sail daily from Government Wharf, Ocean Ave., Kennebunkport. office at 14 Temple Avenue 401-617-9265 • Email: [email protected] in OOB after Memorial www.captaingregmetcalf.com To schedule a delivery please visit FillourFridge.com

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Day or at the site on the day of the competition. You must Ocean Park’s third annual Decorate-a-Dog Pack, register, either in advance and the Ocean Park Association between the Temple and Porter Hall, 50 Temple Avenue, garden decoration folk art & primitives office or on the beach the day of the event. Judging begins Old Orchard Beach, 9:40 AM. Join an assembly of Ocean wrought iron & tinware at 12:45 PM. Winners will be announced at 2 PM and will Park’s finest canine friends! Walk in the Independence Day be recognized at the Band Concert on July 4. Parade. Bandanas, balloons, and “treasure” bags provided. FMI www.oceanpark.org or 934-9068. 50 Temple Avenue. FMI www.oceanpark.org or 934-9068.

Stories in the Schoolhouse, York Corner Schoolhouse, Old Koncert Kazoo Band, Bell Tower in Ocean Park, 50 York’s historic York Corner Schoolhouse, 3 Lindsay Road, Temple Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, line up at 9:55 AM. on the York, 10:30 AM. The story for the kickoff to the Stories in and march in the parade. FMI www.oceanpark.org or er Har mmOpen Thurs. - Mon. 10 to 5 bo the Schoolhouse summer 934-9068. u r S Sunday 11 to 4, closed Tues. and Wed. program is Independence handcrafted country gifts

Cake: A Revolutionary Ocean Park’s 68th Annual Independence Day Parade. The Country Peddlar Shop Photo of the Week Confection Inspired Starts at the Bell Tower, 50 Temple Avenue, Old Orchard Harbor Rd., Wells (just off Rte.1 at the Fire Station) 646-6576 by Amelia Simmons, Beach, 10 AM. Free popsicles are provided for all young Whose True History Is parade participants after the parade, courtesy of Gordon Unfortunately Unknown and Patti Spence, owners of the Ocean Park Soda by Deborah Hopkinson (a Fountain. The parade will be followed by a concert given Giselle Potter (illustrator). by the Ocean Park Band at the Bell Tower. FMI www. After the story tour the oceanpark.org or 934-9068. historic Jefferds Tavern to sign the Declaration Square Dance, in the village square between Temple of Independence and try Avenue and West Grand, Old Orchard Beach, Old some Independence Cake. ORchard Beach, 7 PM. Come to Ocean Park and “scoot Space is limited, so be sure your boot” to some fun square and line dancing by caller to email Kathleen Shea at Ray Hilton. FMI www.oceanpark.org or 934-9068. The BEST Beer Store in 3 States [email protected], or call 363-4974. Coming Soon Over 1000 Imported & Domestic Wine Labels

Campfire in Old Orchard Saturday, July 7 5 Humidors with Premium Hand-Rolled Cigars, Beach, on the beach in HUGE Yard Sale, 54 River Road, Kennebunkport, 8AM including Ashton, Liga Privada & Arturo Fuente to 12 PM. Third annual event to benefit the Democrats of Ocean Park at the end Open Tuesday–Saturday, 10AM – 8 PM of Temple Avenue, Old the Kennebunks & Arundel. FMI: 207-229-4771. Orchard Beach, 7 PM. S’mores, campfire songs, Patriotic Concert and Ice Cream Social to Celebrate 207-641-8622 • Hannaford Plaza • Wells guitar players and silly Independence Day, Christ Church, 6 Dane St, Kennebunk, www.TullysBeerandWine.com skits. Bring your beach 3 PM. Patriotic music along with a Make-your-Own Ice blanket or chair and we Cream Sundae bar featuring locally-made ice cream from will have everything Shain’s of Maine. Christ Church Music Director “Maestro” else. Hosted jointly with Warren King has gathered some of the finest musicians Simple Open Daily Oceanwood Camp and and singers in the area to perform a varied program of Fresh May thru Oct. Conference Center and the patriotic music, with opportunities to sing along. Proceeds Seafood Wyatt, son of Erin and Paige Gott and grandson of Harriet and Jim Ocean Park Association. will benefit the missions of Christ Church, supporting the Gott, owners of Bufflehead Cove Inn in Kennebunk, with his duck Prepared with Care. FMI www.oceanpark.org homeless, the hungry, needy children, battered women, Owen. Photo by Shannon Gordon. Served with a View! or 934-9068. refugees, addiction recovery, and disaster relief. FMI Wed July 4 www.christchurchkennebunk.org, or call 985-4494. Ocean Parks’ Decorated Bicycle Contest, Rec Hall, 22 Colby Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, 9 AM. Pre-register Saturday and Sunday, July 7 and 8 the week of June 25 at the Rec Hall between 2 and 5 or Summer Solstice Craft Show, Wells Jr. High School the day of the contest starting at 8 am. Decorate your bike on Route 1 (1470 Post Road), Wells, 10 am to 4 PM. 70+ at home and bring it to the Rec Hall for judging. Prizes artists and crafers. FMI [email protected] will be awarded during the Band Concert following the or 646-5172,. Also, visit www.summersolsticecraftshows. parade. FMI www.oceanpark.org or 934-9068. com. For extended information see page 14 of this issue of Tourist News. Art Show and Sale, by the Saco Bay Artists, Ocean Thursday, July 19 134 Harbor Road • Wells Harbor Park on the Memorial Library lawn, 11 Temple Avenue, Affairs to Remember Auction, hosted by The Center, Old Orchard Beach, 9 AM to 4 PM. No cost. FMI www. 207-646-8780 to be held at the Kennebunk River Club Casino, Ocean oceanpark.org or 934-9068. Avenue, Kennebunkport. Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, www.fishermanscatchwells.com live and silent auctions showcasing the best of the region. Get your tickets at Locally crafted by 130+ Maine artisans the Center at 175 Port Road, Kennebunk or at www. Beach Toys • Board Games • Puzzles seniorcenterkennebunk. Kites • Pranks & Gags • Models org. Your ticket enters you Crafts • Stuffed Animals • Science in a raffle for a $5,000 prize And More! Look for more information Come meet ahead in upcoming issues Trevor, our 15 Ocean Ave. Tourist News. of Talking Tree! Kennebunkport www.foundinmaine.me 207-967-8336

OPEN DAILY 1 MILLS ROAD 7 AM TO 7 PM CAPE PORPOISE, MAINE WWW.CAPEPORPOISEKITCHEN.COM 207.967.1150 PAGE 18 TOURIST NEWS, JUNE 28 - July 4, 2018 FOURTH OF JULY: Fireworks, Parades and More! Kennebunk Ogunquit Wednesday, July 4 Wednesday, July 4 Music in the Park – The O Harrows Fireworks & Music with DJ Lafayette Park, Storer Street Main Beach (rain date July 5) 6:30 to 7:30 PM 9:15 PM

Fireworks 9 PM Old Orchard Beach Gooch's Beach Tuesday, July 3 Annual Ocean Park Sand Goose Rocks Beach Sculpture Competition Wednesday, July 4 Biddeford On the beach between Randall and 5 K Road Race Ancona Avenues Wednesday, July 4 Goose Rocks Beach Association 3 to 6 PM Music in the Park – Sibylline 9 AM 208 Main Street, Biddeford Wednesday, July 4 5:30-7:30pm Kids Bike Parade & Carnival Parade General Store & Community House 14 Temple Avenue Biddeford Pool 11 AM 10 AM Wednesday, July 4 Parade Wednesday, July 4 Route: L.B. Orcutt to Ocean Ave, to 7th Concert with Strafford Wind Symphony Street, to 1st Street, back to L.B.O. into Seaside Pavilion Village and ending at Vine’s Landing 6 to 8 PM 10:30 AM Wednesday – Friday, July 4, 5 & 6 Cook-Out Fireworks Biddeford Pool Volunteer Fire Dept. in front of Palace Playland Fundraiser Cook-Out, Vine’s Landing 9:45 PM 11:30 AM Fireworks at The Colony, photograph by Bob Dennis

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Sanford Wells Tuesday, July 3 Sunday, July 1 Fireworks Free Concert Number One Pond Air National Guard Band Dusk of the Northeast Hope Hobbs Gazebo, 331 Harbor Road Wednesday, July 4 1 to 3 PM Parade & Bicycle Parade Main Street York Beach 10 AM Sunday, July 1 York Beach Fire Department Annual Parade & Field Day Downtown York Beach & York Beach Ball Field 11:00 AM - 3 PM

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207-967-3331 thecolonyhotel.com 140 Ocean Ave, Kennebunkport, ME TOURIST NEWS, JUNE 28 - July 4, 2018 PAGE 21 Hackmatack Opens Season with Slapstick Farce Lend Me A Tenor by Steve Hrehovcik all flustered, pacing the Merelli, along with his jeal- nap in the bedroom. But without Julia, the “grande snapping bellhop, played When six prominent room, circling the couch. ous, buxom, hot-tempered, when Max attempts to dame” chairwoman of the by Joshua Bernard-Kriegl. doors in a two-room hotel Why is he so upset? He Italian wife, Maria, played wake Merelli, the overdose opera company, played by The show is directed suite make up the stage set, can’t locate the world-fa- by Rebecca Boudreau. of tranquiller pills have Kelli Leigh-Ann Connors. by Danica Carlson and set audiences can expect to see mous Italian tenor, Tito When flirtatious Maggie taken a dire effect. Merelli She prances around in a designed by Dane Leeman. characters making synco- Merelli, played by Seth showers her attention on is not breathing. Max finds glittering gown that Saun- Lend Me A Tenor con- pated entrances and exits, Waters. Merelli has been Merelli, Marie assume she the note Maria left saying ders says makes her look tinues through Saturday, multiple door slams and invited to perform the lead Merelli’s secret lover. In she’s leaving. He misun- like the Chrysler Building. June 30. For tickets call deafening knocking that role in tonight’s opera pro- the bedroom – after several derstands and thinks it’s Completing the lunacy 207-698-1807. hints at comic mayhem, duction at the Cleveland more door slams – Maria Merelli’s suicide note. Max is the intrusive, photo- bedlam and confusion Grand Opera Company. and Merelli have a knock- tells Saunders that Merelli ahead. That’s the setting Loud door knocking down, drag out marital bat- is dead. Saunders panics that greets the audience rattles Max even more. It’s tle. Maria has had enough and convinces Max to sing upon settling into ther seats Maggie, his sort-off girl- of Merelli’s philandering. Merelli part in the opera. to see Lend Me A Tenor, the friend, played by Shaugh- She is so incensed, she Max gets into the spare first production of the 2018 nessey Gower. Maggie writes a good-bye note for costumes, wig and makeup season at the Hackmatack admits to Max she has a Merelli to find and leaves Merelli brought and fools Playhouse in Berwick. giddy romantic crush on – slamming the door, of everyone with his bril- The Tony Award win- Merelli. She came up to course. liant operatic performance ning comedy by Ken Lud- the suit to meet Merelli and When Merelli finds the – even the opera’s diva, wig opened in 1986 and get his autograph – and note, he’s devasted and Diana, played by Meghan had a Broadway revival perhaps more. goes into a rage. He at- D. Morash. in 2010. It has had pro- More loud knocking. tempts to commit suicide Add to the insanity is ductions in 25 countries This time it’s Saunders, by stabbing himself with the fact that Merelli is not and translations into 16 Maggie’s father and the harmless objects. Max ap- dead. He’s running around languages. opera company manager, peases Merelli’s outburst, in his costume, not able This inventive set de- played by Todd Fernald. giving him some tranquil- to convince the police or sign has a living room and He’s also Max’s boss. Saun- lizer pills, not aware Mer- anyone he is not a lunatic adjoining bedroom sepa- ders bursts into the room elli had taken some earlier. trying to get into the opera rated by a partial wall for and is even more worried Max manages to calm house. easy visibility of the zany than Max that Merelli can’t Merelli down and reveals Eventually Max and action that takes place. It’s be found. They have a his secret dream of becom- Merelli discover each oth- 1934. It’s Cleveland. The sell-out crowd. Saunders ing an opera singer. He er and realize they must first door slam happens instructs Max that, when knows Merelli’s part by continue the deception of moments after the lights Merelli finally arrived, Max heart. Merelli sees Max as who the real Merelli is. come up. Max, an up-tight must look after him so he’s a kindred spirit and offers From this point, despera- lad, played by Bretton Reis, ready for the performance. to give him singing lessons. tion, mistaken identities, scrambles into the living Loud Knock, Knock. Exhausted from all the trickeries, even romantic room side of the set. He’s Who’s There? At last, it’s calamity, Merelli takes a entanglements catapult events out of control. The farcical madness wouldn’t be complete

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SALTWATER FISHING REPORT by Captain Greg Metcalf

Strong winds definitely already started to pick up into the summer season. Chunk mackerel and sea area particularly hampered boaters and surf again with the warmer Kennebunkport: Fish- worms are the predominant at high tide also. fishermen this past week. summer like conditions ing along the shoreline baits right now. Stripers Mackerel fishing Fishing slowed up quite and lighter winds. Look for between Cape Porpoise to ranged from 20 to 35 inches have been feast or in many areas a bit due to a good week of fishing ac- Parson’s Beach picked up this week with many keep- famine the fishing effort but has tion this week as we move considerably last weekend ers caught from boats and Goose Rocks Beach: Captain Greg Metcalf after a tough week of wind also from shore. There is Captain Steve Brettell re- has been published in of rough sea conditions. a dredge working inside ported fishing at Goose Sportfishing, The Salt On Friday morning the Wells Harbor but this has Rocks was extremely slow Water Sportsman, Marlin water temperature was not deterred the fish. Sev- this week. Cold water has Magazine, The Fisherman a frigid 50 degrees but it eral mornings this week at slowed everything down. and New England Game warmed up into the mid- the bottom of the tide there Cape Porpoise has been and Fish. He is currently fifties by Sunday and that has been crazy action from experiencing similar con- the Northeast field really helped the fishing. the sand bar. Bring some ditions. editor for the Fisherman There is a decent body of light tackle, small soft plas- Saco River and Saco Magazine, and a regular stripers in the Kennebunk tics, small sand eel metals Bay: Captain Cal Robin- contributor to Tourist River, along the rocky like a Swedish Pimple or a son of Saco Bay Guide News. He has produced shoreline of Ocean Avenue Kastmaster with a bucktail Service told me Captain as well as the beaches from and you will tire of catch- Cal Robinson of Saco Bay and hosted two very Gooch’s all the way to Par- ing them. Last week, large Guide Service told me that successful fishing sons. Mackerel have been top water Atom poppers mackerel showed up in videos; Fishing for Giant spotty making fishing a bit landed a few stripers off of fishable numbers on Sun- Tuna, and Rigging Baits challenging. If you are able Parson’s Beach. Offshore day along with the biggest for Bluefin Tuna. He catch small mackerel for fishing for haddock and bloom of small bait that runs Atlantic Captain’s bait you will be successful throw back cod has been off he has seen in a long time. Academy which offers catching stripers. the charts so far this season, The stripers became very Coast Guard-approved Wells, Ogunquit: The York: Captain Phil picky and most of them in courses to Captain’s stripers have been steady Breton Charters reported the area were under this License candidates. this week. The early morn- fishing has been very good. bait. Things look good for He also runs a charter ing before and around sun- Nubble Light has been the early summer fishing fishing business Geoff Metcalf from Raleigh, North Carolina caught several rise have been the most ac- productive while Short season for the Saco River aboard his boat, the school sized stripers like this one aboard the Striper Swiper tive. Fish are being caught Sands Beach has been hit and Saco Bay area as long in June 17th. The largest fish of the trip was 27-inches, just Striper Swiper, in from Drakes Island Beach, or miss. Moody Beach has as we don’t have extended Kennebunkport. His one inch size of keeper size. Ogunquit Beach and River. been the most productive periods of rain. charter business targets inshore species like striper and bluefish.

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Africa and Maine. offers organic facial lotions, It all started in 2014 when economic empowerment. And this is where the Coupling her eco- luxurious body washes, she and her sister Kara heard “We are more than just seaweed comes in. As an conscious nature fresh scrubs and handmade of an Africa women’s co- a skincare company. We entrepreneur, Gilfoil de- with her business artisan soaps, Gilfoil had operative and its rigorous, are a fair trade-minded cided to open her business acumen, this is no an unlikely start that did two-day process of creating organization that believes in Maine and expanded ordinary Lotion Michele Gilfoil. Photo by Molly Haley. not involve Maine, sea- all-natural shea butter. They in forming strong partner- her product line to include Lady. This year, weed or facial products. decided to visit the group ships with local producers seaweed-based products. Gilfoil was a final- fers a travel pack called In fact, she majored in called Suhuyini Women’s around the world, who “Seaweed has been used ist in Maine’s Top Gun En- the “Seaweed Voyager’s mathematics at the Univer- Shea Butter Cooperative in have the local knowledge for thousands of years as trepreneurial Competition. Bag,” which includes sity of Vermont and went the town of Tamale in North about these wonderful a food and medicine. It She is an active member of body cream, bar soap and on to earn two master’s de- Ghana. plants,” says Gilfoil. is an ideal ingredient for Maine’s Seaweed Council body wash infused with grees (in financial engineer- During the course of her The products she uses skincare as it has anti-in- addressing sustainability pure lemon and flower ing and international rela- travels to Africa, Gilfoil dis- are all-natural, plant-based, flammatory, hydrating and concerns with Maine’s sea- essential oils, freshly har- tions). She moved to NYC covered the extraordinary made with the highest qual- anti-aging properties. It’s a weed industry. vested seaweed sourced skin benefits of shea ity elements. She creates nourishing powerhouse! “ Her bestselling item is off the shores of Kettle butter. She was also her unique skincare line in says Gilfoil. her seaweed body cream Cove, Maine. This sam- her Westbrook Planet Botanicals' ever- called “Seaweed Dream pler bag is only $21 – a workshop, in popular Seaweed Skincare Cream.” Give it a try steal to fall in love with a historic mill line is made with hand- and you will soon see these products. building on the harvested sustainable that it was aptly named. So from farm to face, Presumpscott Maine seaweed, which Along with her ever-pop- scrub up and slather on River. contains over 50 vitamins ular Africa-rooted Face these luxurious creations. Now cele- and minerals. Gilfoil uses Wash with Kigelia Fruit, The secret is out! brating 10 years a proprietary blend of five Planet Botanicals also of- FMI planetbotanicals.com. in business, her company caught wind early on in the process when she par- ticipated in a Henri Bendel Trunk Show in NYC, where she launched three Left: Michele Gilfoil and her sister Kara on a 2004 trip to Ghana. Intrigued by shea butter, the sisters booked a flight to the meet the women and see firsthand how it was made; right, planet botanicals products. Photo credit Janie O’Connor

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"Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Old York Has a Special Drink in the wild air." Ralph Waldo Emerson Summer Offering for Kids Old York Historical So- Caldecott-medal winner ciety is kicking off a brand- Sophie Blackall. Sailing on The Gift new children’s summer Kathleen Shea, Old program on Tuesday, York’s education and pro- 1 1/2-hour cruises July 3 – Stories in the Old grams director, has put Schoolhouse, to be held together a diverse selec- Private charters weekly on Tuesday morn- tion of books and plans ings through August 28. to bring in a variety of Perkins Cove, Stories in the Old special guests to talk to Ogunquit Schoolhouse brings cu- the young visitors about rious young minds to- their particular jobs and 207-646-3758 gether for an hour in Old skills. “The goal is to keep York’s historic York Cor- the kids engaged and in- www.sailthegift.com ner Schoolhouse on Lind- terested in the activity of say Road for the reading storytelling,” says Shea. of a story, followed by a Open to the public, the related hands-on activ- story hour will be every ity, and fun and games in Tuesday at 10:30 am, July the school yard. The pro- 3 through August 28, in gram features stories that the York Corner School- bring history alive, and house at 3 Lindsay Road, “George and Barbara Bush: A Great teach children about life York. It is recommended American Love Story” in Maine, New England, for children ages 4 to 10. Co-authors Kelly Anne Chase and Bush and beyond. All children must be ac- granddaughter Ellie LeBlond Sosa are The inaugural season companied by an adult. features such classic tales as Admission is $5 per child welcomed by Louise and Ralph Hurlbutt Robert McCloskey’s Blue- per session (ages 4 and up) of Hurlbutt Designs at their first book berries for Sal, and Don- and free for Old York His- signing event. With champagne flowing ald Hall’s Ox-Cart Man, as torical Society members and a rotating pictorial video cycling, well as new favorites such and children under 4. more than 200 guests came through the as I Am Birch by Maine- Space is limited. FMI drippy Kennebunk weather on Saturday, based artist Scott Kelley, email programs@oldyork. and Hello Lighthouse by org, or call 363-4974, x.104. June 23 with the line occasionally spilling out the door. Numerous Bush and extended family members showed up Seniors to support the event. Connection Community In less than a month, the love story has 207-967-8514 sold more than 20,000 copies. seniorcenterkennebunk.org Pick yours up today. TOURIST NEWS, JUNE 28 - July 4, 2018 PAGE 25 IT'S LIKE THIS Strawberry Fields for . . . a Little While by Dana Pearson that I can go kneel beside want strawberries that look ry stress syndrome (fragar- I’ve got my work pants, someone and nudge them so good they look fake. I ia ananassa anxietatem boots and T-shirt on. I grab aside. Without being obvi- want whatever strawber- animi). The good news is a plastic tray that’ll hold ous about it. ries the woman two rows that strawberry season is seven of those green quart Unless it’s the fabled over is picking. two, maybe three weeks containers I saved from last Comstock Strawberry She looks over. I say long. The bad news is that year. I’m excited as I start Lode, no one ever finds good morning. She returns strawberry season is two, driving over to Lavigne’s a single spot and camps the greeting with a smile, maybe three weeks long. Strawberry Farm in San- out. The crazy thing is, because we both know how Our conversation is ford, imagining how great one could, and still fill up good life is at this moment. cheery and mercifully brief. the berries (which techni- his or her containers with “The best berries are There’s business to tend to cally aren’t berries, but perfectly fine berries. But always being picked by here. I’m always surprised that’s not stopping me) will who wants just perfectly someone else,” I venture. at how quickly the contain- taste straight out of the box, fine berries? “I know,” she says, ers fill up, once I adjust my in muffins, perhaps in a pie, I pick a spot and start brightening. “And when unrealistic expectations. in a milkshake...and then I foraging. My hand pauses you leave, don’t look down, And then I leave, ignoring As Tennyson never wrote, "In the Summer a middle aged picture the hordes that have at a perfectly fine berry. because there are always the woman’s advice and man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of strawberries." arrived before me, prowl- No. I want postcard straw- better ones you’ve missed.” pausing several times to ing the straw-lined aisles berries. I want state fair So I’m not the only one pick better berries. It’s the in search of the biggest, blue ribbon strawberries. I who suffers from strawber- only time I bend. juiciest strawberries. I press down on the ac- celerator. Tooling westward along Route 99, I’m con- A True vinced other people are pick- HUGE YARD ing the best strawberries. I’m SALE! Irish Pub going to arrive at the farm Delicious to be faced with row after Saturday, July 7 Homemade Food row of stripped strawberry American & Irish Specialties plants. I’m going to be late, 8AM to 12 PM and it’s 6:38 in the morning. Happy Hour 3 to 5 pm Once there, I relax a bit 54 River Road, $3 House Wines, $3 Well Drinks, $3 Cocktails World's Best French Toast under the early summer Kennebunkport $1 off Draft sun. There are maybe 50 Specialty Omelettes • Belgian Waffles Wed: Live Irish Music people spread out, some Real French Crepes Third annual Sun: Noon - Midnight squatting, some kneeling, - starting at 6:30 PM - Mon: 3 PM - Midnight some bent over at the waist Sandwiches & Soups • Children's Menu event to benefit the Thurs: Trivia like a barber’s razor. I’m Tues: Closed Democrats of the - starting at 7 PM - Wed/Thurs: 3 PM - a kneeler. I used to be a Rte. 9, Kennebunk Lower Village • 967-5132 Fri: Karaoke Annie bender, but then my back Kennebunks & Midnight Open 7 Days, 7 AM to 2 PM - starting at 8 PM - said, “Yeah, I don’t think Arundel Fri/Sat: 3 PM - 1 AM Sat: Live Music so.” Squatting would be in- Five Points Shopping Plaza, Biddeford • 283-2928 207-251-4065 sanely unfair on the knees Open 7 Days, 7 AM to 2 PM FMI 229-4771 1619 Post Rd. (Rte. 1), Wells (which I prefer to use for www.feilerestaurantandpub.com kneeling). I wave to the women Gifts for golfers, dog lovers & the garden in the booth where they’ll Our 23rd Year! weigh out my haul in half an hour. 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activities Kids' Programs • Cultural Events • Places to See

Arts Activities Lego and Rubik’s Cube Club. Wells Public Library,1434 Post Caring for the Caregiver. Alzheimers/Dementia caregivers Fiber Arts Group. Wells Public Library, Fridays, 10 AM. All Road, Wells, Fridays, 3 PM. All ages welcome. FMI contact support group, Huntington Common, 3 Huntington Common ages and abilities. FMI Anne Mosey at amosey@wellstown. Allison Herman at [email protected] or call 646-8181. Dr., Kennebunk, the First Wednesday of each month, 10 to org or 646-8181. 11:30 AM. Please also bring the person you care for. FMI Cultural & Educational Programs 985-2810. Saco Bay Artists Meeting, Saco Parks and Recreation, 75 Lighthouse Keepers Square Dance Club for our summer Franklin St., Saco, Room 203, second Monday of each month. dance, Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm with ER Book Discussion Group, Dyer Library, 371 Main Street, Saco, Meetings alternate between Noon and 6:30pm. All artists 7:00 pm at the M/M/P Level. The location is the Wells activity Wednesdays, June 20 July 18, 1:30 to 3 PM. Open to all who welcome to attend. FMI sacobayartists.org or 937-2125. Center, 113 Sanford Road (Rt. 109), Wells and will host Darrell love to read and talk! FMI and for this month's book call www. Sprague as caller and Marilyn Rivenburg as cuer. Each week sacomuseum.org or 283-3861. Painting Days, Saco Bay Artists, Saco Parks and Recreation, will feature a different caller and cuer and is 75 Franklin St., Saco, June 4, 11, 18, 25, 10 AM to 3 PM. Bring sure to be a fun evening. Couples or singles are welcome. Put your dancing shoes on and join Parkingsons Support Group. Huntington Common, 3 your own materials and subject matter. in. FMI 207-312-8114 or 603-742-0282 Huntington Common Dr., Kennebunk, the Second Thursday of each month, 2 to 3:30 PM. For individuals living with Children’s Activities Totally Tuesday Walking Tours, Ogunquit Parkinson’s disease and their caregivers to share information Pokemon League. Dyer Library, 371 Main Street, Saco, Museum of American Art, alternating Tuesdays through August and support. FMI 767-9773. thursdays, June 14 & 21, 6:30 to 7:30 PM. FMI www. 28, starting June 26 with a tour of the OMAA sculpture gardens, sacomuseum.org or 283-3861. 11 AM. FMI www.ogunquitmuseum.org or 646-4909. Adult Summer Reading Program: Libraries Rock!. Wells Public Library,1434 Post Road, Wells, June 18–August 11. Toddler Storytime, Wells Public Library, 1434 Post Road, Totally Tuesday Talks, Tuesdays, 6 PM, starting June 26 Summer Reading isn’t just for kids! Raffles, prizes and more! Wells, Tuesdays at 1:30 PM and Wednesdays at 10:30 AM. with a lecture by Nancy Weekly about the current exhibition, FMI contact Andrea Kazilionis at [email protected] Ages 2-5. MI contact Allison Herman at aherman@wellstown. Surrounded: Sampling Burchfield’s Wallpaper. The weekly or call 646-8181. org or call 646-8181. lecture series gives OMAA visitors the opportunity to hear from visiting artists, scholars, and experts. Light refreshments served Kennebunk Free Library Book Club, Tuesdays 1-2 PM. A Lego Club. Kennebunk Free Library, 112 Main St., Kennebunk., by 2018 Director’s Circle sponsor Harvest & Plate Catering from variety of genres including classics, science fiction, historical Wednesdays, 4 PM. For children ages 4 and older. Registration 5 to 5:45 PM. FMI www.ogunquitmuseum.org or 646-4909. fiction, graphic novels, and psychological fiction. Attendees is required. FMI www.kennebunklibrary.org or 985-2173. welcome to provide input for future book discussion titles. FMI Lunch With TED, Graves Library, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, www.KennebunkLibrary.org or 985-2173. Summer Storytime, Kennebunk Free Library. 112 Main St., Tuesdays at 12 PM, next sessions July 3 and 17. Bring your Kennebunk, Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:15 AM. Ages 0-5. sandwich and have lunch with TED in the community room. A Kennebunk Free Library Non-Fiction Book Club, second FMI www.kennebunklibrary.org or 985-2173. variety of TED talks on a particular subject will be viewed during Monday of each month, 6:30 PM. Book titles: 6/26/18 lunch. FMI www.graveslibrary.org or 967-2778. Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead. FMI or to pre- Peekaboo StoryTime, Kennebunk Free Library. 112 Main register www.kennebunklibrary.org or 985-2173. St., Kennebunk, Mondays, 10:15 AM. Ages 0-2. FMI www. BlixxHorses Education and Horse Therapy, Interactive non kennebunklibrary.org or 985-2173. riding, therapeutic programs provide an opportunity to learn Lighthouses about all facets of horses and horse care. BlixxHorses is Boon Island Lighthouse. Six miles northeast of Cape Neddick Stories at Farmers Market, Kennebunk Farmers Market, an Educational organization committed to helping helping in York. FMI newenglandlighthouses.net. Saturdays, 9:30 - 11:30 AM. FMI www.kennebunklibrary.org experience horses. FMI: www.blixxhorses.org 207-985-1994 or 985-2173. Goat Island Lighthouse, Cape Porpoise harbor, Pier Rd., Conversational French Language Group, Wells Library, 1434 Kennebunkport. FMI kporttrust.org. FMI on boat tours, 831- Drop In Puppy Social Hour, Animal Welfare Society, 46 Holland Post Road, Wells, each Thursday 6 PM. Informal group meeting 3663. For kayaking rental information, 888-925-7496 or Road, Kennebunk, Sundays, 9 AM. FMI 985-3244. to speak French. All with a French Language interest welcome 967-6065. to participate. FMI Andrea Kazilionis at akazilionis@wellstown. Summer Reading Program: Libraries Rock! Wells Public org or library at 207-646-8181. Nubble Light, off Cape Neddick, York. FMI Library, 1434 Post Road, Wells, June 18-August 11. Kids of newenglandlighthouses.net, www.nubblelight.org or 363-1040. all ages. Raffles, prizes and more! FMI contact Allison Herman Book Discussion group, Springvale Library, 443 Main Street, FMI for boat trip, finestkindcruises.com or 646-5227. at [email protected] or call 646-8181. Springvale, first Thursday of every month, 12 PM. Potlock lunch and a deep conversation about books that have ties to Wood Island Light, Biddeford. FMI woodislandlighthouse.org. Mother Goose Storytime. Wells Public Library, 1434 Post current events, have a deep social impact, or are a just a fun or 200-4552. Road, Wells, Mondays, June 18 at 10:30 a.m. Children ages read. FMI www.springvalelibrary.org or 324-4624. 0-24 months and their caregivers. FMI contact Allison Herman Museums at [email protected] or call 646-8181. In Stitches, Handcraft Group, Kennebunk Free Library, 112 Alfred Shaker Museum, 118 Shaker Hill Rd., Alfred. FMI Main St., Kennebunk, Tuesdays, 11 AM to 12 PM. FMI www. alfredshakermuseum.org or 324-8669 or 324-7650. Books at the Beach. Wells Public Library, 1434 Post Road, kennebunklibrary.org or 985-2173. Wells, Wednesdays, 10:30 AM. Meet at the gazebo in Harbor Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk. FMI Park on Wednesday mornings, weather permitting. FMI contact Knit Lits, Springvale Library, 443 Main Street, Springvale, brickstoremuseum.org or 985-4802. Allison Herman at [email protected] or call 646-8181. third Thursday every month, 2 PM. Bring your latest project, and enjoy the company of fellow needle crafters. OFMI www. Counting House Museum, Main (Rte 4) and Liberty Sts., South springvalelibrary.org or 324-4624. Berwick. FMI obhs.net or 384-0000. Why Advertise in Tourist News? Tourist News has been an institution in Southern Writer's Group, Springvale Library, 443 Main Street, Springvale, Dyer Library/Saco Museum, 371 Main Street (Route 1) in Maine for sixty years. Established. Reliable. Trusted. fourth Wednesday every month, 3:30 PM. The group consists of historic downtown Saco. FMI www.dyerlibrarysacomuseum. poets, fiction, and non-fiction writers published and unpublished at org or 283-3861. Tourist News has a unique lifespan. It’s a ‘keepsake’ kind of newspaper. People hold onto it. Value it. Savor all stages in their craft. FMI www.springvalelibrary.org or 324-4624. it. This is wonderful news for advertisers. Harmon Museum of Old Orchard Beach Historical Society, 4 Tourist News covers Kittery to Old Orchard Beach "Cook the Book" Cookbook Club, Springvale Library, 443 Main Portland Ave., Old Orchard Beach. FMI harmonmuseum.org and is delivered to over 450 locations including Port- Street, Springvale, second Tuesday of the month, 5:30 PM. or 934-9319. land. This number is growing all the time. Participants choose a recipe from the selected cookbook and Tourist News is known for its top quality graphics and on the designated day bring in their cooked dish. FMI www. Meetinghouse Museum, 938 Post Road (Rte. 1), Wells. 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Dyer Library, 371 Main Street, or 646-0296. that is committed to serving local businesses by help- Saco, Thursdays, June 7, 14, 21 & 28 July 5, 12, 19 & 26, 1:30 ing them succeed. to 4 PM. Knit, crochet, embroider, hook rugs--just bring yourself Ogunquit Museum of American Art, 543 Shore Rd., Ogunquit. 60 years and going strong! and your latest project! FMI www.sacomuseum.org or 283-3861. FMI ogunquitmuseum.org or 646-4909. TOURIST NEWS, JUNE 28 - July 4, 2018 PAGE 27

Ongoing Events and Recreation

Pasco Exhibit Center, Kennebunkport Historical Society, 125 Franciscan Monastery, 28 Beach Ave., Kennebunk. Active North St., Kennebunkport. MI kennebunkporthistoricalsociety. monastery features well-tended gardens, trails and park along org or 967-2751. the Kennebunk River. FMI 967-2011.

Saco Museum, 371 Main St. (Rte. 1), Saco. FMI Hamilton House, 40 Vaughans Lane, South Berwick. Built dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org or 283-3861. c.1785 and restored in 1898, the former sea captain’s house and gardens stand majestically on the banks of the Salmon Seashore Trolley Museum, 195 Log Cabin Rd., Kennebunkport. Falls River. FMI visit www.historicnewengland.org or 384- FMI trolleymuseum.org or 967-2800. 2454.

Strawberry Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, New Jewett House, 5 Portland St., South Berwick. Georgian-style Hampshire. FMI strawberybanke.org or 603-433-1100. home of writer Sarah Orne Jewett. FMI historicnewengland. org or 384-2454. White Columns (the former Nott House), 8 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. FMI kennebunkporthistoricalsociety.org or Kittery Historical and Naval Museum, 200 Rogers Rd. Ext., 967-2751. Kittery. Items and artifacts that reflect Kittery’s rich historical and maritime past, including shipbuilding, toys, archaeological Parks & Outdoor Activities finds and household artifacts. FMI kitterymuseum.com or Cycling, Maine Coast Cycling Club, FMI mainecoastcycling. 439-3080. com or 205-7159. Marginal Way, Ogunquit, is a one-mile paved walkway that * WOMEN’S * CLOTHING * ANTIQUES * Birding, York County Audubon, FMI York County Audubon follows the shore from Perkins Cove to Shore Road. Parking * TOYS * ACCESSORIES * FURNITURE HOME DECOR Facebook page or 391-8071. is available at Perkins Cove.

East Point Sanctuary, end of Lester B. Orcutt Blvd., Biddeford Mount Agamenticus in York, elev. 692, (also known as “The Big Pool. A water and shore bird-watching haven, with views A”) is the tallest hill on the Atlantic seaboard between Florida of Wood Island Light. No dogs. Open year-round. FMI and Mount Desert in Acadia National Park. FMI agamenticus. maineaudubon.org. org or 363-1102.

Ferry Beach State Park, Bayview Rd. (Rte. 9), Saco. Picnic area, Starfield Observatory,918 Alewive Rd. (Rte 35), Kennebunk. nature trails and nature center. Open 9 AM to sunset, Memorial FMI [email protected] or asnne.org. Day to Labor Day. Can be visited off-season, by parking outside Voted #1 of locked gate and walking in. FMI maine.gov or 283-0067. Walker’s Point, the family compound of former President George Herbert Walker Bush, can be viewed from Ocean Thrift Store Self-guided nature walks at Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm, Avenue, Kennebunkport. Open Laudholm Farm Rd., Wells. Seven miles of trails. Open daily, 7 Days a Week 7 AM to dusk, year-round. Visitor Center open Monday–Friday The Wedding Cake House, 105 Summer Street, Kennebunk, off-season; seven days Memorial Day to Columbus Day. FMI is one of the most photographed structures in the area. On the 34 York St. (Rte. 1), wellsreserve.org or 646-1555. National Register of Historic Places, this distinctive Federal- Kennebunk style brick house was built in 1825 by shipbuilder George across from Wallingford Farm Self-guided nature walk, Rachel Carson National Wildlife Bourne. Refuge, Rte. 9, Wells. “Carson Trail,” a one-mile walking trail, 207-604-5050 handicapped-accessible. FMI 646-9226. Seniors Centers & Activities The Center, 175 Port Rd., Kennebunk. FMI Scarborough Marsh, 92 Pine Point Rd. Scarborough. State’s seniorcenterkennebunk.org or 967-8514. Donations always accepted and appreciated! largest salt marsh (3100 acres). FMI maineaudubon.org or Proceeds benefit The New School in Kennebunk 883-5100, summer season; 781-2330, off-season. Wells-Ogunquit Center at Moody, 300 Post Rd. (Rte. 1), Moody. An adventure in High School Education • tnsk.org

FMI wocam.org or 646-7775. * CHILDREN’S MEN’S * BOOKS JEWELRY YARNS * Vaughan Woods Memorial State Park, 28 Old Fields Rd., South * HOUSEHOLD * LINENS * FABRIC * Berwick. 165-acre park near Salmon Falls River. MI maine.gov Theaters & Playhouses or 384-5160, summer season. Biddeford City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Restored 1860 opera house, hosts plays and other arts events. FMI 65th anniversary Season Points of Interest | Destinations citytheater.org or 282-0849. Beach Plum Farm, Rte. 1, Ogunquit. Preserved farmhouse The View from Narrow CoVe and barn on 22-acre saltwater farm, near the Ogunquit River. Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School St. (Rte. 9), Berwick. May 1 - October 31 FMI 646-3604. Summer theater hosts several productions from mid- June through Labor Day, Wednesdays – Saturdays. FMI Cliff Walk, York Harbor. One-mile walk starts at the public hackmatack.org or 698-1807. parking lot (parking permit required) beside the Stage Neck Inn, off Route 1A. Leavitt Theatre, 295 Main St. (Rte.1), Ogunquit. 580-seat historic theater. Features films and other entertainment, May Counting House Museum in South Berwick, on Main (Rte. through September. FMI leavittheatre.com or 646-3123. 4) and Liberty St. Formerly a cotton factory built beside the Salmon Falls River in the 1830s. FMI obhs.net or 384-0000. Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St. (Rte.1), Ogunquit. Historic summer playhouse. Open mid-July through Labor Day. FMI Division 9 Schoolhouse on North Berwick Rd. (Rte 9) in Wells. ogunquitplayhouse.org or 646-5511. A National Register landmark, built between 1899-1901, and one of 17 one-room schools in the area. FMI 646-7803. Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Buxton. Open most of the year. Hosts a variety of events, including live music, dance, Fisherman’s Walk and Wiggly Bridge, York. The walk is three- and plays presented by The Originals, the theater’s resident quarters of a mile, and starts at the George Marshall Store on company. FMI sacorivertheatre.org or 929-6472. Lindsay Road, near Hancock Wharf.

Fort Foster Park, on Gerrish Island in Kittery. (The island is connected to the mainland. FMI 439-3800. Wood Gaylor (1883-1957), Arts Ball, 1921, oil on canvas, 14.5 x 35.75 inches, #1958.22, Fort McClary State Park, Rte 103, Kittery Point, Kittery. "The summer night is like a gift of Adelaide L. Gaylor Revolutionary-era fort, manned during five wars, near the mouth of the Piscataqua River. FMI visit www.fortmclary.org perfection of thought." ogunquitmuseum.org or 490-4079 or 439-2845. Wallace Stevens 543 Shore Road, Ogunquit ME | 207-646-4909 PAGE 28 TOURIST NEWS, JUNE 28 - July 4, 2018

DAY TRIPPER Experience the Spirit of Peaks Island Cornish: A Charmer of a Town by Jo O’Connor town center is to- With its numerous an- day. Golf Cart Tours tique stores, waterways Once you get of Historic and a Norman Rockwell- to Cornish, you’ll esque main street, Cornish find lodging for Peaks Island oozes with charm. Locat- the weekend Tours daily ed in the foothills of the traveler, family May–October White Mountains, explor- the Saco and Os- er and Just a 20-minute ferry ride from Portland Harbor sippee rivers flow out- along its borders. door Scenic views This quaint hamlet adven- WWII Fort neighbors Bald- turer. Museums win, Hiram, Lim- The ington, Limerick, Inn at Shops & Galleries Parsonsfield and Cor- Restaurants Porter and is surrounded nish is one option. Estab- Christmas room. Terry's is to 10 games per day. Ad- Victorian Cottages by natural beauty and four- lished in 1824, this historic at 28 Main Street. mission is free. FMI visit inn has been recently re- For antiques and col- www.newenglandbase- Reservations: 207-766-5514 • www.peaksislandtours.com season activity. During the 1700s, the decorated. It features 18 lectibles, The Smith Com- ballfestival.com. village was originally called rooms and morning break- pany specializes in country June 30: Seventh An- Francisborough, and later, fast. The inn is at 2 High store wares, farm equip- nual Cornish Strawberry Cornishville. In 1794, the Road. ment and collectibles. The Festival. Fresh strawber- town was incorporated as Tucked away in the un- Smith Cmpany is at 21 ries, a craft fair, live music Port Lobster Co. Cornish. Handsome Vic- spoiled southwestern lake Main Street. performances and local Family owned for more food vendors. This event Fresh Fish Daily torian and Colonial homes and mountain region is were built along Main and Midway Country Lodging than 40 years, Village donates 50% of the pro- Lobsters • Lobster Meat • Clams Maple streets. Between 1850 with many rooms over- Jewelers showcases local ceeds to Sacopee Rescue. Hot Clam Chowder To Go and 1860, teams of 80 oxen looking the White Moun- gemstones, tourmaline, July 28: Cornish Com- moved many homes from tains. Midway Country amethyst and aquamarine. munity Harvest and Ba- Our Lobsters cooked free. since 1953 other locations to where the Lodging is at 712 S. Hiram Village Jewelers is at 1 zaar. Get ready to pick Main Street. up some great flea mar- LOBSTER ROLLS freshly made Road. The Per- With all that shopping, ket finds at the Cornish with our own hand-picked lobster meat kins House, you could work up a pretty Fairgrounds. Check out Fresh Crab Rolls, too! circa 1870, is hefty appetite. Cornish has the antiques and freshly a cozy bed a great selection of eateries harvested organic local Lobster ~ The Best Gift from Maine! & breakfast that will satisfy even the produce. Lobsters packed for travel. Next day air service available. located in most discerning palate. September 8: 20th An- Gift certificates available a carriage Krista’s Restaurant is nual Horseman’s Field Day house. The an eclectic spot for refined at the Cornish Fairgrounds. Our own Homemade entreés featuring fresh local seafood Perkins American meals with This is a fun day of old- Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily • portlobster.com House is at homemade desserts and fashioned racing for horse- 3 Old School outdoor seating. Krista's is men, horsewomen and 122 OCEAN AVE., KENNEBUNKPORT • 207-967-2081 Krista's, 2 Main Street Street. at 2 Main Street. harness racing followers. In terms of shopping, Bay Haven Lobster September 29: Cor- the town is an antique Pound sports lobsters, nish Apple Festival. Held hunter’s paradise with nu- steamers, corn on the cob, in Thompson Park, this merous Main Street shops. twice-baked potatoes and event offers everything NEW LEGAL THRILLER! You will also find unique chowder. Bay Haven is at apple (pie, cider and more). craft and artisan stores. 101 Maple Street. There’s entertainment all Cornish Trading Com- Phat Boy’s Diner serves day along with a 5K road pany features an assort- the kind of food your race and an apple pie con- ment of garden and ar- grandma used to make. Try test and auction. chitectural décor with the homemade corned beef Cornish also hosts the multiple antique vendors. hash or sweet potato hash. Cornish Bandstand Sum- Cornish Trading Company You will find Phat Boy's at mer Concert Series. Up- is at 19 Main Street. 172 Main Street. coming concerts include: Cottage Treasures is full Dine in, drive thru and June 28, Tricky Britches of antiques including sil- pick up at Sophia’s Pizza July 5, Don Campbell ver, costume jewelry, small and Roast Beef. There is an July 12, Larry Williams Band furniture, glass, porcelain, outdoor patio, too. Wheth- July 19, Bold Riley books and unique smalls. er you stay put or take it to July 26, Primo Cubano Cottage Treasures is at 47 go, Sophia's is at 125 Maple In Cornish, the colors High Street. Street. of the season attract and Finding the Puddles Fairgrounds Pizza inspire artists and photog- is a unique fiber art gift and Pub is the local go- raphy buffs alike. Rivers, shop and art studio featur- to place for Greek and lakes and bogs offer boat- ing handmade local wool American cuisine including, fishing and swim- and naturally made gifts. ing pizza, burgers, subs, a ming. Many hiking and You will find Finding the kids’ menu and more! Find snowmobile trails offer Puddles at 43 Main Street. Fairgrounds at 156 Maple individual challenges for There's so much to see at Street. all level (novice to pro). Clarion Review Full Circle Artisan’s Gallery Family-operated Sacop- Cross-country skiing and awarded & Bead Emporium includ- ee Valley Pizza serves ever- ice fishing are the local The Bike Cop ing handcrafted jewelry, popular hand-battered on- frosty-weather sports with stained/painted glass, fab- ion rings, hand-cut French downhill skiing nearby. ric art, paintings, pottery, fries and many pizza selec- “From Cornish’s high- “Irresistible.” wood-turned bowls, metal tions. Sacopee Valley is at est elevations, you can sculpture and much more. 200 Maple Street. not only see the White Full Circle is at 12 Main In addition to shop- Mountains but also Moun- Street. ping and dining, there are tain Washington. It is re- MAINE HAS A NEW HERO! You want flowers? Lily’s events to be had in Cornish. ally beautiful,” said Town “I love Jamie Bruner’s bike cop series. It’s authentic Maine. Fine Flower and Antiques has Following is a listing of Clerk Kay Blake. flowers for every occasion. upcoming events: So much to do; too little Anyone who has worked a summer job in a tourist town Lily's is at 18 Main Street. June 23 and 24: Vintage time. Cornish – it’s worth will love being transported back in this exciting thriller.” For hand-painted items, Baseball Festival at the the trip. —Doro Bush Koch, New York Times Bestselling Author organic soaps, and hand- Fairgrounds in Cornish. FMI: contact Cornish poured candles, Terry’s This is baseball played by Association of Business at Uniques has that and more the rules of the 1860s – nine www.Cornish-maine.org. thebikecop.com • 207-967-0144 – including a year-round teams on 3 fields playing 8 Available in Bookstores and Online TOURIST NEWS, JUNE 28 - July 4, 2018 PAGE 29

HAPPENINGS Charity Week Brings Record Numbers at Over $85,000 by Jo O’Connor Numerous chefs donated good work to be done, and While we have all seen their culinary time, spon- who better to do it than those traditional fundraisers in- sors and vendors seeded of us who love the Ken- cluding three-course meals, the events and ticket holders nebunks,” said Old Vines specialty cocktails, auctions, were not disappointed. Proprietor Rick Taranto. raffles and of course, busi- “I’m so proud to have The largest beneficiary Full Plates/ ness networking oppor- been a part of the Ken- of Charity Week is called Community tunities, in the end, it re- nebunkport Festival this Full Plates, Full Potential, Full Potential Outreach ally should be about the year. The challenge of pull- which has been a three-year $25,608.03 charities. And that is just ing the festival off in just charitable recipient of the Services what happened in the Ken- five weeks was met by com- Kennebunkport Festival. $21, 897 nebunks in early June. munity members working “Receiving more than During that time, the very together and resulted in the $25,000 in donations will go Times Up $300 best was brought out in the largest charitable donations a long way to feeding the community. Numerous res- in Festival history,“ said needy in the area. With our taurants, venues, vendors, event organizer Emily Mc- innovative approach, each American Diabetes Association $500 Good Shepherd sponsors and private citizens Connell. dollar connects a child with hosted, donated food, drink, While Old Vines Wine up to 10 meals,” said Full Food Bank goods and their time and Bar decided early on not Plates/Full Potential's John Habitat for Humanity of York County $1,985.00 $19,961.03 raised more than $85,000 to participate in the Ken- Woods. Animal Welfare Society $2,350.00 with the majority of funds nebunkport Festival, the These extraordinary ef- being earmarked toward team stayed very event- forts are what makes the York County charities. and charity-minded. And it community strong. Fol- Kennebunkport Conservation Trust’s The 14th annual Ken- worked. OASIS, Old Vines' lowing is a rundown of this Trust our Children Programming $5,194.95 nebunkport Festival, a week- tropically themed sold-out year’s Charity Week benefi- long celebration of food, art, event benefitting Communi- ciaries: music and culture, took a ty Outreach Services, raised Full Plates, Full Potential Maine Art Hill Scholarship for the Arts different direction with a a whopping $16,000. removes barriers that keep at Kennebunk High School $7,945.50 new team organizing the “We at Old Vines are Maine children from access- events. During the evolution proud to be a part of such ing nutrition programs. This ion animals temporarily in rington Residence; Hurlbutt The Pilot House; Ports of of the festival change, four an amazing community includes school lunch and need of housing, assist in Residence; Laudholm Farm; Italy; Raffaelli Residence; restaurants decided to create that rallied together to raise breakfast, summers meals, disaster response and fur- Maine Art Hill; Matthews Rice Residence; River Green separate charitable events funds that directly benefit afterschool snacks and meals ther the cause of responsible Residence; Molloy Resi- at Captain; Lord Mansion; during the same time period. our friends and neighbors. served in daycare settings. animal adoption and owner- dence; Old Vines Wine Bar; Stripers. In total, there were 17 events It is a reminder that there Good Shepherd Food ship. and many were sold out. is a tremendous amount of Bank works to eliminate Habitat for Humanity of hunger in Maine by sourc- York County works toward E ROA ing and distributing nutri- the elimination of poverty FE STE OF R Coffee roasted tious food to people in need, housing. C OF THE S on the premises building strong community The American Diabetes KENNEBUNKS Cappuccino Latte partnerships and mobilizing Association Tour de Cure C O CE Espresso the public in the fight to end (Wells) is an annual cycling FFEE • SPI hunger. event which raises funds for • TEA Community Outreach the Association's mission to BEST cup Seasonal Condos For Sale! Services’ mission is to extend prevent and cure diabetes 207-967-8304 of coffee a helping hand to neighbors and to improve the lives From $109K • Financing Available in Kennebunk, Kennebunk- of all people affected by Infused Greek Olive Oils ~ ONLY $1 port and Arundel, who face diabetes. Italian Balsamic Vinegars ~ 12 Flavors challenges with food, fuel or Times Up provides sub- specific needs emergencies. sidized legal support to Maine Art Hill Scholar- those who have experienced Best Breakfast Sandwiches, Croissants, ship for the Arts at Ken- sexual harassment, assault Muffins. Grab-and-go Sandwiches. nebunk High School is or abuse in the workplace. See menu on awarded to a top-perform- Participants of Charity ing student who aspires to a Week: 50 Local; The Bur- Open Wed-Sat 8:30–4:30, Sun 8:30–4:00 career in art, contributes to leigh; The Colony Hotel; the local art community and Feingold Residence; Har- 163 Port Rd. (Rte. 35) • Kennebunk Lower Village plans to study art in college. Kennebunkport Con- servation Trust’s Trust Our Children Program gives kids a sense of place, allowing them to form a bond with the lands and expose them to the natural wonders of Kennebunkport, ME the world. [email protected] | (800) 992–3224 Animal Welfare Society exists to provide humane www.shorelands.com shelter and care to compan-

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! Nightlife June 28 to July 4 Nightlife

Alisson’s The Colony Hotel Jonathan’s Friday, June 29: Dueling Pianos 8 to 10:30 PM 140 Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport 92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit www.alissons.com | 967-4841 Live Musiuc Every Thursday, 5 to 7 PM Saturday, June 30: Cliff Eberhardt, Jon Butcher Don Wessels/Two Guitars, No Waiting and Richard Barone Bentley’s Saloon thecolonyhotel.com | 967-3331 www.jonathansogunquit.com | 647-4777 Thursday, June 28: Jose Duddy 7 to 11 PM Friday, June 29: Big Picture 8 PM to midnight Cowbell Burger Bar Kerrymen Pub Saturday, June 30: EXP Band 2-6pm / Rage 8 PM to midnight 140 Main Street, Biddeford 512 Main Street, Saco Sunday, July 1: Colwell Bros 1 to 5 PM / Brad Laverriere 5 to 8 PM Tuesdays: Trivia Friday, June 29: Tom & Adrian 6:30 PM www.bentleyssaloon.com | 985-8966 Thursdays: Karaoke Saturday, June 30: Rippleton Cross 6:30 PM Fridays/Saturdays: Live Music www.thekerrymenpub.com | 282-7425 The Brunswick Sundays: Open Mic Thursday, June 28: Isaiah Bennett 1 to 5 PM www.eatatcowbell.com | 284-2355 Lobster in the Rough WPOR with Cale Dodd 7 to 8 PM 1000 Route 1, York American Ride 8:30 PM Dirigo Brewing Company Thursday, June 28: The Pat Foley Country Duo 7 to 10 PM Friday, June 29: Quiet Riot Act! 1 to 5 PM 28 Pearl Street, Biddeford Friday, June 29: the Wize Crackaz 6 to 10 PM Dan Merrill & Darren 5 to 8 PM Thursday, June 28: Karaoke with Lil Music Man 6 PM Saturday, June 30: Johnny Angel 1 to 4 PM/ The Inflatables 8:30 PM Friday, June 29:Open Mic Night Tim Theriault 6 to 10 PM Saturday, June 30: Jodie Cunningham 1 to 5 PM Saturday, June 30: Troy Hudson and the High Road 7 PM Sunday, July 1: Clint Lapointe 1 to 4 PM XS Band 8:30 PM www.dirigobrewingcompany.com | 731-8611 Joe Sambo Band 5 to 9 PM Sunday, July 1:Groove Street Band 1 to 5pm Tuesday, July 3: Just for Kicks 6 to10 PM Quiet Riot Act! 8:30 PM The Dory www.theroughyorkmaine.com | 363-1285 Monday, July 2: Emily & Jake 1 to 5 PM At the Lodge on the Cove Dan Merrill & Darren 7 to 11 PM 29 Main Street, Kennebunkport Mike’s Clam Shack Tuesday, July 3: Danny & Jake 1 to 5 PM Friday, June 29:Beau Dalleo 7 PM 1150 Post Rd., Wells Christie Ray 7 to 11 PM 207-967-3993 Friday, June 29:The B’3s Wednesday, July 4: Sons of the Beach 1 to 5 PM Saturday, June 30: The Guilty Ones Tickle! 7 PM Elements Books www.thebrunswick.com | 934-4873 265 Main Street, Biddeford The Nonantum Saturday, June 30: Tim Winchester 8 PM 95 Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport The Burleigh www.elementsbookscoffeebeer.com | 710-2011 Live entertainment Monday - Thursday, 6 to 9:30 PM Friday, June 29: Kate Daggett 7pm www.nonantumresort.com | 967-4050 Saturday, June 30:Beau Dalleo Federal Jack’s Sunday, July 1: Jim O’Neil The Shipyard, Kennebunk Lower Village Old Vines www.kennebunkportinn.com | 967-2621 Tuesdays at 9 PM - Trivia 173 Port Road, Kennebunk Wednesdays at 9 PM - Music Bingo Monday, July 2: Industry Night /Dance Party w/DJ Nate 9 PM The Blue Mermaid Island Grill Thursdays Karaoke www.oldvineswinebar.com | 967-2310 10 Shapleigh Road Kittery www.federaljacks.com | 967-4322 Sundays: Blue Grass Brunch 10 AM to 4 PM On the Marsh w/Live Blue Grass Band 11 AM to 2 PM Feile Restraurant 46 Western Ave., Lower Village Kennebunk Thursday, June 28: Pork Low Mainers 6 to 9 PM 1619 Post Rd., Wells Fridays and Saturdays – Live Piano Saturday, June 30: Rob Thomas Wednesday, July 4: Don Wessells www.onthemarsh.com | 967-2299 www.bluemermaid.com | 703-2754 Thursdays: Trivia Fridays: Karaoke Annie Pedro’s Clay Hill Farm www.feilerestaurantandpub.com | 251-4065 181 Port Road, Kennebunk Thursday, June 28: David Hollis, Piano Sunday, July 1: Chris Ross Band Friday and Saturday, June 29 and 30: Katherine Mayfield, Piano Front Porch- Piano Bar www.pedrosmaine.com | 967-5544 www.clayhillfarm.com | 361-2272 9 Shore Rd., Ogunquit Thursday, June 28: Michelle Currie 6 PM Pilot House Kim Kuzma 8 PM Saturday, June 30: Lower Village People 3 to 7 PM Facebook | 967-9961 Escape the traffic Robert Dionne 9 PM Friday, June 29:Robert Dionne 6 PM and... Michelle Currie 9 PM Ryan’s Corner House Experience us! Saturday, June 30: Michelle Currie 5 PM Irish Pub & Restaurant Keith Belanger 9 PM 17 Western Ave., Lower Village, Kennebunk www.thefrontporch.com | 646-4005 Wednesday, July 4: Beau Dalleo 5 PM 967-3564 Funky Bow Brewery & Beer Company Indoor/Outdoor Dining from 5pm 21 Ledgewood Lane, Lyman Spirit Live Music Nightly ~ Special Events for 2 to 200 Friday, June 29: The O Harrows 5 to 9 PM In the River Early Bird Special – Monday & Tuesday Nights at 5 PM with Reservation Saturday, June 30: Paul Chase Jr. 1 to 4 PM/ Friday, June 29: Andy MacLeod Solo 5 to 8 PM Order one entree by 5:29 and receive a second entree with our www.spiritofmassachusetts.com compliments. Offer not valid in conjunction with any other discount or Montgomery Road 5 to 9 PM promotion. Offer valid with reservation and this ad. TN Expires 8/28/18. www.funkybowbeercompany.com | 409-6814 Run of the Mill Proud sponsors of the Ogunquit Playhouse. See our ad in the Hurricane 100 Main Street, Saco Playbill for 15% off food total. Thank you! 29 Dock Square, Kennebunkport Thursdays, live music from 8 to 11 PM Saturday, June 30: Ocean Avenue Band www.runofthemill.net | 571-9648 www.hurricanerestaurant.com | 967-9111 Wiggly Bridge Distillery Inn on the Blues 441 US Route 1, York 7 Ocean Avenue, York Beach Saturday, June 30: Doc & Shari 5 to 7 PM Karaoke Mondays/Reggae Tuesdays www.wigglybridgedistillery.com | 363-9322 Friday, June 29: Soul Jacker Saturday, June 30: Royal Furs Monday, July 1: James Gilmore 207-351-3221 These are all wonderful nightlife/live music Restaurant • Weddings • Events venues. If you don't see specific listings and Just 2 Miles West of Ogunquit • 220 Clay Hill Rd., Cape Neddick performers here, be sure to check websites for For Reservations 207.361.2272 • ClayHillFarm.com Tourist News advertiser current information and updates. TOURIST NEWS, JUNE 28 - July 4, 2018 PAGE 31

Out and About Captured on film this week is the Kennebunk- Kennebunkport- Arundel Chamber of Commerce's Launch Event. This Maritime Festival brought with it food, fun, history, and impressive funds for charity. Castaway Cove at the Waterhouse "Launch" 2018

Clockwise from directly above: celebrating the Launch cocktail party at the Nonantum are Diane and Greg Gardner of Lyman; Blessing of the Fleet with Rev. Andrew D'Angio White; Bike Cop author James Bruner and wife Gretchen enjoy reader Lisa Gilbreath; Pretty in Pink afloat in the Launch Boat Parade (Captain Grant Nelson and his Pink Flamingo crew capture first place).

Melissa Freeman and Brooke King, After Hours at White Columns Let us know about your events. We just might Timber to Tides event Auctioneer Mandy Nelson and Dan Nelson of catch them Scalawags and swashbucklers gather for Kennebunk and Rae Ingwerson of Arundel. the Pirate Pub Crawl. The Event raised more than $17k for the And they are off and running – the Sailors and on film.. Arundel Conservation Trust. Sirens road race to benefit blood cancer.

“A wonderful old-style general store Craft Beer ~ Liquor with reasonable prices. . .” Wine ~ Champagne Cheese & Crackers • Dips and Chips “They always make you feel Blueberry Pie • Brownie Sundae like family.” House Made - Corned Beef Hash “You never know who you will - Hot Pastrami meet there.” - Pulled Pork Sandwiches H.B. Provisions . . . a general store and so much more Open 6 am – 10 pm / 7 days (May-Oct.) 6 am – 9 pm (Oct.-May)

Full Service Deli, Hot bar/Salad bar, Groceries, Exceptional Wine, Craft Beer, Liquor, Specialty Coffee, Fresh Baked Goods, Maine Gifts, ATM, Beach Toys, Fun for All, Scooped Ice Cream too. . . Eat In or “If we don’t have it, you don’t need it.” Take Out! 15 Western Ave. • Lower Village, Kennebunk 207-967-5762 • www.hbprovisions.com