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Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Regions of Maine May 17-23
May 16th, 2012 categories: Maine Waterfront Real Estate News
At City Theater, Biddeford
May 18-20, Friday-Sunday, 8pm/Friday and Saturday, 2pm/Sunday, “The Last Romance,” by Joe DiPietro, golden years comedy love story for all ages, this touching story proves it is never too late to follow your heart, $20, City Theater, 205 Main Street, Biddeford. FMI: 207-282-0849, www.citytheater.org.
May 18, Friday, 8pm, Kyle Carey, Gaelic, folk, Appalachian, $15, Jonathan’s Restaurant, 92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit. FMI: 207-646-4777, www.jonathansrestaurant.com.
May 19, Saturday, 9am-1pm, Indoor Crafters Fair and Bake Sale, free, West Kennebunk United Methodist Church, 160 Alfred Road, West Kennebunk. FMI: 207-985-6632, www.mainetoday.com.
May 19-20, Saturday-Sunday, 10am-5pm/Saturday, 11am-4pm/Sunday, Arena Antique Show and Sale, 34 exhibitors and expert appraisers, $10, Biddeford Ice Arena, 18 Pomerleau Street, Biddeford. FMI: www.bangordailynews.com/event.
May 19, Saturday, 7pm, Alumni Band’s Annual Mike Drapeau Scholarship Concert, with the St. James Choir and appearance from Slugger, $7/advance, $10/door, Thornton Academy, Garland Auditorium, 438 Main Street, Saco. FMI: 207-282-3361, www.thealumniband.com.
May 19, Saturday, 7pm, Saco Coffeehouse Presents Rob Sylvain and the Cajun Aces, music from the Maine and Quebecois traditions, $10, free/12 and under, Unitarian Church of Saco and Biddeford, 60 School Street, Saco. FMI: 207-282-0062, www.sacocoffeehouse.com.
May 19, Saturday, 7:30pm, Rock My Soul Gospel Concert, singers and instrumentalists, program spans Negro spirituals from the 1700’s to contemporary roots, $18/general, $16/seniors and students, free/under 12, $30/max. for a family of three or more, Saco River Grange Hall, Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills. FMI: 207-929-6472, www.sacorivergrangehall.org.
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Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Regions of Maine Feb. 9-13
February 8th, 2012 categories: Maine Waterfront Real Estate News
“David Sanborn,” Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield
Feb. 9, Thursday, 8pm, David Sanborn, renowned and revered the world over as one of the greatest saxophone players of all-time, body of work spans the genres of rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, pop and jazz, $65, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road, Brownfield. FMI: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.
Feb. 10-12, Friday-Sunday, 7pm/Friday and Saturday, 2pm/Sunday, “Almost, Maine,” a romantic comedy written by John Cariani, this delightful show is a collection of two-character vignettes exploring the mysteries of the heart, treat yourself and your loved ones to an early Valentine’s Day this winter, northern-Maine style, Lake Region Community Theater, $10, Magic Lantern, Main Street, Bridgton. FMI: 207-647-5065, www.lrctme.org.
Feb. 10, Friday, 7pm, “Lowry’s Lodge,” monthly reading series hosted by Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel, performance by Martin Steingesser and Marita O’Neill, $5, Acorn Studios, Dana Warp Mill, 90 Bridge St, Westbrook. FMI: 207-854-0065, www.acorn-productions.org.
Feb. 10, Friday, 7:30pm, Hebron Academy’s Cohen Chamber Music Series, featuring cellist Jan Muller-Szeraws and internationally renowned pianist Ya-Fei Chuang, performance to include Dvorak’s Dumky Trio and Kodaly’s Duo for Violin and Cello, free, Lepage Arts Center, Hebron Academy, Hebron. FMI: 207-966-5266, www.hebronacademy.org.
Feb. 11, Saturday, 12pm, Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: “Gotterdammerung,” Deborah Voigt stars as Brunnhilde and Gary Lehman in Siegfried, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg. FMI: 207-935-9232, www.fryeburgacademy.org.
Feb. 11, Saturday, 8pm, Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra, will perform the wining compositions from the 2011-2012 USM School of Music’s Composition Competition, conducted by USM’s Robert Lehmann, $6/general public, $3/students and seniors, Gorham Middle School, 106 Weeks Road, Gorham. FMI: 207-850-5555, www.usm.maine.edu/music.
Feb. 12, Sunday, 3pm, A Valentine to French Romanticism, violinist Ronald Lantz and pianist Laura Kargul, $15/general, $10/seniors, $5/students, Corthell Concert Hall, USM, Gorham. FMI: 207-780-5265, www.usm.maine.edu/music.
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Lake St. George, Liberty, Maine: Nature’s Candy for the Eye
February 2nd, 2012 categories: Maine Waterfront Real Estate News
One of the many islands that dot the basin of Lake St. George
Lake St. George in Liberty, Maine is one of the cleanest and clearest lakes in the state. Lakefront property owners are pleased that the lake is rated second in Maine for its above average water quality. This beautiful spring-fed, crystal clear, mountain lake is the perfect place to spend some well-deserved vacation time.
Lake St. George Park is situated on the northwest shore. It offers camping, including shoreline sites.
Because there is less boat traffic than equivalent sized lakes in Maine, there’s plenty of room for sailing and boating.
And when you’re ready to get off the water, the village of Liberty offers some unique places to frequent in this secluded, yet central location in mid-coast Maine. The village is located at the headwaters of the west branch of the historic George’s River watershed.
The old octagonal post office in Liberty is the only such one in the United States. And Liberty Graphics has been “designing and printing since the 70s.” I love purchasing their high-quality seconds, with a design emphasis on the wonders of the natural world. Their designs are unique and their prices are fantastic.
Across the street, it’s easy to spend hours getting lost at Liberty Tool Company. Liberty Tool offers tools, antiques, collectibles, books and art collected from estates and workshops throughout New England. With three expansive floors, it’s New England’s largest secondhand tool store. I guarantee you won’t leave empty handed.
Liberty is 15 miles from the coast and 25 miles from Augusta, the capitol city of Maine. It’s a central location for visiting nationally known tourist attractions such as Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Camden, Rockland and Boothbay Harbor. LL Bean in Freeport is about an hour away.
When you are considering waterfront property on Lake St. George, don’t waste too much time thinking. You need to hurry up and make a purchase so you can spend time on this picturesque lake enjoying the sun rise over the crystal clear water. Click on the green button above to learn more about lakefront listings on Lake St. George in Liberty, Maine.
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The Theater at Monmouth, a “Saucy Little Opera House” in the Winthrop Lakes Region of Maine
June 25th, 2010 categories: Belgrade Lakes Region, Maine Waterfront Real Estate News
The Theater at Monmouth in Cumston Hall
Located in the heart of the Winthrop Lakes Region is the crown jewel known as the Theater at Monmouth.
The Theater at Monmouth is locally known as TAM. In 1970, Richard Sewell and Dr. Robert Joyce established the theater as a professional summer theater to produce Shakespeare’s plays and the classics. The mission is “to bring innovative approaches to Shakespeare and other classic plays through professional productions which enrich the lives of people in Maine at historic Cumston Hall, Monmouth and throughout the state.” In 1975, the Maine State Legislature named TAM the Shakespearean Theater of Maine.
About 45 professional artists and college-age theater students from Maine and all around the country perform multiple roles in several rotating shows each summer. Many return for several seasons or more. David Greenham is the Producing Director. Jeri Pitcher and Bill Van Horn are the Associate Artistic Directors and Dennis A. Price is the Company Manager.
Check the TAM Web site for a schedule of this year’s shows. Throughout the year, Theater Workshops and Residency Programs are also offered.
The Monmouth Community Players, founded in 1992, also performs at TAM. Their mission is to “provide a positive and affordable theater experience for adults and youth in the Winthrop Lakes Region by presenting exciting productions and talented casts under skilled directing.”
Hallmarks of the theater include excellent acoustics and sight lines. Stained glass windows, stenciled murals, ornate trim and plaster ornamentation set TAM apart from other summer theaters in Maine. A long-term restoration project has been completed. Tony Castro, an accomplished painter, had been hired to touch up some apple blossoms. In the process, he discovered something underneath and through using a photo to do some detective work, discovered a strip of ornamental banding that once spanned the entire theater. It’s thought that during the Depression, they covered the ornate strip with something easier to maintain.
Back in 1979, Kenneth S. Rothwell of the University of Vermont wrote an article in the spring issue of Shakespeare Quarterly entitled “Shakespeare in Northern New England: Monmouth and Champlain.” “The Theater at Monmouth (Maine) offered a variety of surprises. As a start, there was the saucy little opera house concealed inside the sparse but elegant Victorian-Gothic Town Hall.”
This summer, you might want to take in a show or two at the “saucy little opera house,” set in the classic New England town of Monmouth. And before the show check out lakefront properties on Cobbosseeconte Lake, Annabessacook Lake, Sand Pond, Cochnewagon Lake and Wilson Pond by clicking on the green button above.
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Out and About in the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine March 11 to 17
March 11th, 2010 categories: Maine Waterfront Real Estate News, Sebago Lakes Region
“Fame! The Musical,” on stage in Gorham
March 11-14, 7:30 p.m. (2:00 p.m. Sunday), “The Pajama Game,” music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, directed by Wil Kilroy, prices vary, Main Stage, Russell Hall, USM, Gorham. FMI: 207.780.5151, www.usm.maine.edu.
March 12, 7:30 p.m. “Dance for Me, Salome,” by John Manderino, based on chapters from his memoir “Crying at Movies,” dramatic reading featuring Naked Shakespeare actors Paul Haley and Kerry Rasor, $5/person, Acorn Studio Theater, Dana Warp Mill, 90 Bridge Street, Westbrook. FMI: 207.854.0065, www.acorn-productions.org.
March 12-14, 7:30 p.m. (2:00 p.m. Sunday), “Fame! The Musical,” directed by Bruce Avery, choreographed by Deb Lombard, story, set in the early 1980s, follows the last group of students who were fortunate to have been accepted at the prestigious Performing Arts School of NYC, $9/adults, $6/students and seniors, Gorham High School Auditorium, 41 Morrill Avenue, Gorham. FMI: 207.839.5754, www.goghs.org.
March 13, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Winter Walk at Chip Stockford Reserve, investigate the winter landscape and examine tracks and sign left by critters, dress appropriately and bring water and snack or lunch, weather dependent, Chip Stockford Reserve, Ladies Delight Road, Lovell. FMI: 207.925.1056, www.gllt.org.
March 13, 7:30-11 p.m. Dance to DelRossi Posse, groove-based dance band, Pulse Dance Studio, 865 Spring Street, Westbrook. FMI: 207.899.1435, www.pulsemaine.com.
March 16, 11:30 a.m. St. Paddy’s Rooster Revue, featuring Carol Noonan and friends, family-style lunch including corned beef and cabbage, followed by a one set show guaranteed to knock your socks off, $40/person includes show, lunch, gratuity and tax, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road, Brownfield. FMI: 207.935.7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.
March 17, 6:30 p.m. Seed Starting and Garden Planning, presenter Norm Steele, Master Gardner of Cumberland County, everything you need to know about starting seeds and planning your 2010 garden, Raymond Village Community Church, 27 Main Street, Raymond. FMI: 207.655.2135, www.rvccme.org.
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Hiker’s Delight: Heald and Bradley Pond Reserve in Lovell, Maine
July 17th, 2009 categories: Maine Waterfront Real Estate News
Heald Pond
Only a stone’s throw from Kezar Lake and encompassing a portion of Heald Pond shoreline is the 800 acre Heald and Bradley Pond Reserve in Lovell. This beautiful preserve offers pristine natural views and hiking trails and abuts some very desirable lakefront property, as well.
I just returned from a guided hike up Amos Mountain, the newly acquired addition to this Reserve, owned and managed by the Greater Lovell Land Trust (GLLT). With this new acquisition from the Rogers family, the Reserve now includes the western shore of Heald Pond, access to the southern shore of Bradley Pond, much of Whiting Hill (elevation 801 feet), Flat Hill (elev. 891 feet) and Amos Mountain (elev. 955 feet).
Docent Dennis Smith explained to us that the Rogers family wanted the Greater Lovell Land Trust to acquire the property because they felt the GLLT knew “how best to protect it . . . This protects the wildlife corridor along Heald and Bradley Ponds extending north.”A variety of mammal species including Bear, Deer, Moose, Otter, Beaver, Fisher and Mink frequent this area.
Several miles of well-marked hiking trails are accessible from four access points—just east of Mill Brook off Slab City Road, two limited parking access points off Route 5, and the end of Heald Pond Road. At the Slab City and Heald Pond parking areas, you’ll find kiosks with maps.
The trials to Amos Mountain are not yet on the map and the trail is a bit rough, but if you stop by the GLLT office, Tom Henderson, Executive Director, can give you the best directions.
Two cairns are at the top where the view is currently limited. According to Dennis, the Rogers family maintained the views of Mts. Chocorua and Washington, plus Kezar Lake and the ponds for a number of years and they enjoyed taking family and friends to the top to enjoy. The GLLT has plans to eventually reopen some of the views.
This will be a special place for years to come for many reasons, but three special things stand out. We took a short side trip in to an American Chestnut tree, which used to be a dominate tree in the Boreal Forest. This tree is resistant to the blight that eradicated its ancestors. The second item of interest is that the Fernleaf-false Foxglove reportedly blooms on the ledgey summit in late summer and fall. This is a state threatened species. And finally, it is the hope of the GLLT that an old road leading to the summit will eventually become the first GLLT trail for handicapped access suitable to wheelchairs and scooters.
Accessing all the lakefront property currently for sale in the town of Lovell is easier than walking down a well-marked trail – just click below:
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Out and About in the Sebago Lakes Region: July 10-13
July 10th, 2009 categories: Maine Waterfront Living, Maine Waterfront Real Estate News, Sebago Lakes Region
July 8-11, Old Home Days, Harrison, Maine, FMI: www.harrisonmaine.org
July 9-11, Norway Summer Art Festival and Sidewalk Art Fest, Main Street, FMI: 207.739.6161 or www.norwayartsfestival.org
July 9-26, Thursday, Friday and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. Oklahoma! Schoolhouse Theater and Arts Center, Route 114, Sebago Lake Village, FMI: 207.642.3743 or www.schoolhousearts.org
July 10, 7 p.m. Music on the Hill Concert Series: “A Night on Broadway,” Windham Hill UCC Church, FMI: 207.892.7420
July 10, 8 p.m. Jonathan Edwards, a benefit for Mountain Top Music Center, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Road, Brownfield, FMI: 866.227.6523 or www.stonemountainarts.com
July 10-11, 8 p.m. Wonder on the World, Professional Ensemble, The Theater Project, Brunswick, tickets $18, Tickets and info: 207.729.8584 or www.theaterproject.com
July 11, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Artisans and Craftsmen Show, Narramissic, The historic Peabody-Fitch Farm, Ingalls Road, South Bridgton, FMI: 207.647.3699 or www.bridgtonhistory.org
July 11, 8 p.m. Brent McCoy in Clown at Work, Celebration Barn, 190 Stock Farm Road, South Paris, tickets: $14-adults, $12-seniors, $8 students and kids, FMI: 207.743.8452 or www.celebrationbarn.com
July 12, 11 a.m. -5 p.m. Historic Home and Garden Tour, joint project of The Rufus Porter Museum and the Bridgton Historical Society, $25/person, begins at Bridgton Town Hall on North High Street, FMI: 207.647.2828
July 12-13, 15th Annual North Atlantic Blues Festival, Harbor Park, Rockland, FMI: 207.593.1189 or www.northatlanticbluesfestival.com
July 13, 8 p.m. Camp Encore/Coda concert, full orchestral program by professional musicians and selected students to benefit Lakes Environmental Association (LEA has been protecting the lakes of western Maine since 1970), at Deertrees Theatre and Cultural Arts Center, 156 Deertrees Road, Harrison, FMI: 207.583.6747 or www.deertreestheatre.org
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Crystal Lake in Harrison the Site of Ice Harvesting Saturday
February 20th, 2009 categories: Maine Waterfront Real Estate News, Sebago Lakes Region
Crystal Lake in Harrison is normally the setting for swim lessons, picnic lunches and softball at the adjacent ballfield. But come winter, Crystal Lake is the site of something very old fashioned and interesting – ice harvesting.
An antique, gas-generated motor powers a wild-looking circular saw that does most of the ice cutting, followed by rugged men who finish the job with long, hand-held saws. Other men use huge ice tongs to grab the blocks floating in the water and hoist them out onto the ice. The blocks are slid along a conveyor and up into the sledge.
The local Historical Society has been organizing this demonstration for the last several years and have made it part of a more general Winter Carnival that takes place while the school kids are still on vacation. The demonstration starts around 10 a.m. and generally lasts several hours.
Read more about this by clicking on this article: Harrison to Recreate its Ice Harvest.
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HGTV’s “House Hunters” Features Maine’s Mr. Lakefront Real Estate
December 19th, 2008 categories: Maine Waterfront Real Estate News
HGTV program “House Hunters” will air an episode on January 1 at 8 p.m. that features local real estate buyer’s broker Diane Monaco of the Mr. Lakefront Keller Williams team in Casco.
A producer for “House Hunters” had contacted Mr. Lakefront real estate earlier in the year after visiting their website and blog. They wanted to feature a Maine lakefront vacation home in one of their program segments. Mr. Lakefront buyer’s broker, Diane Monaco, had been working with several possible candidates and was able to find a couple who were willing to participate in the project.
“House Hunters” takes their viewers behind the scenes as individuals, couples and families learn what to look for and decide whether or not a home is meant for them. Focusing on the emotional experience of finding and purchasing a new home, each episode shows the process as buyers search for a home.
The production crew was here for three days in August doing the shooting and have edited down many hours of work to a half hour program. The segment will follow the Mr. Lakefront buyers as they go through the process of looking at three lakefront homes and deciding which one they would like to buy.
Lakefront homes featured in the program are located on Thompson Lake in Otisfield, Parker Pond in Casco, and Moose Pond in Denmark. They also did some production in the Mr. Lakefront offices in South Casco.
While the HGTV website shows the episode scheduled for 8 p.m. on January 1, they always suggest you check your local listings for the correct time in your area. We hope you’ll tune in and check us out.
UPDATE! Click here to watch this House Hunters episode that aired on HGTV on January 1, 2009!
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Maine Waterfront Property – It’s Fryeburg Fair Time!
September 27th, 2008 categories: Maine Waterfront Real Estate News
Late summer and early fall brings with it the many agricultural fairs all over Maine. Here in the southern part of the state it starts in mid-summer with the North Waterford World’s Fair, which is followed in September with the Cumberland Fair, the Common Ground Fair, and the Oxford County Fair.
All have their attractions and are great fun to go to, but the biggest and best of all – indeed, “Maine’s Blue Ribbon Classic” – is the Fryeburg Fair, which opens tomorrow, September 28th, and closes next Sunday, October 5th.
What’s your pleasure? Sheepdog trials and the Firemen’s Muster kick things off tomorrow and begin a daily parade of fascinating displays of human and animal proficiencies the likes of which you will find no where else.
Monday is always Woodsmen’s Day where the chips will be flying, sawdust spewing, and sweat dripping from the big and burly men (and women) who know how to handle axes, crosscut saws, and chainsaws.
Throughout the week you can find draft horses and oxen pulling sleds of concrete in competition, see beautiful show horses and ponys, and experience the excitement of the pig and calf scrambles, as well as tractor pulls and skillet throws.
Of course, what would a fair be without displays of mighty vegetables. See giant pumpkins and squash in abundance!
The best part, for me however, is just walking through the barns, where all the animals are kept when they’re not competing. To be able to go from barn to barn and stall to stall and see these magnificent animals up close – to scratch an steer’s head or pat a llama, or to just stand next to an ox and get a true sense of their size and strength – all of this is so out of the ordinary for most of us that to experience it is truly remarkable.
If you have always thought about going, but just don’t seem to get to it, think of taking a day off this week and make the trip to the Fair. It’s well worth the effort and will provide many wonderful memories to share with friends and families.
For more information about the Fryeburg Fair, click here and go directly to their website.
By the way, for many people a trip to the Fair also provides an opportunity to take a look at some late-season lakefront property. We’d be happy to fit in a showing or two for you while you’re up here. Check out the inventory by going to our Lakefront Locator.
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