August 2014 – Page 3 – Mr. Lake Front | We Are Maine's Lake Specialists

August 14, 2014

Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 14-20

“Great Falls Balloon Festival,” Lewiston August 14 – 17, Thursday – Sunday, Thursday – Saturday 8:00 p.m., Sunday 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m., “Figaro,” He’s getting married in the morning, and the enterprising Figaro (servant, barber, professional troublemaker) couldn’t be happier. But with everybody scheming to […]

August 14, 2014

Out and About for the MidCoast Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 14-20

“Footloose,” Maine Sate Theatre, Bath August 14-17 and 19-20, Thursday-Sunday, and Tuesday-Wednesday, 2pm/Thurs, Sunday, and Tues, 7:30pm/Thurs, Fri, Sat, Tues, and Wed, “Footloose,” tells the explosive story of a young man, who, after moving to a small farming town, is shocked by the town’s rigorous local […]

August 14, 2014

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 14-20

“Ellsworth Antiques Show at Woodlawn,” Ellsworth August 14 – 15, Thursday – Friday, 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., “Ellsworth Antiques Show at Woodlawn,” America’s longest running summer antiques show and the region’s premier cultural event featuring 28 dealers from and as far away as Missouri. The […]

August 10, 2014

Silence on Maine’s Lakes: Help Prevent Lead Poisoning of Our Loons

Loon Family — Three-Day-Old Chicks by Leigh Macmillen Hayes As lakefront homeowners in Maine, we associate the call of the loon with summer. And this summer, on our lake a pair of loons finally had success in breeding chicks. The babies are now about three weeks […]

August 7, 2014

Lakefront Property Owners Use Rain Barrels To Help Prevent Poor Water Quality

Rain Barrel Placed Atop Bricks and Under Waterspout by Leigh Macmillen Hayes Lakefront property owners in Maine should take advantage of the traditional practice of collecting rainwater in rain barrels. Many of our classic Maine camps, cabins and cottages are not on municipal water lines. But […]

August 7, 2014

Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 7-13

“45th Annual Cumberland Arts & Crafts Show,” Cumberland August 7 – 10, Thursday – Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., “45th Annual Cumberland Arts & Crafts Show,” Join us for Maine’s largest craft show! Buy local, buy handmade with over 175 artisans displaying their Made in […]

August 7, 2014

Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 7-13

“Mary Poppins, the Musical,” Ogunquit Theatre August 7, Thursday, 10:00 a.m – 2:00 p.m., “19th Century Naturalist,” Explore the world like a 19th century naturalist. Check out the Saco Museum’s Natural History collection complete with mounted birds, an ostrich egg, sawfish saw, bony fish fossil and […]

August 7, 2014

Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 7-13

“Big, the Musical,” Lakewood Theater, Madison August 7, Thursday, time TBA, “Think Local, Think Global: A Reading by Author Ron Singer,” LOCAL: Look to Mountains, Look to Sea (River Otter Press, Aug 2013), These are poems from Deer Isle and Weld, Maine, written in the course of […]

August 7, 2014

Out and About for the Mid-Coast Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 7-13

“12th Annual Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show, Rockland August 7, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., “Dialogue,” The first concert by an ensemble of loved Bay Chamber musicians & friends. Geoff Nuttall, violin/viola; Livia Sohn, violin; Christopher Costanza, cello; Pedja Muzijevic, piano and the talented […]