“You have fixed all the bounds of the earth; you have made summer and winter.” Psalm 74:17 Summer Solstice This weekend marks the summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. From this point on the days begin to get shorter. The solstice gets its name from the Latin sol (sun) […]

ORR’S ISLAND — Rev. Harold Hallock will preside over the service Sunday, June 21, at All Saint’s Chapel, located at 9 Cooper Lane, off Harpswell Islands Road/Route 24 on Orr’s Island. Services take place at the church at 9 a.m. Sundays, through September 27.

BRUNSWICK — The First Parish Church of Brunswick is hosting its annual Strawberry Festival from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, June 26, at the gazebo on the Brunswick Mall. Quarts of freshly picked strawberries will be for sale, as will strawberry sundaes, homemade jams, strawberry rhubarb pies, and traditional strawberry shortcake with home-baked biscuits. […]

WISCASSET — Strawberries are ripening in the fields, soon to be transformed into the luscious shortcakes piled high with real whipped cream, as well as chocolate dipped berries, jam, and ice cream cones, that have come to be expected from the crew at St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset. The event will take place […]

BRUNSWICK — A free hitting clinic presented by former Boston Red Sox outfielder Bernie Carbo and the Diamond Club Ministry will take place from 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 4, at Brunswick High School. There will be free autographs and Carbo will be selling his biography, “Saving Bernie Carbo.” The next day, Sunday, July 5, Carbo […]