The Locker Project will provide free, fresh food for anyone between 11 a.m. and noon on Thursday, Dec. 18, at Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St. The next distribution of food will be on Thursday, Jan. 15. Toy and winter clothing drive Profenno’s Pizzeria & Pub, at 934 Main St., is participating in a toy […]
Holidays
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Yarmouth will revive its Christmas tree after community raises its own
The tree and menorah lighting on Saturday followed an announcement that a holiday tree will be raised on Memorial Green in future years.
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Couple’s Toy Fund donation will help to share their love of reading
Each of the thousands of Maine children served by the Toy Fund will get a new book plus several toys as part of their holiday celebrations this year.
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Westbrook celebrates holidays with miles of lights
Westbrook’s annual tree lighting event drew its biggest crowd yet.
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These 5 holiday displays will take you back in time
Learn about traditions of Christmases past at historic homes and sites in southern Maine.
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Toy Fund requests surge as struggling families fight to keep holiday magic alive
Many parents writing into the charity describe feelings of guilt and shame over asking for help to make their children smile.
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Gratitude from parents lights up Toy Fund volunteers’ holiday season
The Press Herald Toy Fund received applications for nearly 5,000 children this year. Parents began to pick up gifts this week.
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Toy Fund helps Maine parents caring for sick kids find support and joy around the holidays
Letters to the charity describe Maine kids facing cancer, major surgeries and long trips for care. The Toy Fund aims to lighten the load for those children and their families.
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Meet the woman who’s designed every costume in ‘The Nutcracker’ for 35 years
Gail Csoboth, otherwise known as ‘Madame,’ has taken the Maine State Ballet’s annual production to a new level.
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See 40 decked-out conifers on display at Westbrook’s Festival of Trees
The annual festival at the Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church raises money for local charities.