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Friday, October 3, 2014
Volume 10 • Issue No. 40
Family and Community Fun on Farm Day CAPE NEDDICK – The Youth Enrichment Center at Hilton-Winn Farm is excited to bring their 11th Annual Fall Fun Farm Day to York County families and visitors. In the past years, over 1,200 patrons have joined this non-profit in their fall event, supporting their dedication to positive youth development through nature based education and stewardship of the unique agricultural landscape and farming traditions of New England. Throughout the day children and adults alike come together as a community to experience the natural fall beauty of the Hilton-Winn Farm. With 50 acres of fields and woods
Farm Day is sheer enjoyment for local families and visitors.
surrounded by over 225 acres of conservation this Youth Enrichment Center offers a unique setting to bring children to the
outdoors for fun, fresh air and a chance to grow and learn from the natural world around them. The 2014 Fall Fun Farm
Day will be held on Saturday, October 11, at 189 Ogunquit Road in Cape Neddick. The activities will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and include meeting friendly farm animals, pony rides, nature based arts and crafts, scarecrow making, pumpkin painting, nature hikes, and a haunted walk and hayrides. Live music playing in the field sets the mood for the day. Rain date is Sunday, October 12. Concessions will be available throughout the day including a barbeque with hamburgers, hot dogs and veggie burgers, homemade New England clam chowder, chili, homemade baked goods and more. Volunteers from around
New England come year after year to support Fall Fun Farm day and the Youth Enrichment Center at Hilton-Winn Farm. It is a perfect day for the community to visit the farm and learn about the programs offered. For more information call Nancy Breen at 207-361-1385. The Youth Enrichment Center at Hilton-Winn Farm is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that offers Summer Fun Programs designed for children five to twelve, as well as year round programs which service both local and out-of-state youth groups by providing environmental education activities which foster growth in communication, team work, tolerance and esteem building.
Programs Team with Volunteers to Keep York County Warm! KENNEBUNK In 2013, United Way of York County (UWYC), Habitat for Humanity York County (HfHYC), and 150 invaluable volunteers joined forces to weatherize 22 homes. This year, they
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hope to expand the Keep York County Warm! weatherization program to aid 30 homeowners and to offer more comprehensive repairs. Keep York County Warm! is a community based program which brings volunteers together to assess homes for their individual weatherization needs and to install weatherization kits for low-income, elderly and disabled homeowners. The expansion of the program follows the new addition of Habitat for Humanity York County’s Weatherization Coordinator, Ali Simpson, an AmeriCorps VISTA member. “I’m excited to be part of this project,” Simpson said. “Maine has some of the oldest housing stock in the country, which means many residents live in drafty homes and face high heating and energy bills. But with a few simple fixes, we can help vulnerable residents save money and live more comfortably.” Volunteers, under the guidance of team leaders with construction and home repair experience, will install simple yet effective materials such as door
sweeps and storm windows. Last year, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Saco, Biddeford Regional Center of Technology, and the Landing School in Arundel each had teams of volunteers build the storm window inserts. Each insert saves approximately $17 worth of heating oil, with many homeowners receiving as many as six inserts. Overall in 2013, the volunteers built 125 window inserts, saving homeowners approximately $2,125. “The volunteer and community response was wonderful last year,” said Meaghan Arzberger, Manager of Youth and Volunteer Engagement at United Way of York County. “Through our partnership with Habitat and our efforts in reaching out to community members this year, we hope to make the program even more effective.” Homeowner registration for the 2014 season is open until Wednesday, October 8. To register, contact your local General Assistance Office, the Southern Maine Agency on Aging or York County Community Action. If
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David Mann weather proofing a window in a Waterboro home (www.habitatyorkcounty.org photo)
$10 Million Defense Contract Will Improve Shipyard KITTERY – Oak Point Associates in Biddeford has won a $10 million Navy contract to design and engineer improvements to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery and at other Navy facilities on the East Coast. “This is great news for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and the local economy,” Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) said. “The design and engineering work that Oak Point is going to do for Portsmouth will improve a number
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of buildings at the yard and make them more energy efficient. That helps keep the yard competitive and supports good paying local jobs at the same time.” Oak Point will be responsible for engineering, design and construction services for projects involving many types of industrial facilities at Navy installations throughout the Mid-Atlantic. The first job on the list is a $800,000 project to repair and improve buildings M1, M2 and M3 at PNSY.
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