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Friday, October 13, 2017
Volume 13 • Issue No. 41
14th Annual OgunquitFest October 20-22
Julie Twombly photo
OGUNQUIT Ogunquit's town-wide fall festival takes place October 20-22, when the Ogunquit Chamber of Commerce will hold the town’s 14th annual OgunquitFest weekend. The festivities begin Friday, October 20 with haunted theatre tours and trick or treating among downtown shops. Throughout the month of October, look for scarecrows at participating businesses and vote for your favorite. On Saturday October 21, the Autumn Bazaar, a shopper’s
dream of one-of-a-kind crafters, artists and retailers, will be ready to help you with your holiday shopping. Pumpkin decorating and story hour at the Dunaway Center are sure to be a delight for the kids. The Classic and Antique Car Show at the Main Beach will be a draw for the entire family. Also at the beach, from 2:30-3:30 p.m., let the kids run off some energy in the Halloween-themed Obstacle Course. There may be a great special guest appearance too! Weather permitting.
You won't want to miss the Wine Tasting from 2-5 p.m. at the Perkins & Perkins Wine and Cheese Shop, 478 Main Street. And what's a fall festival without a ghostly Tour from 6-8 p.m. at the Ogunquit Heritage Museum, Obeds Lane. Tours by the Ogunquit Heritage Museum. Bring your flashlight – it’s dark out there! Weather permitting. Parking available at Obed's Lot (entrance to lot is on Cottage Street). Let your hair down on See FEST page 7...
Carlton Plummer’s Painting Selected by Pine Tree Society WELLS Wells artist Carlton Plummer already has seven paintings featured on Pine Tree Society holiday cards. This year, at 88 years old, he’s added an eighth. His painting “Homeward Bound� has been selected as the design for this year’s card. Plummer was born in Brunswick and spent his childhood on his grandparents’ farm just outside of Augusta before attending art school in Boston.
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At 20 years old, his first illustration appeared in the Boston Sunday Globe. He then served as a combat artist during the Vietnam War before going on to become a full time painter and professor of art. “When I went to Vietnam I had never even flown before. I’d never been off the ground. I was the first artist to go to Thailand in 1969 and was carried by Land Rover through the jungle as they built the roads.� He then went on to teach for 55 years, 20 of those as a full professor of art at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. “I love to teach and have taught more than 10,000 students.�
Plummer’s watercolor scene selected for Pine Tree Society 2017 holiday card.
His watercolor scene for the 2017 Pine Tree Society holi-
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Senator King Celebrates Maine Manufacturing NORTH BERWICK U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) recently joined local students, teachers, and manufacturers at Pratt & Whitney in North Berwick to celebrate the importance of Maine manufacturing for the state’s economy and traditions and help expose students to high-tech manufacturing opportunities in Maine. The event, hosted by the Manufacturers Association of Maine and Lockheed Martin, included a Lockheed Martin F-35 Cockpit Demonstrator that students were able to test. Senator
King last week cosponsored the Senate resolution to recognize October 6, 2017 as National Manufacturing Day. “From jet engines to L.L. Bean boots to semiconductors to two-by-fours, Maine is uniquely positioned to leverage a wide range of manufacturing jobs that can create opportunities and help Maine people thrive,� Senator King said. “Virtually every business I go to in Maine, whether it be north, south, east, or west
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day card features a man making his way home after harvesting
the perfect Christmas tree. He moves through the rugged landscape of the snow-covered forest on his way to the quaint town in the clearing where his family eagerly awaits his arrival. When asked what inspired him to paint this scene, he said, “That’s me.� This painting harkens back to a childhood memory on his grandparents’ farm. “That’s me. When I was 8 years old, I took a hatchet and went into the pasture to take down a fir tree. No one knew what I was doing, but I did a good job with it and they let me
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Senator Angus King with local high school students celebrating manufacturing in Maine.
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