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Friday, December 10, 2021
Volume 17 • Issue No. 50
Wreaths Across America To Arrive Next Week on Seacoast NATIONWIDE The country’s longest veterans’ parade – Wreaths Across America’s annual escort to Arlington National Cemetery – kicks off on Saturday, December 11. National President of American Gold Star Mothers Inc. (AGSM) Jo Ann Maitland and President Emeritus of Gold Star Wives of America, Inc.(GSW) Nancy Menagh will lead the caravan as this year’s Co-Grand Marshals. The official escort will travel down the East Coast stopping at schools, memorials, and other locations along the
way to spread the mission to remember, honor and teach. Stops with public events will be held in Maine, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Washington D.C., before arriving
at Arlington National Cemetery on the morning of Saturday, December 18, National Wreaths Across America Day. This year’s convoy will be coming through York Village
on Monday, December 13 at approximately 9:15 a.m. The convoy will be traveling south on Route 1 from Ogunquit and taking a left onto Old Post Road to Ridge Road to Long Sands Road until they come to the Village. The convoy will then head up York Street to Route 1 where they will take a left and head south to Kittery, and past the Kittery Trading Post. It will then take Route 236 to State Road in Eliot, to arrive at the Eliot Fire Department at approximately 10:15 a.m. To view the complete schedule, visit www.wreathsacrossameri-
ca.org/arlington-escort-information. “For those who have had the opportunity to participate in the escort of wreaths over the years, it is truly an experience of a lifetime,” said Karen Worcester, executive director, WAA. “The way we and the mission are welcomed into communities, with flags waving and streets lined with children and veterans, is something we always wished every American could witness. This year we’re hoping that supSee WREATHS page 2...
Norton Lights Adding Special Night of Hope Event WELLS Norton Lights began in 2008 out of a friendly, family holiday light display competition. Since then, Stan Norton and his family – wife Melissa, sons Reed and Ryan, and even dogs Peri and Margo – pitch in, along with friends, family members and members of the Wells community, to produce a glittering annual display. In 2009, Norton Lights partnered with Make-A-Wish® to
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collect voluntary donations from those viewing the holiday lights. This year, in addition to their regularly scheduled nightly shows, there will be a special event on Sunday, December 19, 4-7 p.m. at Norton Lights – A Night of Hope – in honor and loving memory of Frankie Hope Norton. On this night, there will be special gifts for young visitors from Santa – that’s right, just pull on up, enjoy the light show, and the bright and cheery elves will
make a special delivery to vehicles with a gift at no cost. Donations are always humbly and gratefully accepted at Norton Lights for Make A Wish Maine. The Norton Lights displays began December 4 and run nightly through Christmas night. Schedule includes Sunday - Thursday 5-9 p.m. and Friday Saturday 5-10 p.m. The Norton family wishes See NORTON page 22...
Fuel & More Helps Kittery with Fuel & More KITTERY Fuel & More continues to grow in helping Kittery residents with fuel costs and unforeseen expenses. As an all-volunteerrun nonprofit, Fuel & More helps those having trouble paying for heat but don’t qualify for town assistance. Over the Fall and Winter, Fuel & More covers the cost of two heating deliveries for individuals or families, totaling thousands of gallons of heating oil, propane, kerosene, needed cords of wood, and pellets, as well as assisting with fuel costs for Fair Tide housing.
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In addition to helping with fuel, two years ago Fuel & More began a new service that further defines the “More” in their title. Through “More”, Kittery families get help with unexpected emergencies, such as loss of a job, an illness, or a death in the family, providing funds to help families get through a difficult time in their lives. In the past year, with the generosity of donors, they were able to expand the “More” mission by helping Kittery families with back rent, car repairs, utility bills, transportation expenses, housing, payment
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of essential items, childcare, and other concerns, in coordination with the York County Community Action and Kittery Together. They have provided Kittery school counselors with gift cards for students who lack warm clothing, and purchasing over $2,500
in coats and pairs of boots for the Kittery Holiday Basket Program annually. With the pandemic upending so many lives, their goal is to expand the “More” services to reach more families in need and help them stay in Kittery. For assistance for fuel or other unexpected expenses, send an email to info@fuelandmore. org, visit www.fuelandmore.org, or call 207-703-8288. Requests for assistance are confidential. To donate, visit the website or mail a check to Fuel & More, PO Box 754, Kittery, ME 03904.
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Christmas by the Sea in Ogunquit Dec.10-12 Christmas Prelude in Kennebunk thru Dec.12 Festival of Lights in York thru Dec.17