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Farewell My Friend Honoring the goodbye after a life well loved
• Heartfelt, professional Our goodbye and aftercare center for pets is designed to help
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euthanasia onsite. Private comfortable setting. Personalized aftercare and memorialization.
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Volume 20 • Issue 9 • SEPTEMBER 2025
Dogs & Libraries
you honor and memorialize the life of your beloved pet.
By Susan Spisak
Contact Us Phone: (207) 241-8033 Email: farewellmyfriendme@gmail.com Website: www.fmfmaine.com Based in Lisbon, ME
FINALLY HOME MAINE
DOG PACK PARTY
North Yarmouth Community Center WESCUSTOGO HALL & NORTH YARMOUTH COMMUNITY CENTER. 120 MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, NORTH YARMOUTH, ME
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 4-7PM
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hink libraries are just for people? Think again! Stockton Springs has recently created their own canine edition, and it’s a big hit! And in Gardiner, their public library has a retired racing Greyhound named Sparrow, a CGC, Advanced CGC, and Certified Therapy dog who visits regularly—he’s held in high regard and delights all! Stockton Springs revolutionary version operates similarly to those "Little Free Library" for humans, but instead of books it’s stocked with tennis balls and sticks for pups to enjoy. The Dog Library, located at Sandy Point Beach, is the brainchild of longtime Public Works Director for Stockton Springs, George Russell. “I have a woman that plays tennis weekly and does not reuse them. She’s been dropping them off at the town office for at least a year, and I was trying to figure a way to use them.” George added he had no idea
Scan me to purchase tickets MEDIUM • FOOD • RAFFLES • SILENT AUCTION Join us for our 5th annual Pack Party including live gallery by medium Louis Grassi, with delicious food by trucks Millside Creations and Willows Coffee (dessert provided), silent auction, raffles, Finally Home merch...and more! Proceeds to benefit: Finally Home Senior Dog Rescue
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
~ $25 PER PERSON ~
BUY YOURS BY SCANNING ABOVE OR CALLING Laurie at 207-829-3943
See DOGS on page 5
INSIDE 6 2 Hot Dog News
Basic Training Tips
SPARROW PHOTO COURTESY OF ALICE CLARK
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Honoring a Life Well-Loved
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Dogs for Adoption
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