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Volume 19 • Issue No. 32
“Bring Your Lawn Chairs” to Sullivan Square BERWICK The charms of Berwick will be on display Saturday, August 19, 4-8 p.m., as volunteer organization “Envision Berwick” invites the public to a memorable summer festival: “Bring Your Lawn Chairs to Sullivan Square.” The festival showcases bands, performers, and artists in a free, family-friendly, all-ages experience. Emcee Terrie Collins, a well-known Berwick entertainer, will be joined by musician Dan Blakeslee and local band Borscht, with the band Bitter Pill headlining. Performances includes cyrwheel acrobatics, an aerialist, hula hoop performances, and
chair balancing acts. Free activities include interactive theater, face painting, fortune telling, and silhouette cutting. The offerings at the Maker’s Market range from pottery and jewelry to candles,
fiber art and more. Food vendors include Happy Face BBQ, Engrain, Badwolfe Butcher and Boost Juice. According to Chair Jeremy Kasten of Envision Berwick,
“This is the third year of the festival and it’s exciting to see the enthusiasm and growth. There’s something for everyone - from the food, to the activities and diverse entertainment. This event is not only for the Berwick community but for all area residents and visitors. Join us as we enjoy a summer evening that’s free and so much fun!” This year’s sponsors include: Kind Farms Reserve, Spence & Mathews Insurance, Herbal Pathways, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate/The Masiello Group Nichole Fecteau, Realtor®, Maine Medical Canna Connection, Kennebunk Savings Bank, Lawn Chair USA, Credere
Associates, and Pixels & Pulp. Envision Berwick is a committee of dedicated volunteers appointed by the Berwick Select Board. The group is committed to bringing prosperity to Berwick, a town with an active and engaged community that proudly cultivates its unique strengths and small-town character by promoting small businesses, entrepreneurship, recreation and local agriculture. “Bring Your Lawn Chairs to Sullivan Square” at Berwick Town Hall, 11 Sullivan Street, in Berwick. Rain date will be Sunday, August 20. For more information, visit www.lawnchairsberwick.com.
Annual Blueberry Festival and Craft Fair in Kittery Point KITTERY POINT Over the years, the Blueberry Festival and Craft Fair in Kittery Point has evolved into an event that locals mark on their calendars weeks in advance. There are certain elements that festival regulars in-the-know plan around, such as snagging one of the many homemade blueberry pies available for sale. The pies regularly sell out, usually before noontime. Year after year, guests arrive early to start
the day with a simple but satisfying pancake breakfast before enjoying the day’s roster of favorite vendors, live music, and kids’ activities. This year’s festival, this Saturday, August 12, will feature those annual familiar favorites, along with the new addition of self-guided tours of the historic 1730 church building. Church member Judy Smart has reinvented her annual tour
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costumes, games with prizes, hair braiding by a licensed stylist, and community art projects. The day’s itinerary starts with the blueberry pancake breakfast, served in the 1729 Parish House, 8-10:30 a.m. Sausage, coffee, and juice are included in the breakfast. At 9 a.m., the craft fair, bakery table and kids’ corner all open up for See BERRIES on page 2 . . .
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as an audio file for visitors to listen to on their phones. Selfguided tours of the historical cemetery, with some headstones dating back to the 18th century, are also available. Information about notable stones, such as the one marking the burial site of the shipwrecked Hattie Eaton crew, will be available at the cemetery gate. The ever-popular Kids’ Corner will feature a photo booth with fun props and
OGUNQUIT The black swallow-wort along the Marginal Way is back! And thankfully, so are the volunteers who come together every year to remove the invasive vine from the public pathways. Every August since 2012 (with the exception of 2020), dedicated and determined volunteers come together on the Marginal Way with one purpose in mind – to locate and remove as many black swallow-wort seed pods as possible. Black swallow-wort is an aggressive invasive vine with pods that
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burst open, spreading seeds into the air and new territory. There are two reasons the annual removal effort is so critical. First, without this yearly en-
Black swallow-wort, photo courtesy of Wayne Longbottom for Maryland Biodiversity Project.
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deavor, much of the landscape along the Marginal Way would be smothered in the invasive plant. Long before people knew black swallow-wort’s botanical name, Cynanchum louisae, it was known as “dog strangling vine.” And with good reason – even someone walking through a thick patch of the plant can be tripped up as the vines wrap around feet and legs. Over the last ten years, volunteers have removed over three and a half tons of black swallow-wort. Approximately 11,400,000 seeds have been removed off the pathway, a considerable amount of
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black swallow-wort that is not “swallowing up” the native vegetation. The second reason this volunteer effort is so critical has to do with monarch butterf lies. Female monarchs must find milkweed host plants for their eggs, as monarch caterpillars feed exclusively on milkweed. A European native, black swallowwort’s chemistry is so close to native milkweeds that monarchs often mistake them as suitable host plants for their eggs. Unfortunately, the caterpillars die See PODS on page 15 . . .
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