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Annual Home for the Holidays in South Berwick SOUTH BERWICK The best of South Berwick businesses, local crafters, artisans, and nonprofits will once again be the focus of the annual South Berwick Home for the Holidays celebration on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Powderhouse Hill and the Punkintown Business Center are new activity locations this year, according to co-chair Greg Ouellette. Trolley service also is new, ferrying passengers between locations. Beginning at 10:30 a.m., the trolley will stop at Stage Inn, Main Street; Powderhouse Hill, Agamenticus Road; Community Center, Norton Street; Central School, Main Street; and Pun-
kintown Business Center. The last inbound trolley from Punkintown is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. Some may want to start the day with Breakfast with Santa at the Community Center on
Norton Street, with two seatings at 9 and 10:30 a.m. Dancers from McDonough-Grimes Irish Dance will perform at the South Berwick Public Library, 27 Young St., from 10 to 11:30 a.m., while Historic New Eng-
land offers first-floor tours of the Sarah Orne Jewett House, 5 Portland St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Holiday Fairs at the First Baptist Church, corner of Rte. 236 and Main Street, and the Federated Church, corner of Academy and
Main Street, will be held from 9 am. to 1 p.m. Once again, Village Center will serve as the main hub of the celebration, with food vendors and other offerings on the Central School lawn from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Activities include Touch-a-Truck and a variety of games and activities for families. DJ Jodi spins holiday tunes, including a special kids’ “freeze” dance. Downtown businesses will also offer specials on food and children’s activities. The SoBo Arts sale, featuring work from area artisans, will be held in the Central School Gym from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. See HOME on page 10 . . .
‘Nautical Noel’ Holiday Open House at Naval Museum KITTERY The Kittery Historical and Naval Society (KH&NS) at the Kittery Historical and Naval Museum will hold its annual “Nautical Noel” Holiday Open House from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 4-6, offering free admission, festive activities, and a variety of holiday shopping opportunities. Visitors can take part in a raffle featuring gift cards from Warren’s Lobster House, Kittery Trading Post, Auto Drip, Yummies, When Pigs Fly, and other area businesses. A silent auction will also be available for those looking for unique items.
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The museum’s gift shop will be stocked with books for all ages, including children’s stories about local cats, deer, and tugboats. Adult readers will find histories of the area’s trolley lines, the former Naval prison known as the “Castle,” and a coffee-table book on John Haley Bellamy, the Kittery-born carver famous for his eagle designs. T-shirts and sweatshirts in a range of sizes, caps with Maine or KH&NS logos, old-fashioned toys, and decals will also be available. A holiday bake sale will feature homemade treats pre-
KENNEBUNK What could be cozier than spending a winter evening in a library with a crackling fire, a glass of wine, some sugary treats, and a talented folk duo playing holiday music? The Kennebunk Free Library invites the public to the Parsons Reading Room on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m. for a holiday concert with Castlebay. Since 1986, Castlebay has been weaving together Maine’s nautical and British Isles legacies, transporting audiences through time and across the Atlantic. Musicians Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee have played traditional music for most of their lives and blend history, legend, and experience into their performances. Finely crafted ballads with evocative imagery and beautiful melodies depict Maine characters, his-
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to add to the festive atmosphere. The event is designed to help visitors get into the holiday spirit while supporting local history and community programming.
The museum will close for the season after Saturday and will reopen in the spring. For more information, visit www.kitterymuseum.com.
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pared by the museum’s volunteer bakers. Guests will also find plants for sale, including the miniature poinsettias that were popular last year. The museum’s historic Garrison will showcase a special tree decorated with ornaments made by local children during a recent workshop at the Kittery Art Association. On Saturday, Dec. 6, local authors will be on hand to meet visitors and sign books. From noon to 2 p.m. that day, the Piscataqua Maritime singers will perform sea shanties and folk songs
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tory, and life close to the elemental beauty of the sea and shore. Renditions of traditional and original songs are supported with Celtic harp, 12-string guitar, fiddle & woodwinds. Lane has been playing the Celtic harp
since 1989. A self-taught musician, she conducted extensive research in folksong archives throughout New England and quickly became a skilled player, winning the Senior Professional division at the New Hampshire Scottish Games Harp Competition in 1990 and 1991, as well as the International Irish Harp Competition at Stonehill College in 1992. Her vocals have been compared to those of Judy Collins and Jean Redpath. In 2006, Lane wrote the book and score for “The Grand Design,” a historical play with music based on a 1740 shipwreck of Scots-Irish immigrants on Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy. The play has been performed several times in Maine, New Brunswick, See CONCERT on page 12 . . .
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