YARMOUTH — The Yarmouth Clam Festival has been a Maine summertime tradition since 1965. The event promotes the community and provides opportunities for Yarmouth-based non-profit organizations to raise funds in support of their missions. Admission to the Festival is free. Every year approximately 30 non-profit groups volunteer thousands of hours to bring the Festival to […]

The Lewiston-Auburn YWCA in Lewiston has recently begun offering Introduction to Paddleboarding classes in their pool. According to YWCA’s Aquatics Director Linda Sherman, the organization has teamed with Ian Barclay, owner of Windsurfing-Maine and certified U.S. Surfing and Wind Surfing instructor, to generate enthusiasm for the sport. Barclay said the one-hour sessions have enjoyed good […]

What makes it so alluring to summer visitors and residents alike is its unrivalled diversity. In Maine you can experience watching the sunrise from Cadillac Mountain, eating lobsters in a charming seacoast town, or visiting two of America’s best art museums. And with its historic landmarks, amazing beaches, nationally ranked golf courses and even moose […]

According to predictions for the weather in Lewiston by The Old Farmer’s Almanac: “Summer will be hotter than normal, with slightly below-normal rainfall. The hottest periods will occur in early to mid-July, late July, and mid-August.” For more information, visit www.almanac.com/weather/longrange/ME/Lewiston.

When you wager, you are not betting against the track but against everyone who is making that type of wager in a particular race. For example, if you bet a horse to win, your bet goes into the win pool. Based on how much is wagered on each horse to win, their odds will change […]

So many resorts are billed as the best for families, and do live up to the hype for the throngs of visitors who plan vacations each and every year. But if yours is a family that would be interested in avoiding the long lines and the franchised fun, you may be happy to know you […]

This year’s Lewiston-Auburn Greek Festival will start at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 and continue through 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6.  The festival’s slogan is “Once a Year… Everyone is Greek!” Admission is free. Join in the Greek dancing on Friday and Saturday evenings with free dance lessons. A wide variety of Greek foods will […]

BETHEL — Despite temperatures in the 90s, 75 children participated in last year’s Family Fishing Festival at Angevine Park. With help from their parents and siblings, they fished for brook trout stocked in the park’s 1-acre pond by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. For Josh Cornish, then 4, of Lewiston, and Everett […]

Tough Mountain Challenge: July 26, 2014  If you want to run 10 miles in the company of 10,000 other people and wait in half-hour lines to climb over a few walls, you’ll find plenty of mud runs and military-style obstacles races where you can do just that. If you want to suffer for hours and risk […]