More than 500 people attended the Festival of Trees and Treats, a daylong holiday event featuring raffled trees, a bake sale, children’s activities and a visit from the Grinch.
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Santa lights up Wilton holiday traditions
Wilton marked the start of the holiday season Dec. 13 with its annual tree lighting in Monument Square, followed by a packed meet and greet with Santa at Academy Hill School.
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Holiday fun fills Rangeley during the annual Christmas fair
The Episcopal Church Women hosted a lively and well-attended Holiday Fair on Dec. 12-13, offering décor, crafts, new clothing, and gifts to support outreach near and far.
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Toy Fund is a light in the dark for Maine families escaping domestic violence
Parents who have recently left abusive relationships are seeking help so they can bring much-needed holiday joy to their children.
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Festival of Trees in Rumford show Christmas works of art
The festival trees will remain on display throughout the holidays.
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Toy Fund uses donor support to help military veterans with disabilities
One father detailed his struggles with trauma caused by the Iraq War that has left him unable to hold a regular job — and to afford holiday gifts for his kids.
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Last batch of Christmas trees unloaded at New Gloucester orchard
Get them while they last at Thompson’s Orchard
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Maine businesses, organizations boost Toy Fund with donations
Their support will help the 76-year-old charity supply gifts and books to thousands of Maine children this holiday season.
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These Mainers’ Christmas traditions aren’t exactly traditional
Doughnuts for dinner in Springvale, prank calls in Alna or leaving a gingerbread house in a cemetery in Bridgton are among the ways some families celebrate the holiday.
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Working families stretched thin by rising costs appeal to Toy Fund for holiday help
Many of the letters to the charity this season are coming from Maine parents struggling to keep up with basic needs like rent and food, despite having steady incomes — limiting their ability to afford presents for their children.