DENMARK — Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St., will present “Metaphysical Follies,” a kids’ costume and Halloween party and art opening from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27. The fall is a time of harvest, bounty and plants dying and returning to the earth. This year the DAC is exploring the mysteries around […]
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Rick Charette to play at Maine Wildlife Park
GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park, Route 26, presents popular Maine kids’ singer, Rick Charette, from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 8. Over 1,000 children and their families have come out each year to hear Charette and see the show under the pines of the park picnic area. This year, Rick will sign autographs […]
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Johnson Hall to present Summer Spark Theater Camp for Kids
GARDINER — Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center at 280 Water St. in Gardiner presents Summer Spark Theater Camp for children ages 8 to 15 from Monday, July 9 to Friday, Aug. 17. Summer Spark gives children the opportunity to learn basic to advanced techniques for a wide variety of theatrical skills with kids their own […]
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A new study shows what many of us already believe: Dogs are good for kids
I like to think I have a great relationship with my children. While I can’t brag that my 19 years with my son and 16 years with my daughter have been perfect, I can chalk them up as pretty darn good. Is it because I’m (ahem) a great mother? Or, rather, should I be thanking […]
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Smartphones and kids … a good mix?
With more teens feeling hopeless and suicidal, Maine schools, kids and parents struggle to deal with a technology that’s changed a generation. As principal of Oxford Elementary School, Tiffany Karnes has seen smartphone users start young. Like 7 years old young. “It would not be unusual to see a first- or second-grader who has a […]
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Holding court at Mt. Blue food court
Students at Mt. Blue High School in Farmington hang out in the food court after classes Thursday. From left are brothers Bradley Shamba, a sophomore, and Brandon Shamba, a senior, Griffin Mayhew, a senior, and Haven Doyle and Farrah Vallou, both freshmen. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)
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Hanging around the neighborhood
Emily Burke hangs from a tree Wednesday afternoon as she plays with her friends in her Lewiston neighborhood. The warmer temperatures have brought schoolchildren outside to play after the extended cold snap that kept many people of all ages inside. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
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After-school air hockey
Kaleb Daku, 12, left, and Samantha Clark, 12, both of Farmington, play air hockey Wednesday afternoon at the Farmington Community Center. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)
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Children to holiday shop for loved ones at Kids Only Shop
LISBON — St. Matthew’s Church will host a Kids Only Shop featuring gifts $1 and less that children can give to someone they love. The shop will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 9 and 10. Outside the shop, each child will make a list with a St. Matt elf. Then the child […]
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Beach lessons can add to the fun
SACO — It’s a summer day at the beach. The sand and surf beckon you to play in the waves, build sandcastles, relax in the sun. All good stuff — but there’s more to do, especially if you have children, said Meg Edstrom Jones, education director at The Ecology School in Saco. The school, which […]