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Tree festival draws festive crowd in Waterville
The festival, which is hosted by the Sukeforth family, is expected to have more than 15,000 attendees over the course of the two weekend event.
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South Portland man leaves ‘remarkable’ $23,000 gift to Press Herald Toy Fund
The anonymous donation is one of 10 made to charities by a humble and hardworking man who died recently.
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Mount Vernon farmers gift Waterville with Christmas tree
Scott and Betsy Herrick and John Watson, of Mount Vernon, donated a 27-foot-tall Fraser fir to the city of Waterville for the holiday season.
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Sukeforth Family Festival of Trees kicks off Friday in Waterville
Sixty trees decorated and laden with gifts will be raffled off during the fifth annual six-day festival, which benefits Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area, Shriner’s Hospitals and Spectrum Generations’ Meals on Wheels Program.
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Waterville gearing up for Parade of Lights, Kringleville
The annual holiday parade and opening of Kringleville, the mini Santa’s village, will kick off Nov. 29, the day after Thanksgiving, with Santa lighting the giant evergreen tree in its new location at Head of Falls after the parade.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Beautiful flower arrangements spring from fall’s bounty
Think beyond the blossom. Seed pods, dried hydrangea and alliums, and many others are naturals in a vase.
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Holiday season struck an unexpected blow to major U.S. retailers
Companies including Macy’s, Nordstrom and Signet all said they struggled badly.
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Magic, Mistletoe make appearance on Maine farm one cold December eve
‘Tis the season for lambing – and it’s a joyful one.
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Last January, this Mainer embarked on a year of (almost) no shopping
With the exception of basic necessities, of course. Others like Henry Heyburn have chosen to step away from the typical cycle of American consumerism.