Western Lakes
Bethel WinterFest
Bethel, ME 04217
Come to Bethel and enjoy all the fun outdoor activities WinterFest has to offer. Ice skating, snow sculptures, snow maze, winter triathlon, and lots more.
Bethel Craft & Wares Fair
Bethel, ME 04217
Find quilts, photography, baskets, handmade jewelry, sweaters, mittens, jams, jellies, pickles, woodenware, crocheted and knit items, homemade soaps and lotions, and lots more. This is a great place to do your holiday shopping.
Put Maine Under Your Tree
The pleasure of shopping in Maine is a gift in itself. Instead of fighting the crowds at the malls and big-box stores, an excursion through these classic Maine institutions will keep you in the holiday spirit while satisfying everyone on your shopping list.
Little Shop of Colors
A former church in Lisbon Falls is now home to one of the most stunning collections of spiders and butterflies.
Autumn in Paris
Paris Hill has been called Maine’s Mount Olympus for its powerful residents, but what accounts for the village’s enduring allure?
Grey's Anatomy Star, Patrick Dempsey, reveals his Maine Dreams
Photograph by Richard Croteau
By Kathleen Fleury
If You Go:
The Dempsey Challenge, Simard-Payne Police Memorial Park, Lewiston. October 4 at 8 a.m. 866-990-1499.
The Dempsey Challenge
The leading man of the multiple Emmy nominated Grey’s Anatomy, Mr. Dempseywants you for a bicycle tour (ten, twenty-five, fifty, and a hundred miles), and a 3.1 mile run/walk created to raise both cancer awareness and funds for the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing at Central Maine Medical Center. This event is co-sponsored by Down East.
31st Annual Founder's Day
South Paris, ME 04281
The 31st annual Founder’s Day to support the Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum in Paris, Maine will be held Saturday July 18, 2009.
The showpiece of the charity event is The Bahre Collection of antique and Classic cars. The collection, housed at the birthplace of Hannibal Hamlin, Abraham Lincoln’s first vice-president, is open once a year to the public at the Founder’s Day event.
