DIY Kits: Hummingbird Swing
Kits available Thursday, June 3
Make an inviting perch for hummingbirds to rest on. Hang it near a window so you can see them when they re sitting still.
Book Club: Fraternity Village by Ben Ames Williams
Tuesday June 8, at 1 p.m.
Location: Community Building, 42 Prospect St.
All welcome! Discuss or just listen in.
Field Trip: Fraternity Village
Friday, June 11, at 11 a.m. Meet at the Searsmont Library (in the Town Office building) 37 Main St (Rt. 131).
Tour the library and historical society and explore the setting of Fraternity Village by Ben Ames Williams. In conjunction with the Carver Library book club.
Through time and geography, 11 great Maine writers illuminate the state
In Hidden Places, Joseph Conforti makes a strong case for the state s place in the larger literary world.
By William Barry
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The distinguished Maine historian Elizabeth Ring always argued that history consists of the elements of people, place, time and spirit. It is in this fashion that Joseph A. Conforti proceeds in “Hidden Places: Maine Writers on Coastal Villages, Mill Towns, and the North Country.” Conforti is deeply versed in regional history and literature it is hard to think of a more qualified individual to take on this task.
George Smith: Wild crops abound to harvest, put up as we fall toward winter
By George Smith
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Longtime columnist George Smith, whose work filled this space every Wednesday for three decades, died Feb. 12. For the next several weeks, we will reprint some of George’s best columns. Here’s one from Oct. 19, 2011.
Warblers arrive in the spring garbed in colorful clothing, but they head back south in the fall dressed in drab colors. There’s got to be a message there, but those of us who don’t follow the birds south are too busy getting ready for winter to recognize it.