Life in South Berwick, Maine
Note from the236diner.com: I just got word that the Pavement Poetry event has been canceled because drainage work on the Young Street property is beginning so the parking lot will not be available.
Pavement Poetry — Saturday, July 17 – 6:30 at the new library site — sponsored by the Children’s Leadership Council.
The South Berwick Children’s [...]
South Berwick resident and landscape architect Terrence Parker announces that there will be community work day on July 17 from 9:30 to 3:30 and helpers are needed to assist in the restoration of the landscape behind Central School.
SAD 35 School Board members recently approved a proposal by Terrence Parker to make changes to the grounds [...]
Team Laffalots, a local team that has participated in the annual Avon Walk to raise money to combat breast cancer is hosting the first Annual Field of Dreams Home Run Derby on August 1st. They are looking for baseball lovers ages 9-100 who would like to participate in a day of baseball and fun [...]
Great Works Regional Land Trust is offering screenings of a documentary-in-progress by Chuck Schultz about a small California farm’s conservation journey. Each screening offers the opportunity to view the film, meet the filmmaker and learn about the efforts underway in local communities to protect farmland.
York Public Library will host the first screening, which is free, [...]
The fastest growing court game in America is now in South Berwick. Pickleball was started over 30 years ago by two families in Seattle, Washington. It has since spread all over the country and the world.
While similar to tennis, Pickleball is played on a much smaller court, and uses a “wiffle ball” and paddles resembling [...]
Meet Representative Sally Lewin, District 148
Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 3:00 PM – South Berwick Council Chambers
Town Hall Meeting – South Berwick June 5th, at the South Berwick Town Hall from 3PM – 4:30 PM in the Council Chambers. Genie Jennings will co-host this meeting. House of Representatives candidates Gregg Drew and Ellen Lemire will [...]
Another update about the road construction on the Great Works River Bridge on Route 236 from Kimberly Ouellette of the Maine Department of Transportation:
On May 26 guardrail was installed and pavement markings were applied to the Great Works River Bridge, and it was opened to traffic in the evening. This is not to say that [...]
Today’s update about the road construction on the Great Works River Bridge on Route 236 from Kimberly Ouellette of the Maine Department of Transportation:
Paving is confirmed for tomorrow (May 21), and traffic should be stopped on a limited basis. After Friday, it looks like paving will most likely take place on or after Tuesday, May [...]
We’ve had sun, we’ve had wind, we’ve had a late frost, now we are having rain, and the mosquitoes are here so it must be gardening season! This weekend there are two great plant sales where you can satisfy any plant lust you might be having and both are raising funds that will result in [...]
The 236diner.com just received an update about the road construction on the Great Works River Bridge on Route 236 from Kimberly Ouellette of the Maine Department of Transportation:
The paving timetable, originally to occur this week, has changed. The paving has been pushed to Friday and either Monday or Tuesday of next week. However, tomorrow, Wednesday, [...]
The town of South Berwick Building Committee and JCJ Architects will present preliminary schematic plans for the new South Berwick Public Library on Wednesday, May 19, at 6:30 pm in the South Berwick Town Hall Auditorium.
The new library will be housed in the former St. Michael’s Church building on Young Street. The plans are the [...]
For a limited time, visitors to Hamilton House will be able to purchase potted perennials from the Hamilton House garden. Plants are for sale on site daily with most containers priced at only $4. All plants come right from the gardens and all money collected will go directly to Historic New England’s Property Maintenance Fund. [...]
This just in from Kimberly Ouellette of the Maine Department of Transportation:
Next week (5/17-5/21) the Contractor intends to pave the approaches and the bridge (weather permitting) on Route 236, and it will most likely impact traffic moving through the area. The Contractor currently has two message boards positioned at either end of the project with [...]
Is your house all decked out for the season? This is the last day to sign up for the South Berwick Recreation Department’s “ South Berwick Storybook Christmas” Annual House Decorating Contest.
Rekindle a South Berwick family tradition or enter the fun for the first time. The judging will be Thursday, December 17, 2009 starting [...]
The Arthritis Foundation fundraising event, the Jingle Bell Run/Walk is this Saturday, November 21 in Portsmouth. This event has special meaning for the Wilder family of South Berwick. Five year old Katherine Wilder has arthritis and will be leading a team of family and friends, the Wilder Kats, in the Run/Walk. Katherine’s mother, [...]
[ November 19, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] In honor of the bicentennial of the birth of the 16th president, a local historian will examine Abraham Lincoln’s overnight visit to Dover, New Hampshire, in 1860. The free lecture by Brad Fletcher is sponsored by the Old Berwick Historical Society.
The program will be held at Berwick Academy’s Jeppesen Science Center on Academy Street at [...]
[ November 28, 2009; 4:00 pm; ] Saturday, November 28 at 4:00 pm is the kick off hour for this year’s Holiday parade. The parade will begin in downtown Rollinsford and march into downtown South Berwick, the opposite of what it has in the past.
Some of the exciting new happenings this year include Santa Claus, who has agreed to ride on a [...]
[ November 7, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] A local party tradition with roots in the mill era of the 1800s will be renewed when the Old Berwick Historical Society presents its Lighting Up Ball fundraiser on Saturday evening, November 7.
Dancing to modern favorites and socializing will get underway at 7:30 pm at Spring Hill Restaurant, along with a buffet of hors d’oeuvres. [...]
The York County Shelter in Alfred is expecting about 900 families to request food boxes for Thanksgiving this year. A local group is working on raising money to help pay for the turkeys that will be included in the food boxes.
People caring to help with this effort may write a check to The York County [...]
[ November 7, 2009; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] The 2ND Annual Berwick PTO Touch A Truck will be on Saturday, November 7 from 12-2pm at the Vivian Hussey Elementary on Blackberry Hill Road in Berwick (off Rt 236).
Last year, horns ruled and kids had a blast ‘gently exploring’ their favorite vehicles.
Admission is FREE for families. Beranger Volkswagon of Rochester will be holding a [...]
[ October 29, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Two years ago, four and fifth graders at the Great Works School in South Berwick collected 200 pounds of school supplies to send to an impoverished school in rural Haiti. Until then, the children had no pencils, erasers, papers or chalk. A year later, the Eliot-South Berwick Rotary raised $4,300 to buy the same Haitian [...]
The Ambassadors Club at the Great Works School is a school club that studies geography and helps schools and thinks of new ways to help needy children around the world. They have asked to pass along the following message so residents of South Berwick and Eliot will be prepared when they are asked, “Trick or Treat [...]
[ November 28, 2009; 4:00 pm; ] Okay, so we haven’t even had the Halloween Parade, which starts at 5:30 at the Community Center this Friday, October 30, but it’s not too early to be thinking about the Holiday Parade.
I haven’t heard all the details, but I do know that some of the masterminds behind the hugely successful Kid’s Day have made [...]
It is rainy and dreary and I can’t think of a better way to lift spirits than to get out and help the Willette family, who lost their home to a fire. Stop by the community fundraiser at the Middle School today and enter the raffles and silent auctions to benefit the Willettes.
The event is [...]
[ October 24, 2009; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Volunteers are requested at Mt. Agamenticus for the last Community Workday of the season on Saturday, October 24th at 9:00 a.m.
All are welcome to attend. The plan for the day includes light fall maintenance on trails and possibly some painting. Meet at the summit BARN at 9:00 a.m. for a brief safety and orientation and hit [...]
[ October 21, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] Do you enjoy hiking, cross-county skiieng, hunting, fishing, or simply looking for wild flowers in South Berwick? It all begins with open space and habitat. The South Berwick Conservation Commission invites you to a Beginning with Habitat presentation on Wednesday, October 21st at 6:30 in the Town Hall Auditorium. You’ll learn about our open space [...]
[ October 28, 2009; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] An “old school” community supper at Spring Hill Restaurant will raise funds to supply local families with heating oil and “Keep South Berwick Warm” this winter.
Soups and breads from nine local restaurateurs and bakers, raffle prizes from local merchants and a bucket at the front door for cash donations — on Wednesday, October 28th, from [...]
Work on the Route 236 bridge over the Great Works River has begun. Last week Kim Ouellette, the Resident Engineer from the Maine Department of Transportation filled me in on the schedule for the project.
Through October and November the crew will be building a temporary bridge on the west side of the current bridge. During [...]
[ October 24, 2009; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Friends and neighbors are putting together a fundraiser to raise money for the Willette family, who lost their home in a fire in September.
The event is on October 24 at the Marshwood Middle School from 9 am -3pm. There will be over 75 new items to win, including many gift certificates, gift baskets, lobsters, ipod [...]
[ October 10, 2009; 7:00 am to 10:00 am. ] South Berwick Transfer Station is holding the 2009 Household Hazardous Waste Day on October 10th from 7am to 10 am. This year the collection will be held at the Youth Center Barn, corner of Agamenticus Road and Willow Drive. Proof of residency is required.
Flyers with details on what can and can’t be accepted, how to pack [...]
