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I’m happy to say that as a 20-something, my son now embraces walks in the woods, like Mom and Dad. But his attitude wasn’t always that way. We moved to a rural area of Maine when my son was 3-1/2. We had been living in the large city of Durham, NC. On our first excursion to Portland from Brunswick, we entered I-295 on the long, curving highway entrance. It bends through a wide section of forest. From his car seat in the back, he heaved a great sigh and stated, “Maine just has too many trees.” - KC

While we were celebrating Christmas at my daughter’s home in Arundel this year, my 4 year old granddaughter, Lennon, asked me to accompany her to the bathroom. I agreed. At once, she grabbed my hand and pulled. As I had been sitting in a chair, I immediately fell to my knees. After I reassured her that I was okay, I heard her say to herself, “With Grammy, walk, don’t run.” – Carolyn Davis, Lisbon Falls

This happened many years ago but still makes me smile when I think about it.

My little nephew, who was about 3 years old at the time, asked if I would go outside and play with him. I told him that I would after I picked up the house. With a very puzzled look on his face and hands on his hips, he looked up at me as asked, “What are you going to pick it up with, Aunty?” – Eleanor Dean

While out to breakfast with my daughter Kiyanna, a gentleman at the restaurant asked her where she got her pretty blue eyes from... she responds “At the grocery store”.

Life with a 2 year old! - Amanda Liguor, Litchfield

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Laser focus Kennebec Historical Society honored by Maine Legislature

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Jace Poulin, 8, from Winslow, keeps a keen eye on the action as he is about to complete a second hat trick at the recent Maine Junior Black Bear Tournament for the Central Maine Hornets.

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From left, Sen. Matt Pouliot, R-Augusta; Glenn Adams, Kennebec Historical Society Membership cochair; Sen. Shenna Bellows, D-Manchester; Patsy Crockett, KHS president; Sen. Scott Cyrway, R-Albion.

The Kennebec Historical Society has been honored by the Maine Legislature, which passed a joint resolution that cites its services to the public and growing membership.

The resolution marks the upcoming 130th anniversary of KHS, but was also submitted as a way for KHS to celebrate Maine’s 200th anniversary as a state.

Sens. Shenna Bellows, D-Manchester, and Matt Pouliot, R-Augusta, cosponsors of the resolution, both spoke in favor of the resolution before it passed unanimously in the Senate on March 10. It also passed in the House two days later.

“When I reflect on the work of the Kennebec Historical Society from its founding by a small group of committed citizens in 1891 to the active band of over 500 members today, I am inspired by the organization for their contributions to our county, our capital and our state for over a century,“ Bellows said before Senate passage.

“The role of Kennebec Historical Society is to provide opportunities for us to look back at our history and taking a leadership role as we celebrate Maine’s bicentennial,” Bellows said.

The resolution coincides with the society’s action to extend one-year Bicentennial Honorary memberships to all 186 Maine House and Senate members and Gov. Janet T. Mills. It also recognizes the KHS “as a repository of tens of thousands of historical manuscripts, photographs, scrapbooks, maps, postcards and other ephemera about Kennebec County and elsewhere that are not available in other archives.”

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Monmouth Community Players announces cast of ‘The Addams Family Musical’ opening April 17

MONMOUTH — The Monmouth Community Players welcome you to experience the “intoxicating smell of the graveyard” as you join them for their performance of Bro adw ay ’s mu lt i award-winning, upbeat musica l-comedy “The Addams Family.” At the helm of this production are director Josie French and music director Josh Caron. Rounding out the team are Phoebe Gouette, choreographer; Leo Caron, lighting designer and operator; Kyla Mahan, sound operator and Danny Gay, producer.

Featuring a family who live in an upside-down world where pain is joy, sad is happy and death and suffering are dreams to aspire to, the Addams family brings the deliriously delig ht f u l world of Gomez (Chris L’Hommedieu), Morticia (Karen Lipovsky), Uncle Fester (Paul Menezes), Grandma (Jackie McD ona ld), We d ne s d ay (Megan Record), Pugsley (Shawn Jiminez) and Lurch (Zach Hodge) to spooky and spectacular life.

T he stor y i s e ver y fat her’s night mare — We d ne s d ay Add a m s , the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable fam ily. If that weren’t upsetting enough, she confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mot her. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before — keep a secret from his beloved wife Mor t icia . Ever y t h i ng will change for the whole fa mi ly on t he fatef u l night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “nor mal” boyfriend, Lucas Beineke (Lou Ford), and his parents, Mal (Henry Quintal) and Alice (Colleen Mahan); comedic chaos ensues.

T he mu lt i-t a lente d cast of Addams family members, Beinekes and ancestors have come together from all over cent ra l a nd sout hern Maine, including Chris L’Hommedieu, Debby M a n s e u r a n d Mo l l y Gouette of Auburn; Paul Me ne z e s a nd Na nc y Kenneally of Lewiston; Karen Lipovsky, Danny Gay and Megan Record of Monmout h; Shawn Jimenez, Emma Sutherburg, Taylor Sutherburg and Jeff Fairfield of Gardiner; Jackie McDonald of Mechanic Falls; Zach Hodge of Manchester; Lucas Ford and Carly Mershon of Brunswick; Henry Quintal and Zoe Leblanc of Augusta; Colleen Mahan, Josh Allard, Dan A llard and Erin Morrison of Greene; Kathryn Ross of Chelsea; Samantha Melquistand Mary Melquist of Bath; Andy Tolman of Read field; Cassidy Shink and Jim Wright of Fayette; Emily Carlton of Fairfield; Alyssa Siggins of Bowdoin; Ginger Smith o f W i nt h r o p ; R e e s e Madarasz of Topsham; and Emily Kalafarski of Hallowell.

The Addams Family will play at the historic Cumston Hall in Mon

The Beineke’s under studies — Jeff Fairfield, Taylor Sutherburg and Erin Morrison

The cast of the Addams Family, seated, from left, Paul Menezes, Dan Allard, Shawn Jimenez, Kat Ross, Chris L’Hommedieu, Zach Hodge, Lou Ford, Colleen Mahan and Henry Quintal; in back, Debby Manseur, Nancy Kenneally, Emily Carlton, Carly Mershon, Alyssa Siggins, Josh Allrd, Emma Sutherburg, Ginger Smith, Zoe Leblanc, Emily Kalafarski, Andy Tolman, Amanda Sutherburg, Taylor Sutherburg, Erin Morrison, Danny Gay and Jeff Fairfield; Also in the cast, Megan Record, Reese Madarasz, Cassidy Shink, Jim Wright, Jackie McDonald, Karen Lipovsky and Molly Gouette.

mouth April 17 through 26. Performances will be Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. There will be two perfor mances starring the understudy cast — April 18, 2 p.m., and April 25, 7:30 p.m. Presented through special arrangement by Theatrical Rights Worldwide. Assistance provided by marquis sponsor Monmouth Federal Credit Union and show sponsor Optometric Associates. For more information, or to purchase tickets, email monmouthcommunityplayersmaine@gmail. com, or visit monmouthcommunityplayers.org.

The Addams Family — in front, Shawn Jimenez and Megan Record; middle, from left, Paul Menezes, Karen Lipovsky, Chris L’Hommedieu and Jackie McDonald; in back, Zach Hodge

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The Beineke’s — Henry Quintal, Lou Ford and Colleen Mahan.

The Addams understudies — Dan Allard, Josh Allard, Kat Ross, Andy Tolman, Danny Gay, Samantha Melquist and Mary Melquist

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