Cape Cod & Martha’s Vineyard

Enjoy 5 days and 4 nights in beautiful Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard.

We will visit lovely and artistic Martha’s Vineyard along with guided tours of the historic seaside towns of Hyannis, Sandwich and the “Outer Cape”.

The JFK Museum, the Sandwich Glass Museum and the Eastham Windmill are a must see. Our spacious, video and restroom equipped Motorcoach will take us to the picturesque Massachusetts coast.  Four breakfasts and 4 dinners are included.

Sept. 30 – October 4, 2019 

Bus departs from Augusta @ 8 am and makes one stop in So. Portland

Price - $499 double occupancy plus a $10 non-refundable fee

(Single occupancy price: $644)

(Triple occupancy: $489 per person)

$75 deposit upon booking

Travel Insurance available for $35 per person (Single occupancy $59)

Learn about 250 years of Maine architecture, and maybe learn something about YOUR house! Dan Mitchell is a restoration-minded carpenter who lives in Sidney. This course hopes to develop an appreciation for our local, vernacular architecture while at the same time making connections to broad architectural themes. Also, learn how to be an advocate for historic preservation. This class will be eight weeks of presentations covering five major architectural periods (18th Century, Federal, Greek Revival, Victorian, Modern), but students are greatly encouraged to enhance the class with experiences from their own homes. Student photos can be integrated into the slide presentations and students are encouraged to share their own old house stories or problems. There will be slides of MANY local, central Maine examples (over 500), numerous hands-on artifacts (including vintage prints, periodicals, stereoviews, tools, and books) as well as general discussions of methods of construction, technology changes, style changes, and the ideas behind them. Also, we’ll cover topics of restoration and historic preservation, as well as how to solve common old house problems. Perhaps a field trip can be added to enhance the classwork.

Instructor: Daniel Mitchell

8 Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 pm

Begins: September 12, 2019

Location: MCHS

Registration: $45

In this class participants will gain insights into how residents lived, in Readfield and the surrounding rural communities, during the last half of the 19th century. During that era Readfield had four distinct centers that included industries, churches, schools, hotels and farms; after 1850 lakeside resorts and camps began to emerge on our four lakes. Readfield is known as the home of four Maine governors but there is so much more to tell.

Presenter: Dale Potter Clark

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Time: 6:30-8:30 pm

Location: MCHS

Registration: $12.50

(No fee for Maranacook students who are enrolled in a Maine history class)

Over the past 6 years students at Maranacook working with teacher Shane Gower have researched the stories of 8 Mainers killed in War (2 in WW1 and 6 in WW2) and have published mini-biographies of each soldier on the Award winning website: nhdsilentheroes.org. Shane has been to 8 American Cemeteries in Europe and visited various WW1 and WW2 Battlefields and historic sites from Italy to France and Belgium thanks to funding from National History Day, The World War One Centennial Commission, and the American Battle Monuments Commission. This presentation will discuss travel to these sites, researching soldiers from Maine who fought in these wars, and the attempts to preserve these stories within our community.

Presenter: Shane Gower, MCHS Social Studies Teacher

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Time: 6:30-8 pm

Location: MCHS

Registration: Free, but please register in advance. Donations accepted at door to support students' work in National History Day.

Depart in a spacious, video and restroom equipped motorcoach as we head to Cellardoor Winery in picturesque Lincolnville.  Every bottle of wine is produced in their state-of-the art winemaking facility. Learn where their “hobo symbol”, that dons every bottle, came from.  After wine tasting and browsing in the gift shop, enjoy a personalized tour of the vineyard. After the tour the next stop is Rockland where you can have lunch on your own and shop.  After lunch we head to Savage Oaks Vineyard and Winery for another wine tasting and guided tour. The owners have spent the past 14 years growing their vineyard from the ground up and advancing their wine making from hobby level to a small-scale commercial production.

 Registration fee includes motorcoach transportation, wine tasting and tours at 2 Maine wineries, souvenir glass, hors d’oeuvres at Savage Oaks and all tips. Deadline to register is October 1, 2019.

9:30 am departure from Walmart, Augusta

6:00 pm return

Registration $89

No cancellations after October 1st unless number of participants exceeds 40