Insight: Breaking the silence on domestic violence in Maine
Artists and poets are filling store windows in downtown Belfast with work on the theme ‘Love/Not Love.’
By Patrisha McLeanSpecial to the Telegram
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The headlines that followed the domestic-violence arrest of my celebrity husband in 2016 were devastating. But the truth about what had been going on behind closed doors in my community of Camden was even more traumatic.
Deborah Stevenson’s collage “Domestic Terrorism,” displayed in the window of The Republican Journal, is part of Waldo County Breaks the Silence of Domestic Abuse, a citywide exhibit in Belfast of work by local artists and poets.
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Garden Club holds annual Plant Sale June 5
May 20, 2021
Belfast The Belfast Garden Club’s Plant Sale is back! It will take place Saturday, June 5 (rain date is June 6), from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Belfast Boathouse lawn at 34 Commercial St.
Tables will be well spaced and the number of people allowed in at one time to shop will be monitored.
The Plant Sale includes Maine-grown perennials, annuals and vegetable plants, as well as gardening tools, decorative items and books. This year there will be sections for house and native plants, as well as a raffle for a spectacular 40-year-old Christmas cactus. Many local nurseries donated plants, and club members and other local gardeners have donated plants and gardening-related items.
Belfast Garden Club Plant Sale. (Photo courtesy Belfast Garden Club)
BELFAST The Belfast Garden Club’s Plant Sale is back. It will take place on Saturday, June 5 (rain date is June 6), from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., on the Belfast Boathouse lawn, at 34 Commercial Street.
Tables will be well spaced and the number of people allowed in at one time to shop will be monitored.
“A good crowd is expected, so please wear a mask,” said the Club, in a news release.
The Plant Sale includes Maine-grown perennials, annuals, and vegetable plants, as well as gardening tools, decorative items, and books. This year there will be sections for house and native plants, as well as a raffle for a 40-year-old Christmas cactus.
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