News

Raymond is turning 200 !
Mark your calendars for June 21st

We're planning a huge Bicentennial Celebration. Here are the highlights of the day's festivities:

a 5K/10K Road Race, a Parade, the Grand Opening & Dedication of our new Fire & Safety Building, a huge Fair with games, contests, competitions, demonstrations, entertainment, lots of great food and an awesome Fireworks display at the end of the day.

We're in the process of planning this once in a lifetime event and we need your help. We need people to volunteer to help with some of these activities …young…old…it doesn't matter, we can use anyone willing to give us a few hours of their time. The entire Town will be grateful and you'll have the pride and satisfaction which comes from contributing to your community.
The following is a partial list of the positions which need to be filled:
People to staff the games & booths, Contest judges, Organizers for events i.e. Craft show, Bake Sale, Demonstrators, A Face painter, A group to oversee the set-up, demolition and clean-up of the Fair site, A Space Planner to design the site, A videographer to record the day's events.

In addition to the above activities we have other even more grandiose visions for the day such as:

A Boat Regatta in Jordan Bay prior to the Fireworks display, Historic displays, slide presentations, old movies, open houses & re-enactments, Tours of historic sites throughout Town, A Craft Show featuring homemade and Made-in-Maine items, A Tree planting & dedication ceremony, A Bake Sale, Birthday celebrations at businesses throughout Town.

If these visions are to materialize we need people and/or organizations to take ownership of an event to help arrange it and recruit participants. We want our Bicentennial to be a special one; an unforgettable event for everyone in our town. Please help us to make this a spectacular celebration that lives on in people's memory for years to come.

If you can help please contact Deb Cutten at 655-2877 (dcutten@maine.rr.com) or Sue Ellen Gendron at 655-4463 (jeffsueellen@pivot.net) as soon as possible (we only have 2 1/2 months until the big day).