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West Gardiner Historical Society
People interested in preserving and sharing the history of West Gardiner. The society
keeps the town’s documents, photographs and artifacts, and has catalogued 200-year-old
homes with historian Elaine Goodwin.
It is building a new museum building at 310 Spears Corner Road, across
from the Helen Thompson School playground, with a dedicated climate-controlled room
funded by a $25,000 donation from the Thompson family.
Meetings are held at the Auxiliary Hall; times vary, so check the
society page. Contact: Debra Couture, (207) 582-3897.
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Cobbosseecontee Snowmobile Club
A small, family-oriented club with its clubhouse in the Town Auxiliary Hall across from
Helen Thompson School. It maintains more than 25 miles of snowmobile trails
linking Gardiner, Litchfield, Farmingdale and Hallowell, and hosts seasonal trail rides
and trail work days with breakfast at the clubhouse.
The club also gives holiday food baskets to town residents in need — one of the ways a
snowmobile club turns into a civic organization.
314 Spears Corner Road. Meetings on the first and third Tuesdays
from September to April, then monthly May–August, with a potluck supper at 6:15 pm on
the third Tuesday.
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West Gardiner Gardening Club
Growing things in one of the best soil and climate zones in New England — flowers,
vegetables and culinary herbs, with an emphasis on organic methods, pest management and
food preservation. Members have been developing a community garden.
The club holds an annual plant sale each June, with proceeds going to
scholarships for graduating West Gardiner high-school seniors, and sells plant and
nature photography greeting cards at voting days and the annual town meeting.
Meets monthly, April–September, at the Auxiliary Hall. Contacts:
Nadine (207) 441-3547 or Charlene McFarland (207) 582-7239.
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Back Road Quilters
A long-running quilting guild — organized by Bobby Roberts and Mrs. Quinn, with Kim
Greenleaf joining in 1978 with her sisters and mother. A name that says exactly where
the best views are.
Meets the second and fourth Monday of each month at the Auxiliary
Hall — doors open at 2:00 pm, meeting starts at 6:30 pm. Contacts: Deb Clark
(207) 557-3022 or Brenda Guay (207) 582-3540.
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Senior Committee & Friendly Neighbors Group
A local group serving older neighbors in town and the families who live beside them.
The committee runs the town’s community luncheons — the third Friday of
each month from May through October, at noon, at the West Gardiner Fire Department on
Spears Corner Road.
Catered by White Pine Catering of West Gardiner. Reservations are
required — call the week before, Tammy Hickey, (207) 724-3648.
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West Gardiner Rod & Gun Club
An incorporated Maine non-profit since January 1963, at 297 Collins Mills Road, with an
indoor archery range, an outdoor firearms and archery range, and a full-size kitchen.
The club hall is rentable, and the club hosts a scholarship raffle, a craft fair and
flea market, a hunters’ breakfast, a fishing derby, shooting competitions, food drives
for the town food pantry and an ATV safety course for students.
(207) 724-0024 · wgrg.org
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Wreaths Across America
West Gardiner’s local sponsorship group is the West Gardiner Historical Society.
Each December the group places wreaths on more than 200 veterans’ graves across
all seven town cemeteries, after a wreath-laying ceremony at the Veterans’
Memorial in front of the Town Office.
Wreaths are $17 each, and every two purchased earn one free. Order
through wreathsacrossamerica.org by searching for the West Gardiner Historical Society
(ME0073). Contact: Debbie Couture, (207) 582-3897.
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The West Gardiner Auxiliary Hall
The town’s multi-purpose meeting hall, on the Town Office complex at Spears Corner Road
across from Helen Thompson School. Most of the town’s clubs — the Historical Society,
the Gardening Club, the Back Road Quilters and the Snowmobile Club — meet here, which
makes it the busiest room in town.
To reserve it, contact the town office on (207) 724-3945.
