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🌱 Have you seen the life-sized bird carvings off Parker Head Road?
And on the Phippsburg Patch calendar - Ray Cornils in Concert

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- Have you seen the life-sized bird carvings off Parker Head Road?
Also on today's calendar: 2026 Ocean Commotion 5K.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: A touch of morning rain, with a high of 63 and low of 57 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 69, low: 56.
- Thursday: Cloudy, with a high of 68 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Wild Bird Petroglyph (atlasobscura.com) — A series of detailed wild bird petroglyphs now lines the woods near the Center Ponds Trailhead on Parker Head Road in Phippsburg, offering hikers a striking new reason to explore local trails. The carvings, on Phippsburg Land Trust property, depict life-sized native birds and other imaginative scenes that appear almost in motion as you walk past.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Phippsburg
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★ Featured events ★
- Ray Cornils in Concert →
Phippsburg Congregational Church UCC, 10 Church Lane, Phippsburg
3:00 pm
Sunday October 4
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Other local events
- 2026 Ocean Commotion 5K →
Hermit Island Campground, 6 Hermit Island Road, Phippsburg
9:00 am
Saturday October 17
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Tai Chi →
Mitchell Field Bandstand
9:00 am - Gallery Talk | "Healing in Apartheid South Africa: Michael Goldblatt's Photographs of the Alex Clinic" →
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Maine Street, Brunswick
12:00 pm - Sharing Tables →
1:00 pm - The Night Market! →
21 Town Hall Place, Brunswick
4:30 pm - Orange Ball Tennis for Kids (Ages 8-11) at Maine Pines →
Maine Pines Racquet and Fitness, 120 Harpswell Road, Brunswick
5:00 pm - Fisher-Mitchell School Open House
Rsu 01 - Lkrsu, 597 High St, Bath
5:00 pm - SJDC and Firefly Studios Presents: Autumnal Equinox Cacao Circle & Sound Bath →
Lemont Hall, 2 Pleasant St, Brunswick
5:30 pm - Sadie Jane Dance Complex: Contemporary →
Lemont Hall, 2 Pleasant St, Brunswick
6:00 pm - Wednesday Night Bingo →
Social Goose Bar, 94 Maine St, Brunswick
6:00 pm - Dried Flower Bouquet // October Floral Artistry Workshop →
Fogwood Gardens, 725 Old Stage Road, Arrowsic
5:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- McDonald's posted a job opening for Openers weekends in Bath. Apply here.
- Bath Iron Works Corporation posted a job opening for Front Line Supervisor, Tinsmith in Bath. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Phippsburg here.
🗞 Nearby News
Bath
- Coastal impacts continue today with showers from the nor'easter (wmtw.com)
Brunswick
- Men's Golf Picks Up Third Place Team Finish at Bowdoin Invitational in Brunswick (gotuftsjumbos.com)
- 'I've always wanted to fly': Kids in Aviation Day gives aspiring Maine pilots an up-close look at aviation (newscentermaine.com)
- Community Resources (bowdoin.edu)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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