Limington, ME

Four season opportunities await lakefront property owners on Horn (Pequawket Lake) Pond in the Sanford Lakes Region town of Limington, Maine.

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The pond is managed for cold and warm water fisheries including brown trout, brook trout, smallmouth bass and chain pickerel. A boat access is located at the Moy-Mo-Day-O Recreation Area.

The town owned Pequawket Beach at Moy-Mo-Day-O Recreation Area is open Memorial Day to Labor Day from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Day use is $5/car or seasons passes are available from the town office for $25/residents and $30/non-residents. The area includes the boat launch and dock, a 1,500 foot sandy beach plus changing rooms, tennis courts, volley ball area, horseshoe pit, picnic tables, charcoal grills, playground and walking trails through the adjacent forest.

Unlimited winter access is allowed for snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and ice fishing. Each year an ice fishing derby is held at the boat launch to benefit Camp Sunshine. ATV trails in the area are maintained by the Limington Wheelers ATV Club.

Boating on the lake offers views of nearby mountains including Moody Mountain (692 feet above sea level) and Sawyer Mountain (1,100 feet). The Frances Small Heritage Trust owns 1,400 acres on Sawyer Mountain. The land is open for public use for hiking, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing and horseback riding. Access is via the discontinued Sawyer Mountain Road off of Route 117.

The Limington Harmon Airport/Airpark is Limington's link to the outside world. This privately-owned, public-use airport located at 13 Airport Drive, has "modern amenities and an old-time spirit."

For a bit of town history, an article at the Limington Historical Society describes a Vacation Training Camp founded in the 1920s on Pequawket Lake: "A new camp will open later this month at North Limington by Col. Edward C. Gibbs of Boston, who was formerly associated with President Hoover. The object of the camp is to help fatigued business men and executives to ‘get back into trim' for his season's work."

So . . . if you are a fatigued business man or woman or an executive, owning lakefront property on Horn Pond (Pequawket Lake) in the sleepy town of Limington might be just the cure you need.

The original name of the pond is Horn Pond because the eastern end is shaped like an ox head with horns, but it's also knows as Pequawket Lake, since the east side was the site of a Native American encampment.At 166 acres, with a maximum depth of 58 feet, Horn Pond has above average water quality. George Bouchard and Carden Welch are the volunteer lake monitors. The pond has been surveyed for invasive plant species and to date none have been found. Horn Pond is 1. 2 miles long and spring-fed by Stone and Hanscom Brooks plus numerous springs.

April 29, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mexican Dinner and Fashion Show, highlighting products from local businesses, cash bar and raffles, $35/person, benefit for Saco Spirit, Ramada Inn, Saco Plaza, 352 North Street, Saco. FMI: 207.286.3546, www.sacospirit.com.

May 1, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. 12th Annual May Day Festival including parade featuring Little Leaguers, mascots, antique and classic cars, the Shoe String Puppet Show, Shriners, US Army Strong team, Dunlap Highland Band and more, plus other May Day events throughout town, Main Street, Kennebunk. FMI: www.kennebunkdowntown.com.

May 1, 10 a.m. Nasson College Alumni Day, including lunch at the Little Theatre and a jazz concert presented by the Sanford High School Jazz Band, $25/person, The Nasson Heritage Center, 21 Bradeen Street, Springvale. FMI: 207.324.0888 x 212, www.nasson.org.

May 1, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 16th Semi-Annual House and Homebrew Demo, featuring expert and entry level brewing, Shapleigh Hops Craft, 37 Grant Road, Shapleigh. FMI: 207.432.3677, www.sanfordchamber.org.

May 1, 7 p.m. The Marcel "Mike" Drapeau Scholarship Benefit Concert, performed by The Alumni Band, Jeanne MacDonald, Conductor, a musical tribute to the memory of director "Mike," special features include St. James Choir directed by Estelle Beauchesne and Brandon Baines, Yo-Yo Performer Extraordinaire, $5/advance, $7/door, Garland Auditorium, Thornton Academy, 438 Main Street, Saco. FMI: 207.282.3361, www.thealumniband.com.

May 1, 8 p.m. You and Yourn, "lyrically-driven, atmospheric chamber-folk," $8/person, Hog Farm Studios, 140 Main Street, Suite 107, Back Alley, Biddeford. FMI: 971.645.9710, www.hogfarmstudios.com.

May 3 & 5, 6-7:30 p.m. Auditions for "Bigger than Life," play about American Folk Tales and Legends written by Cynthia Mercati, cast will range in age from 8 years old to 20, Ossipee Trail Arts Center, Route 25, Limington. FMI: 207.637.3467, www.ossipeetrailarts.org.

May 5, 6-8:30 p.m. Baking and Pastry with Chef Charlie Galemmo, $35/person, pre-registration required, York County Community College, 112 College Drive, Wells. FMI: 207.646.9282 x 203, www.yccc.edu.

September 24-30, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Maurice Freedman: Painting Maine, Freedman is described as an "unfairly neglected star of American moderism, also on view "Beverly Hallam: A Celebration" and "Out of the White Mountains: Selections from a Private Collection," Ogunquit Museum of American Art, 543 Shore Road, Ogunquit. FMI: 207.646.4909, www.ogunquitmuseum.org

September 24, 6:30 p.m. Roy P. Fairfield and Earlene Ahquist (Kitty) Chadbourne read from and sign copies of their books "Survival at Work & Home: Saco-Lowell Shops in WWII" and "Parenting Myself: Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury," free, Dyer Library, Saco Museum, 371 Main Street, Saco. FMI: 207.283.3861, www.sacomuseum.org

September 25, 5-6:30 p.m. Roast Beef Supper, $8/adults, $3/under age 12, St. John's Masonic Hall, Portland Street, Route 4, South Berwick.

September 25, 5-7 p.m. Italian Dinner, $8/adults, $4/under age 12, free/under age 3, Congregational Church, 1695 Post Road, US Route 1, Wells. FMI: 207.646.4309, www.wellscongregational.org

September 25-26, 5-8 p.m. Chalk on the Walk, art walk, performances, workshops and more, Maine Street and North Dam Mill, Biddford. FMI: www.heartofbiddeford.org.

September 26, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Punkinfiddle, A National Estuaries Day Celebration, traditional crafts, hands-on learning, live entertainment, old-fashioned games and food, road race at 9, festival at 10, $10/carload, $15/all others, Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm, 342 Laudholm Farm Road, Wells. FMI: 207.646.4521, www.punkinfiddle.org.

September 26, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. "The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier," book signing and discussion by author Colin Woodard, followed by music, children's activities and more, sponosored by the Scarborough Friends of the Library, free, Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Road, Scarborough. FMI: 207.883.4723, www.library.scarborough.me.us.

September 26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Newly restored Atlantic Shore Line No. 100 Electric Locomotive, debut and dedication ceremony, Seashore Trolley Museum, 195 Log Cabin Road, Kennebunkport. FMI: 207.985.9723, www.trolleymuseum.org

September 26, 10:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Carousel Rides, ride the 1894 Armitage Herschell steam-powered carousel, free with admission to 19th Century Willowbrook Village, 68 Elm Street, Newfield. FMI: 207.793.2784, www.willowbrookmuseum.org.

September 26, 4-6 p.m. Ham, baked beans and more, $9/adults, $2/under age 12, free/under age 5, takeout available, First Congregational Church, 1361 State Road, Eliot. FMI: 207.439.1105.

September 26-27, begins at 5 p.m. Saturday, all day Sunday, Autumn Celebration, celebrate all the wonders of the growing season in Maine with some fun twists, parade and lobster bake, petting zoo, competitions, street performers, various locations, Old Orchard Beach. FMI: 207.934.5714 x 224, www.oob365.com.

September 26, 8 p.m. Tret Fure, her songs include "Look What Love Has Given Me," $17.50, Jonathan's Restaurant, 92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit. FMI: 207.646.4777, www.jonathansrestaurant.com or www.tretfure.com.

September 27, 2 p.m. 2nd Annual Limington Community Variety Show, $5-$7 suggested donation, free/under age 7, Ossipee Trail Arts Center, Route 25, Limington. FMI: 207.637.3467, www.ossipeetrailarts.org

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If you're keeping tabs on the sale of Maine lakefront camps, cabins, cottages, homes and vacation properties in the Sanford/York County area, look no further. This year was off to a slow start, but things have picked up decidedly in the last 30 days.

Here is a list of all the sold lakefront properties from January 1, 2009 to May 31, 2009. The date given is the date it sold, DOM means days on market, and the first price is the list price and the second price the sold price. Here you go:

5/15 - 24 35th St., Acton - Mousam Lake - 89,900 / 82,500 - DOM-8

4/30 - 1500 West Shore Dr., Acton - Square Pond - 230,000 / 210,000 - DOM-711

5/29 - 32 Mooers Rd., Buxton - Bonny Eagle Pond - 149,900 / 135,000 - DOM-12

2/13 - 34 Mooers Rd., Buxton - Bonny Eagle Pond - 149,000 / 135,000 - DOM-129

5/8 - 13 Apache Lane, Lebanon - Spaulding Pond - 139,900 / 130,000 - DOM-987

1/9 - Lot 8 Caroline's Way, Lebanon - Milton 3 Ponds - 199,500 / 218,545 - DOM-3

4/15 - 18 Ridgewood, Lebanon - Milton 3 Ponds - 290,000 / 280,000 - DOM-133

3/12 - 24 Warrior, Limington - Pequawket Lake - 210,999 / 208,000 - DOM-121

3/27 - 478 Sand Pond Rd., Limington - Sand Pond - 234,900 / 215,000 - DOM-97

2/3 - 184 Onamor, Newfield - Rock Haven Lake - 229,900 / 228,000 - DOM-268

1/5 - 12 Lake Camp, Parsonsfield - Randall Pond - 135,000 / 135,000 - DOM-136

5/29 - 81 Rainbow, Shapleigh - Pine Springs Lake - 279,000 / 270,000 - DOM-248

3/3 - 64/65 Logan Cir., Waterboro - Little Ossipee - 350,000 / 325,000 - DOM-7

These are the 13 that have sold year-to-date. To give you an idea how things have started to heat up a little, there have been three lakefront properties that have sold already in June and there are 20 more that are currently pending, i.e. under contract but have not yet closed.

Stay tuned as I will start giving these numbers out on a monthly basis. If you're thinking about "getting into the swim" you might start out at our Lakefront Locator. You can search all the current lakefront and lake access listings for the entire state at the speed of a mouse click. Happy Hunting!