Le Club Calumet hosts Thanksgiving dinner fueled by volunteers

The dinner expected around 400 attendees and took two days to prepare.

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ushers in holiday season in New York

Beloved cartoon characters like Snoopy and SpongeBob SquarePants take to the skies above New York City.

Skowhegan kicks off holiday season with annual Thanksgiving community dinner

Hundreds flock to Skowhegan Community Center to enjoy a free traditional Thanksgiving meal.

Bringing Thanksgiving to Portland’s homeless

Volunteers band together to deliver on the promise of the holiday, showing those less fortunate that they haven't been forgotten.

Professor, tribal leader bring context to ‘First Thanksgiving’ story

The popularized version of the meal shared by Indigenous people and English settlers in 1621 is based on a real event, but also has fed into long-held myths about native people and colonialism, scholars say.

L.L. Bean’s annual Northern Lights holiday events kick off

There are curling lanes, a temporary barn, heated benches and a mailbox with a direct line to Santa outside L.L. Bean's flagship store.

Thanksgiving meals planned for Skowhegan Community Center, other locations

The meal is expected to draw at least 350 people and is one of several community dinners planned for the region Thursday.

Photos: Gardiner students pack turkey baskets for Thanksgiving

Gardiner Area High School National Honor Society members recently packed 200 Thanksgiving baskets to distribute to families in need. Each basket includes a frozen turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, canned vegetables, bread, eggs and boxes of mac and cheese. All photos by Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal.

Valley of Augusta Scottish Rite Masons to host free Thanksgiving Day meal in Gardiner

Alfond Center in Waterville to host its annual community dinner

The Alfond Youth & Community Center on North Street is expected to have up to 1,000 people attend the 99th annual Holiday Community Dinner on Thursday.