Author Archives: Catherine Palmer

Pick your favorite spot on the path and your family name or business will appear on our new online Google Trail Map for one year. For more information about suggested tax-deductible donations, call 207.641.2200

We met the challenge!  After an anonymous donor offered to donate FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000) to the Marginal Way Preservation Fund if we could match the same amount by June 1, you sent several donations and we made it in March! … Continue reading →

OGUNQUIT, ME. – Volunteers raised $31,624 to help preserve the Marginal Way ocean walk, according to the nonprofit organization. “Large donations came from New Hampshire and New Jersey before we even opened the doors at the event,” said Catherine Palmer, … Continue reading →

Got old books and CDs?  You can now recycle them at the Ogunquit Transfer Station on Berwick Road.  All year-round proceeds benefit the Marginal Way Preservation Fund. Many thanks to the Recycling Committee and especially to Lesley Mathews and John … Continue reading →

When the Marginal Way turned 86 in August, passersby stopped at our two tables set up on the lawn of the Anchorage by the Sea to contribute to the Endowment.  Thank you all, especially the staff at the Anchorage, who … Continue reading →

Live images from the Marginal Way Web Camera, atop the Lighthouse, are now available for your viewing pleasure!  You may access the views for two (2) minutes before you will need to refresh your web page.  For information about linking … Continue reading →

The Marginal Way Preservation Fund replaced worn out donation boxes with two shiny, blue boxes in Perkins Cove and on Shore Road at the entrance to the Marginal Way.  The aluminum donation boxes were designed by the Molly Trolley Corporation … Continue reading →

OGUNQUIT, Maine – The board of the Marginal Way Preservation Fund appointed Catherine Palmer Executive Director of the nonprofit organization, according to board president Paul Breen. Hired in September 2010 as Development Director, Palmer created the Preservation Fund’s infrastructure, including … Continue reading →

A dedication of the first Donor Plaque was held Saturday, June 25, 2011, after a morning of showers in Ogunquit.  Families gathered to remember loved ones named on the granite post of the footbridge on the Marginal Way.  More than … Continue reading →