It’s time to jog along with Jenny Our monthly staff portrait for May turns to the Co-founder and Retreat Director of Oranbega Retreat Center, Jenny Reece. Or, to put it more formally, the Reverend Dr. Jennifer M. Reece. Born in Scotland, she has an enduring love of all things Scottish, especially the folk music traditions. […]
Last month we got a sense of Spence. This month we say “I can” with Diane. Our Coordinator of Hospitality, Diane Phipps, is the very epitome of a “Can Do” person. She approaches everything with a positive attitude and knows how to get things done. Her major role at Oranbega is to oversee the […]
Extending a big Oranbega Retreat Center welcome to our first Official Guest, artist Amy Stacey Curtis We have Guests! As you read this, we are welcoming our first paying guest to the Oranbega Retreat Center. And what a guest! Amy Stacey Curtis is a Maine artist and writer, well known for her extraordinary series of […]
Our Burns Night Supper was a big success, but I will admit that the part I personally enjoyed the most was hearing our house band, Spence & Co., in performance for the first time. I want to introduce you to them now: Spence & Co is a trio consisting of Spencer Nelson on drums, Glenn […]
Here at Oranbega Retreat Center we believe in providing our Residents and Guests with delicious food that is also nutritious. We strive to use local and sustainable food sources. Oranbega partners with Foot of the Mountain Farm, just a few miles away, and our freezer is stuffed with their happy pigs and chickens, with lamb […]
