Portland Parks & Recreation Activities

To register or to obtain additional information for any Parks & Recreation programs, please call 860-342-6757, or you may go online to www.portlandct.org, click on Departments, then to Parks & Recreation. The individual registration forms will be listed as a link on the web page. Forms can be printed, completed and returned back to the Parks & Recreation office. Registration Forms must be completed for each program prior to the program start date. The Parks & Recreation Hotline is 860-262-7234. This number is for closures and cancellations or updates.

The Parks & Recreation Summer Playground Information and Summer Sport Camps are all available at the Parks & Recreation Office or on line at www.portlandct.org.

Beatles Tribute Band

Portland Parks & Recreation and Portland Public Library present The fab Beatles Tribute Band “Ticket to Ride” on Tuesday, Aug. 9 at 6:30 p.m. on the Town Green (near the Senior Center and Library). Bring your picnic baskets if you would like and come and enjoy this terrific band. Please call the Library to register or for additional information.  The rain date will be Tuesday, Aug. 16. If weather is questionable, call the P & R Hotline at 860-262-7234.

Annual Summer Fun Run Series

Each week runners will compete in races from 400 M to 3200 M. This six-week series will have ribbons awarded each week and trophies will be given out at the end of the series for all runners who competed in at least four of the six races. Seven different age categories are available. This free event is held at Valley View School Wednesdays at 6 p.m. till Aug. 10.

Play-Well “Tek”Nologies  Lego Camp – Pre-Engineering

Using LEGO we’ll create, play and learn. Build a town, city or star base with houses, buildings, pyramids, bridges, tunnels and more! Build motorized cars, trains and trucks and race them, crash them and repair them. This camp is open to ages 5 to 7 at the Buck Foreman Community Center,  Aug.15 to 19 from 9 a.m. to Noon. Cost is $135.

Lego Camp -  Engineering “FUN” Damentals

Using LEGO we will explore concepts in physics, mechanical engineering, structural engineering and architecture while playing with your favorite creation. Learn how to design and build motorized machines, catapults, demolition derby cars, truss and suspension bridges, and more. Camp is open to ages 8 to 10 at the Buck Foreman Community Center from 1 to 4 p.m., Aug. 15 to 19. Cost is $135.

5K Road Race

Portland’s 2011 “Come On Over” 5K Road Race will be held Friday, Aug. 12 rain or shine. You may register now or register the night of the race beginning at 5 p.m. at the Town Hall.  The race starts at 6:30 p.m. Directions, road race course map, entry form, etc. is available on the Portlandct.org web site, under Parks & Recreation. Prizes awarded to top three finishers in each age category, and a T-shirt for the first 100 entrants. Entry fee:  $15 per runner/walker prior to Aug. 5; $20 per runner/walker after Aug. 5; $10 for any Portland residents 19 and younger through day of the race. 

Baseball Trip

The Parks & Recreation Office is offering the following baseball trip through Dattco bus Company to Fenway Park. Departure from Portland will be at the Brownstone Intermediate School, 314 Main St., and the bus will depart ½ hour after the game ends.

Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay, Saturday, Sept. 17, at Fenway Park for a 7:10 p.m. game. Tickets are Section Right Field Box 89, the cost is $111. Depart at 2:15 p.m.