It’s the Lincoln Home’s 95th birthday on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 6 to 10:30 p.m. The event will be rain or shine, as it will be held under a large tent. Tickets are $50, and can be purchased on-…
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Southport photographer Stephanie Morrison began noticing all the different dragonflies she was seeing lately on the trails and started photographing them. She said she hopefully has identified…
Peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on a Behind Closed Doors Tour, Saturday, Aug. 20, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. There’s something new to see whether you are a first-time or repeat…
Two young poets from the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb placed in the 2022 Sarah Mook Poetry Contest. The contest received more than 1,000 entries from ten different states and Paris…
LincolnHealth reported 97 COVID-19 cases from 687 tests over the past three weeks. Numbers rose significantly between the weeks of July 11 and 18 with percent positive tests increasing from 9.43%…
This month, Boothbay Region High School teacher Mary Miller earned a doctorate in music education (DME) online through Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia…
Hearty Roots is built upon the magic of meeting kids where they're at, and their July Sunbeam Camp was no exception for nine local kids. Designed as a summer opportunity…
Students of Wiscasset Elementary School filled their backpacks for the fast approaching school year with things like pencils, erasers, glue sticks, notebooks, scissors and more, all given away…
On Aug. 9, the Wiscasset School Committee received the following updated list of staff changes for the 2022-2023 school year.
New hires include Arthur Chadbourne, Wiscasset Middle High…
If serendipity is a happy accident, an unexpected but delightful adventure, then young visitors to July’s Wiscasset Art Walk had many serendipitous moments!
Jim Doble from Union and Rick…
The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) announced today that it is prepared to help Maine veterans access newly-available benefits following the President signing into law the PACT Act.…
Lieutenant Brendan Kane of Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office provided a brief explanation of the ALERRT (Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training) program that LCSO has been trained on to…
We are excited to bring back our Conservation Bus Tour traveling through Knox County and expanding into Waldo County. This year we are partnering with Waldo Soil & Water Conservation District…
Wiscasset school committee
Time is what teachers need to be effective educators.
That is the premise behind Interim Superintendent of Schools Robert “Bob” England’s proposal to have Wiscasset schools adopt an early…
Grandma will reminisce about cruising back in the sixties or seventies in one of the interesting Corvettes coming, mom and dad may like the ’57 XK140 OTS Jag convertible or ’46 Dodge pick-up,…
Have you noticed the brightly painted carousel horses stabled around town the past few weeks? Wonder why? Charlie and Friends Second Stride Rescue at Burke’s Island Farm is holding an online…
The second annual Boothbay Cornhole Classic will be held Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Boothbay Railway Village Museum, 586 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay.
The round robin event is a fundraiser for…
First National Bank recently announced the launch of their Spirit VISA® Debit Cards.
The program, which works in partnership with their First Hoop program, currently enrolls…
Longtime supporters of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Lyn and Daniel Lerner, were honored recently in a dedication ceremony celebrating the newly named Lyn and Daniel Lerner Visitor…
This year, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will present its 12th annual Ina and Lewis Heafitz Endowed Lecture at the Gardens on Aug. 25, 4-5:30 p.m. The lecture, “Centering Indigenous Peoples and…
Maine summer camps. There are 125 of them according to MaineSummerCamps.org. You can scour the listings, but there is only one summer camp on an island in the ocean – Burnt Island, part of…
Wanderwood, located at 79 Sidelinger Road in Nobleboro, will host a farm-to-table dinner in their event barn on Wednesday, Aug. 17 beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Toast the sweet heat of summer in…
Families are invited to Chapman-Hall House in Damariscotta on Friday, Aug. 12 at 10 a.m. for a special children's program about local writer Barbara Cooney.…
In June, nine graduating seniors at Wiscasset Middle High School received Worthington Scholarships.
The recipients were D'Nisha Dawkins, Latisha Wright, Hailey Talbert, Dillon Leeman, Mason…
Ocean Point Inn is pleased to offer a photography workshop by well-known Maine photographer, Mike Leonard. The workshop, Make your Best Shot will be held on Sunday, Aug. 14 at 5 p.m. The…
Flare Night at Popham Beach will take place on Friday, Aug. 19, and the annual parade will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Ft. Baldwin parking lot and…
pageant, fireworks, grand marshals, road race, and much more
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lobster Festival offering free admission every day is just one of the new changes coming to the Festival this year. The Festival will take place Aug. 3-7 at Harbor Park in…
Bands for Books, a party to raise funds for the Friends of Wiscasset Library, will again be held this year on Labor Day, Sept. 5. Enjoy live music and dancing, hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, raffle,…
“Maine’s First Ship” will be the last talk of the 2022 season for the Popham Beach Library Summer Series. On Thursday, Aug. 11 at 7 p.m., Orman Hines, president of the Maine’s First Ship…
“I do love nothing as much as you.” ~William Shakespeare
Two years ago as COVID-19 was moving through our beautiful part of the world, it also brought on numerous…
This year The Lincoln Home, a non-profit assisted living community, celebrates 95 years of serving seniors and our Lincoln County community. On Saturday evening, Aug. 20, we will host our big 95th…
The next public supper will be Wednesday, Aug. 17. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Menu: corn chowder, salad, garlic bread, chicken barbecue, potato salad, corn on cob and blueberry pie. Call 882-8230 for…
Wiscasset Christian Academy will be holding a yard sale on Saturday, Aug. 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Academy is located at 143 Beechnut Hill Road, Wiscasset.
Shoppers will be able to…
The Peace Gallery in Damariscotta is premiering it’s 12th program in August. It’s a one-time-only engagement offering live music and chanting on Thursday evening, Aug. 4 at 6.
Carla and…
In memory of and tribute to Paris Pierpont, whose aspiration was to become an EMT and nurse, the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest &…
Some adults facing criminal charges in Lincoln County will now have the option to avoid the courts and have their cases resolved through a restorative process facilitated by the…
You are cordially invited to join us for our final summer morning labyrinth walk on Thursday, Aug. 11 at 11 a.m. as we can walk the Labyrinth in the Field together. The majestic stone labyrinth is…
Wiscasset’s Feed Our Scholars is reaching out to all to consider making a contribution to our 2022 Set for Success initiative. Regardless of…
Would you like to know how to have a small pond with fish and lovely flowers around it in your yard? Would you like to grow your own vegetables? How about having native flowers for every season…
For the fifth year running, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will host educator and nature photographer Samuel Jaffe and The Caterpillar Lab, Aug. 3-10. A perennial favorite, this exhibit will…
Realism has always left Diana Young feeling cold. What stirs her imagination is the abstract works of Picasso, Matisse and Seagal.
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St. Giles Church’s mascot, Giles the mouse, has been busily working with parishioners to prepare a fun day for kids at the church’s annual fair on Saturday, July 30. The hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m…
Save the date: Sunday, Sept. 18! Midcoast Conservancy is happy to announce the 10th annual Live Edge music festival at Hidden Valley Nature Center. A fun-filled day of live music, great local food…
In a newly-imagined land-use partnership, kids enrolled in Hearty Roots summer camps will be able to enjoy a one-acre parcel of Osborn…
Boothbay Town Manager Dan Bryer took time out from his job to walk across the street from the town office to Boothbay Common to buy a pint of blueberries and a half dozen cucumbers on Thursday,…
LincolnHealth
Developers of state-of-the art nursing care facilities submitted a letter to the town of Damariscotta planning board on Monday, sharing their desire to build a 102-bed facility in Damariscotta.…
The Edgecomb Community Church will be hosting the Reverend Lawrence Krewson for two Sundays this summer, July 31 and Aug. 7. Arriving here from Georgia, he will be visiting friends in Edgecomb.…
LincolnHealth reported 23 new COVID-19 cases for the week of July 4 and 30 for the week of July 11. The cases came from 249 tests for the former and 219 for the latter weeks. The under-18…
After serving 32 years as a Westport Island selectman, George D. Richardson Jr. is retiring. Please join us on Sunday, July 31 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Old Town Hall, 1217 Main Road.
For…
