It’s the season of goblins and ghouls, pirates and sirens, and witches and warlocks ... a.k.a. our favorite time of year!
Friday, Oct. 25 and Saturday, Oct. 26 from 4 to 9 p.m. it will be…
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Boothbay Region Historical Society
Boothbay Region Historical Society is holding its annual Cheese and Bake Sale on Saturday, Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the museum, 72 Oak Street, Boothbay Harbor. Generous volunteer bakers…
Lincoln Theater
Pumpkinfest Weekend is here, and Lincoln Theater is ready to celebrate in style, offering the perfect way to usher in the spooky season with a lineup of family-friendly films and special events.…
Wiscasset Middle High School, Principles of Democracy students recently attended a Wiscasset selectboard meeting to gain a deeper knowledge of municipal government.
Makayla Bush, class…
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
This online event is one of many ways the Finding Our Voices CEO and Founder is breaking the silence during October, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Patrisha McLean,…
Center for Teaching and Learning was honored last week with a visit from Penny Kittle and Linda Rief, two long-time teachers of writing and writers about teaching. Kittle is best known…
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” - H.P. Lovecraft
It is October, the cool, colorful, earthy-…
The autumnal spirit was in full swing at Boothbay Railway Village Museum (BRVM) Oct. 5 as the museum hosted its annual Family Harvest Day.
A pair of Civil War…
Wiscasset’s longtime fall event Scarecrowfest at the town office Oct. 5 had the chili and chowder contest, Halloween costumes for children to pick out, and more, including the time-honored…
The Cathance River Gallery at 18 Main St., Bowdoinham is hosting a gathering of artists who have been creating impressions of local scenery for several years. They have one thing in common beside…
We found this photo of author Stephen King in the newspaper’s attic a few years back and recently sought some history behind it.
We contacted one of the people in the photo and got a…
On Sunday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m., Edgecomb Historical Society member and genealogist Cathy Orne, will shine a spotlight on one of Edgecomb’s illustrious forefathers, Samuel Gunnison Wilson.
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Fall is upon us and we would love to have you celebrate the season with us.
Come meet our new pastor Aram Mitchell, who began Sept. 29. Worship services begin at 9:30 a.m. with coffee…
Maine Art Gallery
Several of Kosti Ruohomaa’s haunting and desolate, yet often beautiful and welcoming photographs of Maine in an earlier time are included in Nocturne, the current exhibit at the Maine Art Gallery…
A Blessing of the Animals event will be held Saturday, Oct. 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. at St. John’s Church/Cultural Center, Dresden.
Join us on the lawn outside the church for a celebration of our…
Midcoast Senior College brings classes to seniors interested in lifelong learning. The following new courses begin the week of Nov. 4 and run through Dec. 13. Courses are four- to six weeks long…
Make time to swing by the Merry Barn,, 417 River Road, Edgecomb, this Saturday, Oct. 5 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the Maine Craft Weekend. Cynthia Marsh…
Falls and balance will be the topic of the next Diabetes Support Group on Tuesday, Oct. 8. The discussion begins at 1:30 p.m. at the Wellness and Rehab Center in the Webster Van Winkle Building on…
The Boothbay Railway Village Museum has a full schedule of community inspired events this month, beginning with Family Harvest Day this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m…
In early August, Helen Weld and Robert Strachan of Edgecomb donated a 39-acre conservation easement to Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust.
Located on the Damariscotta River, the land…
Wiscasset Elementary School
For the past four years, I have thrown out an invitation on social media in August to sponsor my class so that each student can receive a brand new book each month, for holidays and to provide…
The Merry Barn Literacy and Arts Center in Edgecomb will close its doors on Dec. 31. For the last five years, the Merry Barn has been a space where creativity and…
Have you signed up yet for the Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas fiddle workshop on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. at The Waldo?
Based on the fiddle music of Scotland and beyond, this workshop…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
The fall season at Boothbay Harbor’s historic Opera House includes the arrival of The "Stoneheads,' more often known to Midcoast fans as The Boneheads. On Friday, Oct. 11, the band brings an…
The following students on being named to the summer 2024 president's list. The summer terms run from May to August. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average…
Fall is here and it’s time for the annual cider pressing demonstration at Lincoln County Historical Association’s Pownalborough Court House in Dresden. Families are invited to the court house…
To Celebrate Maine Craft Weekend, the Merry Barn is hosting a Craft Fair featuring local artists and makers. Join us on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m…
How many locals have had mititel or, in English, “meat fingers?” If you asked a week ago, probably few. However, thanks to a group of Romanian workers, many got the chance. A crowd of people came…
Did you know that if you are a resident of Wiscasset, you can take a tour of Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House for free when the houses are open to the public? Well, it’s true. Both houses…
North Eastern American Red Cross
The American Red Cross continues to amplify the ongoing critical need for blood and platelets to keep the blood supply stable as fall begins. Donors of all blood types, especially those with type…
Announcing ME DEP’s Inland Shoreline Stabilization Practices Certification course on Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust’s David Moses Bridge Education Hall at 3 Round Top…
Veggies to Table, a grow-to-donate farm in Newcastle, is looking for volunteers! Autumn is here, and there is still so much to do on the farm - harvesting as much bounty to share with…
Dr. Allan “Chip” Teel will present a Free Brain Health Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Bosarge Family Education Center at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. The Forum will…
Finding Our Voices
Emotional, financial, sexual, and post-separation abuse will be among the topics of community conversation in the Finding Our Voices”Let’s Talk About It Tour” coming to Bangor, South Portland,…
It’s hard to believe that we could have repeated our amazing Wharton Point good luck from last month but, somehow, we did. We ran a series of errands in and around Brunswick and, without…
A new award-winning documentary on the origins and rise of right-wing extremism in America will be shown on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta. The screening of “…
First Congregational Church of Wiscasset will continue the study of the TV series, "The Chosen," beginning on Sept. 29. Season 4 covers significant biblical events.
Threatened by the…
Wiscasset Creative Alliance
Wiscasset Creative Alliance is pleased to announce a new fund to support community initiatives which further the Alliance’s mission of advancing and connecting the cultural, historical, and…
Midcoast Literacy presents Readers Theater Saturday, Nov. 2, 2 p.m. (activities for kids starting at 1 p.m.) at Morse High School Auditorium; 826 Shipbuilder Drive; Bath.
Tickets are $10…
After Dark is a slide lecture that covers everything you need to know about capturing images after the sun sets and before it rises. Photographer Mike Leonard is a Night Owl of sorts and he will…
St. Philip’s Help Yourself Shelf (HYS), 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset, has been designated to receive the proceeds from the Damariscotta Hannaford store’s Fight Hunger Bag program for October. Each…
“Resilient communities leverage the interconnectedness of housing, health, education, civic engagement, and socio-economic opportunities, etc.” Noël Bonam, Maine State Director ~ AARP.…
“It Ends With Us” - (PG13; 2 hours, 11 minutes) - When Lily Bloom’s first love, Atlas Corrigan, unexpectedly reappears, her relationship with Ryle Kincaid, a…
With enrollment down 25 students from August’s 397, Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson Sept. 10 detailed the drop and said the newer numbers are likely more reliable. Andersson and…
United Way of Mid Coast Maine is launching their annual fundraising campaign on Sept. 18 with the goal to raise $1.5 million for the United Way of Mid Coast Maine Community Fund.
The…
LincolnHealth is adding yet another state-of-the-art imaging tool to its diagnostic imaging services.
The Revolution Ascend CT Scanner brings many additional features over the hospital’s…
In the fall of 2022, Tim Dinsmore directed an archeological investigation into the earliest occupation of Damariscotta’s Chapman-Hall homestead and the integrity of artifacts currently on…
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September is National Suicide Prevention Month. During this month, prevention organizations, survivors, mental health advocates, and community members unite to promote suicide prevention and…
