Want to improve your sailing skills? Then “Sailing Skills and Seamanship” is a course for you. It is designed for both experienced and novice sailboat operators. Topics include types of sailboats…
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Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) and Boothbay Harbor’s Harbor Theater have rescheduled their public screening of The Pollinators for Thursday, March 12, at 6 p.m. Per director Peter Nelson,…

The Boothbay Region YMCA is teaming up with Sailing Ships Maine to send 24 high school aged students sailing for a week of sail training. Sailing for a week on a traditional wooden Maine schooner…

What a busy, busy weekend, lots of basketball for my grades 3 and 4 girls travel team. After three seasons, we did it, we won a game. These girls started in second grade and always…
New Hope for Women will hold an open house at its new 18 Belvedere Road, Damariscotta location on Friday, March 27 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. The public is invited to stop in to meet agency staff, to…

Female characters take center stage with the students at Boothbay Region High School and Wiscasset Middle High School, both competing in the annual Drama Theater Festival/One Act Competition.…


Come visit Juniper Hill, a local school founded in 2011 that is one of the first established programs in the rapidly growing field of nature and place-based education and schooling. Our open house…
Damariscotta Maine – LincolnHealth is accepting applications for the spring Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class through March 23. The 10-week training course begins April 21 and runs until…
More than 100 gathered at Wiscasset Middle High School Sunday evening to hear a concert by the Opus One Big Band accompanied by WMHS band and vocal students. The evening included hits from Frank…

AUGUSTA — Voters heading to the polls March 3 will be faced with one state referendum question, a people’s veto to legislation signed into law by Governor Janet Mills in May 2019.
The…
U.S. Senators Susan Collins, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, and Angus King today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is releasing an additional…

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold an open house on Sunday, March 8, from 3:30 - 5 p.m. All members of the Midcoast community are…

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) is gearing up for spring with its first ever birdhouse competition and exhibit. The project encourages anyone interested, from local artists to businesses,…

Maine students in grades 4-12 are invited to submit entries for this year’s Law Day contests sponsored by the Maine State Bar Association. This year’s theme is “Your Vote, Your Voice, Our…

The Postal Service will be dedicating the Maine Statehood stamp on Sunday, March 15 at the Augusta Armory, 179 Western Ave.
Lincoln Little League Baseball and Softball is open to players ages 4-12 who live in Nobleboro, Damariscotta, Newcastle, Bremen, Jefferson (if attending Great Salt Bay), Bristol region, South…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) outlined today, Feb. 28, steps that Maine is taking to prepare for the potential spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus to…

Students who entered the second annual Windjammer Days (WJD) T-shirt Design Contest received certificates of appreciation and awards at Boothbay Region Elementary School Feb. 26.
Forty…

Wiscasset Elementary School’s third graders explored the properties of square numbers by creating visual representations of arrays with like factors, such as 3 x 3 = 9, 4 x 4 = 16, and 5 x 5 = 25…
Amanda Lyn Marcus of Wiscasset has been named to Husson University's president's list for the sall 2019 semester.
Marcus is a senior enrolled in Husson's bachelor of science in mass…

In anticipation of a summer season of boating ahead, the Wawenock Sail and Power Squadrons® will teach a one-day recreational boating safety course at the Boothbay Region YMCA on…

The next round of Lose it with the Y will begin March 2 with orientation at 6 p.m. at Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA. Orientation includes first weigh-in, group coordination, and an optional…

Sally Lobkowicz, “The Lady in the Red Cloak,” will be making presentation on Maine Legends for the Pemaquid Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution regular meeting on Tuesday, March 10 at…
The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold its spring open house on Sunday, March 8, from 3:30 until 5 p.m. All are invited to tour the school, meet the…

“We live in the oldest per capita county in the oldest per capita State of the Union,” said Dr. Allan Teel of Boothbay Region Health Center. “Aging matters around here and there’s a desperate need…

First I want to thank our awesome and wonderful girls and boys Seahawks for a wonderful season. Well done.
I’ve been asked by a wonderful YMCA volunteer Pat for a new soup recipe and this…

St. Patrick Church will be holding its annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner on Tuesday, March 17. A traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner with sides of potatoes, carrots, onions…
A public informational talk, “How to Get Organized for the College Application Process and What You Can Do to Get a Head Start,” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 4 at Merry Barn Writers…

The Merrymeeting Chapter of the Maine Audubon Society will award scholarships for children to two Maine camps for the summer of 2020. Both camps offer programs that include environmental education…
On March 14, Feed Our Scholars (FOS) will hold its annual fundraising dinner at 5 p.m. in St. Philip’s Lippiat Hall, 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset. Snow date is March 21. But this event is a little…

In January 1993, a medical team from San Francisco travelled to La Serena, Chile, to treat children with cleft lip and palate anomalies. It was the first medical mission undertaken by Rotaplast…

When Pam Cahill moved to Woolwich in 1977, a neighbor came to greet her.
“She was in full winter coveralls, with gum rubber boots ... She shook my hand and said, ‘My name’s Margaret…

The Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA and Boothbay Region YMCA are proud to announce the release of their joint 2020 YMCA Summer Camp Guide. It should be an exciting summer for the kids and teens…

Despite the current leadership transition underway, Central Lincoln County (CLC) Board and staff team continue to focus on the organization’s financial priorities to ensure long-term…
Edgecomb Community Church, UCC, will be holding two Celtic Prayer Services during the month of March. The first service will be held on Wednesday, March 4 at 5:30 p.m. We’ll begin by sharing a…

The second annual Cabin Fever Film Festival will take place Feb. 28 through March 1, at the Camden Opera House at 29 Elm St. Cabin Fever is an extension of the CIFF Selects monthly screening…

The Boothbay Region YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program, which helps adults lose weight through healthier eating and increased physical activity to reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, is…

First National Bank recently donated $2,500 to the Harbor Theater as a 2020 business partner.
Harbor Theater is a non-profit independent cinema founded in…

The YMCA serves as a place for people of all abilities to find a program for them, from Parkinson's disease to high blood pressure.
Our programs are all evidence based, meaning each one has…

The Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour, hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, is coming to Damariscotta at 7 p.m. on March 2 at Lincoln Theater with a curated selection…
The season of Lent that precedes Easter lasts 40 days to represent the amount of time Jesus Christ spent in the desert, fasting and preparing for his ministry. Lent at the Second Congregational…

On Feb. 11 and 12, the Center for Lyme Action held its first ever DC Fly-in, with over 60 advocates from around the United States coming together to recognize not only the work of the advocates…

Boothbay Region Adult and Community Education is pleased to welcome Master Gardener Jean Vose of Nobleboro as one of their spring instructors. The topic is "Companion Planting - Plants You Should…

As you all know I’m not much of a baker but I made this pineapple upside down cake from the recipe provided by Lori Bailey. I did change some things because I had a different nut and I had…

Wiscasset Middle High School’s students and staff kicked off the February vacation break with their annual Winter Carnival Friday, Feb. 14.
The morning began with an assembly in the…

On Monday, Feb. 17, Boothbay Region (BR) YMCA and Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA opened registration for its Winter II session. The session runs March 2 through April 25. In the Program Guide…