Whoohoo, what an awesome weekend! My twinners and I bought a Highlander Scotty camper (we think the year is 1969) and we attended my cousin Paula Reny Warford’s vintage campers weekend at Shore…
Life
The renovations are complete and the Merry Barn in Edgecomb is opening its doors for the first of many community events. Community Writes! will be held this Sunday, June 9, at the…
The Old Academy on Warren Street in Wiscasset was bursting with good cheer and lively chatter Saturday evening at the opening of the Maine Art Gallery’s show of work by 15 of its members. The show…
From her book,“Upwards,” Laurie Apgar Chandler will share the story of her 53-day, 740-mile journey, struggling upstream and racing down flooded rivers churning with whitewater, alone in a small…
Today, June 4, the third and fourth graders at Juniper Hill School in Alna will release salmon into the Sheepscot near Head Tide Dam.
As part of a year-long study of the Sheepscot River,…
Several local organizations are coming together to provide kids and teens with free, healthy meals throughout the summer through the USDA funded Summer Food Service Program.
The program is…
There will be a free presentation on “How to Have a Tick-Free Summer” and what to do if you do get a tick bite on Friday, June 14 at 2 p.m. at the Community Center in the Meadow Mall, Boothbay…
The Bible Baptist Church at 143 Beechnut Hill Road in Wiscasset will hold a Daily Vacation Bible School (DVBS) Monday through Friday evenings, 6:30-8 p.m., June 17-21. The theme is “Climbing…
Westport Island meetings are not all about business. The Westport Community Association (WCA) will hold its annual Meet-n-Greet Wine and Beer tasting on Saturday, June 15, from 3-5 p.m. at the Old…
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood said May 30, she expects to begin a search soon for Wiscasset Elementary School's next principal. In the meantime, she's there twice daily.
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Set for Success (S4S) is Wiscasset’s Feed Our Scholars’ (FOS) new effort in supporting an effective learning situation for our local schoolchildren. Sunday, Aug.11, from 1 to 3 p.m.,…
Regional School Unit 1/Wiscasset Adult Education celebrated the graduation of 13 students on May 16, in a ceremony held at Morse High School’s Montgomery Theater. These adult learners completed…
On Saturday, June 15 grab your blanket and picnic basket, bring family members, neighbors and friends, your instruments, voices, talents, and dancing shoes - or just your enthusiasm and listening…
At the Wiscasset Alumni Association annual banquet Saturday, June 1, President Nancy Sherman Roby, Class of 1967, encouraged the Class of 2019 to treasure every moment in life and enjoy the…
Get out your calendar and note the annual “Bands for Books” party benefiting Wiscasset Public Library, on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The event, held since 2014, features…
The Quilters will meet June 10 at 2 p.m. at Faith Baptist Church, Mills Road, Newcastle. Help with a community service project, or work on a project of your own. You may bring your own food and…
The latest exhibit at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine will feature a collection of the artifacts that have been given to the HHRC over the years and compiled in…
The Lincoln Home is once again celebrating its employees for a perfect Department of Health and Human Resources survey. Every two years all Assisted Living communities are surveyed…
On Saturday, June 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., an AARP Driver Safety Class will be hosted by the Hodgdon Green…
It’s time to introduce our second “Seeing:” photo gallery offering. This time we would like to receive your best photos depicting “reflections” or “shadows.” Water, glass and mirrors are good…
Live, laugh and love!
Wow, what a busy, awesome, wonderful weekend. Lots of amazing people helped me celebrate my birthday weekend. As a kid, having your birthday on Memorial Day was a bummer. Being in a tourist town,…
Local historian Jerry Wiles will present the second part of the history of the Berlin Wall on Monday, June 3, from 2 to 3 p.m. For almost 30 years the Berlin Wall stood as a symbol in a divided…
Three of the winners of Heartwood’s 2019 fundraiser raffle are actually repeat winners from previous Heartwood raffles.
And…
From Magnolia Pictures and Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson, a new film “Woman at War” comes to the…
Saturday, June 1
Wiscasset Academy-High School Alumni Banquet will begin at 5 p.m. with a dinner catered by Sarah’s Café at 6 p.m. Speeches. Scholarships are awarded to the graduating class…
Our flock of sheep along with their faithful shepherds are back and ready for another season of flocking! As many of you know, last year, we began this a fundraiser and fun-raiser where, for a…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) invites landowners to learn how to spot and identify common invasive plants on Saturday, June 8 starting at 10 a.m. as part of a two-part series on invasive…
Parents in Lincoln County are invited to complete a local survey for a chance to win up to $250. Healthy Lincoln County is conducting the survey, which is aimed at parents and grandparents of…
“Reading will take you further than anything else in life,” David Sawyer of the Lincoln Lodge #3 of Masons told the student body of Wiscasset Elementary School Friday. It also got a dozen boys and…
Sue Hochstein of Boothbay Harbor, Barbara Belknap of Damariscotta and Audrey Miller of East Boothbay attended the spring meeting of the Maine Daughters of the American Revolution in Auburn, Maine…
To bee or not to bee. If that is the question, Midcoast Conservancy offers two opportunities to learn more about these valued pollinators. Saturday, May 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., members of the…
Wiscasset schools’ music and art departments presented the annual Spring Gallery of the Arts on May 9 and 15. The evening of May 9 featured an informal art walk-through and a concert featuring all…
Celebrate the start of summer at Historic New England’s annual Open House at Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House on Saturday, June 1. Free guided tours will be given at each house on the half…
The seventh and eighth grade class of Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning spent three days at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham, as participants in Maine’s Model United Nations…
Live, laugh and love!
Okay, back to a real Maine dish – baked stuffed haddock (fresh from Pinkham’s, of course) topped off with a lobster Newburg (once again Pinkham’s, just picked a half of pound of the freshest…
It was a cold dismal late afternoon in Edgecomb. A soft thump sounded on the picture window outside in the damp cold. My husband slowly opened the storm door, peering outside. The small, limp body…
Hannah Davis of Alna has been named to the Emerson College dean's list for the spring 2019 semester. Davis is majoring in media arts production. The requirement to make Emerson's dean's list is a…
Damariscotta-Newcastle Rotary Club
The Damariscotta-Newcastle Rotary Club announces its new charitable community service program of funding Educational Grants to prepare for working in a chosen vocation in Lincoln County.
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Wiscasset Middle High School's high schoolers and guests celebrated prom Saturday night, May 18 at Maine Maritime Museum.
WMHS Technology Coordinator/VHS Site Coordinator/Student Council…
Sam and Kayda Selby of Wiscasset come every spring to Morris Farm’s annual plant sale. As usual Saturday, they got the heirloom tomatoes.
Pittston’s Jeff and Brenda Blodgett had never been…
Wiscasset Elementary School’s cafeteria and grounds will be a magical place on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 11, from 1 to 3 p.m. All Wiscasset Elementary School students, Pre-K to Grade 5, as well as…
Heartwood
Heartwood Theater’s Online Fundraiser is nearing the finish line, sales closing at midnight, Thursday, May 23. Winners will be drawn at a fun event at 5 p.m. Friday, May 24 at…
When Michael Liscomb and his family went to camp in 2017, no one was asking his wife or his children what happened to him.
The other spouses and children were in military families, so they…
Popular juried crafters with unique products created on the Midcoast of Maine show their wares at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, 4 Oak Street,…
The Portland Stage Studio Series presents a workshop of “Death Wings” by Portland Stage Affiliate Artist Bess Welden on Thursday, May 23 and Friday, May 24 at 7 p.m. in the Studio Theater at…
Wiscasset schools
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood was making plans Friday to meet Wiscasset Elementary School’s administrative needs through the end of the school year. Principal Stacy White’s…
Who will be crowned our next Miss Windjammer or King of the Harbor?
Youth, ages 9 to 12, wishing to compete for either of those crowns in the Boothbay’s Got Talent event should pick up an…
This year’s Edgecomb Eddy School Yard Sale will be held Saturday, May 25 from 8 a.m. to noon.
Those interested in having a table, the cost is $10 and the proceeds go to benefit the 6th…
The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) is pleased to announce that the American Legion and Easterseals Maine will be points of contact for distribution of Veterans’ Emergency Financial…
