Even the Gingerbread Man is helping to deck the halls this year at the Opera House in preparation for the Friday, December 14 Dough Ball! Tickets for the Dough Ball preview party and awards…
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During Tuesday night's Wiscasset school committee meeting, member Jason Putnam had a question about a policy on the agenda, regarding transgender students. According to the policy, students who…
Live, laugh and love
When I was growing up, most people ate meatloaf. I was never a real big fan ... But I ate it with my mashed potatoes and corn or peas like everyone else.
Once again it’s right up there with…
On Dec. 4, Wiscasset Middle High School's high school student council traveled to visit the veterans at Togus. This is the fifth year the students have visited. It has become a tradition the…
The annual holiday potluck dinner and carol sing at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor celebrates both the holiday season and the close of the 2018 Opera…
In 1965, the Peanuts gang found the true meaning of Christmas in the animated television special “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” In 2017, a gang of Edgecomb residents also found the Christmas spirit…
Many people resort to desperate measures to control their weight and the way they eat—expensive diets, surgery, medications, excessive exercise, purging, abuse of laxatives, and extreme food…
On Saturday night, when the temperature outside was well below freezing and still falling, the temperature inside the Water’s Edge banquet facility was getting hot. That is because the first-ever…
The Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA is proud to announce the formation of a new program – Community Art at the Y.
Maine is noted for its vibrant arts communities and Damariscotta is no…
On Dec. 7 at Wiscasset Community Center, many people got into the holiday spirit by decorating gingerbread houses.
Parks and Recreation Director Lisa Thompson began planning for the…
Camden Public Library/Camden Conference
The Camden Conference presents Professor Paul Holman at the Camden Public Library on Tuesday, Dec. 18 at 7 pm. He will discuss “China in Africa: A New Kind of Colonialism?” This event…
All the incredible music! All the performers in stunning costumes: Featuring the Boar's Head Community Choir - Leticia vanVuuren, director; Midcoast Brass Quintet and organist Sean Fleming at the…
The public is invited to The Lincoln Home on Monday, Dec. 10, from 3-4 p.m. to hear Tom and Lee Szelog's unique and inspiring talk on an extraordinary journey on the wild side.
Through this…
Midcoast Conservancy
The second, and final, Youth Ski Lease fitting day is Tuesday, Dec. 12 from 4-7:30 p.m. at the CLC YMCA on Main Street in Damariscotta.
In an effort to get kids and families outside having…
Healthy Lincoln County and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are working together to provide local restaurants, bars, and stores with Responsible Beverage Server training this December.
…
The Dough Ball & Gingerbread Spectacular
While the national spotlight has frequently been on the judiciary branch over recent months, in the Midcoast the attention now shifts to the naming of judges for the upcoming Gingerbread…
For this year’s Tapestry Singers holiday performance, “Woven in Song,” the audience will be treated to a panoply of songs—some familiar and some new—with harp, marimba, guitar, woodwinds, and…
CLC YMCA
The Christmas season is just around the corner and Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA invites the community to their annual Breakfast with Santa. The event will take place Dec. 15 from 8:30-11 a.m…
Take the journey from the far away land of India all the way to the rocky coast of Maine at the world premiere of “Mumbai to Maine,” coming to the Harbor Theater Tuesday, Dec. 11. The evening…
For more information on all of the listings below, call Spectrum Generations at the Damariscotta YMCA, 563-1363.
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Hope everyone had a fabulous Turkey Day; mine was low key and stress free. My twinners did most of the work and hosted … my oldest took care of our adult beverage needs.
Not sure about your…
Sarah Joyce and daughter Corinne, 8, of Wiscasset checked out the handknit items fellow Wiscasset resident Joan Reed was selling in the Wiscasset Community Center gym Saturday.
Asked about…
When Cabins in the Woods opened last fall in Augusta, there were 21 fewer homeless veterans in Maine. And when the Rotary Club of Boothbay Harbor decided to provide those veterans with items…
The spirit of giving was alive in Wiscasset Saturday, from Ames True Value to Wiscasset Community Center. Local groups greeted passers-by and raised money for causes.
As Ames hosted its…
’Round Town
In these politically charged times, I know I am walking on eggshells. But, politics aside, I am remembering Mrs. Cowan, a very dear friend to us and our communities.
A holiday season never…
Going to college can be a major transition for most people. For some, it is leaving home for the first time, and it may even be the longest period of time ever spent away from family. It is saying…
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Recently, the federal Tick-borne Disease Working Group met for meeting #8, recapping all the work that had been done, identifying gaps and areas needing improvement along with recommendations. The…
Thanks to 20 flu clinics hosted by Lincoln Medical Partners (LMP), 1,130 community members are vaccinated against the flu. An additional 3,650 patients were vaccinated during regular office visits…
Wiscasset’s Chris Grosser married into going to the town’s annual tree-lighting. She wed Jeff Grosser 12 years ago, years after he began serving as emcee. He was at First Congregational Church of…
The Midcoast Green Collaborative and the Midcoast Outreach and Peace Center invite you to a panel discussion by area legislators and local experts on developing a much needed Comprehensive Energy…
Frank 106.9 FM, WBQX, will broadcast local high school basketball for a ninth straight year beginning Friday, Dec. 7 when the Lincoln Academy Eagles travel to Rockport to play the Camden Hills…
The annual Harbor Lights Festival opened with a warm reception from the Boothbay Region Garden Club to donors and sponsors to this year’s event. This year’s theme tree – central to trees of all…
Seacoast Community Orchestra
The public is invited to the Seacoast Orchestra Fall Concert on Tuesday evening, Dec. 4 at 7. This free performance will be held at the Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St. in Damariscotta.
The…
Attention photographers of Maine! Acceptance of entries for the 2019 Maine Photography Show (MPS) begins Saturday, Dec. 1 through the stroke of midnight Jan. 18, 2019. MPS has been the annual…
Boothbay Region Health Center is hosting a special free screening of “Escape Fire: How we can fix the broken health care system” Saturday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. The film is 1 hour and 39 minutes, and…
9 a.m.-4 p.m.: Craft Show at the Boothbay Harbor Fire Station
10 a.m.-5 p.m…
Wouldn’t it be fun to see what career artists could come up with for tree ornaments? That’s the idea behind the centerpiece of Gleason Fine Art’s “Art for the Holidays” show running Thursday, Nov…
River Arts
River Arts is inviting the public to attend the opening reception for its newest exhibition, "Small Works." The opening reception will be held Friday, Nov. 30 from 5-7 p.m. The “Small Works…
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This is a family tradition in our household, made from generation to generation from as far as I can remember.
My very French grandmother Evelyn Mary Gallant Orne stood barely 4 foot, 11…
Almost new, and not so new items will be on sale at bargain prices in the cafeteria of Wiscasset Middle High School this Saturday, Dec. 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the French…
Harbor Theater
“Beautiful Boy” is the heartbreaking story of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with their beloved son’s drug addiction over many years. The film plays Dec. 7-13 at Harbor Theater…
I smiled all the way home.
I felt relaxed and some of the rhythms that we’d been groovin' to were still in my head.
Before going to the drum circle at River Arts, led by Boothbay…
It’s that time! Loads of parties, lots of entertaining, hostess gifts aplenty, and what would be great to have on hand for such occasions? Why, sweets from Feed Our Scholars bakers, of course!…
Kathleen Morgan, New Hope for Women’s executive director, was recently honored as a Champion of Change by the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence at its annual Blaine House Tea in Augusta.…
Healthy Kids
Healthy Kids will start an Active Parenting: 5-12 on Nov. 30. The class will run six Fridays from 1-3 p.m. at their office, 15 Belvedere Rd., Damariscotta. There will be no class on Dec. 28.
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Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce
The Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce is inviting everyone in the surrounding communities to the first ever Snow Ball to celebrate the successful Holiday Marketfest held Dec. 6-8 on the streets…
Please join the Boothbay Region Garden Club in celebrating this most cherished of seasons at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. Our Festival of Trees theme this year is “Merry and Bright.” There…
We welcome the public to join us at The Lincoln Home in a musical celebration of the holiday season, Monday, Dec. 3, from 2 to 3 p.m. Heralded by Sing Out! Magazine as “one of the…
Pies, pies and more pies! Apple, pumpkin, pecan, cranberry, mincemeat, cherry, blueberry, chocolate cream and lemon meringue – all freshly baked: For the third year in a row, the ladies of…
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church will hold its 82nd annual Christmas Fair on Saturday, Dec 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 27 Pleasant St. in Brunswick (corner of Pleasant and Union streets). All proceeds…
