The American Red Cross has launched First Aid for Opioid Overdoses – an online course to teach people how to respond to a known or suspected opioid overdose.
“An opioid overdose is a life-…
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OK folks, here’s the deal … I never … ever … thought I would be writing a food column. My spelling stinks, grammar … forget about it, but here we go again. I am who I am. If I can get a chuckle…
After a morning assembly Monday to wrap up Wiscasset Middle High School's annual “Turkey Thyme” Food Drive, the middle school students walked to the Nazarene Church Food Pantry across the road…
Experience a 19th century-style Christmas with 21st century flair at Historic New England’s Nickels-Sortwell House Dec. 7-9, from noon to 3 p.m., part of Wiscasset Village’s annual Holiday…
The LincolnHealth Wound Center, which opened in Boothbay Harbor in 2014, is expanding and will begin seeing patients at the new Watson Health Center on the LincolnHealth – Miles Campus in…
The Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary Holiday Bazaar & Wreath Sale is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 29, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. at the Mid Coast Hospital Café, 123 Medical Center Drive in Brunswick. All…
Take a "Journey to Bethlehem" this weekend at Boothbay Baptist Church and experience the dramatic story of one very special night when Christ was born.
Your journey begins inside the church…
Chocolate Church Arts Center
A Motown Christmas will fill the house of The Chocolate Church Arts Center with the sounds of Christmas music, rhythm and blues style, on Saturday, Nov. 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Pat Colwell and his…
LincolnHealth
LincolnHealth Facilities Manager for Senior Living Neil Genthner has received the 2018 Webster and Elise Van Winkle Excellence in Healthcare Award for his tireless commitment to patient and…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Let it be known that the popular holiday event, Art in the Square, is not held outdoors in the middle of Townsend Square! It is held indoors at the Boothbay Harbor Art Foundation (BRAF) gallery…
Holy Christmas List boys and girls!
Santa is coming to Boothbay Saturday, Nov. 24 just to find out what you’d like for Christmas this year. You know he makes that big list, the one he…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ Gardens Aglow event opened to the public Nov. 15. More than 650,000 LED lights have been woven through 14 acres of central gardens. In a press release announcing…
At the annual membership meeting Oct. 7, the Hearts Ever Young Inc. Board of Directors was expanded from five to seven members. The three officers coordinate original, annual productions of Hearts…
Wiscasset Middle High School students are raising money to help fund a visit to Quebec City in February. French teacher Irene Marchenay will lead the trip the school committee unanimously approved…
This is the time of year when fresh food donations become scarcer at food pantries, while the line at the pantry door often gets longer. Twin Villages Foodbank Farm (TVFF) in Damariscotta has been…
In the Boothbay region the holiday season begins with the Early Bird Sale & Pajama Party and Gardens Aglow in mid-November. The holiday lists unfurl as we make our way to our favorite shops…
If it’s November, it’s Early Bird sales season. Early bird shoppers have flown to Bath, Wiscasset and Damariscotta this month and on Saturday, Nov. 17 they will be flocking to the Boothbay region…
Maine-Wabanaki REACH is sponsoring an educational day workshop - open to the public - Saturday, Dec. 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Snow date will be Saturday, Dec. 15. Maine-Wabanaki REACH workshops…
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Hello folks, I’m so incredibly blessed with all the positive feedback from my food column. It’s been awesome with phone calls and the private messages from all of you. What makes me really happy…
Studio 53 Fine Art
During the annual four-day Gifts For Giving Holiday Show & Sale at Studio 53 in Boothbay Harbor there will be many items to choose from for those on your shopping list. The event begins…
Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA’s 38th annual Holiday Bazaar will be held in the newly renovated building this Saturday, Nov. 17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event features beautifully handcrafted…
Do you just love homemade pies for your holiday meals? No time to make them or don’t know how? This year plan on buying those homemade pies at the Edgecomb Community Church’s Thanksgiving Pie Sale…
Y-Arts
Later this month Y-Arts is presenting “Elf Jr” at the Lincoln Theater. With a large cast that includes quite a few young children, director Emily Mirabile is looking for backstage volunteers.…
From the past
Author’s note: In the late 1820s there was a series of altercations and confrontations between two men in Edgecomb. In May 1829, one of the men was sent to the county jail for assault…
United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s fall campaign succeeded in reaching its $1,750,000 goal, Chair Joel Merry announced at the Campaign Finale held at Bowdoin College. Volunteers on the Campaign “…
Specialty adult classes at the FARMS at the Y kitchen at Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA are open for registration for December. Only twelve spots are available per class, so early registration…
November has returned. The last of the leaves will drop from the trees, even the oaks, while our thoughts turn to Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, Christmas, Yule or Kwanzaa. And following those…
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Well, with the cooler nights, it’s comfort food time. One of my husband’s favorite dishes is shepherd’s pie.
First thing you do is march yourself up to Pinkham’s Gourmet Market and buy a…
The week of Oct. 22, over 40 volunteers worked at First Congregational Church in Wiscasset on a project which will save thousands of gallons of heating oil and make dozens of homes around Lincoln…
The Clamshell Quilters group will meet at the Faith Baptist Church on Mills Road in Newcastle Monday, Nov. 12. Guests, visitors, and new members are always welcome. There will be an informal sew-…
On Saturday, Nov. 17 at Boothbay Railway Village, distinguished historians Julia A. Hunter and Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. will present two unique perspectives from their 2003 book “Fly Rod Crosby:…
Local author Lisa Steele-Maley will discuss her recently published book “Without a Map: A Caregivers Journey Through the Wilderness of Heart and Mind” in a talk Wednesday, Nov. 14, from 5 to 7 p.m…
LincolnHealth Director of Emergency and Urgent Care Services Nancy Jackson, RN, MSN, and Great Salt Bay Community School and LincolnHealth Nurse Kerri Lilly, RN, BSN received statewide awards from…
The Boothbay Region Garden Club’s “Mantle and Table” shop at the Festival of Trees event will feature beautiful holiday arrangements of live greens in unique containers designed by our very…
The Stars and Stripes are in good hands at Wiscasset Elementary School. Twice a day, a group of dedicated fifth graders carries on the time-honored tradition of raising and lowering Old Glory…
Come and enjoy an old-fashioned fun raiser! That is correct, there is no typo … let's raise the roof and have fun.
With the holiday season upon us, there are numerous events to help us…
The Morris Farm will hold its annual Thanksgiving Community Potluck dinner on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 156 Gardiner Road, Wiscasset. The Morris Farm supplies the turkeys, dressing, gravy and a few…
Midcoast Conservancy and the Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District will be hosting a gravel roads workshop on Wednesday, Nov. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Jefferson Fire…
The Pittston First Congregational Church at 21 Arnold Road in Pittston will hold its annual Craft Fair and Cookie Walk on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The cookie walk features…
Join professional dog trainer Jean Conte for the Central Lincoln County YMCA's Dog Obedience Classes to learn the best basic training for your dog. Held each Tuesday, the next program runs from…
Midcoast Humane with campuses in Brunswick and Edgecomb announced the expansion of its adoption program on Monday, Oct. 29 with the goal of bringing more adoptable pets home.
The shelter…
LincolnHealth Registered Dietitian Joan Atkinson will share tips on how to maintain control over your eating habits during the holidays at the Diabetes Support Group meeting on Thursday, Nov. 15…
Wiscasset celebrated Halloween with costumes, plenty of candy, trick or treating, cider, donuts and other snacks, a lot of sugar energy, a costume contest and some warm coats over the costumes.…
Wayfinder Schools is now accepting applications for its Passages Program. Passages is a home-based high school diploma program for young parents and other Maine teens who are struggling in…
Boothbay Railway Village
Saturday, Nov. 10 kick off your handmade holiday gift-making with a little help from Boothbay Railway Village. We’ll open the doors of the historic 1847 Boothbay Town Hall for two hands-on art…
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I hope everyone had an awesome week ... With Halloween just around the corner and being on a Wednesday night smack dab in the middle of a work week, it’s hard to think about what’s for dinner.…
On Saturday, Nov. 17 Spectrum Generations is offering an AARP Safe Driver Course at the CLC YMCA, 525 Main St., Damariscotta. The course hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
All participants…
Alna's Janet Verney always surprises husband of 32 years Jeff Verney with her choice of his Halloween costume. Sunday afternoon at Trick or Treat Street on Dock Road, he was a whoopie cushion,…
Learn about the many resources available in Lincoln County for those with prediabetes or diabetes at LincolnHealth on World Diabetes Day, Nov. 14. Two informational “mini fairs” are taking place:…
