Seniors

• Celebrating Barbara Follett’s 40 years at Lincoln Home

  Wed, 11/10/2021 - 10:30am

  

  Staff and residents recently joined in to celebrate Barbara Follett’s 40 years of dedicated love and service to the residents at The Lincoln Home. Barbara started as a CNA, CRMA caregiver, then went to housekeeping, cooking in the kitchen, waitressing in the dining room and back to housekeeping doing our laundry. “ I love the people, they are like family, both the residents and the staff. I love this place. I don’t ever want to retire, and I don’t want to die, because then I couldn’t be at LH...

• Senior living study moves into next phase

  Tue, 10/19/2021 - 8:30am

  

  The study to determine if a new nursing facility can be built in Damariscotta to accommodate and consolidate LincolnHealth’s nursing and skilled nursing services provided in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta has moved into the evaluation phase. Sandy River Company, a respected nursing home developer, agreed to LincolnHealth’s request for 60 days to communicate with interested audiences before it began its assessment of the project. That time has since passed, and Sandy River Company will soon...

• WW&F’s Halloween Train-and-Treat

  Mon, 10/18/2021 - 3:45pm

  Saturday, Oct. 30 The Halloween action is at WW&F Railway in Alna -wear a costume, if you dare! Boarding at Sheepscot Station, 97 Cross Road to the top of the mountain of Sheepscot Valley for a tractor-drawn hayride to SeaLyon Farm. All Youth tickets include a Trick-or-Treat bag stuffed with Halloween goodies. Come in costume and explore the farm while enjoying a nice, relaxed, and safe family-friendly Halloween. The entire experience takes just under 2.5 hours. The train departs promptly...

• Coastal Senior College announces new fall courses

  Sat, 08/21/2021 - 7:15am

  

  Coastal Senior College will offer fifteen courses beginning in September; three will meet in person and 12 will meet via Zoom. Registration opens Aug. 30 at 8 a.m. To read complete course descriptions and instructor bios, and to learn what days and times each course will meet, as well as to register online, visit coastalseniorcollege.org Mail-in registration is available, although registrants should consider the longer time required for CSC to receive a registration request and process it. Fees...

• T-shirt design chosen for 2021 Festival

  Tue, 06/22/2021 - 7:45am

  

  Maggie Weiss from Bristol, Maine submitted the winning T-shirt design for this year’s Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta. This year’s festival will be Oct. 8-11. Her design was selected from among 40 entries, a strong showing from the local artist community for the annual Pumpkinfest T-shirt Design Contest. Judges were Pumpkinfest volunteers attending the June 17 planning meeting. The winning design won a $500 prize. Maggie Weiss is a 23-year-old artist and business woman who recently...

• Schmid board approved for matching Project Canopy Grant

  Mon, 06/14/2021 - 1:00pm

  

  A Maine Forest Service grant is helping the 766-acre Charles and Constance Schmid Land Preserve in Edgecomb plan for the future. The town has owned and managed the preserve since 1979. The seven-person Schmid Advisory Board collaborated with town officials earlier this year in securing a matching $7,200 Project Canopy Grant. Board members approached selectmen last winter for help with the required $3,600 match. The preserve hasn’t generated or received much revenue over the years, according to...

• Senate passes Sen. Maxmin bill to help older and disabled Mainers in rural communities

  Fri, 06/04/2021 - 11:45am

  

  AUGUSTA — The Senate approved Thursday a bill sponsored by Senator Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, authorizing a pilot project to provide nonmedical transportation services for people receiving certain services under MaineCare. An amended version of LD 17, “Resolve, To Provide Rural Nonmedical Transportation Services to the Elderly and Adults with Disabilities Receiving Home and Community Benefits under the MaineCare Program,” received unanimous, bipartisan support in the Senate. “Today’s vote...