Phippsburg’s Lynda Doughty knew exactly what she wanted when she got up for the Wiscasset Early Bird Sale…
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St. Patrick Church
The annual Christmas Fair at St. Patrick Church will, once again, feature the Shamrock Café! The Shamrock Café will provide a quiet respite after shopping and…
From scarecrows throughout town in late fall, to a First Night with fireworks and ice dancing on the town rink, or maybe a Riverfest, the Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce’s board, and a few…
The Morris Farm of Wiscasset had a great year and wants to thank all those who made it possible. The Morris Farm will host a potluck dinner on Thursday, Nov. 19 at its 156 Gardiner Road location.…
Maine Maritime Museum in Bath will open a new exhibit, Wavelength: The Story of Signals at Sea, on Saturday, November 14. The exhibit explores the history of communications at sea, from flags,…
When the Candy Cane Train takes Woolwich’s Reed’s Pass en route to Wiscasset then back to Bath, Dennis Youland plans to be where he has been in Decembers past, outside his home in a Santa hat,…
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) presents its annual environmental lecture, Water Quality of the Estuary, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at the…
PAYT was tossed out, now what?
Woolwich selectmen will begin the process of ending the town’s contract with WasteZero and Pay As You Throw (PAYT) when they meet for a regular meeting 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16.
On Election…
Miss Wiscasset Diner co-owners Mark Suarez and Robert Harris expect some of their first customers Saturday morning, Nov. 14, will be women wanting a good meal to shop on.
There will also be…
Three local nonprofit organizations recently received donations from Rising Tide Community Market’s Co-ops for Community Day program. Co-ops for Community Day…
The annual fall half-price sale at Skidompha Second Hand Book Shop in Damariscotta will take place from Wednesday, November 11 through Saturday, November 14.
The shop is located in “The Red…
Wiscasset Planning Board
ReVision Energy will build a solar farm at Morris Farm regardless of whether a ninth member is found to…
Early Bird
Don’t forget to shop the early bird sale in Damariscotta this weekend.
Some of the earliest deals will be when Damariscotta Hardware opens at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. King Eider’s Pub…
Wiscasset selectmen agreed to move forward, slowly at first, and begin the process of collecting approximately $400,000 in unpaid property taxes. The election of Judy Colby Tuesday, Nov. 3 ended a…
Dennis Hilton, a Damariscotta native who has owned Newcastle Square Realty for almost 20 years, has assumed management responsibilities within the company following…
Three Early Birds will win more than fantastic bargains and exciting specials this Sat., Nov. 7.
When the Damariscotta…
Alna selectmen
Former Alna treasurer Aaron Miller tells selectmen in a new letter, he has made mistakes, but no legal errors. Miller’s Oct. 26 letter also comments on recent statements at selectmen’s meetings;…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce
A chamber of commerce is a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses.…
In celebration of the Edgecomb Thrift Shop's 10-year anniversary of service to our communities this month, everything in stock will be offered at 50 percent off.
It all started in early…
The Early Bird saves the cash on Saturday, November 7, from 6 to 9 a.m. , when shops and restaurants throughout the Damariscotta Region open their doors early to…
Clamming has been good in Wiscasset this year, very good.
A few years ago, one or one and a half bushels would have been a digger’s likely take from a tide, Wiscasset Shellfish Committee…
Local woman spearheaded two-year fundraising campaign to make it happen
Maine has just received a new powerful tool to combat child pornography and trafficking — a new mobile forensic laboratory for the state’s Computer Crimes Unit, thanks in large part to former…
Every Friday during the season Hope Orchards grinds apples into raw cider
HOPE — At the beginning of November, Hope Orchards’ cider press will come to a grinding halt—literally. From the last week of September to the first week of November, every Friday is cider-making…
“Everyone in this room is here for a love of animals and a genuine, heartfelt passion to make this work,” said Joe Montisano, executive director of Coastal Humane Society and now, the Lincoln…
Amy Warner wasn’t looking to be town clerk when she stopped into the Alna town office in May 2008. The bookkeeper and longtime Great Impasta (Brunswick) waitress was there to register her car.…
The Darling Marine Center in Walpole is pleased to welcome Dr. Jeremy Rich, the newest faculty member of the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences.
Rich…
Gordon and Lynne Kontrath were recording the Patriots-Jets game Sunday afternoon to avoid missing the end, in case it came when Maine Eastern Railroad’s Brunswick-Rockland excursion was making its…
Camden National Corporation (NASDAQ: CAC), the parent company of Camden National Bank, completed its acquisition of SBM…
There's a newly renovated Cape style house on Cross Point Road in Edgecomb that makes one want to stop and admire. It is a classic, tastefully appointed house that…
Join a group of other interested volunteers at Maine’s First Ship’s waterfront boatshed on Sunday, Nov. 8, for the second annual Women’s Shipbuilding Day in Bath.…
National Transportation Safety Board...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued an update Tuesday into its continuing investigation of the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro in the Atlantic Ocean near…
As Gardiner Road, Wiscasset travelers might have noticed Oct. 14 and 15, a contractor was replacing part of the roof on Morris Farm’s circa 1840 barn. But passersby won’t be seeing some of the new…
The Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association (SEMA) was among 40 organizations and individuals recently awarded a Distinctive Services Medal or Merit Medal by the…
Since its inception, business at Watershed Tavern and Boothbay Craft Brewery on Adams Pond Road has been booming. Now, a new national ad campaign is…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District will hold its annual awards banquet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at the North Nobleboro Community Hall on East Pond Road in Nobleboro…
Coastal Enterprises’ (CEI) founder and Chief Executive Officer Ron Phillips was feeling like the captain of a ship Oct. 15.
“I want to be the last one off,” he said.
On Oct. 15 and 16…
The Cod Cove Inn in Edgecomb will remain open throughout the winter months, according to innkeeper Ted Hugger.
“In 2014, we experimented keeping the inn open year round. Our first winter…
Sherman’s Books & Stationery Stores has entered into an agreement with Susan and Barnaby Porter…
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The annual Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta features pumpkins in many settings — as boats, as art, and as spectacle.
On Sunday, Oct. 11, one of the massive squash was dropped 180 feet…
Look for a meeting this fall to explore how downtown Wiscasset might once again become a neighborhood where people can buy their groceries.
Local business owner Lucia Droby and Lincoln…
Coastal Veterinary Care, located at 161 Gardiner Road in Wiscasset, is closing its doors on Oct. 28. But it's not really going away.
Coastal Veterinary Care has always been affiliated with…
Amy and Mike Preston have no regrets about buying The Alna Store in 2004. They love the town and the people, and business has been good, Amy Preston said. But the couple has been thinking about…
The deadline for submissions for the Oct. 15 edition is 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9.
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An underwater sea slug has evolved chemical foraging and defense abilities that are functionally identical to those of terrestrial insects, despite…
Fall job fair season is underway around Maine, providing an opportune time for job seekers looking for work. The Maine Department of Labor’s network of 12 CareerCenters will be sponsoring and/or…
Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta
Autumn: When pumpkins fall like leaves in the Midcoast.
When wood and aluminum and fiberglass boats are put away for the winter and pumpkin boats instead dot the Damariscotta River, it’s…
Open Creamery Day
At Fuzzy Udder Creamery in Whitefield, there is a special focus on being local.
The sheep, whose milk is turned into yogurt and cheese, can be found outside next to the goats who provide the…
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association is having a Stewardship Day at the Griggs Preserve in Newcastle, from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Oct. 7. Licensed forester and licensed arborist, Tish…
Lisa Evans and Tim Smith have been growing microgreens in their greenhouse in Roslindale, Massachusetts, since January, ever since Evans…
Maine-OK Enterprises, Inc. has sold the Wiscasset Newspaper's office at 47 Gardiner Road to The First NA.
Expect the same coverage of municipal, school, sports, business, church, human…
