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Rotary Club of Damariscotta-Newcastle awards grant to help food initiative

Rotary District 7780 grants are small grants awarded each year on a competitive basis to Rotary Clubs in Southern, Midcoast Maine and New Hampshire in support of a humanitarian projects either in a...
HYS pantry fundraising continues

If shopping at Damariscotta Hannaford’s, please remember that St. Philip’s Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry in Wiscasset is eager for people to buy reusable shopping bags for a cause. At $2.50 per bag...
Got GERD?

You’ve just finished a great meal and are enjoying an after dinner coffee or brandy. You’re feeling quite satisfied and then … a sudden burning sensation in your chest begins to change that glow of...
Lincoln County Indivisible/LCTV

Maine’s response to the climate crisis with Hannah Pingree

The impending climate crisis is real. Maine is especially vulnerable. The waters in the Gulf of Maine are warming faster than pretty much anywhere else on earth. Many of our coastal communities are...
A New Year greeting from 1854

A passage from the diary of Sarah/Sallie Prescott Goodwin, penned during the journey from England to New Orleans on board a ship captained by her husband, might well apply to our lives today. Having...
Q&A on COVID-19’s trajectory heading into 2021 with Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah

As COVID-19 cases continue surging in Maine and the first vaccination doses offer some hope, Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke to health reporter...
Peaceful New Beginnings ‘It’s All About Community’ Jan. 1

New dreams, new hopes, new experiences and new joys come with the dawning of the new year as musicians, songwriters, storytellers and a bit of fundraising converge from the safety of our homes at 2...
Midcoast Conservancy conserves wildlife habitat on Sheepscot River

On Dec. 10, Midcoast Conservancy accepted a donated Conservation Easement on 16 acres owned by Sue Walker and Bob Lightfoot in Whitefield. They named the property the Brook Floater property, in honor...
Natural healing for mind, body and soul

Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, was the founder of Buddhism. One of his teachings was this: “Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts your life will start to...
Vaccines arrive in Maine, but battle against COVID-19 remains far from over

December has been a month of hope and concern, with COVID-19 vaccines deployed for the first time to hospitals across Maine but health officials warned that the state continues to battle “a surge on...
New Santa, same Christmas spirit for Alna family after incident

Santa Claus is waving with his left arm now. And he has a new green sack and black gloves instead of green. He is shorter, too. But this one Jean and Alton King III and family put up Sunday in...
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce

Lincoln County Toys for Tots meets year’s great need

As Lisa Marr was taking part in Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce’s Thirsty Thursday gathering on Zoom Dec. 17, the Lincoln County Toys for Tots coordinator got another request for gifts, pushing to...

Local Resources

UMaine Extension starts new online cooking series Jan. 12

Health and Wellness

Home and Garden

Free webinar on new vegetable varieties for home gardens