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Life

Memorial Day
American Legion’s Memorial Day service in Wiscasset
WMHS Boosters plan fete at WCC May 31

Cameron Main. Courtesy photo
WMHS announces 2025’s Top Scholars

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Duck boat, train, canoes and more: Wiscasset students traveling
Arthur Carter, 78, and his dog Gizmo, 13, wake up early to begin their newspaper rounds. Courtesy of Arthur Carter
They write, Arthur Carter delivers

Local Resources

  • Church Services: Boothbay, Wiscasset and Damariscotta
  • Domestic Violence Resources
  • Addiction Recovery Resources

Education

  • 20 years of uplifting and empowering girls
  • It's opening weekend at BRVM
  • ‘Truly magnificent’ schooner Harvey Gamage, Wiscasset School Department working together
  • BRAF blooms with spring exhibit
  • Wiscasset Feed Our Scholars ‘Set for Success’ event Aug. 17
  • Residents scramble to pass $4.16M Edgecomb school budget
  • WMHS senior events
  • SNHU announces spring 2025 President's List
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Health and Wellness

  • MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital offers free Diabetes Support Group
  • Free Boothbay screening, discussion on substance use disorder
  • The intersection of domestic abuse, healthcare, and law enforcement
  • Volunteers donate more than just time at MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital, long-term care facilities
  • Mother’s Day Weekend: Raising the roof on alarming level of femicide
  • April is Child Abuse Prevention Month: ‘By supporting Maine families, we keep children safe’
  • 'Elisif’s Story' event invites dialogue on addiction and recovery
  • The intersection of domestic abuse, healthcare, and law enforcement
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Home and Garden

  • Coastal Senior College spring walk at Frances Perkins Center
  • Native plant sale at Midcoast Conservancy in Edgecomb May 24
  • Garden Club of Wiscasset plant sale
  • Garden Club of Wiscasset to hear about ethical gardening
  • Garden Club of Wiscasset helps start seeds at WES
  • Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District plant sale underway
  • Mid-Coast Audubon bird seed sale fundraiser
  • Garden Club of Wiscasset’s February program by Chewonki
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Social

  • Kharris Brill assemblage show at River Arts
  • Video gaming night at WMHS
  • Robert Jon & The Wreck at The Waldo
  • Presidential/Trump Trivia and Pizza Night
  • Brady's to host 'Naked and Afraid' red carpet event
  • Wabanaki Drumming and Song Extravaganza April 13 in Newcastle
  • River Arts' 'Love' show runs through April 5
  • Wiscasset Senior Center
  • Public invited to Lincoln Home’s Creativity Show Feb. 27
  • Sisterhood-building events to warm up February
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Local students lead Sticker Shock campaigns to prevent underage drinking in Lincoln County
YSUP team

Local high school students from Wiscasset Middle High School (WMHS) and Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) recently participated in Sticker Shock, a youth-led initiative aimed at raising community awareness about the dangers of underage drinking. Sponsored by the Maine Office of Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services, Sticker Shock specifically targets individuals over the age of 21 who legally purchase alcohol and may provide it to minors, reminding them that furnishing alcohol to anyone underage is both dangerous and illegal. 

Boothbay Region Historical Society 2025 summer sailing raffle
The cutter-rigged sloop Radiant. Courtesy photo

Your private party of up to six people will join Capt. Craig Collins and crew aboard the 44-foot cutter-rigged sloop Radiant, designed by noted naval architect Al Mason and built in the Ta Shing Shipyard in Taiwan, known for producing beautiful seaworthy vessels. With her full keel and heavy displacement, Radiant is exceedingly comfortable on the water. For more on Radiant and Capt. Collins, see www.linekinbaysailing.com.  

United We Thrive
Community invitation to United Way of Mid Coast Maine 2025 annual meeting
United Way of Mid Coast Maine 2025 Annual Meeting Invitation

United Way of Mid Coast Maine is extending an invitation to the community to join them at their 2025 annual meeting. The event will take place on Tuesday, June 10 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Bowdoin College. The event’s theme “United We Thrive” will be an opportunity to come together as a community, for the community. 

Midcoast Humane launches $75,000 matching challenge in honor of 75th anniversary
Midcoast Humane logo

Midcoast Humane is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year—and inviting the community to be part of a life-saving opportunity. In honor of this milestone, two longtime supporters have pledged a $75,000 matching challenge grant, doubling every donation made during 2025, up to the full amount. 

As of May 15, the organization has raised just over $65,000 and is urging supporters to help close the gap before the summer months, when animal intake spikes. 

Edgecomb Community Climate Workshop June 4
Poster for climate workshop

The town of Edgecomb is currently working with service providers from the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission to enroll in the state of Maine’s Community Resilience Partnership, a program which makes the town eligible for grants for climate action projects.

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
BH Opera House: Andrew Duhon Trio
The Andrew Duhon Trio. Opera House. May 23. Got tickets? Courtesy of Cathy Sherrill, BBH OH

New Orleans native and Grammy-nominated Andrew Duhon has been busy racking up rave reviews over the past decade. On Friday, May 23 he makes a rare appearance in Maine, performing just one show, at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. Traveling with his trio, audiences can anticipate an upbeat musicality to his tunes with upright bassist, Myles Weeks and drummer, Jim Kolacek singing three part harmony.

Ocean On Tap
Understanding forever chemicals on the coast
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The next Ocean on Tap event will take place Thursday, May 22 from 6 to 7 p.m. at Footbridge Brewery, 25 Granary Way, Boothbay Harbor.

Hannah Sterling of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will be speaking about the history of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), sometimes called "Forever Chemicals" and her research on them along Maine's coast. Join us for this highly relevant and fascinating conversation!

Hearty Roots rescheduled mini-retreat

There is still time to join other female-identifying folks for the weather-postponed Hearty Roots “Interlude” gathering on Saturday, May 17, from 1 to 6 p.m. This is a chance to fill your cup, recharge your batteries, and find whatever your spirit is needing during this time of seasonal transition. Let the abundance of the natural world guide your experience at this event on the Hearty Roots campus in Bremen.

Press release
WMHS engineering students compete in ‘Windstorm Challenge’
Challenge

Students from Wiscasset Middle High School's principles of engineering class competed at University of Maine in Orono in the statewide 10th annual Windstorm Challenge. Students were tasked with creating the most stable offshore wind turbine hull and presenting their ideas to a panel of judges.

Sophia Scott to perform debut album at the Poe Theater
Sophia Scott's "Steady" release on her debut album, "Impatient Child." Courtesy of Cherie Scott

Sophia Suzanne is a 17-year-old singer/songwriter and guitarist from Boothbay. On Thursday, May 22 at 7 p.m., she will perform songs from her debut album, "Impatient Child," at the Poe Theater at 81 Academy Hill Road in Newcastle. This performance is one-night only with a band of student musicians.

WES celebrates students’ art, music
WES student

May 8, Wiscasset Elementary School presented an evening of art and music for students, families and the community. The Art Show featured work from all students in grades K-5. The hallways bristled with excitement for the many amazing works from all of our students.

Art teacher Liz Proffetty displayed hundreds of pieces of student work using many different media. A highlight was the hall that featured art representing the timeline of man.

Coastal Rivers expands River~Link corridor along Deer Meadow Brook in Newcastle
The new preserve includes over 1,600 feet of stream frontage along Deer Meadow Brook, which connects to the Sheepscot River via Marsh River. Courtesy of Coastal Rivers

On April 28, Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust closed on the purchase of its largest independent acquisition to date in the town of Newcastle. The 270-acre Deer Meadow Brook Preserve is part of a block of nearly 4,700 acres of undeveloped wildlife habitat along Deer Meadow Brook.  

Located on West Hamlet Road, the property extends from the shore of Damariscotta Lake at State Route 215 (Pond Road) to Deer Meadow Brook, where it includes over 1,600 feet of stream frontage. 

CTL hosts artist Kim Bernard
Working with the PopUpCycler at CTL. Courtesy of CTL

The Center for Teaching and Learning hosted Kim Bernard, a nationally-recognized sculptor and installation artist, as a visiting-artist on Friday, May 9. While instructing a course at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in 2023, Ms. Bernard presented about her “recycled, kinetic, interactive art installations” that she created in Maine communities, with a special emphasis on “transforming plastic waste into sculpture using her portable recycling machines.”

Don’t miss our spring Plant Cash and Carry Sale
Knox-Lincoln Convervation District logo

Don’t miss the Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District Spring Plant Sale at Union Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 17 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Plants have been chosen for their value as windbreaks, lakeshore buffers, bank stabilization, erosion control, and wildlife habitat – including songbirds, pollinators, and beneficial insects. Individual varieties were selected for productivity, pest and disease resistance, a variety of soil and light conditions – and to provide beauty and color in the home landscape from spring through fall.

Where It's At
Visual storytelling at the Student Art Show
Art

Open the door to the 40th Student Art Show at Boothbay Region Art Foundation, and enter a world of exploration through color, technique, history, and imagination that has led to some thought-provoking work. All (approximately) told, 450 works of art are displayed! Yes, you’ll be there for a while … and not even realize time is passing!

Wiscasset Masonic Lodge donates to local food pantries
The Lincoln Lodge presentation on May 8. Pictured from left are  Worshipful Master Wayne Eugley, Marjorie DiVece of the Edgecomb Community Church, Brie DiPerri of St Philip’s Episcopal Church, Jeff Averill of Alna, and Paul Bonyun of Westport. Courtesy photo

At their May 8 meeting, the Wiscasset Masons of Lincoln Lodge No. 3 A.F. & A.M. presented five area food pantries with a total of $4,000. The funds were raised by the Masons during their Christmas drive held at Ames Supply in Wiscasset. The $2,000 raised at that event was then matched by the Masons Assisting Charities Fund.

From remembering to responding, A call for veteran support
Jody Boulay

Memorial Day is a solemn occasion to honor the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. We attend parades, place flags at gravesites, and take quiet moments of reflection. But beyond the ceremonies and speeches lies another, often invisible war, one that too many of our veterans and active-duty service members are still fighting.

Veggies to Table Paris Sweepstakes is in progress
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Non-profit farm, Veggies to Table, in Newcastle announces its third annual Paris Sweepstakes: Win a week in Paris and help end hunger in Maine.

Veggies to Table’s Sweepstakes is now live! The grand prize is a week-long stay in a gorgeous Paris apartment. All donations will help ensure that no one in our community will go to bed or wake up hungry.

Maine Sea Grant funding restored
Maine Sea Grant logo

The University of Maine announced funding has been restored for Maine Sea Grant to continue research and outreach. They said restored funds are in line with a funding plan abruptly terminated in February. 

According to a UMaine news release May 2, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officially notified the university last week it was awarding three more years of funding for Maine Sea Grant; funds were made immediately available for the upcoming year, with funding for two additional years contingent on congressional approval.  

Registration open for Hearty Roots’ fourth annual Paddle for a Purpose
A Knickerbocker Group team on the Damariscotta River during a recent Paddle for a Purpose. Courtesy of Hearty Roots

River rats, unite! Outdoor enthusiasts, assemble! Anyone who believes in the power of nature to change lives, prepare to make a difference! And everyone, mark your calendars for Hearty Roots’ fourth annual Paddle for a Purpose community fundraiser on Saturday, June 14. 

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