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  Where it’s at ... Seasonal thrills and chills

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  Tall ships for Bicentennial WJD

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  Lincoln Home: Maine3Railers model railroad display

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  Winter survival for Maine wildlife

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  ‘Dreams come true,’ rail ‘rescue’ part of WW&F milestone

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• Wiscasset Scarecrowfest update

  Due to the impending nor' easter on Thursday, the Chili & Chowder Challenge and the pumpkin dessert contest will be held on Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Wiscasset Congregational Church...

• Lobster Bake/Music Jam

  Saturday, Oct. 19 The Knights of Pythias will hold its annual Lobster Bake/Music Jam at the Boothbay Lobster Wharf, Atlantic Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. Serving will begin at 11:30 a.m. and lasting...

• Trunk or Treat at the Y

  Wednesday, Oct. 30 Trunk or Treat - Hosted by Boothbay Baptist Church. A free, family-friendly event  at Boothbay Region YMCA, 261 Townsend Ave./Route 27, Boothbay Harbor from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in...

• Halloween Potluck & Scary Readings

  Wednesday, Oct. 30 The annual Opera House event - Boothbay Harbor - 86 Townsend Ave. Please note: this event is not designed for young children. This annual favorite begins when the doors creak open...

• Nightmare on Federal Street

  Thursday, Oct. 31 Wiscasset’s night of kid-friendly fun! Halloween parade: 4 p.m. in the elementary school parking lot; at 4:30 p.m., the costume party with live music kicks off! Music continues...

• Trunk or Treat

  Friday, Oct. 25 Trunk or Treat - Edgecomb Eddy School - 5:30-7:30 p.m. -  Don’t forget to wear your costumes! 157 Boothbay Road, Route 27, Edgecomb. Interested in adding a “trunk”? Check out the...

• Great Pumpkin Hunt at CMBG

  Saturday, Oct. 26 Great Pumpkin Hunt - Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens - 1-3:30 p.m. - The search for the golden gourds begins at 1 p.m. sharp. Prizes! Followed by games, pumpkin decorating, music...

• Mine Oyster costume party

  Saturday, Oct. 26 Costume parade and awards begin at the witching hour, midnight! Costume Party! 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. with the Dave Gagne Band. Mine Oyster - Pier One - Boothbay Harbor

• Alna Trick or Treat Street

  Sunday, Oct. 27 Trick or Treat Street - Alna on Dock Road, between Routes 218 and 194. The road will be blocked from traffic for the event, 2-4 p.m. Trunker participants: arrive between 1:30 and 1:...

• Sheepscott Community Supper

  Saturday, Oct. 19 Everyone is invited to the Sheepscott Community Church’s community supper downstairs in the church’s dining area 5–7 p.m. The menu features homemade lasagna and macaroni and cheese...

• French conversation group welcomes newcomers

  

  Le Café Français, a French conversation group welcoming Francophiles of all levels has resumed at the Damariscotta Baptist Church. The group begins its third year, meeting from noon to 1:15 p.m....

• Partidge Cemetery Association meeting

  Monday, Nov. 21The fall meeting of the Partridge Cemetery Association will be held in the Fellowship Room of North Woolwich Methodist Church, River Road., Woolwich,  at 6:30 p.m.  All interested...

• Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta

    Saturday, October 12   Kid’s Fun Run & Adult’s Zombie Run : Central Lincoln County -YMCA 8:00 a.m. -9:00 a.m. Registration9:15 a.m. Kid’s Fun Run AND 9:30...

• WMHS plans haunted high school

  Wiscasset Middle High School, 272 Gardiner Road, has set a haunted high school event for 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25. Admission is $5. A separate area is planned for younger children. 

• Something old, something new at Wiscasset masons lodge

  

  The concrete landing the masons of Lincoln Lodge No. 3 poured a half century ago and the copper hurricane lamp that has long lighted the lodge’s door will still be part of the building at 17 Fort...

• Autumn celebration and open house

  Saturday, Oct. 19From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Juniper Hill School, 180 Golden Ridge Rd., Alna. Refreshments, apple cider pressing, live music, hobgoblin walk and fall-themed crafts for children.  Free ...

• Dresden, Westport Island pets get blessed at St. Philip’s in Wiscasset

  

  Dresden’s Timothy and Kristen Cowing and daughter Abigail, 13, have had their Brittany spaniel-hound Sandy blessed at St. Philip’s Church in Wiscasset, but never with her there, until Sunday morning...

• Great Salt Bay School Harvest Festival

  Saturday, Oct. 26 The annual Great Salt Bay School Harvest Festival in Damariscotta will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school. Lots of delicious food for purchase, games for young...

• Bath church craft fair

  Saturday, Nov. 2 The annual Bells of St. Mary’s Christmas Craft Fair and Café will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 144 Lincoln Street, Bath. Silent auction featuring...

• Edgecomb Fire Dept. fish fry

  Edgecomb Fire Department’s fire auxiliary is holding a fundraising fish fry from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the station at 473 Boothbay Road. Cost is $14 and includes fried fish, french fries, cole slaw...

• 52nd annual Fall Foliage Festival Oct. 12 and 13

  

  One of Maine’s earliest and longest running crafts fairs, devoted to showcasing the handmade or hand-manufactured wares of Maine craftsmen, craftswomen, and artists, returns Oct. 12 and 13 to the...

• Dine For Hope Oct. 24

  

  New Hope for Women is hosting a dinner, Dine for Hope, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24 at Penobscot Language School, 28 Gay Street in Rockland. The dinner is part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month...

• It’s October ... and the color is purple

  

  New Hope For Women’s (NHFW) annual Glow Purple Campaign lights up Oct. 1 through 31 in observation of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Why hang a strand or two of purple lights or light a purple...

• Half-price book sale

  Friday, Oct. 18 Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library Second Hand Prose Used Book Room will hold their second annual half price sale on all adult books 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

• Half-price book sale

  Saturday, Oct. 19 Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library Second Hand Prose Used Book Room will hold their second annual half price sale on all adult books from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Wiscasset Municipal Airport

  ‘Pass it along’: Pilot Lisa Reece mentors 2018 Wiscasset grad Lindsey Gordon

  

  Until a February day her senior year at Wiscasset Middle High School, Lindsey Gordon had only been on commercial flights and her great-grandfather Al Rainville’s helicopter he used to land on her...

• Blessing pets present, past in Wiscasset

  

  On a bright red leash that set off her black Scottie coat, Tom Cramer’s and husband Ron Sanchez’s Maggie stood by her seated owners at a blessing of the animals-themed Sunday morning service of First...

• WW & F fall festival: Secrets to apple bobbing, long marriage

  

  Michael Sapanara can keep a secret. For other riders, Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum’s fall festival Saturday, Sept. 28 was a beautiful day to pick a pumpkin, bob for an apple...

• Wiscasset, Woolwich, Bath area Scouts earn honors

  

  Wiscasset’s Matthew Gillespie received his Star Scout at Troop 621’s fall court of honor Sept. 24. Samuel Lambert of Bath received his Scout. Aiden Pryor, also of Bath, received his Life Scout.Merit...

• Dems Harvest Dinner

  Sunday, Oct. 6Maine State Representatives Allison Hepler (Dist. 53), Chloe Maxmin (Dist. 88), and Holly Stover (Dist. 89) will help the Lincoln County Democratic Committee celebrate autumn during...

• Midcoast Humane adoption event

  Saturday, Oct. 12, Midcoast Humane will hold an adoption event at Central Lincoln County YMCA, 525 Main St., Damariscotta from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit Midcoast Humane’s Facebook site for more...

• Gallery exhibition and pottery sale at Watershed Center

  

  On Oct. 5 and 6, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts welcomes visitors for an insider’s look at the atmospheric kiln firing process during Maine Craft Weekend’s open studios event. Ceramists Tim...

• Seeking female mariners for ‘Working on the Water’

  

  Folk singer Gordon Bok is hosting the 10th annual Working on the Water event. This is a gathering of mariners who come together for an afternoon of sharing personal experiences and inspirations of...

• Wiscasset’s Scarecrowfest, other fun

  

  Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce (WACC), Wiscasset Parks and Recreation, Wiscasset Public Library, First Congregational Church of Wiscasset and other area businesses and organizations have pulled...

• WW&F celebrates fall with music, pumpkins and more Sept. 28

  The Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum, located at 97 Cross Road in Alna, is holding a Fall Festival this Saturday, Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Festivities include family...

• Maine Audobon bird calls presentation

  Monday, Sept. 30 At 11:30 a.m. Nicholas Lund, Outreach & Network Manager at Maine Audubon, will do an audio visual presentation about local bird sounds and how to remember them. Schooner Cove...

• Cider pressing at the Pownalborough Court House Sept. 29

  

  Families are invited to bring apples and press their own cider at the Pownalborough Court House in Dresden on Sunday, Sept. 29. Members of the stewardship committee of the historic siteon Courthouse...

• Meet & Greet with Nao Santa Maria captain

  Saturday, Sept. 28   Meet Carlos Javier Herrera, Nao Santa Maria captain and learn about the 200-ton, 100-foot Spanish replica of Christopher Columbus' flagship, Nao Santa Maria....

• ‘Mainers on the Titanic’ book signing

  Sunday, Sept. 29   Mac Smith, a Navy veteran of the First Gulf War and a former news reporter for the Bar Harbor Times, takes us through his book, “Mainers on the Titanic,” that traces the stories...

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Education

• Coastal Senior College presents October Maine bicentennial events

• WES students use fat-tire bikes, team-building in phys ed

• Historian to talk privateers

• Wiscasset makes school hires

• CTL students launch underwater robots

• Wiscasset Red Cloak History tours

• Wolverine royalty, more round out Wiscasset homecoming

• Reading Challenge rewards at Sarah’s Cafe for WES students

• Dog obedience classes at the CLC YMCA

• Register now for October chainsaw safety course

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Cooking

• Delicata squash

• One-pan haddock chowder

• Autumn cake made by Evelyn

• Easy apple crisp

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Health and Wellness

• What is this tick?

• Optimal brain health talk at Inn Along the Way

• Community drum circle

• Falls prevention program begins Oct. 17

• Cheney Insurance hosts blood drive Oct. 15

• Boothbay Region YMCA is calling all indoor cycling enthusiasts

• Posture workshop at CLC YMCA

• June Fitzpatrick starts new business, Peaceful Presence

• Ophthalmologist discusses cataract surgery during Health Center’s Lunch & Learn series

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Home and Garden

• Newagen gardener wins big at Common Ground Fair

• Lincoln Medical Partners patients, staff enjoy homegrown vegetables

• Garden Club of Wiscasset meeting Oct. 3

• Growing Garlic Workshop Oct. 5 in Bath

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Social

• Pownalborough Court House offers eery evening tour Oct. 19

• Scary readings and Halloween potluck

• Haunted house at Boothbay Fire Station

• St. Patrick’s Church preparing for Christmas Fair

• Begin your journey to perfect pumpkin aboard WW&F

• Audubon talk at Lincoln Home

• Pemaquid Oyster Festival in Damariscotta Sept. 29

• LCHA’s Fall Fashion Show returns to Waters Edge Oct. 5

• Blessing of the animals in Wiscasset Sept. 29

• Inn Along the Way celebrates fall with lawn and barn party

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Seniors

• Lincoln Home CNA receives award of excellence

• Roxanne Andrews, new One2One Care director at Lincoln Home

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