Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is pleased to announce the installation of four new interpretive panels along the trails at the Salt Bay Farm Preserve.

A storewide half-price sale will be in effect all day on “Early Bird” day, Saturday, Nov/ 7 at the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta.

Our thanks to Wiscasset's Owen Whitney for sharing these moments from Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31. This year's fun ranged across the village, from Federal Street to the Customs House near the harbor. 

"A lot of people in our community are freaking out about the high cost of heating oil, and worrying about how they are going to stay warm this winter,” Chair Leslie Roberts told a meeting of the Wiscasset Climate Action Team Oct. 28. Participants later discussed ideas to possibly help residents keep the heat in. One idea was to schedule demonstrations on how to install insulation. 

Saturday, Oct. 31, come out for a ghoulishly good time! Enjoy an afternoon of costumes, treats, and family-friendly fun around Wiscasset.

On Saturday, Nov. 7 at 1 p.m., community members are invited to participate in an interactive performance focused on the Damariscotta River. This event is for anyone with a connection to the river or with an interest in art-science-community connections.

It is that time of year when the Bremen Library gets ready for our popular wreath sale fundraiser. The sale will begin earlier this year. Wreaths will be available for sale beginning Wednesday, Nov. 11 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bremen Town House on Waldoboro Road (Route 32) next to the Bremen Fire House. The sale will continue Monday through Saturday and end Saturday, Nov. 21. Any remaining wreaths will be sold on Nov.

All are welcome to the 4th annual Craft Fair at Wiscasset Community Center, on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Start your Christmas shopping early with unique handcrafted gifts or just grab something for yourself. We will have everything from sewn items to Christmas decorations, jewelry, baskets, soaps, T-shirts, wooden utensils and a variety of general crafts.

The Edgecomb Community Church will be holding its annual Thanksgiving pie sale on Tuesday, Nov. 24, from 9 a.m. to noon at both the church at 15 Cross Point Road in Edgecomb, and at Ames True Value on Route 1, Wiscasset.

On Oct. 6, more than 200 local women gathered at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens to socialize, network and share joy. During the meeting, names for three nominated nonprofits were drawn at random: CHiP, Mainely Memory Foundation, and Healthy Lincoln County.

Ahoy, Wiscasset! The Pirates of Federal Street are embarking on an exciting new chapter as The Pirates of Wiscasset, bringing their spectacular Halloween sets, interactive thrills, unforgettable photo opportunities, and plenty of pirate treasure to the Customs House for Wiscasset's annual Nightmare on Federal Street celebration on Saturday, Oct. 31.

Looking for some good deals at great prices for everyone on your holiday list? Get yourself over to the Edgecomb Community Church Thrift Store which is again offering its Holiday Sales for three days: Tuesday, Nov. 17, Saturday, Nov. 21, and Tuesday, Nov. 24.

The Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb recently hosted a group of visiting educators. Middle school humanities teachers Stacey Adams and Angela Lathem-Ballard hosted a group with two educators from a school in Georgia and another from California. 

After 15 stops, and tens of thousands of visitors, the Maine Historical Society’s rare copy of the Declaration of Independence will finish its tour of Maine’s 16 counties at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. The Dunlap Broadside will be on view Oct. 30–31.

For decades in most towns across the country, high school musicians were forming bands with gigs at high school dances, town halls and YMCAs, playing the music of the decade. In Boothbay Harbor, early – mid-80s, one such band was The Voyagers: Todd Dadaleares, Nate Campbell, Dennis Creaser, Russell Sherman and Jon McLaughlin, later replaced by George Kazakis.

The band rehearsed at the Shermans' house and eventually at the Creasers' every Saturday morning in Marge's Head Start space.

The Edgecomb Community Church is inviting any and all to a special event on Sunday, Nov. 1. Guests are asked to gather at 11:30 a.m. A Samhain Gathering and Celtic New Year ritual will be offered at noon at the 15 Cross Point Road site of the ECC Labyrinth which is located behind the church.

First grade at Wiscasset Elementary School has been learning all about owls in science. We have learned about their habitat, life cycle and diet. The highlight of the week was dissecting owl pellets, the bits of bones and fur that an owl cannot digest and spits back up.

These were real owl pellets that the kids got a chance to get hands-on with. They found so many cool bones and animal body parts. The kids were amazed!

"The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood" by Mary Lynn Dobson will be performed in the Wiscasset Middle High School gymnasium on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

It is open to the public and tickets are by donation at the door. 

Heather McArdle and her husband Scott have been together for over 17 years. They have three kids: Caleb, who just started his freshman year at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Jace, a seventh grader at Wiscasset Middle High School, and Emberly, a fourth grader at Wiscasset Elementary School. The family has been part of the Wiscasset school community since Jace started kindergarten in 2019.

A warm hat or pair of mittens can make a meaningful difference during Maine's cold winter months. This fall, First National Bank is inviting community members to help keep their neighbors warm through its Warm Hands, Warm Hearts Hat & Mitten Drive, taking place now through Nov. 16.

Throughout the drive, all First National Bank branches will serve as collection locations for new hats, gloves, and mittens to benefit local children and families. Handmade items are also welcome, giving community members another meaningful way to contribute.