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  Celebrating summer seafood and feeding Mainers

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  Small philanthropist, big heart; 6-year-old donates lemonade proceeds

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  Working artists create in pop-up studio at WAW

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  A stranger’s kindness: Boothbay’s Jameson Brooks, pen pal meet in Edgecomb

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  ‘Hope Can’t Be Stopped’ concert Aug. 1 in Boothbay

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• Legion buffet breakfast

  Sunday, Aug. 1 American Legion Post 36 is having its next breakfast at Sherman Hall, 25 Industrial Park Road, off Route 27 in Boothbay, 7-9 a.m. We will be serving hash, Belgian waffles, French...

• Legion Post 36 barbecue

  Saturday, Aug. 21 American Legion Post 36 is holding a “huge” barbecue fundraiser from 4 to 7 p.m. to benefit the Post’s Boothbay V.E.T.S. program at the Post on Industrial Park Road off Route 27 in...

• Judine French: Watercolors on Monhegan Island

  

  Monhegan Island was covered in a thick layer of fog Wednesday, July 14, but that wasn’t going to stop Judine French from painting. She likes the effect the oversaturation gives her watercolors....

• Southport Firemen’s Auction

  Saturday, Aug. 21 Auction with the flea market beginning at 6 a.m., the yard sale at 7 a.m., and the live auction begins at 9 a.m.

• Fish fry!

  Saturday, Aug. 14 The Edgecomb Fire Department will hold its second annual Fish Fry fundraiser at the Edgecomb Fire Station, 473 Boothbay Road, Edgecomb from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. Fried fish fillets, (or...

• Attic treasures sale

  Friday, July 23 Ocean Point Casino, 25 Park St., East Boothbay, 9 a.m. to noon!

• Hundreds turn out for Railway Village Museum event

  

  The train was rolling on the tracks and the people kept flowing onto the village green as Boothbay Railway Village Museum held its Antique Auto Day: Sock Hop, Soda Pops & Whistle Stops event on...

• Olde Bristol Days Vintage Car Show registrations open

  

  Coming back in a major way, registrations have been arriving for the Olde Bristol Days Vintage Car Show. The big show, to be held on Saturday, Aug. 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bristol Consolidated...

• Cups, cats and community: Westport Island hosts town-wide yard sale

  

  “We’ve bought a few things but none of them were on the list,” said Bob Connor Saturday morning at one of the many sites across Westport Island participating in the island-wide yard sale. He and wife...

• Boothbay Harbor Regatta Parade

  Sunday, July 25 “A must see event!” View the participating racing boats in the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Regatta Shipyard Cup Classic Challenge as they parade through the inner harbor in Boothbay...

• Legion buffet breakfast

  Sunday, July 18 American Legion Post 36 is having its next breakfast at Sherman Hall, 25 Industrial Park Road, off Route 27 in Boothbay. Times are 7 to 9 a.m. We will be serving hash, Belgian...

• Dresden brings back Summerfest

  

  At Pownalborough Courthouse Sunday, July 11, Dresden had its annual Summerfest for the first time since 2019. “We are doing some new things,” said celebration coordinator Robin Grant. New this year...

• Cocktails at the Castle

  Thursday, July 22 Historic New England’s annual fundraiser for Wiscasset’s Castle Tucker, 2 Lee St., from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Celebrate summer and help preserve this unique historical treasure. Bask in...

• Black River Gallery designs T-shirts for charity

  

  It has been three years since artists Catherine Day and Sue Kenney opened Black River Gallery in downtown Boothbay Harbor. The gallery, which showcases their photographic art and the work of guest...

• Poole family members will chair CLC Y’s annual fund campaign

  

  Central Lincoln County YMCA is delighted to announce that Sally (Poole) Farrell and Ann Poole will serve as the 2021 Annual Fund chairs, representing the extended Poole family, which has been using...

• Watts family co-chairing BRYMCA annual fund campaign

  

  Boothbay Region YMCA annual fund co-chairs Robbie and Sara Watts and daughters Ella and Kayla are spreading the Y’s 2021 message “Back Together” by sharing what the organization means to them. “...
• Boothbay Region Community Center

  Wiscasset woman wins lobsters

  

  Jan Flowers, who moved to Wiscasset several years ago from Austin, Texas, bought a chance on Boothbay Region Community Center’s lobster raffle at Boothbay Farmer’s Market. The drawing was Friday,...

• Wiscasset’s Fourth of July

  

  Wiscasset’s Fourth of July included a parade, a flag-raising, a strawberry shortcake sale and umbrellas some attendees and participants carried.

• Olde Village Days & Maine Bicentennial Exhibit

  

  The rain stopped on Saturday, July 3 just in time for the festivities at Boothbay Railway Village Museum’s Olde Village Days. Crowds of families – locals, vacationers and summer residents – arrived...

• July 4 fireworks over the harbor

  

  The first shot of Boothbay Harbor’s Independence Day fireworks went skyward at 9 p.m. These images were captured at Whale’s Tale on Atlantic Avenue.

• Alive On the Common: Liz Lannon Band

  Thursday, July 15 The Thursday Night Concert Series: At 6 p.m. blues artist Liz Lannon and her band will perform on the Wiscasset Common. Presented by the Wiscasset Parks & Rec Dept. and the...

• Alive On the Common: Dyer Neck Band

  Thursday, July 22 The Thursday Night Concert Series: At 6 p.m. the Dyer Neck Band will bring country and rock music to the Wiscasset Common. Presented by the Wiscasset Parks & Rec Dept. and the...
• Wiscasset Congregational Church

  A welcome return to song

  

  A multitude of voices filled the Sunday morning air for the first time since March 2020 at First Congregational Church of Wiscasset, United Church of Christ on July 4. Sunday marked a major milestone...

• Lynn Deeves concert

  Thursday, July 8 Alive On the Common, the Thursday Night Concert Series: At 6 p.m. the folk/blues artist will perform on the Wiscasset Common. Presented by the Wiscasset Parks & Rec Dept. and...

• Windjammer Days holds annual Artists’ Alley

  

  The sky was overcast Friday, July 2. It was an abrupt weather change, in true New England fashion, from the oppressive heat that marked most of the Windjammer Days’ festivities. However, the cloudy...

• Misty Wiscasset Fourth draws happy crowd

  

  Four little friends whose parents are friends watched from the Hooper Street sidewalk in Sunday afternoon’s mist, as Wiscasset’s Fourth of July parade passed by on wheels, feet and hooves. “They...

• Wreaths Across America stops in Wiscasset

  

  “It reminds me to celebrate the people who fight for this country, and to respect them.” That is what incoming Wiscasset Middle High School ninth grader Laila Dicus, 13, thought of the sight of...

• July senior supper in Wiscasset

  Wednesday, July 14 Come to the Wiscasset Senior Center, at 242 Gardiner Road, for the July supper. Here’s the menu: strawberry soup, salad, herb bread, baked haddock, baked potato wedges and...

• Craft Show in Newcastle

  Saturday, July 10 The Second Congregational Church (51 Main Street) is hosting a local artisan Craft Show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the church parking area overlooking the Damariscotta River. To...

• Arts & Crafts Show on the Common

  Aug. 28 & 29 Twenty crafters, artisans and artists will be at the Boothbay Common from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Products include: bird houses, jewelry, pottery, clothing, stepping stones, painted glass...

• Labor Day Arts & Crafts Show

  Sept. 4 & 5 Twenty crafters, artisans and artists will be at the Boothbay Common from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Products include: bird houses, jewelry, pottery, clothing, stepping stones, painted glass...

• July Fourth weekend Arts & Crafts Show

  July 3 & 4 This is the 27th year of arts & crafts fairs organized by Vicki Huskins! Twenty crafters, artisans and artists will be at the Boothbay Common from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Products...

• Arts & Crafts Show on the Common

  July 24 & 25 Twenty crafters, artisans and artists will be at the Boothbay Common from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Products include: bird houses, jewelry, pottery, clothing, stepping stones, painted glass...

• Wreaths Across America comes to speedway Saturday

  

  Saturday, July 3, the touring mobile educational unit from Wreaths Across America will be at Wiscasset Speedway, 274 West Alna Road, for a free, public showing from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The unit will...

• Story Map writing class at Hidden Valley Nature Center

  Midcoast Conservancy is offering a Nature Journaling class on Saturday, Aug. 7 at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson from 1 to 4 p.m. Instructor Andrea Lani will lead participants through the...

• The beauty of nature with Rob Smith

  

  Rob Smith starts his days early. He only has a few hours before the first light of morning fades and with it the gentle lighting he prefers for his avian photography. In a year, Smith said he drives...

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Local Resources

• Addiction Resources
• Church Services
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Education

• Wiscasset’s Set for Success taking donations

• NYA second semester honor roll

• Two on UMPI dean's list

• Learn to dig softshell clams at Reid State Park

• Local students named to UMA dean's list

• Students named to UMF dean's list

• Healthy Kids promotes family support and child abuse prevention

• Shoreline science talks begin at Darling Marine Center

• Wiscasset panels frame panel to study schools’ future

• 11 on UMaine’s dean list

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Health and Wellness

• Finding Our Voices receives national recognition

• Boothbay 9-year-old recognized as Anthem Hero at Hadlock for Courage in Fighting Cancer

• Get your children, teens caught up on vaccinations

• Healthy Lincoln County now offers naloxone open office hours

• LincolnHealth reports four weeks of no new COVID-19 cases

• How to prevent tick-borne diseases

• LincolnHealth reports 3 weeks of no new COVID-19 cases

• Apply for LincolnHealth’s free CNA class by July 19

• Free Diabetes Support Group meeting July 8

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Social

• Edgecomb church joining 5-Mile Yard Sale and Bake Sale Aug. 14

• Burnt Island Light July 27 evening social

• Dems’ event to feature local music and oysters

• Wiscasset to celebrate nautical heritage with Schoonerfest

• Wiscasset Summerfest set for July 24

• Hon. Marge Kilkelly named honorary chair of Democratic Lobster Bake

• Antique Auto Day: Sock Hop, Soda Pops & Whistle Stops at Boothbay Railway Village Museum

• Island Wide Yard Sale July 17

• Full 'Buck' Moon labyrinth walk at Edgecomb Community Church

• Democrats to host Family Fun Day Lobster Bake

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