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  Chewonki Foundation hosts 12th annual holiday craft fair

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  Yule: The winter solstice

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  Kindergartners win Best in Show in Edgecomb holiday tree decorating contest

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  Wiscasset lights tree amid ‘Winter Wonderland’

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  Holiday Tea and other festivities at The Ledges

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• 10th annual Stevie Wonder Tribute

  Saturday, Dec. 28 Join Kenya Hall and Friends (including Doug Gimbel of Boothbay Harbor) for an evening of songs by the one and only singer/songwriter/musician Stevie Wonder at Port City Music Hall...

• BRLT Forest Bathing Walk

  Friday, Dec. 20From 10 to 11:30 a.m., celebrate the eve of the winter solstice and the return of daylight on an Introduction to Forest Bathing walk at Hendricks Head Preserve. Discover the health...

• Cookbook signings at Eventide

  Saturday, Dec. 14 Buzz Makarewicz and Mark Osborn, owners of the Topside Inn, will be signing copies of their first cookbook, “Over Easy & Over the Top” from 2-5 p.m. at Eventide Specialties, 5...

• Celtic Christmas program

  Sunday, Dec. 15 The Sky Family Celtic Christmas concert at the Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene will begin at 11 a.m., 255 Gardiner Rd., Wiscasset. The Sky Family is from Prince Edward Island and...

• Craft workshop, music Dec. 8

  A special service of music will be offered at 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 during the regular worship hour at First Congregational Church of Wiscasset, 28 High St. And a craft workshop is set for noon....

• Can you reverse dementia?

  Thursday, Dec. 12 From noon to 1:30 p.m. at The Community Center in the Meadow Mall, Boothbay Harbor, Steve Raymond, Community Outreach Director of Lincoln Home will provide a free presentation...

• Holiday events at WCC

  Come celebrate the holidays with us here at Wiscasset Community Center and Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Department! We will be holding two fun-filled family events to help you celebrate the...

• Crafters fill Wiscasset grange hall

  

  From Wiscasset’s Debra Harrison crocheting to Brittany Daniels coming from Turner to sell her blanket and pillow fleece sets, crafters turned out at Huntoon Hill Grange in Wiscasset Nov. 30 for a...

• Downeast Brass Quintet holiday concert

  

  The 21st annual Holiday Concert at St. John’s Church/Meeting House on Sunday, Dec. 8, featuring the Downeast Brass Quintet, is at 3 p.m. This concert is the beginning of the holiday season for many...

• Masons launch yearly drive in Wiscasset

  

  One down, two to go for Lincoln Lodge of Wiscasset’s visits to Ames True Value Supply on Route 1, Wiscasset this holiday season for the lodge’s annual cement mixer fundraiser. The drive benefits...

• BRLT’s Holiday Story Trail

  Dec. 1- 31 Hike the story trail at Boothbay Region Land Trust's Oak Point Farm, 60 Samoset Rd., Boothbay Harbor. Read a family friendly book, “The Little Reindeer” by Nicola Killen, suitable for...

• Pet adoption event in Jefferson

  Saturday, Dec 14 Jefferson Fire & Rescue is having a “Home for the Holidays” shelter pet adoption event with Midcoast Humane from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 204 Waldoboro Rd., Jefferson. FMI: Tammy...

• Cross Road Christmas grows in Alna

  

  Alna’s John Hardman has always been fond of roadside Christmas displays. Childhood Christmastimes included parents David Sr. and Judy driving him around to look at the lights. “That was a highlight...
• Boothbay Railway Village

  All aboard North Pole Express

  

  Looking for something to do with the youngest holiday revelers this season? Visit Boothbay Railway Village and take them on a trip to the North Pole to visit with Santa, do crafts, listen to stories...

• Healthy Kids donates baby hats to new parents

  

  Healthy Kids donated 100 hand knit baby hats to LincolnHealth Miles maternity to be given to newborns in an effort to educate new parents on what’s known as “The Period of Purple Crying.” The hats...

• Diagonal knitting demo at Lincoln Home

  

  Knitting is a sculptural skill, according to internationally acclaimed artist Katharine Cobey. In her 90-minute demonstration and workshop, at the Lincoln Home, Katharine concentrates on the...
• LYME TIME

  In All Things, Give Thanks

  

  Holidays can be a difficult time for some people because seeing what others have is a remind of what they have lost. Last week, I was in Sturbridge, MA at a Lyme conference and one of the speakers is...

• Wiscasset’s Marketfest: Holiday delights abound

  

  Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest, a three-day celebration of the wintry season, offers activities and fun for all! From fireworks over the Sheepscot River to shopping and horse-drawn wagon rides, this...

• Wiscasset tweaks trees tradition this holiday season

  

  Wiscasset Public Works didn’t bring in little trees to light this holiday season, WPW Director Ted Snowden said. In a twist on tradition, the town has instead wrapped lights around its trees along...

• Dough Ball and Gingerbread Spectacular brighten the season

  

  The band is warming up, as are local ovens, in preparation for the 2019 Dough Ball and Gingerbread Spectacular at Boothbay Harbor’s historic Opera House. Reports from around the region are that both...

• Rocky’s Ace Hardware”s ‘Round Up for Kids’

  Rocky’s Ace Hardware, a family-owned business with neighborhood-based stores in six states, will kick off the season of giving with their annual “Round Up for Kids” fundraiser. The campaign, taking...

• Church continues pre-Thanksgiving pie sale tradition at Ames True Value

  

  Who can’t find room for pie on Thanksgiving? Apple, pumpkin, pecan, chocolate cream, mincemeat, cherry, blueberry, coconut cream and lemon meringue – all freshly baked were being sold by ladies of...

• Small Business Saturday this weekend

  

  Coastal Maine Popcorn is excited to participate in and help bring local merchants together to celebrate Small Business Saturday, Nov. 30. Over 30 businesses are participating by offering different...

• Hanging of the Greens at First Congregational Church

  

  Hanging of the greens is a tradition rooted in ancient Druid, Celt, Norse and Roman civilizations who celebrated the winter solstice. As pagan cultures converted to Christianity, they continued many...

• Christmas at Nickels-Sortwell House

  

  Enjoy a nod to Christmas past at the Nickels-Sortwell House Dec. 6-8, part of Wiscasset’s Holiday Marketfest. Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This year’s celebration looks back to Christmas 1919 and the...

• Holiday Sparkle Fireworks

  

  The sky will be lit up with the Holiday Sparkle Fireworks display on Saturday, Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. from the inner harbor of Boothbay Harbor. Best viewing: the Waterfront Park on Commercial Street,...

• Thanksgiving Turkey Trot at YMCA

  

  The Boothbay Region YMCA's Turkey Trot and two special fitness classes before the Trot are all happening this Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, Nov. 28. While the Y is closed that day, for regular...

• Festival feeds the birds

  

  Boothbay Region Garden Club members have once again created edible birdhouses to be sold during the Festival of Trees. The recipe is lots of peanut butter and a variety of bird seed. Hang outside...

• Warren woman, Wiscasset library help LCHA solve Wiscasset mystery

  

  A mystery started weeks ago with an anonymous gift of a framed photo to Lincoln County Historical Association. And on Thursday, Nov. 21, it ended when LCHA’s Perry Palmer handed the photo to William...

• ‘Beautiful!’ Volunteers decorate Wiscasset’s downtown for holidays

  

  “OK, let’s see how that looks. Oh!” A step back from the garland she and Linda Belmont had just wrapped around and around a bollard’s chain, Terri Wells was liking the look. So were their fellow...
• First Congregational Church

  Celebrate Advent with a virtual calendar

  

  Throughout Advent, the community and congregation are invited to participate in a special daily Advent meditation with the First Congregational Church of Wiscasset. From Dec. 1 through Dec. 24, a...

• Finding community: A Morris Farm Thanksgiving

  

  “I didn’t even know this little farm was here.” But Brunswick’s Bryan Franco read online about Morris Farm’s Thanksgiving potluck. And Thursday night, Nov. 21, he joined about 100 other people at...

• The Gingerbread Spectacular

  Saturday, Dec. 14 & Sunday, Dec. 15 At the Opera House, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. This annual display of gingerbread houses large and small, with a few cabins, castles, lighthouses, and mythical...

• Christmas Fair at St. Patrick’s

  

  Join your friends and neighbors over Damariscotta way at St. Patrick’s Christmas Fair Saturday, Nov. 23 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. New and returning vendors will be selling locally made items. You’re sure...

• Community Band Concert

  Saturday, Dec. 14 As part of the Gingerbread Spectacular fun this year, the Community Band will present its holiday concert from 3-4 p.m. amidst the gingerbread-filled Opera House. Free! 86 Townsend...

• The Dough Ball Preview Party

  Friday, Dec. 13 The 2019 Gingerbread Spectacular winners are announced at this gala fundraising evening in the spectacularly decorated Opera House. Hors d’oeuvres prepared by the Friends of the...

• Festival of Trees

  Friday, Dec. 6 The Garden Club’s magical Festival of Trees returns! Bid high to win a tree, peruse the boutique craft and gift ideas and enjoy the beautifully decorated Opera House this holiday...

• Festival of Trees

  Saturday, Dec. 7 The Opera House opens at 10 a.m. for the second day of this Garden Club event. For details see Dec. 6 listing.

• It’s the final weekend of Gifts For Giving

  

  The 10th annual Gifts For Giving opened Nov. 21-24. This weekend, beginning on Black Friday, Nov. 29 the unique, creative, artsy selection of treasures continues through Sunday Dec. 1. The holiday...

• Debbie Beam fundraiser Friday

  

  This Friday, Nov. 22, the fundraiser For the Love of Deb (Holmes Beam) is being held at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 5-8:30 p.m. The evening will include a silent and a live auction; light...

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Education

• Upcoming school holiday programming

• Tricia Campbell named 2020 Maine NAESP Assistant Principal of the Year

• Wiscasset’s MEA results to be released next month

• FOS bake sale at Ames True Value Supply Dec. 14

• Fynbos walking with Susan, Lynne and John

• ‘Feeling the weight of their donations’: WES food drive

• Heartwood youth auditions Dec. 2 & 3

• Eligibility expanded throughout Maine

• Training for restaurants, stores, bars offered Dec. 4

• New game plan, same goal: Turkey Thyme at WMHS

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Cooking

• Cook up a Topside Inn breakfast ... at home!

• Cuties dipped in chocolate

• Homemade turkey pie

• Ranger cookies ... gooey and delish

• One-pan turkey stuffing

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Health and Wellness

• The Skincare Room a new wellness feature to Boothbay region

• New Diabetes Prevention Program at CLC YMCA

• Tufts University medical students continue education at LincolnHealth

• Mid Coast Holiday Bazaar set for Dec. 5

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Home and Garden

• Celebrating the spirit of the season

• Farmer’s Market at CLC YMCA

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Social

• Art show at the CLC YMCA

• Annual Holiday Community Potluck and Carol Sing

• Sunday morning Celtic prayer service offered

• Blue Christmas service at First Congo in Wiscasset Dec. 15

• Wiscasset’s Lincoln Lodge 3 opens to visitors

• Get ready for the 34th annual Harbor Lights Festival

• Woolwich’s Yule Sing Dec. 8

• Early birds get the deals!

• Thanksgiving events at First Congo

• Gingerbread Spectacular entry forms available

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Seniors

• AARP state scam alerts: Gift exchanges

• ‘The End of Alzheimer’s Disease’ discussion at Lincoln Home

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