The May chapter meeting will take place this Thursday, May 21 at 12:30 p.m., American Legion Hall, 23 Industrial Park Drive, Boothbay. 

The Maine Art Gallery will host "Farming in Maine," a public panel discussion exploring sustainable agriculture, local food systems, and the thriving farm-to-table movement in Maine on Thursday, May 21, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. This timely conversation ties beautifully into the gallery’s current exhibition, Art to Table: Visual Sustenance, which explores the deep connections between food, culture, community, memory, and our relationship to one another through the lens of art.

AUGUSTA, Maine – On June 6, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS), the VA Regional Benefit Office at Togus, and VA Maine Healthcare will host a Veterans and Community Connection Expo at the Boothbay Railway Village Museum (586 Wiscasset Road in Boothbay) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Purses from Gov. Janet Mills and Sen. Susan Collins are among the collection of more than 30 purses to be auctioned at 10 a.m. May 30 at First Congregational Church of Wiscasset. Also available at the auction are new or lightly used purses, including a new Coach purse, a Gloria Dow hand-painted purse and others which may be filled with themed items, such as Wiscasset memorabilia or cookbooks.

"We really, really need help from the town this year, more than any other time," Sheepscot Road's Richard Picard told Alna selectmen May 7. He was talking about drivers speeding on that road. In a 25 mph zone, "traffic is easily well over 50, 60, 70 miles an hour at times" this year, Picard said.

The next Wiscasset edition of Ocean on Tap will take place on Thursday, May 14, 6 p.m. at Ækeir Brewing, 111 Main St. Wiscasset. Join Brigid Carr, a research associate at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, for a conversation about oil spills, plastic pollution and harmful algal blooms (a.k.a. what does a marine chemist do anyway?).

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust naturalist Sarah Gladu will lead a gentle spring walkatSalt Bay Farm in Damariscottafrom 8to 11a.m. on Friday, May 22.  

One of the clear indicators that summer is on its way is the annual opening day of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. In addition to welcoming field trips and community groups, the team at the Gardens has been planning an exciting season since the Gardens closed to the public in early January.

St. Giles Episcopal Church in Jefferson is gearing up for its annual Country Fair, to be held outdoors under the pines Saturday July 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wormfest year three is planned in detail, from the music, parking and more, down to the festival's trash. New and returning features will make up Wormfest 2026, according to plans shared ahead of selectmen's Tuesday, May 5 board meeting. Wormfest organizers were asking for Railroad Avenue's shutdown from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 13 for the 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. festival in the town National Geographic once declared the worm capital of the world. 

The Wormfest committee's request notes the first two years each drew about 1,000 people "despite quite a bit of rain."

On April 16, the Pemaquid Chapter, NSDAR daughters donated 20 plus large bags of clothing to New Hope Midcoast and presented them with a $150 check for their April matching donation campaign. Julie Theroux and Joanne Richards of the Lady Knox Chapter joined Audrey Miller, Deborah Olson, Nancy Chick, Jessica Tukey, Diane Randlett and Sue Hochstein in welcoming Hannah Harter-Ives, executive director of New Hope for lunch at Archer’s By The Pier in Rockland.

Wiscasset Middle High School is pleased to announce the three seniors in the Class of 2026 who have earned the distinction of being a “Top Scholar." To be recognized as a “Top Scholar," a senior must hold a cumulative (four-year) grade point average of 3.5 or higher. 

Students in grades 5-8 at the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb transformed themselves into students and teachers at a school for aspiring wizards during two packed performances of ‘Puffs: Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a School of Magic and Magic’ on April 15. 

Wiscasset's would-be 2026-27 school budget passed with no changes April 29 in Wiscasset Middle High School's Stover Auditorium, sending the $11.2 million offer intact to an up or down vote at the polls June 9.

Wiscasset Middle High School’s valedictorian for 2026 is Olivia Marshall, who also received the Maine Principal’s Award. The Principal’s Award is a prestigious honor presented by school administrators to recognize students or staff for exceptional achievement, character, leadership and positive impact on the community. It celebrates Marshall’s holistic excellence—including kindness and resilience—beyond just academic grades.

On Wednesday, April 22, Healthy Kids teamed up with the Thomaston Library and Chewonki to host an “Owls of Maine” program for Lincoln and Knox counties’ families. Over 60 parents and children of all ages participated.

At 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, Wiscasset's school committee will hold a special meeting in Stover Auditorium (the Wiscasset Middle High School gymnasium) to share a presentation of the FY27 school budget, ahead of the 6 p.m. special town meeting, which is the school budget validation meeting. That meeting is also in the WMHS gym. The budget that comes out of the special town meeting goes on to an up or down vote at the polls in June.

In October of 2025, seven local women launched the first meeting of 100+ Women Who Care Lincoln County. In just a few short months, the organization has raised and donated over $51,000 to support local nonprofits. Beneficiaries have included Stepping Stones Housing; Hearty Roots; Veterans Writing Project; Boothbay Region Community Resource Council; Damariscotta Montessori School; The Waldo Theatre, and Coastal Kids Preschool. The organization has a goal of collecting $100,000 in donations by the end of 2026.  

Following an extensive nationwide search, the Board of Trustees of the Boothbay Region YMCA is pleased to announce the unanimous selection of Megan Benvenuto of Acworth, Georgia as its next Chief Executive Officer.