Since its inception last October, 100+ Women Who Care Lincoln County Maine has been the catalyst to raise over $33,000. By year’s end, they have a goal of raising $100,000 to support the tireless work of local nonprofits.

March 23, Wiscasset’s planning board is set to hear from Ed Harmon about a school and much more to help veterans thrive. The Boothbay man, founder of Boothbay V.E.T.S., said this would also help fill area workforce needs, by teaching the veterans a trade. And Harmon's goal has big help from the man who for years brought shoppers to “Route One, Wiscasset,” and continues to spend much of his time serving local causes, Allen “Big Al” Cohen, retired from his famous Big Al's store.

In the heart of winter, Camp Kieve is quiet. The cabins are swept clean and locked tight. No trace of wet swimsuits or half-finished puzzles. No backpacks left behind, heavy with headlamps, binoculars and hand-scrawled maps. No letters from home tucked beneath mattresses. In a few short months there will be a line of cars snaking up the road from Reunion Station, delivering young campers to the promise of summer.

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is inviting community members to help grow the local conservation movement by becoming volunteer ambassadors. A training session for outreach and events volunteers will be held on Thursday, March 19, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Coastal Rivers Denny Conservation and Education Center in Damariscotta. 

Our 21st century culture is often focused on urban, electronically-connected life. In “Time Drives the Flocks From Field to Fold”: Voices of Modern Shepherds,” Coastal Senior College instructor Ann Nesslage introduces students to writing by 21st century shepherds each Friday, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., beginning on April 10 in person at the Bremen Library.

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) is asking the community to help plant the seeds for its future. President and CEO Gretchen Ostherr unveiled plans for a 35,000 square foot glasshouse/conservatory, revamped butterfly and insect house, and Wabanaki garden during a packed public forum at CMBG’s Bosarge Family Education Center March 4.

The goal was to receive and integrate public feedback while the project is still in its early design phase. Several more community meetings will be hosted in the coming months.  

Atlantic Captains Academy will be conducting their Coast Guard Approved OUPV Captain’s Licensing Course at the Fireside Inn in Belfast. The course will be begin on Monday April 13 and will meet every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through April 19. The final exam will be conducted on April 20 at the same location starting at 9 a.m.

Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC), in partnership with SBDC Maine, Bangor Savings Bank, Bath Savings Bank, and First National Bank, is hosting a free informational workshop on using local banks for financing on Thursday, March 19, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the LCRPC conference room at 297 Bath Road in Wiscasset and online.

First graders at Wiscasset Elementary School celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday and kicked off the school's Read-a-Thon on Monday, March 2. Students wore Dr. Seuss hats and had whiskers drawn on their faces for the occasion. Longtime volunteer Tracey Campbell visited to read several stories to the class. First grade teachers Trae Stover and Marcie Abbott dressed up for the occasion as well, celebrating right along with their students.

After a cold, snowy winter and ensuing mud season, it's time for something fun to celebrate the coming of spring.

Wiscasset Feed Our Scholars/Set For Success is excited to announce just such an event: A chance to make a handcrafted basket that will bring natural beauty to any space.

It took two meetings, nearly five hours and the Edgecomb School Committee brought down its fiscal 27 budget under a 10% increase. On March 2, the committee voted, 3-0, to propose a $4,539,384 fiscal 27 budget reflecting a 9.2% spending increase. 

After Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kim Andersson offered ways to get the 2026-27 budget draft down to $11.4 million, Vice Chair Jonathan Barnes noted residents passed the $10.7 million, 2025-26 school budget by two votes. And he said at least 20 people told him they regretted not going to vote, because they would have voted it down.

"Something to consider," Barnes said.

On Wednesday, April 8, Instructor Maryanne Ward will begin her five-week-long class "The Calm Before the Storms of War" on Zoom.

Community members are invited to explore meaningful volunteer opportunities supporting marine education and lighthouse preservation at an upcoming Volunteer Recruitment Fair hosted at the Maine State Aquarium.

The Edgecomb Community Church will be holding a fundraising event in the form of a sub sandwich sale Friday, March 13. Church members will be taking orders for this winter event, which has become an annual fundraiser.   

Two Wiscasset school security projects have outranked most other requests to Maine's School Revolving Renovation Fund. Maine Department of Education has nodded partnerships for Wiscasset to get a zero-interest loan of $474,955 for a project at Wiscasset Elementary School and a $318,356 one, also zero interest, for work at Wiscasset Middle High School, and only pay back 65.06% of each loan. 

Veggies to Table, a non-profit grow-to-donate vegetable and flower farm in Newcastle, has been selected by Hannaford Supermarkets as a beneficiary of their Fight Hunger Bag Program at the Boothbay Harbor branch, located at 180 Townsend Avenue, for all of March.

The Hannaford Fight Hunger Bag Program makes it easy for shoppers to give back to the community. Throughout the month of March, Veggies to Table will receive a $1 donation from every purchase of the $2.50 Fight Hunger Bag.

Mid-Coast Audubon is pleased to announce the availability of scholarships for individuals interested in learning about and experiencing the natural world. Scholarships are open to all, with priority given to students and teachers residing in Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo counties.