We are just a month out from our charcuterie challenge and we are looking for contestants who aren’t afraid of sharing their creative, culinary skills to sign up! Do not hesitate! This is a fun and yummy event and something anyone can participate in. So get those thinking caps on, throw around some ideas and put your board together!

Wiscasset Speedway will once again be the home for the Racin’ Cancer Walk supporting the Dean Snell Cancer Foundation.  The walk is just one of many fundraising efforts at the track for cancer patients of the New England Cancer Specialists of Topsham receiving money through the foundation.

At the “Old Town Hall” lawn on Westport Island Monday, Sept. 1 from 2 to 4 p.m., the Westport Island Democrats are again hosting their traditional Labor Day picnic, this year with special musical guest Sean Fleming and his Red Hot Peppers band. Expect ragtime and New Orleans style jazz…

First Congregational Church of Wiscasset will welcome the Reverend John R. Hogue as its settled pastor Sept. 1.

After 30 months as interim pastor at First Congregational Church of Wiscasset, David Meyers preached his farewell sermon on Aug. 24.

The Boothbay Railway Village Museum will celebrate its 61st season this Saturday, Aug. 23 with a summer gala under the stars. The event will honor the museum’s founder, George H. McEvoy, who we sadly lost earlier this summer.

Midcoast Conservancy is hosting a free training for interested hikers and curious outdoorspeople to aid in the organization’s annual property monitoring process. The training will be held on Monday, Sept.

The deadline for editorial and advertising submissions for the Sept. 4 edition is Friday, Aug. 29 at 4 p.m. The Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper staff will be observing Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 1. We will return to work at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 2.

Maine Department of Transportation will discuss replacement of a culvert at Chops Creek on Route 128 (River Road) at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3 at the Woolwich town office. The soonest the state-funded project will start would be 2026 or 2027.

Edgecomb selectmen will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday (Aug. 26) to begin the search for a new tax collector. On Aug. 19, Tax Collector Rebecca Brewer informed selectmen she had taken a full-time position at the Wiscasset town office, and her last day, as tax collector, is Aug. 28.

Brewer has worked for 5.5 years as the town…

Grab a teammate, bring your best toss, and join Mobius, Inc. for “A Hole Lotta Good”, a cornhole tournament fundraiser to benefit local individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. The event will take place on Sunday, Sept. 7 at the Nobleboro Little League Field on Route 1.

Teens to Trails is pleased to announce the appointment of Nate Snow as its new executive director.

The president of Maine's County Commissioners' Association Andre Cushing has now visited 15 of the state's 16 counties. On Aug. 19, Cushing, a Newport Republican, made Lincoln County his latest visit. He updated Lincoln County commissioners during their bi-monthly meeting about the upcoming State County Commissioners C…

Bands for Books is the major annual fundraising activity for The Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library. This year we will celebrate our 11th anniversary and are planning another special evening at Lakehurst Lodge in Damariscotta.

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Midcoast Literacy, a nonprofit that provides free literacy tutoring to people of all ages, is holding two training sessions for new volunteer tutors this fall: one for volunteers who want to work with children and one for volunteer English language tutors for adults.

This month, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens breaks ground on the Edward and Gwendolyn Asplundh Horticulture and Plant Science Center.

On Sunday, Aug. 24 at 4 p.m. at the Bremen Town Center, 208 Waldoboro Road (Route 32), Mary Bryant Berger will present “Growing Up at Camp Biscay,” a program about her family’s camp on Biscay Pond.

A single-vehicle accident on Aug. 14 in Edgecomb is still under investigation. Lt. Brendan Kane reported Roy Charles Merritt, 85, of Little Rock, Arkansas was driving his red Nissan Sentra southbound on Route 27 when he apparently "fell asleep" around 6:36 p.m. "He left the road and hit a utility pole near Blanchard's…

On Tuesday, Sept. 16, beginning at 4 p.m., a celebration of 40 extraordinary years of the Holocaust and Human Rights Center (HHRC) of Maine will be held. The experience will include cocktails, awards and recognitions, a silent auction, book signing, dinner, dancing, live music, and a master of ceremonies.

The 6th annual Maine Book Festival (formerly the Maine Authors Book Festival) will be held on Saturday, Aug. 23 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Thomaston Public Library, 60 Main St., Thomaston. The event is sponsored by Maine Authors Publishing! The “Maine Woods & Water” theme will focus on celebrating the natural beauty and outdoor he…

Please join us in celebrating the summer 2025 graduates of the MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital and Central Lincoln County Adult Education CNA Training Program. The class graduated on Thursday, July 31 after completing seven weeks of classroom instruction, skills labs and clinical experience.

The Community School District (CSD) moved forward on creating a new subcommittee during a meeting Aug. 12. The School Committee gave Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent Robert Kahler approval to formalize an official Future of the Schools group under district leadership.