Dining Out

For the second straight year, the Damariscotta River Grill will be preparing the food for the annual Lincoln County Haiti Benefit Dinner. The dinner…

Aerial shot of Spruce Point Inn

Late in December, Conde Nast Traveler magazine announced its selection of Spruce Point Inn as one of the top 20 resorts in the U.S. for family reunions, highlighting the waterfront location,…

The Lincoln Theater is partnering again with King Eider's Pub to invite you to enjoy a bit of local "dinner theater."

The annual Wednesday movie night promotion in January and February…

Damariscotta River Grill
“Oriental Lady,” by Nancy Coleman

The Art at The Damariscotta River Grill series incorporates Ed McCartan’s large, bold botanical paintings with Nancy Coleman’s printmaking images of nature and everyday life. Opening on Monday,…

Midcoast Maine band Rusty Hinges

Savory Maine in Damariscotta announces its December music series featuring local and Midcoast musicians Thursdays and Saturdays from 6 to 8 p.m.

Gary McCue, a guitarist/songwriter with roots…

Cardinals by Elizabeth S. Palmer

Savory Maine Dining and Provisions in Damariscotta is pleased to exhibit the paintings of Nobleboro artist Elizabeth S. Palmer from Oct. 22 through November. The public is invited to a reception…

Joe Devenney “Cutler Dory”

The Art at The Damariscotta River Grill series will host photographers Stott Carleton from Edgecomb and Joe Devenney of Jefferson in a show running Oct. 26 through Dec. 7.

Since its inception, business at Watershed Tavern and Boothbay Craft Brewery on Adams Pond Road has been booming. Now, a new national ad campaign is…

Good food, good music, and keeping it local are what the upcoming Farmers’ Feast Dinner and Dance event is all about, according to

The Alna Volunteer Fire Department will be having a ham and ban supper on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Alna Fire Station, 1579 Alna Road, Alna, between 4:30 and 6 p.m.

Cost is $8 for adults and $…

“Food can make the world bigger. It can change lives.”

Award-winning chef and author Kerry Altiero made this statement in the introduction of his book, “Adventures in Comfort Food.” He…

Will Kefauver, Maine

September brings a new exhibit featuring Will Kefauver and Melissa Post van der Burg as part of The Art at The Damariscotta River Grill series. The show opens on Monday, Sept. 14.

An artist'…

Owl’s Head Transportation Museum

The Owls Head Transportation Museum’s second annual evening fundraising gala, the Barnstormers Ball, takes place on Saturday, Sept. 12. This “can’t miss” event features live music, special raffles…

Christine Schweighauser calls herself a legend in her own mind.

Harbor Fest 2015

Harbor Fest proudly presents A Taste of Local Flavor as the major event in the festivals’ food and beverage category. The three-day event offers a nontraditional food tasting format that takes…

Rounding out the summer season, St. Philip’s Church at 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset, will host its second and final haddock chowder supper on Monday, Aug. 17, with seatings from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The…

For anyone looking for something a little out of the ordinary to do while visiting Boothbay Harbor, Cabbage Island Clambakes is a destination that defies the mundane.…

There's a place over the harbor in Wiscasset to get a good lobster roll, a lobster dinner, or other seafood delicacies, that sometimes gets passed by because of a…

The Midcoast region is home to some of the best…

Sarah Greenier

Sarah Greenier of Bath and Hannah Ineson of Damariscotta are the featured summer artists through Sept. 8 at Mae’s Café & Bakery, located at 160 Centre Street in Bath.

Both artists are…

Joe Lane is a multi-generation lobsterman. He said his lobstering ancestors probably date back to when fishermen started fishing for lobsters.

Lane said his father’s family came from England…

There's a new kitchen in town. It’s not in a restaurant, it’s not in a take-out concession stand, and it’s not in someone's home.

This…

There's a little bistro in Damariscotta facing the waterfront, just a ways down from the back entrance of Reny's. It has been there for…

When then 20-year-old Keith Wass took over his ex-wife’s uncle’s hot dog stand in Rockland in 1972, he was studying psychology in college.

The owner of the newest branch of Wasses Hot Dogs…

Marcia Brandwein’s A Fallen Leaf

New Harbor Artist Marcia Brandwein's work, primarily oil paintings, will be displayed in her exhibit “In the Moment” at Savory Maine Restaurant in Damariscotta June 17 through July 28. The public…

“Summer Island 2,” pastel by Kim Skillin Traina
The walls at the Damariscotta River Grill are transforming to summer colors and images, exploring a number of themes and capturing the light and beauty of Midcoast Maine.

Three artists…

Musican and songwriter Liz Starr of Maine

Savory Maine in Damariscotta announces its June music series featuring local musicians every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Sylvia Tavares and guitarist Gary McCue will start…

Ports of Italy restaurant will soon be opening in another Maine port.

Owners…

Kelly P. Brook’s African images

Kelly Brook took her camera to Africa and managed to shoot dozens of stunningly beautiful photos of birds, elephants, hippos, lions, tigers, giraffes, etc., and then had the images digitally…

There will be a few changes at the Thistle Inn in Boothbay Harbor this summer, according to owner Max Ross.

Ross and his wife, Jennifer, have owned the inn and…

Double Entendre’

Savory Maine's monthly music series features musicians from around the Midcoast on Thursdays and Saturdays from 6 to 8 p.m. The April lineup includes two new acts of acoustic Americana and folk…

Tony Bickford, formerly the chef at the Thistle Inn in Boothbay Harbor, is opening his own restaurant in Wiscasset.

Bickford, who is…

Savory Maine's music series featuring musicians from around the Midcoast every Thursday and Saturday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The March line up tunes up with Kathi…

Dining Out

Wiscasset’s Le Garage will join restaurants across the state for the seventh annual Maine Restaurant Week, taking place March 1-14.

Le Garage is set to serve a three course meal during…

With one snowstorm after another, the complaints about the piles on our roofs, the shoveling of walks, and the time we're spending cleaning off cars have become…

Savory Maine in Damariscotta announces its February music line up composed of musicians playing every Thursday and Saturday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

On Feb. 12, singer-songwriter Gary…

Jennifer Litchfield

Bright, bold statements of color enliven the walls of the restaurant as part of The Art at The Damariscotta River Grill series. The exhibit, opening Tuesday, Jan. 27, is the culmination of “The…

The 2015 annual Haiti Benefit Dinner will be prepared this year by Damariscotta River Grill chef/owners Rick Hirsch and Jean Kerrigan.

Singer songwriter Tim Rice

Singer-songwriter Tim Rice takes the stage in DRA's Round Top Coffee House on Friday, Jan. 9.

A Maine native, Rice has been writing and playing songs for over 40 years.

Rice’s eloquent…

An open mic and community sing-along will be held on New Year's Day (Jan. 1), from noon to 3 p.m. at Savory Maine.

Musician Sylvia Tavares is organizing this free event. Last…

The boys from the south who ran the Lighthouse Lobster Shack at the Heritage Village in Wiscasset are at it again.

Robert Harris and…

Harry Beskind’s “Double Top”

Savory Maine Dining and Provisions is pleased to exhibit the “Katahdin Fantasies” of Yarmouth watercolor artist Harry Beskind from Dec. 4 through Jan.…

Heather Hardy

Savory Maine in Damariscotta announces its December music series featuring local musicians. Every Thursday and Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m., musicians from around the Midcoast entertain diners at…

Patricia Moroz is an artist. She makes sculptures that delight people. Photos are taken of them, and people gush over them. Then they eat them.

Jan Kilburn

Just in time for the holiday gift giving season, Art at the Grill will host three artists (Jan Kilburn, Will Kefauver and Marnie Sinclair) all of whom have galleries on Bristol Road. The…

It’s that time of year. With loads of parties, lots of entertaining, hostess gifts aplenty, what would be great to have on hand for such occasions?

Why, sweets from Feed Our Scholars bakers…

Live Music

Savory Maine's November music series features musicians every Thursday (except Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27) and Saturday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., from…

Harvest on the Harbor

Chef Steve Richards of The World is Mine Oyster in Boothbay Harbor is the…

Lola Baltzell “Flawed Abundance”

A fresh, new exhibit livens the walls of the Damariscotta River Grill as part of The Art at The Grill series. Opening on Monday, Oct. 27, this exhibition showcases five Maine based artists working…

“Quoddy Cliff” Barbara Vanderbilt

Barbara Vanderbilt's exhibit will include stunning interpretations of Maine’s rock, wood and ice formations. Her pastel paintings capture the subtle changes in texture…