Come to Savory Maine on Wednesday, June 8 in Damariscotta for dinner and live music Doors will open at 5 p.m. for delicious local food and organic beer, wine, coffee and tea. Refreshments and food…
Health and Wellness
The Wednesday Walkers, a walking/hiking group in the Midcoast, has expanded again this year. Hikes are now being led by…
From the windswept prairies of Canada’s bread basket and chipping paint on oil tankers to the pioneering creation of a full spectrum of senior living opportunities, it has been a…
Woolwich’s town administrator, Lynette Eastman, became a champion for the second year in row. She did so by raising over $1,000 in pledge donations for the upcoming annual Tour de Cure, the…
In 2009, about 14 years after she was first diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Elizabeth Gamage realized one day she couldn’t open her van door without huffing…
For Your Health
One thing I have become pretty committed to in my practice of emergency medicine is shaking hands when I walk into an exam room.
Shaking hands is an important…
As team after Special Olympics team paraded past Boothbay Region Elementary School Assistant Principal Tricia Campbell in Wiscasset Friday, she cheered for each one.
She was proud of all the…
LincolnHealth Physical Therapist Tim Bryce will discuss the dangers of neuropathy for people with diabetes and how people with diabetes can increase their physical activity level…
Dozens of Maine police departments will begin a two week effort starting Monday, May 23 enforcing the state’s seat belt laws. Coordinated by the Maine Bureau of…
As the first woman district attorney in New England, and Maine’s first female attorney general, Janet Mills is the ideal guest of honor and speaker for the upcoming benefit for New Hope for Women…
A generation ago, black flies and mosquitoes were the worst pests Mainers faced in the spring.
Today, blacklegged or deer ticks, which first arrived in the…
Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency recommends a “grab and go” kit to be used in an emergency. Keep it in a central location where any member of the family can get to it. Lincoln County…
Lincoln County Emergency Management
It's springtime in Lincoln County, but in a matter of months, it will be winter again, and Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency Director Tod Hartung wants everyone to be prepared.
Not…
Mobius Inc. is inviting the public is to the opening reception for its Spring Art Show on Thursday, May 12 from 2-5 p…
The community is invited to United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s annual meeting on Wednesday May 18 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington Street in Bath. Registration for the…
Dawn Blake of Newcastle departed from the Portland Jetport on May 5 to join additional Maine Red Cross volunteers as they assist those Texans recovering from the…
Celebrate local art at Rising Tide! Join us Friday, May 6 from 4-6 p.m. for our monthly celebration of art, community and good wine. This month’s Art at the Co-op exhibit will feature work from…
New Hope for Women
Thanks to the Midcoast Chapter of Maine Women’s Network, more than 120 people were recently impacted by the nationally recognized documentary, “The Mask You Live In,” at the Strand Theatre in…
Advocating for children’s health and safety has always been part of Pediatrician Dr. Steven Feder’s practice.
This spring, he will receive national…
Edgecomb Eddy students were rewarded for their physical activity during an April 27 medal ceremony held in the school. Redy Let’s Go, Healthy Lincoln County’s mascot, awarded gold and silver…
We welcome the public to join us Wednesday, May 11, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., to view the movie, “Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter.”
Memory loss touches most all of us…
Last year, the Diaper Bank began distributing diapers at the Ecumenical Food Pantry in Newcastle, having raised a generous supply of…
As an aging American population embraces holistic remedies for everyday health concerns, Midcoast resident Annette Woodbury is offering…
An event dedicated to celebrating strong women leaders in Maine will be held Thursday, June 23, 4 to 7 p.m., at The Boardroom in Boothbay Harbor. The Attorney…
The Wiscasset Community Center (W.C.C.) and the American Red Cross are conducting a certified lifeguard course beginning May 16. Upon…
Lettuce is kind of boring, right? It is generally thought of as a base for a salad, eaten raw, with the tastier, prettier, more colorful things on top to give it pizazz…
Saturday, April 30 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you have unused, expired, or unwanted prescription medicines in your home,…
If you were asked to guess how many children were admitted to the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in one year, what would be your guess?
Five thousand? Ten thousand? Thirty thousand? Not…
Metalsmith Anita Roelz is motivated by two strong forces. First, to advance her art and second to support her partner, Pamela Creamer, in her struggle against Lyme disease.
Circle Stone…
At the one-mile mark of Wiscasset Parks and Recreations’ FitCLASS Challenge Four-Miler Road Race & Walk on Saturday, Tracy Verney of Newcastle laid a rose for her father, Wallace Leeman. He…
It is all about the hunt, and the Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary has spent the past month cleaning and sorting a wide range of donated items in preparation for the largest treasure hunt of the year…
Looking to get back out on some trails after a long winter? Perhaps you're a road runner who's always wanted to try trail running, but weren't sure…
Department of Health and Human Resources
When Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates of Brunswick announced its closure due to budget cuts under Section 17 of the Medicaid Benefits manual, 400 patients,…
The Harbor Theatre
In 1994, Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted death. The law was blocked for three years and finally enacted in 1997. Since then, 991 Oregonians have taken their mortality…
The Miles Memorial Hospital League Art Committee is delighted to accept a significant gift to its hospital art collection. Damariscotta artist Bertil Whyman, and his wife Amelia,…
A Wiscasset man plans to run 31 miles to raise money and awareness for Parkinson's disease.
Hunter de Garmo, 36, began running seven years ago to fight drug and alcohol addiction. Now he…
Westport Island’s Dick Tucker joined Wiscasset Community Center’s FitCLASS Challenge to help make it enjoyable for his wife Pat Smith to take it. She had knee surgery in December.
But in a…
A few months ago, Lincoln Medical Partners Surgeon Dr. Garth Miller was rounding on surgical patients on the Miles Campus of LincolnHealth when a man he had operated on just hours…
For Your Health
It is often said that one of the best ways to truly learn something is to teach it.
In my role as director of the Maine Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program, I came to believe…
Do you know what to do if your pet has an emergency? Instructor Bobby Silcott will be presenting an American Red Cross Pet First Aid/CPR class at…
When LincolnHealth hospital patients reported it was too noisy to sleep at night, it was a medical problem because too little sleep means slower recoveries.
…
First National Bank recently announced that it has made donations totaling $14,000 to seventeen food banks in bank’s market area. “First National…
A story ran in the August 4, 1972 issue of the Portland Press Herald with the headline: “A Future for Seaweed?”
The answer is yes.…
Food for thought: At some point in their lives, 12.9 percent of all children born in Lincoln County today will experience hunger, the majority as children or elderly adults, according to Healthy…
Certified Prosthetist and Orthotist Mark Delmar of the Hanger Clinic will discuss specialized shoes that can take the pressure off ulcers or…
Miles Memorial Hospital is pleased to present “Facials: Recent Collage Portraits” by Phoebe Nichols on view March 19 through May 6.…
Families, friends, staff, board members and residents all gathered on the afternoon of March 1 to welcome the RN manager of Harbor View Cottage Tina Ham, RN, of…
A group of Midcoast women in their 60s, 70s and 80s from the group Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights (GRR) met Feb. 23 with some 30 student members of the Bowdoin College NARAL…
Will Gates had everything. He was a full scholarship student in microbiology at University of Vermont, he was a championship speed skier. He had a close family and many friends.
And he died…
