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Wilson the spider lives at Aekeir Brewing’s taproom in Wiscasset. Jeremy Meyers photo

I thought this story may be appropriate as Halloween approaches…

Cadence Balbo Towle as Lady Macbeth and Elias Bassett as Macbeth during a recent rehearsal.  Courtesy of Heartwood

In what has become an annual theater highlight in this community, Lincoln Academy (LA) and Heartwood Theater present their 22nd collaborative production in LA’s Poe Theater, Oct. 25 –…

Crabtree painting

Pine Tree Society’s holiday cards have been a Maine tradition for over 50 years. This year’s cards by noted Maine artists Sandy Crabtree and Jeannine Staples celebrate winter in Maine. Crabtree’s…

Mary Sue Weeks painting

Trompe L’oeil artist Mary Sue Weeks will present a slide program about Trompe L’oeil painting - including how to pronounce it – at the Bremen Library on Thursday, Oct. 24 from 4 to 6 p.m.

Steeple work

The Friends of the Old Head Tide Church are hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the steeple restoration. The ribbon cutting is on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 3 p.m. at the…

Pig and goat

Apifera Farm, a non profit animal sanctuary at 315 Waldoboro Road in Bremen, is having a celebration of its newly built Healing Barn on Saturday, Oct. 19, 11 a.m.-2 p…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Carlos Nunez. Opera House. Oct. 24. 7:30 p.m. Got tickets? Courtesy of the venue

Spain’s internationally acclaimed piper and musician Carlos Núñez is making a rare U.S. appearance this fall, with concerts scheduled in New York City and at Boothbay Harbor’s historic Opera House…

It’s the season of goblins and ghouls, pirates and sirens, and witches and warlocks ... a.k.a. our favorite time of year!

Friday, Oct. 25 and Saturday, Oct. 26 from 4 to 9 p.m. it will be…

Boothbay Region Historical Society
Cheese sale

Boothbay Region Historical Society is holding its annual Cheese and Bake Sale on Saturday, Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the museum, 72 Oak Street, Boothbay Harbor. Generous volunteer bakers…

Lincoln Theater
"Beetlejuice" Oct. 16 and 17; the sequel opens Oct. 18.  Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.

Pumpkinfest Weekend is here, and Lincoln Theater is ready to celebrate in style, offering the perfect way to usher in the spooky season with a lineup of family-friendly films and special events.…

Students attend a recent Wiscasset selectboard meeting. Courtesy photo

Wiscasset Middle High School, Principles of Democracy students recently attended a Wiscasset selectboard meeting to gain a deeper knowledge of municipal government. 

Makayla Bush, class…

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Patrisha McLean, Founder and CEO of Finding Our Voices. Mary Kamradt photo

This online event is one of many ways the Finding Our Voices CEO and Founder is breaking the silence during October, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Patrisha McLean,…

CTL staff with authors

Center for Teaching and Learning was honored last week with a visit from Penny Kittle and Linda Rief, two long-time teachers of writing and writers about teaching. Kittle is best known…

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” - H.P. Lovecraft

It is October, the cool, colorful, earthy-…

Children took a barrel ride as a tractor pulls them.

The autumnal spirit was in full swing at Boothbay Railway Village Museum (BRVM) Oct. 5 as the museum hosted its annual Family Harvest Day.  

A pair of Civil War…

BOB BOND/40 Federal Studio

Wiscasset’s longtime fall event Scarecrowfest at the town office Oct. 5 had the chili and chowder contest, Halloween costumes for children to pick out, and more, including the time-honored…

Oil painting - "Three Robbers Pub" - by Cassie Sano.

The Cathance River Gallery at 18 Main St., Bowdoinham is hosting a gathering of artists who have been creating impressions of local scenery for several years. They have one thing in common beside…

Stephen King book signing

We found this photo of author Stephen King in the newspaper’s attic a few years back and recently sought some history behind it.

We contacted one of the people in the photo and got a…

On Sunday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m., Edgecomb Historical Society member and genealogist Cathy Orne, will shine a spotlight on one of Edgecomb’s illustrious forefathers, Samuel Gunnison Wilson.   

Fall is upon us and we would love to have you celebrate the season with us. 

Come meet our new pastor Aram Mitchell, who began Sept. 29.  Worship services begin at 9:30 a.m. with coffee…

Maine Art Gallery
“Night Train at Wiscasset Station,” Kosti Ruohomaa photo. Courtesy of Maine Art Gallery

Several of Kosti Ruohomaa’s haunting and desolate, yet often beautiful and welcoming photographs of Maine in an earlier time are included in Nocturne, the current exhibit at the Maine Art Gallery…

A Blessing of the Animals event will be held Saturday, Oct. 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. at St. John’s Church/Cultural Center, Dresden.

Join us on the lawn outside the church for a celebration of our…

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Falls and balance will be the topic of the next Diabetes Support Group on Tuesday, Oct. 8. The discussion begins at 1:30 p.m. at the Wellness and Rehab Center in the Webster Van Winkle Building on…

Midcoast Senior College brings classes to seniors interested in lifelong learning. The following new courses begin the week of Nov. 4 and run through Dec. 13. Courses are four- to six weeks long…

Make time to swing by the Merry Barn,, 417 River Road, Edgecomb, this Saturday, Oct. 5 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the Maine Craft Weekend. Cynthia Marsh…

Edgecomb couple

In early August, Helen Weld and Robert Strachan of Edgecomb donated a 39-acre conservation easement to Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust. 

Located on the Damariscotta River, the land…

Wiscasset Elementary School
Students write letters of thanks

For the past four years, I have thrown out an invitation on social media in August to sponsor my class so that each student can receive a brand new book each month, for holidays and to provide…

Merry Barn will close on Dec. 31 this year. Kim Traina photo

The Merry Barn Literacy and Arts Center in Edgecomb will close its doors on Dec. 31. For the last five years, the Merry Barn has been a space where creativity and…

Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas. Courtesy photo

Have you signed up yet for the Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas fiddle workshop on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. at The Waldo? 

Based on the fiddle music of Scotland and beyond, this workshop…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
The Boneheads/Stoneheads. Oct. 11. Opera House. Got tickets? Courtesy of the venue

The fall season at Boothbay Harbor’s historic Opera House includes the arrival of The "Stoneheads,' more often known to Midcoast fans as The Boneheads. On Friday, Oct. 11, the band brings an…

A scene from a Railway SPOOKTACULAR past. Bob Crink photo

The Boothbay Railway Village Museum has a full schedule of community inspired events this month, beginning with Family Harvest Day this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m…

The following students on being named to the summer 2024 president's list. The summer terms run from May to August. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average…

Cider pressing at the historic Pownalborough Court House in Dresden is an event that’s fun for all ages. Courtesy photo

Fall is here and it’s time for the annual cider pressing demonstration at Lincoln County Historical Association’s Pownalborough Court House in Dresden.  Families are invited to the court house…

Watercolor by Edgecomb based artist Suzi Thayer. Courtesy of Merry Barn

To Celebrate Maine Craft Weekend, the Merry Barn is hosting a Craft Fair featuring local artists and makers. Join us on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m…

A dinner buffet

How many locals have had mititel or, in English, “meat fingers?” If you asked a week ago, probably few. However, thanks to a group of Romanian workers, many got the chance. A crowd of people came…

Castle Tucker. Courtesy of Historic New England

Did you know that if you are a resident of Wiscasset, you can take a tour of Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House for free when the houses are open to the public? Well, it’s true. Both houses…

North Eastern American Red Cross

The American Red Cross continues to amplify the ongoing critical need for blood and platelets to keep the blood supply stable as fall begins. Donors of all blood types, especially those with type…

Announcing ME DEP’s Inland Shoreline Stabilization Practices Certification course on Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust’s David Moses Bridge Education Hall at 3 Round Top…

Alain Ollier with macaron. Photo Erica Berman

Veggies to Table, a grow-to-donate farm in Newcastle, is looking for volunteers! Autumn is here, and there is still so much to do on the farm - harvesting as much bounty to share with…

Finding Our Voices
Finding Our Voices survivor-panelists at CMBG. From left: Mary Lou Smith, Christine Buckley, Sarah McLean, Hannah Marden Johnson, Rebekah Lowell, and Ida Rose.; front -Patrisha McLean, the nonprofit’s CEO and founder. Courtesy photo

Emotional, financial, sexual, and post-separation abuse will be among the topics of community conversation in the Finding Our Voices”Let’s Talk About It Tour” coming to Bangor, South Portland,…

 A pectoral sandpiper made a surprise appearance at shorebird hotspot Wharton Point in Brunswick over the weekend during the authors' return visit. (Photo courtesy of Wiki Commons)

It’s hard to believe that we could have repeated our amazing Wharton Point good luck from last month but, somehow, we did. We ran a series of errands in and around Brunswick and, without…

A new award-winning documentary on the origins and rise of right-wing extremism in America will be shown on Tuesday, Oct.  8, at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta. The screening of “…

Dr. Allan “Chip” Teel will present a Free Brain Health Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Bosarge Family Education Center at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. The Forum will…

First Congregational Church of Wiscasset will continue the study of the TV series, "The Chosen," beginning on Sept. 29.  Season 4 covers significant biblical events. 

Threatened by the…

Wiscasset Creative Alliance
Founded in 2019

Wiscasset Creative Alliance is pleased to announce a new fund to support community initiatives which further the Alliance’s mission of advancing and connecting the cultural, historical, and…

Midcoast Literacy presents Readers Theater Saturday, Nov. 2, 2 p.m. (activities for kids starting at 1 p.m.) at Morse High School Auditorium; 826 Shipbuilder Drive; Bath.

Tickets are $10…