Tickets are still available for the 11th annual Live Edge music festival at Hidden Valley Nature Center September 10th from 12-6 pm. The festival is a fun-filled day of live music on a solar-powered stage, great local food and beer set in the midst of HVNC’s 1,000 acres of trails, pond shore frontage and bogs. This year’s…
Business After Hours for September
In conjunction with Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce, First National Bank will be hosting a Business After Hours and 35th Branch Anniversary celebration on Thursday, September 14th from 5:00pm-7:00pm at 39 Gardiner Road. Join FNB for lite bites, door prizes and network with local business professionals. In support of Feed Our Scholars, FNB will host…
WESTPORT ISLAND EXHIBIT GRAND OPENING, “The Maritime Age on Westport’s Eastern Shore”
From noon to 4 pm on Sunday, September 10, a new history exhibit “The Maritime Age on Westport’s Eastern Shore”, will officially open at Westport Island’s History Center, 38 Ferry Road. The exhibit is based on Ken Swanton’s recently published book, “The Maritime Age on a Maine Island: The Rise and Fall of Westport Island’s…
THE FIRST ANNUAL MAINE NEEDHAM FESTIVAL IS COMING TO WISCASSET
Maine Tasting Center, located at 506 Old Bath Rd, Wiscasset, ME, 04578, will host the first annual Maine Needham Festival on Saturday, September 30. This new family-friendly event celebrates the cultural and culinary tradition of Maine Needhams with food, games, vendors, themed drink specials, Needham-making demonstrations and classes, and even a homemade Needham contest. Not…
Midcoast Conservancy to Hold “State of the Sheepscot” Event
Anyone interested in learning more about the health of the Sheepscot River and what Midcoast Conservancy is doing to protect it is invited to join Sheepscot River Manager Melissa Cote and other Midcoast Conservancy staff for the first ever “State of the Sheepscot River” event from 5-7 PM on October 5th at the Kings Mills Union…
Second Forage & Feast Event with North Spore Announced for October 6th, 2023.
An Exclusive Culinary Foraging Experience Returns to Midcoast Maine Wiscasset, Maine – August 28, 2023 – North Spore, a leading name in the world of mycology, is excited to announce the second edition of the highly anticipated Forage & Feast event in partnership with Sunflower Dream Promotions LLC. The event is scheduled to take place…
New Hope Midcoast Speaker Series with Dr. Nan Stein
“Sexual Harassment and Dating Violence: A Talk for School Personnel, Parents, Students and Other Professionals Serving Youth” Nearly half of public-school students in grades 7-12 experience sexual harassment. To help address this important issue, New Hope Midcoast, in collaboration with Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine (SASSMM), is bringing Dr. Nan Stein, Sr. Researcher at the Wellesley Centers…
Maine Art Gallery hosts Business After Hours
by Kay Liss A lively crowd of about 30 local businesspeople turned out for the Maine Art Gallery’s Business After Hours event on Aug. 24. While viewing artwork from the annual Members’ Show, they enjoyed Damariscotta River oysters on the half-shell and mixed with fellow Wiscasset business folks and MAG board members. At the end…
Local Photographer Captures ‘Lights of Lincoln County’
Photographs Illustrate Stories of Addiction at Wiscasset Art Walk, August 31 WISCASSET, MAINE – Charles Richards did not start his working life as a professional portrait and wedding photographer. He was a paramedic for eleven years and a police officer for 8 of those years. Finally leaving public safety after a diagnosis of PTSD, Richards found…
Historical Association’s best bakers prepare for auction of desserts at annual “Preservation Party”
One of the highlights of “Preservation Party,” Lincoln County Historical Association’s (LCHA) annual fundraiser dinner, is the auction of cakes by the delightful veteran auctioneer, Kaja Veilleux of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Each dessert is artfully displayed in a “dance of desserts” by apron-clad volunteers who wind their way through the tables to encourage lively…