Anne Dolloff of Boothbay has been donating blood since she was a high schooler, and she joined 21 other locals Nov. 6 at American Legion Post #36 to give once again, marking her…
Health and Wellness
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, better known as CPR, is a life-saving technique that can be employed when someone goes into cardiac arrest or if a person’s heart is not beating strongly enough to…
As soon as a symptom presents itself, act fast. Call 911
When it comes to strokes, every minute counts.
Patients who arrive at the hospital immediately after the first signs of a stroke have the best chance of recovering with little if any long-…
Finding Our Voices
Sarma Melngailis, the subject of the hit Netflix docuseries, "Bad Vegan," will talk about the extreme coercive control behind her astonishing crash from raw vegan media darling to publicly…
Healthy Kids
This April, in observance of Child…
Lincoln Theater is pleased to present a free community screening of the documentary film “Quiet the Sirens,” followed by a talkback, Wednesday, April 15 at 7 p.m…
The MaineHealth Coulombe Center for Health Improvement is now accepting…
Finding Our Voices
In a podcast conversation with Patrisha McLean of Finding Our Voices, Sharon Kennedy revealed from prison the "breakdown of self" by her ex that led to the murder of her daughter Marissa is the…
Pine Tree Society 90th Anniversary
In celebration of its 90th anniversary, Pine Tree Society is officially inviting artists and, for the first time in the contest’s history- photographers - to…
Community of Hope
Abusers often seek to control the health choices of their partners, even when they are pregnant. Reproductive coercion, when an abuser tries to control reproductive health choices, is particularly…
Recently I arranged a tour of the Boothbay Region Ambulance Service facility for three Boothbay Region High School students, who shared with me an interest in health care. Eleanor Erwin, Arabella…
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital will host an open house on Tuesday, March 10, from 4 to 6 p.m. to introduce the new MaineHealth Primary Care Waldoboro facility at 126 Depot Street. The practice opens…
Food has the power to bring people together. While they aren’t breaking bread with one another, that belief holds for the people and businesses who have united to keep…
Finding Our Voices
Authors of the Novel of the Year and Non-Fiction Book of the Year in 2025's Irish Book Awards are among the March guests of Finding Our Voices, talking online about the domestic abuse in their…
Join sound worker Jim Doble, cellist April Reed-Cox, and multi-instrumentalist and third generation trumpeter Lady Kiah for an unforgettable deep musical dive into what lies beneath the waves...…
MaineHealth is now recruiting for its next certified nursing assistant training program in the Coastal Region. The program…
MONDAY
DAMARISCOTTA - Happy Destiny Group - Noon - Assembly of…
January 2026 marked the 22nd observation of National Stalking Awareness Month. People of all genders and ages have become victims of a stalker – or will be – including children. A new law in Maine…
Some of those experiencing homelessness in Midcoast Maine are survivors of domestic violence. Homeworthy and Finding Our Voices are partnering to bring more help, and…
As communities across Maine continue to feel the impacts of the opioid crisis, local nonprofits are taking action to equip residents with the tools and knowledge needed to respond effectively…
Challenging times are ahead for the MaineHealth hospital system, said Katie Harris, MaineHealth’s vice president of government affairs, at a Jan. 30 lecture at St.…
A coalition of Midcoast Christian churches are banding together to raise funds for heating assistance for local families. They are holding a public event, “Helping Hands, Heating Homes,” on…
Parkinson’s Support Group
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital’s Parkinson’s Support Group will feature a presentation on improving balance and preventing falls at its next session on Thursday, Feb. 5…
The next monthly meeting of Visually Impaired Persons will be held on Feb. 3 at 1:15 p.m. in the Boothbay Region Community Center located in the Meadow Mall on Townsend Avenue…
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital is partnering with the American Red Cross to host a community blood drive on Saturday, Jan.…
Midcoast Literacy, a non-profit that provides free literacy tutoring to people of all ages, is…
Press release
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital (MHLH…
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital is expanding access to preventive care with the opening of a Foot Care Clinic…
Students at Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) are about to take their exercise outside, and off campus, thanks to a recent grant from the MaineHealth Community Health…
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital will host a community meeting Friday, Jan. 30, to share the many…
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital invites individuals living with diabetes and their families to attend its free Diabetes…
For the last two years, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences has worked with the Boothbay Region Water District to monitor the health of local drinking water supplies…
Meghan Keizer, BSN, RN, who works on the Medical-Surgical Unit at MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital…
The Visually Impaired Persons meeting is held the first Tuesday of each month, and the first one in 2026 falls on Jan. 6, Epiphany. This will be a discussion meeting where members update the group…
Coastal Senior College, serving Lincoln and Knox counties, is offering 11 winter courses this season. Classes begin the week of Jan. 13. Find more information…
MaineHealth is offering a new virtual support group for people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), providing an opportunity for connection, encouragement…
Press release
Last year, the Lincoln County Commissioners took a community-centered approach to allocating opioid settlement funds, inviting local organizations to apply based on needs they were seeing…
The recent installation of state-of-the-art imaging equipment on the St. Andrews campus marks a significant advancement in the quality of images available at MaineHealth Diagnostic Imaging,…
Some children may be coming home with an unwanted companion this holiday season: lice. It’s a common childhood ailment with an estimated 6-12 million infestations each…
Maine dentists have donated $325,000 in pro bono dental care to women survivors of domestic abuse in a groundbreaking program that fixes damage from…
MaineHealth Primary Care Damariscotta will no longer offer care in the office on Saturdays, but patients can get same-day care for minor illnesses or injuries at…
Don't miss the next Community Meeting on Friday, Dec. 5 from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Watson Center Community Room, in Damariscotta.
Join host Cindy Wade for an informative hour during which…
Boothbay Region YMCA: Community Catalyst for Good
Many Thanksgiving feasts start with preparing the potatoes. We peel them early and place them in water to keep them fresh until it’s time to boil them. Then most often…
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital is now accepting applications for its next Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training program, which runs Jan. 5 through Feb. 12, 2026.…
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital is now accepting applications for its next Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training program…
Dennis Levesque vividly recalls the day he saw his first ray of hope in his fight against cancer.
“In my eighth day in the Coulombe Cancer Center (Portland…
MaineHealth Urgent Care Boothbay Harbor, located on the MaineHealth Saint Andrews Campus, will soon be adopting a seasonal schedule of operation.
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