Single-family existing homes across Maine remained in very high demand during the full sales year of 2021. According to Maine Listings, the statewide median…
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Demand remains strong for existing single-family homes in Maine, while for-sale inventory is lower than a typical, balanced real estate market. According to…
Orono, Maine — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about growing…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about winter garden design from 6 to 7:15 p.m. on…
Contributing photographer Martin Grassie of Brunswick has blessed us again with his photos. Last week, he visited Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens after an early morning rain and captured the…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, thanks to a partnership with Hidden Valley Nature Center of Midcoast Conservancy, now has a new outdoor classroom. The collaboration, offered as a timber frame…
Mid-Coast School of Technology Adult Education Program is pleased to welcome Master Gardener Jean Vose to their Fall Program to present a three-week…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online class on dehydrating and freezing for food preservation, Thursday, Sept. 23, from 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Learn how to safely preserve…
Mushrooms have captured the attention of Southport photographer Stephanie Morrison this summer and here she shares some of her favorite pictures of a variety of the wild fungi.
For the fourth year running, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will host educator and nature photographer Samuel Jaffe and The Caterpillar Lab, Aug. 19-27 (with a break on Monday, Aug.23). A…
On June 9, the Boothbay Region Garden Club celebrated 90 years of service to our community with a garden party luncheon at our Armillary Garden at Boothbay Common.
The Boothbay Region…
Hundreds upon hundreds of flowers, shrubs, vegetables and herbs were donated by 24 local gardeners to support the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library through the biannual plant sale held June 5. It…
Mushroom expert Greg Marley will present an online workshop titled “Bewildering Bolete Mushrooms: So many, and challenging to learn” on Thursday, July 22, from 6:30-8 p.m.
The boletes are…
On Saturday, June 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the West Harbor Pond Watershed Association will hold their popular plant sale. Now is the time to freshen up your gardens with a new plant or two. This…
The Boothbay Region Garden Club held their annual "window box" event the morning of May 17 at the Boothbay Town Common. Flower boxes were planted and installed in several public locations in the…
Garden Club of Wiscasset will hold its 30th annual plant sale May 8t at the Wiscasset municipal building, at the corner of Routes 1 and 27 from 8:30 a.m. until noon…
COVID has sparked a deeper interest in gardening throughout the Midcoast. People have always gardened in hard times, but food is only part of that story. They are motivated by the desire for…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension has a new video series designed for the at-home cook who wants to learn more about preparing and cooking locally sourced meat.
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Spring is here and that means that birds are returning to the Boothbay region and some are beginning to pair up and build nests. Mating pairs are in search of the perfect place to raise their…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about fiddleheads from 6–7:15 p.m. April 14.
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When Rebuilding Together - Lincoln County (RT-LC) rolled out its Ramps-for-All program last month, they knew it would be popular but not as popular as it turned out to be. As a result, the non-…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is pleased to welcome Kalyn Bickerman-Martens to share more about the state-wide citizen science effort,…
Midcoast Conservancy will offer a virtual event, “Rewilding Your Yard: How Doing Can Less Can Bring You More”, on Thursday, March 11, from 6:30-8 p.m.
Lucy Birkett, ecology enthusiast and…
On Tuesday, March 16 at noon, the Bath Garden Club is holding a virtual meeting of members and anyone interested can request the link to join us.
The guest speaker is local artist, farmer,…
Midcoast Conservancy will offer a virtual event, “Rewilding Your Yard: How Doing Can Less Can Bring You More”, on Thursday, March 11, from 6:30-8 pm. Lucy Birkett, ecology enthusiast and ecosystem…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), in cooperation with Maine Resource and Recovery Association, is again offering local residents the opportunity…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about edible native plants in the landscape from 6–7 p.m. Feb. 24.…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District’s 2021 Spring Plant Sale Catalog is now available in print and online. Plants are…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about the principles of pruning from 6–7 p.m. Feb. 10.…
Mid-Coast Audubon will be accepting bird seed orders through Feb. 20 to raise funds to support bird conservation and education programming. Orders can be placed by mail-in form available at Mid-…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Extension will hold an online panel discussion about new vegetable varieties available for Northern New England gardens…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering separate online beekeeping classes for beginner and experienced beekeepers starting Jan. 14 and Feb. 25.
The five-…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will offer a webinar about selecting…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will offer a webinar for aspiring or current hobby orchardists and commercial growers about…
Every Maine county experienced some level of drought in 2020, with September reported as the driest on record, according to the…
Maine’s real estate market has been on a wild ride since the early days of the COVID-19 response, according to four Lincoln County real estate brokers.
Dunham Realty broker and Maine…
Gardeners often cheer themselves during the winter months by planning next year’s gardens. The Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta can help. All books in its extensive…
Antiquers and vintage seekers will have a new place to peruse essentials and curiosities next May with Iron Horse Antiques & General Store at Boothbay Railway Village. Marketing and events…
The medical team at the Boothbay Region Health Center has been awarded $24,000 to act as the town of Southport’s Public Health Official for COVID-19 support through funding from the state’s Keep…
For the third year running, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will host educator and nature photographer Samuel Jaffe and The Caterpillar Lab, Aug. 27-31. This indoor/outdoor exhibit will highlight…
Once again, the Boothbay Region Garden Club was able to take advantage of summer weather to come together outdoors on Aug. 12 for a robust monthly membership meeting under the shade of a big ole…
These creatures certainly enjoy the abundance of flowers and plants at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay. And the Boothbay Register enjoys receiving these photos from Brunswick…
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This year, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) will present its 10th annual Heafitz lecture, “Where Nature Leads: Sustainability, Livelihood, and Innovation in Midcoast Maine,” via an online…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Thursday MaineHousing will double its rental assistance from $500 to $1,000 through the COVID-19 Rental Relief Program beginning Monday, August 3.
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“That each new painting emerges from the same chaotic conditions speaks to me of the unpredictable complexity and instability of meaningful order in the world, but also of the…
Gardening doesn’t have to stop when the traditional growing season ends in Maine. University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar focused on how to build a movable greenhouse to…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ Board of Directors is pleased to announce that, as of July 6, Gretchen Ostherr will become the Gardens’ next president and CEO.
“Gretchen brings a strong…
Every Monday from 9 to 10 a.m., Boothbay Region Garden Club weeding teams will meet for one hour at Boothbay Memorial Park. All members are welcome.
Tuesday, June 30 is the deadline for…
Photographer Martin Grassie of Brunswick, an occasional contributor to our newspapers and a 2020 Maine Photography Show prize winner, recently…
The Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, in cooperation with Conley’s Garden Center and the Boothbay Region Greenhouses, will be holding a plant giveaway event on Saturday, June 13 from 9 a.m…
