Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education (MLDSE) is pleased to have Dr. Carrie Werner as the guest speaker at its upcoming Lyme Support meeting on Tuesday, July 26 at the Wiscasset Community…
Lectures and Conferences
Join Bud Warren at The Lincoln Home, Monday, July 25, from 3 to 4 pm for an interesting talk on salt marshes.
Maine’s…
Economic development is something every Maine town talks about. But the towns across the Boothbay peninsula have joined forces to get beyond talk to promote…
It has been 240 years since the Declaration of Independence was penned, but its words are just as meaningful today as they were in the 18th century…
On Thursday, June 30, at the Boothbay Region Historical Society, Chris Hoffman will present a program entitled The struggle for the supremacy of the coast: baseball and identity in Boothbay Harbor…
The public is invited to The Lincoln Home as Dick Chase shares the history of the area known as Damariscotta Mills on Monday, June 20, from 3 to 4 p.m. Known by…
Lincoln County Historical Association is pleased to announce that State Historian Earle Shettleworth will give an illustrated talk on Wiscasset artist Mildred Burrage at the LCHA historic site,…
Department of Energy
A public meeting was held by town officials and the U.S. Department of Energy to inform citizens of Lincoln County about the current plans to decide on both interim and final locations for the…
Round Table Productions presents the first and second in its series of “Writers’ Workshops” to be held in the fall of 2016. The workshops will be held at the Kefauver Studio &…
On Tuesday, June 7 at 7 p.m., the Boothbay Railway Village will present a multimedia lecture on the history of Champion Outboards, Scott Atwater Outboards, Scott…
University of Maine Darling Marine Center will host a presentation by Dr. Brian Beal on Tuesday, June 7 at 1 p.m. in the McAlice classroom on the lower campus of the UMaine marine laboratory…
On Saturday, June 4, Maine Maritime Museum in Bath will open two new exhibits: MEETING the BOAT: Steam Travel Along Maine…
The beauty and meaning of African masks and crafts will be explored in a talk at The Lincoln Home by Ruth Ann MacKinnon, who has lived and worked in four African…
Boothbay Region Garden Club
The Boothbay Region Garden Club was privileged to welcome Penny O’Sullivan, author, designer, and woody plant lover to speak at the general membership meeting held…
Historian Jerry Wiles will share the life story of noted author Nelle Harper Lee (1926-2016), author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and best known by her…
Located on the scenic Maine coast, Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site is one of New England’s earliest European settlements, rivaling that of…
Members and guests of the Boothbay Region Historical Society will gather in its 72 Oak Street museum to attend the society’s 49th annual meeting, which will begin at 4:30 p.m. of May 17. Following…
Join historian Jay Robbins of Richmond Monday, April 25, from 3 to 4 p.m. as he pours forth an interesting and illustrated talk, “An Economy of Spirits.” The role of alcohol in our local…
“Freedom Summer” revisited
Professors Jim Matlack and Mel Zarr spoke April 7 about their experiences in assisting black residents of Mississippi to register to vote in 1964. Their talk was part of a speaker series sponsored…
Dr. Heather Leslie, director of the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, will be the featured speaker at the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission’s…
Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce
The Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the final of their four education programs being presented this spring. “…
Looking for a sign of spring? Join us at The Lincoln Home, Monday, April 11, from 3 to 4 pm. John Weinrich, a representative of the Maine Audubon Society, will…
On Tuesday, April 19 at 7 p.m., the final program in the Boothbay Railway Village’s winter lecture series will take guests on a journey from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail. This is a…
Skidompha’s Chats with Champions Committee and Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop are delighted to announce that Boothbay Register/…
Boothbay Region Adult Ed
On Tuesday, April 12 at 6 p.m. at Boothbay Region Adult Ed, Chip Griffin, attorney, author and local historian, will be giving a talk about the…
Newcastle Local Planning Committee
Newcastle’s Local Planning Committee has finalized its plans for a mid-spring extravaganza that will encourage residents to come out and participate in the development of the town’s comprehensive…
At the Theaters
The Harbor Theatre
“Brooklyn” Set in the early 1950s, this film tells the story of a young Irish woman's immigration to New York, where she quickly falls into a…
Invasive forest pests like hemlock woolly adelgid, winter moth and browntail moth may have devastating impacts on…
Join Maine-Wabanaki REACH allies to learn about the shared history and relationship of Maine and Wabanaki people on Saturday, March 26, 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath.…
The Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce a new education series of four programs this spring. These programs will meet in…
Dana Morse of the Darling Center's University of Maine Marine Extension Team will talk about the process of oyster harvesting and why the Damariscotta River…
On Saturday, March 19 at 2 p.m. at the Community Center, we’ll be discussing the rapid shift towards personalized medicine and how we, in Boothbay,…
Join Bud Warren Monday, March 7, from 3 to 4 p.m. to meet Hattie Bowker from Phippsburg. A teenage girl’s diary offers an intimate and refreshing…
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…
Lincoln County Historical Association
In the last presentation of the current winter lecture series sponsored by Lincoln County Historical Association, place based historian Jay Robbins of Richmond will…
The Maine Fishermen’s Forum will be hosting a fishermen led event focused on fostering a salty discussion around climate change in fisheries. Headlined…
Join Andrew Fenniman at The Lincoln Home for a presentation Monday, Feb. 29, from 3 to 4 p.m., to learn more about the Lincoln Theatre's past and present.…
The Morris Farm, a working farm and education center in Wiscasset that promotes sustainable agriculture and stewardship, and Chewonki, an…
The Attorney General’s Office hears from about 12,000 consumers annually. Consistently, a quarter of those contacts are reporting scams such as the IRS scam,…
Well-known local historian Jerry Wiles will share the life of Phillis Wheatley, the first published African-American woman poet, on Monday, Feb. 22 from 3 to 4 p.m…
On Wednesday, Feb. 24 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., the Boothbay Railway Village will host an illustrated lecture by Master Blacksmith Sam H. Smith of the Portland Forge…
Lincoln County Historical Association
Samplers, silk embroideries, watercolors and furniture created by young women in 18th and early 19th century America were often made in the classrooms and were often the first — and sometimes only…
On Thursday, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m., Chip DeLorenzo will be presenting a parent workshop at the Skidompha Public Library on Main Street in Damariscotta on “Demystifying your Child’s Behavior.”
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Lincoln County Historical Association has scheduled four talks in Wiscasset on Sundays during February and early March. The lectures will be held in the…
On Tuesday, Jan. 26 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., the Boothbay Railway Village kicks off its winter lectures series with a program all about Maine’s lighthouses. These romantic symbols of our past hold…
Two young women from Maine, who were delegates to the international climate talks (COP21) in Paris last month, will present a slideshow talk on their behind-the-…
On Wednesday, Nov. 18, Dimereze "Dimsie" Clark, local dietitian and nutritionist, will lead an interactive discussion about how to enjoy holiday foods and still keep yourself and your loved ones…
Local artist, book illustrator and former art teacher Thomas Block will discuss book illustrating November 4 at the Wiscasset Public Library in Wiscasset -- the…
In 1996, Jim Merchant moved from Iowa, where he was a high school and college basketball coachback to his hometown in Fairhaven, Mass. to care for…
