Round 4 of Lose it with the Y will begin Jan. 2 with orientation at 5 p.m. at Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA. Participants in the program will set healthy lifestyle goals and work to achieve…
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High Honors: Ashley Abbott, Faith Blethen, Lilley Harris and Olivia Paolillo
Honors: Timothy Chappelle, Reagan Cola, Jaime de Benito Prieto, Henry Drapeau, Blake Erhard,…
Highlighting its nationally-recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, LincolnHealth was named a Top Rural Hospital by The Leapfrog Group for the seventh time in eight years. The…
LincolnHealth, in partnership with Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA, will be offering free blood pressure screenings during select dates of the Friday farmers' markets. The screenings will be…
Join professional dog trainer Jean Conte for the Central Lincoln County YMCA's dog obedience classes to learn the best basic training for your dog. Held each Tuesday, the next program runs from…
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Here’s another tradition in the Orne family, Tourtière: A French Canadian meat pie, also called touché pie by my grandmother Evelyn. The recipe is now is my own, but my Nana Orne gets all the…
A dash of humor, liberal sprinkling of personal stories, a splash of gorgeous cinematography featuring the Boothbay region and Mumbai, blended well … just a snippet of the recipe used for the…
Yule, the Winter Solstice, is Dec. 21 and marks the rebirth of the sun and the official arrival of winter. From this time forward, the hours of daylight increase as the sun becomes stronger. …
If you were invited to a yuletide candlelight cocktail party at a railroad museum you might imagine yourself arriving at a decked out depot and mingling with a jovial gathering of holiday revelers…
The following services, except the 10 p.m. Christmas Eve service, will be held at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor.
Sunday, Dec. 23: Fourth Sunday of Advent, 10 a…
The choruses at Boothbay Region Elementary School, under the direction of music teacher Eugenie O’Connell, performed their annual Christmas concert at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor…
Boothbay Region, Central Lincoln County YMCAs emphasize prediabetes risk and lifestyle interventions
As the prediabetes rate continues to rise, few Lincoln County residents know they are at risk.
Prediabetes is a condition in which a person’s blood glucose is elevated, but not high enough…
Christmas Pageant
This Sunday, Dec. 23, the children of the Congregational Church will present a traditional Christmas Pageant, telling the story of the birth of Jesus in scripture,…
This year’s judges - Brenda Blackman, Rob Wheeler, Edie Deen, John Webster and Gingerbread Chief Justice Kit Sherrill - awarded the following at the 2018 Dough Ball Friday, Dec. 14:
Drum…
Frogs and Pollywogs is a monthly program for preschoolers and their caregivers offered by Damariscotta River Association (DRA) throughout the school year. The hands-on nature program gives…
With the end of the year approaching, the Southport School Committee on Dec. 11 wrapped up some items and pondered others for the new year.
Southport Central School Principal Lisa Clarke…
After the tree is decorated, the cookies are baked and all the presents are wrapped, Edgecomb Community Church invites you to come and celebrate the birth of the Christ child at our special…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD School Committee
Principal Dan Welch of Boothbay Region High School and Mark Tess of Boothbay Region Elementary School presented the school committee Dec. 12 with the 2017-2018 Maine Educational Assessment (MEA)…
Winter Carnival was the theme of Southport Central School’s annual Winter Concert held Wednesday, Dec. 12 and the decorated walls of the town hall and music performed portrayed the theme well.…
It looked like a good design. Instead of another flat bridge like Thompsons Bridge, the proposed bridge to span Decker Cove on Southport Island would have a gradual crown in the center and be…
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-LA! It’s that holiday time of year boys and girls … Hanukkah, Yule/Winter Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa … so many celebrations (not to mention birthdays and anniversaries,…
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church will hold our Christmas Pageant as part of the 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Service at the church on Glidden Street in Newcastle. If you have kids or…
A Christmas Community Dinner will once again be held Tuesday, Dec. 25 from noon to 2 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, Industrial Park Road, Boothbay.
Don't be alone on Christmas! Come…
Even the Gingerbread Man is helping to deck the halls this year at the Opera House in preparation for the Friday, December 14 Dough Ball! Tickets for the Dough Ball preview party and awards…
The schools’ principals sought continued support for Boothbay Region high and elementary schools at a Dec. 7 breakfast presentation to the public. BRHS Principal Dan Welch and BRES Principal Mark…
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When I was growing up, most people ate meatloaf. I was never a real big fan ... But I ate it with my mashed potatoes and corn or peas like everyone else.
Once again it’s right up there with…
The annual holiday potluck dinner and carol sing at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor celebrates both the holiday season and the close of the 2018 Opera…
In 1965, the Peanuts gang found the true meaning of Christmas in the animated television special “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” In 2017, a gang of Edgecomb residents also found the Christmas spirit…
Ron and Bea Schmucker, the longest residing residents of Palm Coast, Florida (since 1972), will celebrate their 60th anniversary on Dec. 19. Palm Coast has grown to a city of 85.000 residents.…
With the help of an anonymous donor and the Boothbay Harbor Police Department, the Community Center is offering free wrapped Christmas presents for children from Dec. 12 to Dec. 20.
Parents…
On Saturday night, when the temperature outside was well below freezing and still falling, the temperature inside the Water’s Edge banquet facility was getting hot. That is because the first-ever…
Many people resort to desperate measures to control their weight and the way they eat—expensive diets, surgery, medications, excessive exercise, purging, abuse of laxatives, and extreme food…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD Board of Trustees
On Dec. 5, Facilities and Transportation Director Dave Benner gave the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District Board of Trustees a simpler list of prioritized projects which would split…
Boothbay Region Elementary School teacher Genie O’Connell’s passion for music began as a little girl playing a mini-piano just like “Peanuts” character Schroeder played. O’Connell was born and…
The Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA is proud to announce the formation of a new program – Community Art at the Y.
Maine is noted for its vibrant arts communities and Damariscotta is no…
Taylor Walby, a Lasell College student from Boothbay Harbor and a 2015 Boothbay Region High School graduate, is one of 19 Peer Health Educators (PHE) on the institution's Newton, Massachusetts…
All the incredible music! All the performers in stunning costumes: Featuring the Boar's Head Community Choir - Leticia vanVuuren, director; Midcoast Brass Quintet and organist Sean Fleming at the…
Camden Public Library/Camden Conference
The Camden Conference presents Professor Paul Holman at the Camden Public Library on Tuesday, Dec. 18 at 7 pm. He will discuss “China in Africa: A New Kind of Colonialism?” This event…
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Recently, the federal Tick-borne Disease Working Group met for meeting #8, recapping all the work that had been done, identifying gaps and areas needing improvement along with recommendations. The…
Midcoast Conservancy
The second, and final, Youth Ski Lease fitting day is Tuesday, Dec. 12 from 4-7:30 p.m. at the CLC YMCA on Main Street in Damariscotta.
In an effort to get kids and families outside having…
The public is invited to The Lincoln Home on Monday, Dec. 10, from 3-4 p.m. to hear Tom and Lee Szelog's unique and inspiring talk on an extraordinary journey on the wild side.
Through this…
Healthy Lincoln County and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are working together to provide local restaurants, bars, and stores with Responsible Beverage Server training this December.
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CLC YMCA
The Christmas season is just around the corner and Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA invites the community to their annual Breakfast with Santa. The event will take place Dec. 15 from 8:30-11 a.m…
Boothbay Region Health Center is hosting a special free screening of “Escape Fire: How we can fix the broken health care system” Saturday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. The film is 1 hour and 39 minutes, and…
The Dough Ball & Gingerbread Spectacular
While the national spotlight has frequently been on the judiciary branch over recent months, in the Midcoast the attention now shifts to the naming of judges for the upcoming Gingerbread…
For this year’s Tapestry Singers holiday performance, “Woven in Song,” the audience will be treated to a panoply of songs—some familiar and some new—with harp, marimba, guitar, woodwinds, and…
For more information on all of the listings below, call Spectrum Generations at the Damariscotta YMCA, 563-1363.
Take the journey from the far away land of India all the way to the rocky coast of Maine at the world premiere of “Mumbai to Maine,” coming to the Harbor Theater Tuesday, Dec. 11. The evening…
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Hope everyone had a fabulous Turkey Day; mine was low key and stress free. My twinners did most of the work and hosted … my oldest took care of our adult beverage needs.
Not sure about your…
When Cabins in the Woods opened last fall in Augusta, there were 21 fewer homeless veterans in Maine. And when the Rotary Club of Boothbay Harbor decided to provide those veterans with items…
