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  Frances Perkins Center virtual Garden Party, awards Aug. 14

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  Vintage car show announces six trophies, many vehicles registered

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  Celebrating summer seafood and feeding Mainers

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  Summer fair, lobster roll luncheon

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  Working artists create in pop-up studio at WAW

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• Bargain basement yard sale

  Saturday, Aug. 21 It’s a hodgepodge at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Inside and outside of St. Philip’s, and outside residences along the street....

• Family Fun Day Lobster Bake

  Sunday, Aug. 8 Noon-3 p.m., Cider Hill Farm, 785 West Main St., Waldoboro. There will be live music by The Oystermen, catering and beer and wine cash bar by Jeff Hurd's Narrows Tavern, cash oyster...

• Blueberry pancake breakfast

  Saturday, Aug. 14At St. Columba’s Church, 32 Emery Lane in Boothbay Harbor. Breakfast 8-11 a.m. Bake sale 8-11:30 a.m. FMI: 207-350-5279

• Legion buffet breakfast

  Sunday, Aug. 1 American Legion Post 36 is having its next breakfast at Sherman Hall, 25 Industrial Park Road, off Route 27 in Boothbay, 7-9 a.m. We will be serving hash, Belgian waffles, French...

• A stranger’s kindness: Boothbay’s Jameson Brooks, pen pal meet in Edgecomb

  

  In grandparents Lora and Randy Rinow’s Edgecomb living room Saturday, Jameson Brooks asked if he could open one of his presents that makes noise. The Trevett, Boothbay boy, blind and surviving cancer...

• ‘Hope Can’t Be Stopped’ concert Aug. 1 in Boothbay

  

  “Hope Can’t Be Stopped” – This is this year’s theme song for Hope Haitian Choir 2021! Even though our numbers are smaller this year due to no new or renewed visas from the embassy which has been...

• Smith-Rice wedding

  

  Mr. and Mrs. Hazen Smith of Boothbay are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Meghan, to Ryan Rice, son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Howard of Belfast and Mr. David Rice of Bangor. The two...

• Legion Post 36 barbecue

  Saturday, Aug. 21 American Legion Post 36 is holding a “huge” barbecue fundraiser from 4 to 7 p.m. to benefit the Post’s Boothbay V.E.T.S. program at the Post on Industrial Park Road off Route 27 in...

• Judine French: Watercolors on Monhegan Island

  

  Monhegan Island was covered in a thick layer of fog Wednesday, July 14, but that wasn’t going to stop Judine French from painting. She likes the effect the oversaturation gives her watercolors....

• Southport Firemen’s Auction

  Saturday, Aug. 21 Auction with the flea market beginning at 6 a.m., the yard sale at 7 a.m., and the live auction begins at 9 a.m.

• Fish fry!

  Saturday, Aug. 14 The Edgecomb Fire Department will hold its second annual Fish Fry fundraiser at the Edgecomb Fire Station, 473 Boothbay Road, Edgecomb from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. Fried fish fillets, (or...

• Attic treasures sale

  Friday, July 23 Ocean Point Casino, 25 Park St., East Boothbay, 9 a.m. to noon!

• Antique Auto Day at BRVM

  

  Antique Auto Day: Sock Hop, Soda Pops & Whistle Stops event at the Boothbay Railway Village Museum on Saturday, July 17 was a fun event, with music, food, games and between 65 and 70 vintage...

• St. Columba’s Episcopal Church

  St. Columba’s Episcopal Church will hold the service at 10 a.m. on Sunday, July 25, with Rev. John Van Siclen, from Damariscotta, conducting the Eucharist. Hymns will be sung and it is asked that if...

• Pies and more!

  Saturday, July 24The sale begins at 9 a.m. on the lawn of the East Boothbay Fire Station on the corner of Route 96 and School Street. Choose something sweet or savory - all made with love by the East...

• Memorial Library Used Books Store

  Good news ! The Friends of the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library Used Books Store on McKown Street is open Wednesday through Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday afternoons from 1 to 4....

• Author Colin Woodard discusses new American history book

  

  The U.S. “might not remain a unitary state,” journalist and best-selling author Colin Woodard told an audience of about 50 July 16 at Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library’s (BHML) first open-air book...

• Hundreds turn out for Railway Village Museum event

  

  The train was rolling on the tracks and the people kept flowing onto the village green as Boothbay Railway Village Museum held its Antique Auto Day: Sock Hop, Soda Pops & Whistle Stops event on...

• Olde Bristol Days Vintage Car Show registrations open

  

  Coming back in a major way, registrations have been arriving for the Olde Bristol Days Vintage Car Show. The big show, to be held on Saturday, Aug. 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bristol Consolidated...

• Ed Kenney photography show at BRAF

  

  Photographer Ed Kenney’s exhibit, featuring images from his new book “The Winter Coast of Maine” and his extensive travels, is on display at Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF). The show is in the...

• Squirrel Island’s Libby Lovat celebrates 60 years since cancer diagnosis

  

  Libby Lovat stood watching as a row of doctors, stiff, proper British surgeons, decided her fate. She clutched her hospital gown. She felt numb. It had been two months since her breast cancer...

• Southport Library Book and Bake Sale

  The Southport Memorial Library will host its annual Book and Bake Sale on Thursday, Aug. 5. Baked goods will be sold 9 a.m. to noon and books will be sold 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The book sale will continue...

• Boothbay Harbor Regatta Parade

  Sunday, July 25 “A must see event!” View the participating racing boats in the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Regatta Shipyard Cup Classic Challenge as they parade through the inner harbor in Boothbay...

• Southport Library Book and Bake Sale

  Thursday, Aug. 5 The Southport Memorial Library will host its annual Book and Bake Sale. Baked goods will be sold 9 a.m.-noon and books will be sold 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The book sale will continue on...

• Up close with nature in July

  

  Southport resident Stephanie Morrison enjoys getting out on the water and walking in areas (preserves, woods, shoreline, etc.) to photograph birds, fish and more. She has shared with us some of her...

• History of preserving Boothbay land

  Thursday, July 29 “Preserving Land in the Boothbay Region: The Story Behind Thirty-five Miles of Nature Trails.” Boothbay Region Land Trust Executive Director Nick Ullo will talk about the history...

• Pie sale

  Saturday, July 17 Another pie sale will be held at the Boothbay Harbor United Methodist Church, 81 Townsend Ave., beginning at 9 a.m. Get there early pies go very very fast!

• East Boothbay author talks about harmful antibiotics

  

  The public is invited to a free lecture at the Ocean Point Casino at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 21 given by East Boothbay author Marilyn Beardsley Heise about the serious risks of taking commonly-...

• Legion buffet breakfast

  Sunday, July 18 American Legion Post 36 is having its next breakfast at Sherman Hall, 25 Industrial Park Road, off Route 27 in Boothbay. Times are 7 to 9 a.m. We will be serving hash, Belgian...

• Increase Inner Peace

  If you suffer from anxiety, depression, overwhelm, anger, or are in recovery, join our Three Principles support group. You'll enjoy videos, readings, and a welcoming non-judgmental group of folks who...

• Rachael Townsend becomes Master Plumber

  

  Area residents who call Townsend Enterprises for a plumber may be surprised to see Rachael Townsend at their door. In her mid-30s, Townsend, of Boothbay Harbor, is one of Maine’s very few women...
• Windjammer Days Porch Parade 2021

  Geoff and Linda Dow catch first place

  

  Anyone driving, walking, skateboarding, or living on Kenney Field Drive knew it the moment they saw Geoff and Linda Dow’s Windjammer Days Porch Parade entry. This was going to win in the residential...

• Cocktails at the Castle

  Thursday, July 22 Historic New England’s annual fundraiser for Wiscasset’s Castle Tucker, 2 Lee St., from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Celebrate summer and help preserve this unique historical treasure. Bask in...

• Black River Gallery designs T-shirts for charity

  

  It has been three years since artists Catherine Day and Sue Kenney opened Black River Gallery in downtown Boothbay Harbor. The gallery, which showcases their photographic art and the work of guest...

• Watts family co-chairing BRYMCA annual fund campaign

  

  Boothbay Region YMCA annual fund co-chairs Robbie and Sara Watts and daughters Ella and Kayla are spreading the Y’s 2021 message “Back Together” by sharing what the organization means to them. “...
• Boothbay Region Community Center

  Wiscasset woman wins lobsters

  

  Jan Flowers, who moved to Wiscasset several years ago from Austin, Texas, bought a chance on Boothbay Region Community Center’s lobster raffle at Boothbay Farmer’s Market. The drawing was Friday,...

• Mutt Scrub scrubbed for second year in a row

  

  Boothbay Harbor's last Saturday in July will be Mutt Scrub-less for the second year in a row, Two Salty Dogs Pet Outfitters owners Don and Liana Kingsbury announced. The nearly decade-old event has...

• Olde Village Days & Maine Bicentennial Exhibit

  

  The rain stopped on Saturday, July 3 just in time for the festivities at Boothbay Railway Village Museum’s Olde Village Days. Crowds of families – locals, vacationers and summer residents – arrived...

• July 4 fireworks over the harbor

  

  The first shot of Boothbay Harbor’s Independence Day fireworks went skyward at 9 p.m. These images were captured at Whale’s Tale on Atlantic Avenue.

• Giant yard sale

  Saturday, July 17 Come to Our Lady Queen of Peace Church at 82 Atlantic Ave., Boothbay Harbor between 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. for this huge yard sale under a tent. Books, plants ... bake sale, silent...

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Local Resources

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Education

• New: 3D virtual tours of the Monhegan museum

• Community members raise $2.5 million for Boothbay/Boothbay Harbor CSD

• Set for Success’ in-person event returns with new leadership

• Special event for Southport families July 30

• Coastal Kids Preschool selected for Coulombe Center Innovation Award

• Meet the alpacas

• Two graduate from RIT

• NYA second semester honor roll

• Two on UMPI dean's list

• Sign up for Webster Beal Student Music Award

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Health and Wellness

• Schoonerfest Triathlon

• Treats of Maine participating in Bakes for Breast Cancer program

• Join program to reverse Alzheimer's at Boothbay Region Health Center

• Finding Our Voices receives national recognition

• Boothbay 9-year-old recognized as Anthem Hero at Hadlock for Courage in Fighting Cancer

• Nautical Nutrition joins chamber

• Get your children, teens caught up on vaccinations

• Healthy Lincoln County now offers naloxone open office hours

• LincolnHealth reports four weeks of no new COVID-19 cases

• How to prevent tick-borne diseases

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Social

• Ride the rail to hike the trails Aug. 28

• Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor

• Boothbay V.E.T.S. benefit barbecue Aug. 21

• Edgecomb church joining 5-Mile Yard Sale and Bake Sale Aug. 14

• Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor

• Burnt Island Light July 27 evening social

• Dems’ event to feature local music and oysters

• Wiscasset Summerfest set for July 24

• Wiscasset to celebrate nautical heritage with Schoonerfest

• Hon. Marge Kilkelly named honorary chair of Democratic Lobster Bake

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