It’s the middle of summer and your entire family is coming to visit. You’ll have a great time all weekend. But then, what will you do for Sunday breakfast? You don’t have enough seats at the table. Some people want eggs and sausages, while others want waffles with blueberries and whipped cream. 

The 7th annual Maine Book Festival will be held on Saturday, Aug. 22 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Thomaston Public Library and presented by Maine Authors Publishing. Meet over 110 talented authors from across Maine, representing a wide range of genres ready to sign and sell their books. Complete list available from www.MaineBookFestival.com.  

Rizza’s Kitchen food truck will be serving fresh and authentic Asian food. Find them on Facebook and Instagram @RizzasKitchen

In the early 19th century, Wiscasset was an important shipbuilding port on the U.S. East Coast. In 1808, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned a series of blockhouse fortresses to protect important American port cities from British attack.

Pier One Pizza & Pub in Boothbay Harbor has chosen Veggies to Table as their organization of choice for the month of August.

On Sunday, Aug. 16, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club, a day-long event will begin with the sixth Tomato Festival at 10 a.m. – purchase locally grown heirlooim tomatoes – 15 varieties; participate in the salsa making recipe contest at 1 p.m., eat lunch at the festival food tent with hots dogs, hamburgers, sausage and peppers, popcorn, sodas; Enjoy Blanchard’s ice cream truck from 2 to 5 p.m.

At 1 p.m., radio controlled sailboats will launch from the dock and the traditional Club Car Show will be from 3 to 5 p.m.

The Lincoln County Recovery Community Center located at 3 Hall St., Newcastle will be holding their 5k road race on Aug. 22 with sign-in beginning at 8 a.m. We need volunteers to help this event run smoothly and we are sadly under the number of people we need.

Defying meteorological science, Saturday, Aug. 8 was a stellar weather day for the 2026 OBD Williams-Fossett 13th annual Vintage Car Show. Forty-five fascinating vehicles competed for six trophies determined by popular vote.

The first-place trophy was awarded to Jim Olson of Nobleboro for his 1952 Ford Customline sedan. Second place went to the Williams family from New Harbor (Williams-Fosset Vintage Car Show) for their 1930 Ford Model-T Woody and third to Nobleboro’s Greg Olson for his 1960 Austin-Healey (Bugeye) Sprite MK-1.

This fall, Coastal Senior College (CSC) offers a new course, “Warrior Against Fascism: George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia and 1984” taught by retired local teacher and art dealer Geoffrey Robinson. Registration is now open for this and the other thirteen classes on the fall calendar.

Saturday, Aug. 15, from 10 to 11 a.m., Lincoln County Indivisible (LCI), Audacity CAT (Rockland), and Indivisible Waldo County are holding coordinated “By Land or by Sea Vigils.”

The vigils will bring attention to Chief Justice John Roberts' transformation of the Supreme Court. Roberts, who owns summer homes on Hupper Island, off Port Clyde, and is perhaps the most powerful person in the country who summers in Maine, presides over the most unpopular Supreme Court in modern history. The Roberts Court has:

Dr. Sallie Albert is in the business of saving lives whether they are human, canine, or feline. Albert is a nurse practitioner certified in psychiatric and family health. She owns a Topsham assisted living facility and a southern Maine alternative correctional healthcare center.

A vivid memory of Passamaquoddy basket designer/maker Debora Nicholas’ youth was the sound of male family members pounding ash logs of 8-12 feet with a mallets or the back of an axe to split the wood and separate the growth rings that would be reborn as “splints” for basket making.

The Rev. Virginia Rickeman will lead the service at Wilson Memorial Chapel on Ocean Point this Sunday, Aug. 16. Margaret Mceldowney will serve as organist. The service is at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome!

The Rt. Rev. Mark M. Beckwith celebrates his 20th year of ministry on Southport Island when he will preside over the service of Holy Communion for the next two Sundays at All Saints by-the-Sea. Services are at 8 and 10 a.m. Providing inspirational music leadership from the organ at both services is Mr. Henry Lowe from Walpole.

Grab a partner, practice that perfect toss and get ready to send some bags flying for a great cause.

Mobius, Inc. will sponsor “A Hole Lotta Good,” a community cornhole tournament, on Saturday, Aug. 29 at the Nobleboro Little League Field on Route 1. Organizers are preparing for what promises to be one of Midcoast Maine’s biggest and liveliest cornhole events of the summer. The event is presented by Wicked Cornhole.  

What began as a sizable crowd of 50 swelled to more than 70 as the Hallowell Community Band played its fifth 2026 concert Aug. 6 on the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library lawn. The almost 80-year-old troupe has come to the Boothbay region for its annual summer concert series for decades. They perform a new set every Thursday at 7 p.m until Sept. 10.   

The West Harbor Pond Watershed Association’s annual meeting and potluck picnic will be held Sunday, Aug. 16, 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 226 Lakeside Drive.

There will be a social hour beginning at 11:45 and a short business meeting at 12:15, followed by our guest speaker. The potluck picnic will begin immediately afterwards.

Our speaker this year will be Billy Helprin, who is the director of the Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary on Mount Desert Island and an expert on loons.

A free, family event – with scoops of ice cream included – will be held Saturday, Aug. 22, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Eastside Waterfront Park, Atlantic Avenue, Boothbay Harbor.

Kids – and adults – are invited to decorate the Park’s pier “one square at a time.” The chalk – and ice cream – will be provided.

Just bring your imaginations!