Saturday, Oct. 10, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

$5 per person, free 5 and under. Train additional $5 and train free to Museum members.

Mark your calendar! The Boothbay Region Historical Society will hold its annual Cheese & Treats fundraiser at the museum on Saturday, Oct. 10 from 9 a.m. until sold out. In addition to a variety of delicious baked goods, the society is pleased to once again offer a special 2-Year Reserve Cheddar cheese from Maine producer Pineland Farms Dairy. This classic cheddar cheese has been aged for full flavor.

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust will host a free guided hike along the River~Link Trail on Friday, Oct. 9, from 2 to 5:30 p.m. This three-hour excursion offers community members an opportunity to explore one of the region’s largest remaining blocks of intact conserved land, which serves as a crucial habitat and corridor for native wildlife including moose, deer, bobcats, and bears.

Imagine walking into church and hearing U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." What could that song possibly have to do with communion? Quite a lot, as it turns out.

Midcoast Literacy is holding its seventh annual Readers Theater performance on Saturday, Oct. 24, 1 to 3:30 p.m., at Morse High School Auditorium, 826 Shipbuilder Drive, Bath.

Wiscasset's Steve Erskine said his grandfather Roy B. Rowe and Rowe's brothers Clarke and Frank started Eastern Steamship Company and owned the Winter Harbor and another steamboat. Winter Harbor did the Boothbay-Wiscasset mail run with over 100 passengers aboard, Erskine, of Wiscasset, said. He told Wiscasset Newspaper Sept. 24, Route 27’s paving “gradually put them out of business.” He has a logbook he said shows a Boothbay-Wiscasset trip with seven passengers. 

Sarah Whitfield will be joining the staff of the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor (UCC) on Oct. 1 as our associate pastor. A native of Wiscasset, Sarah recently completed her ministry studies with the Maine School of Ministry and has spent the last five years covering sabbaticals and serving as a supply preacher at 14 different churches throughout Maine.

Boothbay Baptist Church on Route 27/999 Wiscasset Road is holding a free Community Harvest Fair Sunday, Oct. 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

There will be lots of food: Italian sausage subs, hamburgers, hot dogs, fried dough, apple crisp, popcorn and snow cones.

The family event will include an obstacle course, face painting, game and apple cider press.

For more information, call 633-7378.

The Boothbay Region Garden Club is fundraising for the American Cancer Society with a local Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m.

The walk will start at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, 32 Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor. Participants will walk the nearby Penny Lake Preserve.

Registration will be held on site before the walk. Donations: Check only, made out to the American Cancer Society.

Participants are urged to wear pink!

Thanks for helping to end breast cancer. Your involvement matters!

In the one month of September, five esteemed organizations provided $80,000.00 in grants to Finding Our Voices to brighten the lives and prospects of Maine women domestic abuse survivors and their children as well as to foster healthy relationships among teens, according to the statewide nonprofit.

On Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 10:30 a.m. the Community Center will welcome Spectrum Generations and its free 90-minute Medicare Workshop to the Center. They will provide important information for everyone – whether you’re new to Medicare or have questions about updates for the coming year.

Make sure you plan ahead to attend this important workshop. Call 633-9876 for more information.

Some Midcoast Christian churches are banding together for the second time to raise funds for heating assistance for local families. They are holding a public event, the second “Helping Hands, Heating Homes” on Saturday evening, Oct. 24 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church on Academy Hill Road in Newcastle at 5:30. The event will include a spaghetti dinner, silent auction and concert. The first dinner/auction raised over $8,000. The cost to attend all events of the evening is $25 per person, or a maximum of $60 per family.

Colonel Shanon W. Cotta, of Alna, Maine was awarded the Legion of Merit Medal by Major General Diane Dunn, the Adjutant General of the Maine National Guard, on Sept. 13 after serving over 32 years in the United States Army. His final assignment was serving as the brigade commander of the 52nd Troop Command in the Maine National Guard.

Soon Wiscasset's Town Common will be graced with wagging tails and paw prints from our beloved pets! In honor of St. Francis of Assisi's love for all creatures and our natural environment, we'll gather outside to share blessings for our favorite pets on Sunday Oct. 4 at 1 p.m.

All are invited to bring your pets, whether they be dogs, cats, guinea pigs, bunnies, turtles, or bird, for a blessing. Please make sure your pet is leashed or in a safe place such as a crate, cage, or kennel. We will strive for a calm and friendly atmosphere in a natural setting, but close to home.

After months of researching, interviewing and editing, Boothbay Region High School's (BRHS) Adolescents Driving Environmental Progress through Teaching and Technology (ADEPTT) club presents its new documentary on the regional effects of climate change, "Spark." It premieres Sept. 28, at 6:30 p.m. at the Harbor Theater. Runtime is 25 minutes. There will be a Q&A with students afterwards.

Le Café Français, a local French conversation group, resumes its lively in-person meetings on Oct. 5. Our discussions include a variety of themes, from French culture and news, useful expressions for travel and beyond, recipes and cooking experiences plus songs and topics of mutual interest. Our meetings offer participants a “mini French immersion” experience twice monthly.

UPDATE: Due to the forecasted storm, the Darrowby Farm Sanctuary Open House has been rescheduled to Saturday, Oct. 3 from noon to 2:30 p.m.

If you are a cat lover living here in Midcoast, chances are you’ve heard of Sunshine Larry. Larry can be best described as the grumpy faced community cat and feline Mayor of Bath. He has his own Facebook Page with roughly 4,000 followers! What more and more people here in Boothbay Harbor are discovering is we have our own community cat Mayor: The “Little Man” about town.