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.

Everyone is invited to the fifth annual Darrowby Farm Sanctuary Open House on Saturday Sept. 26 from noon to 2 p.m. at 216 N. Mountain Road in Jefferson.

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.

An Industrial Areas Foundation information session will be held on Sunday, Sept. 27 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Edgecomb Community Church, 15 Cross Point Road in Edgecomb. This session is open to the public.

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District and Maine DEP are co-sponsoring an in-person half-day event on Stream Crossing Installation Practices scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 22 at Pownalborough Hall located at 314 Patterson Road in Dresden. The training will be held from 8 a.m. to noon.

Dark Sky Maine is celebrating Dark Sky Week across the state this week, highlighting Maine’s extraordinary night-sky heritage and the growing movement to protect it for generations to come.

Join Veggies to Table at The Contented Sole in New Harbor on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 5 to 8 p.m. for a Harvest Dinner & Fundraiser celebrating exceptional food and wine, community, and the abundance of the farm’s harvest, all in support of Veggies to Table’s work growing and donating organic produce and flowers to neighbors experiencing hunger and needing joy.

The Lincoln Home invites the public to a free Fraud Prevention Presentation, Thursday, Oct. 1 at 6 p.m.

First National Bank has launched the Dream First Community Grant, a new $5,000 funding opportunity supporting food security-related programming in the Maine communities the Bank serves. 

One eligible registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, municipality, or school will receive funding to launch a new initiative, expand a promising program, or strengthen an existing service. Applicants must serve residents in Lincoln, Knox, Waldo, Hancock, Penobscot or Washington County. 

This September, Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) is connecting our maritime history to Boothbay’s working waterfront as part of Library Card Sign-Up Month and BHML’s America 250 programming, supported by a grant from the Maine State Library.

The 23rd annual Pemaquid Oyster Festival returns to Mine Oyster Restaurant in downtown Boothbay Harbor on Sunday, Sept. 27 (11 a.m.-6 p.m.). The festival features freshly-shucked oysters from 10 Damariscotta River farms, live music, an oyster-shucking contest, a silent auction and an exhibition tent.

The Down East Yacht Club (DEYC) wrapped up another Maine boating season Saturday, Sept. 12, with its annual Haul Out Party—and, in true boating fashion, this year’s gathering required a last-minute change of course.

On Saturday, Sept. 26, the Boothbay Region Historical Society will offer an Antique Appraisal Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the museum house located at 72 Oak Street, Boothbay Harbor.

Antique dealer and appraiser Mark Sisco will be available to appraise and discuss your antiques, heirlooms, and historical items. There is a limit of three items per person, and a $5 donation per item is appreciated.

The Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (KLSWCD) is seeking nominations for one elected position on its five-member Board of Supervisors.

The creative team of author and poet Susan Schadler and artists Lynne and John M.T. Seitzer recently released “Growing Wild: Four seasons of New England and Native Plants and Their Creatures.” Lynne and John’s artwork and Susan’s accompanying poetry make this book both an enchanting and informative read.

This is their second collaboration. You may remember their first endeavor, “come walk in the FYNBOS with me,” printed in 2018, took readers to Africa’s southern tip, the 500-mile stretch known as the fynbos.

The Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund (BRSAF) is pleased to announce the election of five new trustees to its Board of Directors. The new trustees bring experience in education, college admissions, military service, public service, and community leadership, further strengthening BRSAF's mission of helping Boothbay Region students pursue education and training beyond high school.