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  Southport Fire Department brings home Dalmatian Cup

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  For great shopping, Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest, Dec. 2-4

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  Three businesses host Community Lunch

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  Friends of Thai Daughters ribbon cutting celebration

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  News and Notes from The Community Center

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• Coastal Rivers offers family program on mammals of Maine

  On Thursday, Dec. 1 from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m., Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is hosting a family program all about Maine mammals at Coastal Rivers Salt Bay Farm. Naturalist Angela DesVeaux will...

• Community Lunch at the Congo

  Wednesday, Dec. 7 The Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor will host a Community Lunch in Fellowship Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Hot soups, breads and desserts along with beverages will...

• American Legion Post #36

  

  This is Thanksgiving week and I am sure much will be writing about what everyone is thankful for. While my list is long, family and health top the list. I am sure what I am thankful for is what most...

• Community lunches at Brady’s - c’mon out!

  

  The 5th Community Lunch held at Brady's and hosted by the Boothbay Region Dart League was another huge success! macaroni and cheese, split pea soup, and an amazing smoked pork butt with a maple...

• The North Pole Express is ready to be fired up!

  

  Beginning on Saturday, Dec. 3, the North Pole Express, a.k.a. the Christmas train, will leave Freeport Station at the Boothbay Railway Village Museum, at 586 Wiscasset Road/Route 27 in Boothbay, and...

• Area’s ‘social fabric’ needs more fabric!

  

  Tucked into a quiet spot on Southport is “the Nest” where a group of local women come together each week to give their time, their work and their hearts to create beautiful quilts which, like fabric...

• Service of healing at St. Columba’s

  

  On Sunday, Dec. 4 a service of healing, “The Light Shines in Darkness,” in the Christmas season will take place at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church in Boothbay Harbor. The Christmas season – “the...
• Boothbay Harbor Garden Club

  Holiday Festival at St. Columba’s Dec. 2, 3

  

  Santa’s elves have got nothing on the elves of Boothbay Region Garden Club. BRCG members are busy readying for the Holiday Festival, formerly known as Festival of Trees, Friday, Dec. 2 and Saturday,...

• ‘Fill cruiser’ for Toys for Tots Dec. 3

  

  Lincoln County Toys for Tots Coordinator Lisa Marr has announced a “fill the cruiser” event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 at Ames True Value Supply, Route 1, Wiscasset. Lincoln County...

• Wreaths for Charlie’s Second Stride Rescue

  Saturday, Nov. 19Christmas wreaths will be for sale in front of Coastal Maine Popcorn on Townsend Ave. in Boothbay Harbor from 6 to 9 a.m. to benefit Charlie’s Rescue. FMI: www....

• Jingle Fest

  Saturday, Dec. 3 Come to the Boothbay Harbor Methodist Church from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for this fun annual event! You can expect those popular lobster rolls; as well as tasty ham or chicken salad...

• Set your alarm clocks ... Early Bird Sale & Pajama Party is Saturday!

  

  It’s that time of year, time to rise and shine, grab a cup of coffee, throw on your best robe and join your friends and family and flock together in Boothbay Harbor for the Early Bird Sale &...

• Congregational Church Christmas Fair

  Saturday, Dec. 3 Boothbay Harbor’s Congregational Church Christmas Fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. All proceeds from the fair will be donated to the Community Resource...

• Honoring those who served, at Newagen’s Veterans Day ceremony

  

  “We’re here today to honor those who have preserved our freedoms, both at home and overseas,” said guest speaker Donald Duncan at the annual Veterans Day Flag Ceremony at Southport Memorial Library...

• BRGC lays wreath at Blue Star Memorial

  

  Boothbay Region Garden Club (BRGC) members and veterans gathered at the Club’s Blue Star Memorial Marker on Townsend Avenue/Route 27 in Boothbay Harbor on Veterans Day where a wreath made by members...

• BRHS Project Graduation breakfast

  Saturday, Nov. 19 An Early Bird Sale Pancake Breakfast hosted by Brady’s restaurant will benefit the BRHS Class of 2023 Project Graduation. Serving 7:30-9:30 a.m. Two pancakes, two slices of bacon...

• Adopt-A-Tree fundraiser to benefit BRHS program

  

  A collaborative effort between the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce and Boothbay Region High School is underway to help the school’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math program and...

• Christmas Ornament Contest begins Nov. 15

  

  The Eastside Waterfront Park’s Family Christmas Ornament Decorating Contest gets underway Tuesday, Nov. 15, which is when participants can pick up their ornament at the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber...

• Wiscasset Ford hosts Community Lunch

  

  Community Lunch at Brady’s on Nov. 7 was hosted by Wiscasset Ford and their super chef Dave Warford. He dazzled all with his Beef Stroganoff over light egg noodles and his wife Paula’s peanut butter...

• Jamie Baribeau is Lincoln Home’s new culinary director

  

  Jamie Baribeau has joined the culinary staff at The Lincoln Home as our new director. His wealth of experience, passion for utilizing locally sourced food to provide creative cuisine, and his...
• Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

  Gingerbread House Building - Nov. 16

  

  Master gingerbread house builder Kevin Kiley will once again kick off the gingerbread season in Boothbay Harbor with a free class on the fun art of gingerbread house construction. On Wednesday, Nov....

• Toys for Tots time

  Lincoln County Toys for Tots is taking applications until Dec. 15, Coordinator Lisa Marr said. For more information or for help signing up, contact Marr at 350-5623.
• Boothbay Region YMCA

  The annual Tree of Giving

  

  When you enter the YMCA into the new lobby on Nov. 21, the Tree of Giving will be set up and decorated with gift tags bearing family wishes for the holiday season. The neighborhood churches, social...

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Local Resources

• Addiction Resources
• Church Services
• Domestic Violence Resources

Education

• CTL open tour Dec. 7

• Christmas at Nickels-Sortwell House

• School committee doesn’t want to meet on MLK Day

• Award-winning teacher inspired by retired BRES teacher

• WMHS handles ‘active shooter’ hoax

• Interact Club

• BRHS junior class fundraiser

• BRHS Class of 2023 Project Graduation fundraisers

• Superintendent clarifies ‘budget freeze’ to CSD board

• Superintendent tells Edgecomb committee AOS initiating ‘budget freeze’

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Cooking

• Be careful what you fry!

• Thanksgiving pie sale

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Health and Wellness

• Nov. 29 update: Midcoast adds 24 new COVID-19 cases

• Nov. 26 update: Midcoast adds nine new COVID-19 cases

• Preventing abuse before it begins

• Nov. 23 update: Midcoast adds eight new COVID-19 cases

• Winter Tree Identification Walk

• Nov. 22 update: Midcoast adds 17 new COVID-19 cases

• Still time to bid on Health Center auction items

• Nov. 19 update: Midcoast adds seven new COVID-19 cases

• Nov. 18 update: Midcoast adds four new COVID-19 cases

• Nov. 17 update: Midcoast adds 10 new COVID-19 cases

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Social

• Tom DiMenna sings the songs of Gordon Lightfoot

• Gingerbread Spectacular weekend

• A gift for every kitty at pop up gift shop

• Gardens Aglow at CMBG

• Santa arrives in Boothbay Harbor

• Early Birds in PJs 2022!

• Annual Congregational Church Christmas Fair Dec. 3

• Janson’s serves up Community Lunch

• Early Bird Sale & Pajama Party

• Festivities add fun to Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest

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