The Edgecomb Community Church will be holding a fundraising event in the form of a sub sandwich sale Friday, March 13. Church members will be taking orders for this winter event, which has become an annual fundraiser.   

The weather may have postponed Monday’s Community Lunch but new hosts Cabbage Island Clambakes and Atlantic Edge wowed the crowd with lobster mac and cheese, chocolate cake, blueberry cake, and unbelievable hospitality on Tuesday, Feb. 24.

With only two weeks left in this year's season we know that spring has got to be around the corner. 

Join the gang next week as Rebuilding Together hosts their second Community Lunch. 

See ya there!

Veggies to Table, a non-profit grow-to-donate vegetable and flower farm in Newcastle, has been selected by Hannaford Supermarkets as a beneficiary of their Fight Hunger Bag Program at the Boothbay Harbor branch, located at 180 Townsend Avenue, for all of March.

The Hannaford Fight Hunger Bag Program makes it easy for shoppers to give back to the community. Throughout the month of March, Veggies to Table will receive a $1 donation from every purchase of the $2.50 Fight Hunger Bag.

As Boothbay Harbor prepares to celebrate the 64th annual Windjammer Days, this year’s theme proudly honors the past, present, and retired members of the United States Navy who have served our nation with dedication and distinction.

The Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) is proud to announce the appointment of Mark Rees to its board of directors. A distinguished attorney based in Bethesda, Maryland, Rees brings decades of legal expertise and a lifelong passion for maritime education to the organization. 

On Tuesday, Feb. 10, third graders from Boothbay Region Elementary School visited St. Andrews Village in collaboration with Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. The visit is part of a six-month bird study led by Beth Jarvis, where students learn about winter birds in Maine and participate in Project Feeder Watch.

Due to high demand, Coastal Rivers has scheduled a second session of the hands-on tool sharpening workshop for Thursday, March 5, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Denny Conservation and Education Center at Round Top Farm. 

Shore Hills Campground & Reny Construction came ready to feed people Monday, Feb. 16, hosting the fifth lunch in a row at Brady's. Paula, Jean, Lindsey and Conner served up beans and hot dogs (a huge fan favorite!) along with coleslaw, mini desserts and brownies.

It's hard to believe there are only a few weeks left of this season. Make sure you make an effort to come on down to see everyone before the lunches are done until November.

Since Raye Leonard took over as education director at Boothbay-Wiscasset Regional Adult Education (BWRAE), it has been a goal to bring a driver’s education program for high schoolers and young adults back to the region. Leonard estimates an initial investment of about $50,000 would be required to launch the project. This includes purchasing and customizing the vehicle, hiring an instructor and expanding supportive administrative jobs.

If a car were donated, this would speed up the process and possibly reduce share costs from Boothbay and Wiscasset.

On Thursday, Feb. 12, Troop 213 gathered at the Damariscotta American Legion for its triannual Court of Awards ceremony. During the evening, Scouts were recognized for an impressive 13 rank advancements, including eight Scouts achieving the rank of Scout and one each advancing to Tenderfoot, Star, Life, and Eagle. In addition, 23 merit badges and several special awards were presented.

This is the fourth installment in a limited series on Maine’s “quaint holdover,” the annual town meeting. This week we turn on the Wayback Machine and visit a Maine island village about the time we were all worried about Y2K.

Monhegan Island has long been home to both fishermen and a large seabird population. But in the early 2000s, a major controversy erupted—over cats.

Midcoast Senior College (MSC) is pleased to announce its Spring Term II 2026 lineup of engaging, non-credit courses for adult learners. Running from April 6 through May 15, the term features a wide range of in-person and online classes in the humanities, sciences, social issues, arts, and contemporary topics. Registration opens March 9.

University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) Provost Joseph Szakas announces the fall 2025 full-time president’s list and the fall 2025 full-time dean’s list.

The Telling Room has named Center for Teaching and Learning sixth-grade student Adley Cawthon as the Lincoln County winner of its annual writing contest. Cawthon was awarded for her poem “My Interlaced Hands.”

A coalition of Midcoast Christian churches banded together to raise funds for heating assistance for local families. They held a public event, “Helping Hands, Heating Homes” on Saturday evening Feb. 7 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Newcastle. The event included a spaghetti dinner, silent auction and concert. “Helping Hands, Heating Homes” raised over $8,200.

Bay Chamber is accepting applications for the Young Stars of Maine program, which recognizes, encourages, and rewards music students who are serious in their study and performance of music, according to Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School.

The program awards prizes to students aged 12 to 25 ranging from $500 to $1,000. Among the nine categories are awards for soloists and ensembles, classical and jazz musicians. Applicants must live in Maine.

"Writers craving time, solitude, and salt air will soon have a rare opportunity to create in a special historical landmark," said a Millay House Rockland press release.

On Feb. 22, applications will open for The Millay House Rockland Writer’s Residency, a month-long solo retreat housed in the historic Rockland home where Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay was born.

In a quiet corner of the Boothbay peninsula, a refrigerator hums gently inside a small shed outside the Boothbay Town Office. The Community Fridge, along with the organization’s other programs like Food for Thought, is one of the Boothbay Region Community Resource Council’s eight core programs designed to address basic needs and food insecurity.