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Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Looking back, looking forward
Mon, 01/04/2021 - 11:00am

It was one sold out event after another at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor in 2020 – mind you, last year an audience of 50 equaled a sell out show. It was the year of a pandemic most of us had never lived through before since the last one was in 1918-1919. Opera House Executive Director Cathy Sherrill and the board of directors focused on how the shows would, or could, go on. “In brief, it was certainly not the year we had planned for the Opera House,” said Sherrill. “With artists cancelling...
Event takes place at Belfast Common Dec. 31, at 2 p.m.
Belfast to hold socially distanced New Year’s Eve celebration to ‘turn the page on 2020’
Tue, 12/29/2020 - 11:15am

BELFAST — Want a lift to your spirits, going into the New Year? On December 31, at 2 p.m., sharp, Belfast Parks and Recreation will be providing an hour of free entertainment, provided by local singers and musicians. This will happen on the lower part of the Common, next to Front Street. Front Street will be closed from Commercial Street to Miller Street, so you can just stroll by, stand, or bring your own seating and listen to songs of compassion, promise, hope, and joy. This program lasts...
Lobstering community continues tradition of giving away free lobsters Christmas Eve
Fri, 12/25/2020 - 10:00am

THOMASTON—On Thursday, Dec. 24, a crowd of 30-40 people gathered in a line at noon, plastic bags in hand, in an empty parking lot off New County Road. Standing at the back of his pick up truck, Matinicus lobsterman Noah Ames played the proverbial role of Santa, giving away crates of live lobster for free that he and about six other Midcoast lobstermen caught, banded, and transported so that people in the area could have a good Christmas Eve dinner. During an unprecedented Christmas season, with...
Sock pile grows to dwarf store’s owner as annual drive wraps up
Belfast’s Colburn Shoe Store amasses thousands of socks for those in need
Fri, 12/18/2020 - 7:30pm

BELFAST — As Christmas draws closer, shoppers searching for last-minute holiday treats and treasures will see a curious sight in the window of Belfast’s Colburn Shoe Store, on Main Street. While one window is decorated in typical holiday fashion, the other is filled with thousands of socks. Roughly 4,000 pairs have made a pile so mighty the store’s owner, Colby Horne, is dwarfed by them. Colburn’s, the oldest shoe store in America whose doors opened in 1832, was approached by United Way to...
The 4K Facebook group is sponsoring 85 families for Christmas and needs your help
‘Wine Fairies of Maine’ are anonymous altruists who help any family in need
Thu, 11/26/2020 - 10:30am

THOMASTON—Back in March, 29-year-old Carly Laughery, of Thomaston, had her hands full with three kids and a job at Staples. With so many people around her losing jobs, childcare, and their financial security due to the COVID-19 virus, Laughery looked at ways she could possibly help. She heard about a mysterious nationwide group called “Wine Fairies,” people who band together to anonymously drop a bag or basket of wine, food, or other special gifts on the doorstep of someone having a rough time...
Where It’s At
Gardens Aglow: A magical ride into fantasy
Fri, 11/20/2020 - 3:15pm

I didn’t want to leave. I wanted to keep driving around through the dazzling light show at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens this time of year. Gardens Aglow has been taking the breath away from visitors for six years now, but unlike the first five it’s not a walking tour. This year in particular we’re all in need of a beautiful distraction. Our eyes, mind, and spirit are hungry for respite from the year’s unending stress and anxiety, and Gardens Aglow is just the ticket. When you begin the drive...
Singles Over 55 Social
Tue, 09/15/2020 - 3:15pm
ROCKLAND — A ‘Singles Over 55 Social’ will be held Sunday, Sept. 20, at 1 p.m., outside, at the Snow Marine Park in Rockland. Wear a mask; bring a chair and something to eat. RSVP to 542-9014 by Saturday afternoon.
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Baked bean supper at Rockport Masonic Center
Mon, 09/14/2020 - 2:00pm

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Masonic Center will be holding a baked bean supper on Sept. 26 from 5-6:00 p.m. An individual meal will include baked beans, coleslaw, hot dog, biscuit, bottle of water, dessert, and packaged utensils. Dinners will be packaged in to go containers. Donations will be accepted for the meal. Contributions will support lodge and community programs, the Neal Peabody Masonic Scholarship, and Masonic grave flags. Please call ahead to order at 691-2270 beginning on Sept. 14...
encouraging participants to wear festive clothes topped with summer hats
Take an evening stroll, July 30, during ‘Walk Around Wiscasset’
Wed, 07/29/2020 - 3:30pm

WISCASSET — Hats On! is the theme of the summer’s first Walk Around Wiscasset on Thursday, July 30, from 5 - 6:30 p.m. A replacement for Wiscasset Art Walk, this strolling event gives friends, neighbors, and visitors, a chance to socialize safely while still enjoying the sights and sounds of the Village setting. Loosely modeled on the Italian custom of la passeggiata, which is an early evening stroll in town and village centers, most often in fancy dress, Walk Around Wiscasset is encouraging...
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Richard Eichacker receives Lifetime Achievement Award at Lincoln Home
Wed, 07/29/2020 - 3:00pm

Maine Health Care Association honored Richard Eichacker, a Lincoln Home resident, with the Remember Me Lifetime Achievement Award. Richard, or Dick, as he prefers, was born December 22, 1931 in Hartford, Connecticut. After high school, Eichacker attended the College of General Studies at Boston University. He joined the Air Force where he served from 1953-56. He then return to complete his engineering degree and went to work at Pratt & Whitney for 28 years. Married in 1955, Eichacker and...
WW&F Railway season to open with music, more
Tue, 07/28/2020 - 11:00am

On Friday, Aug. 7 Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum, 97 Cross Road, Alna will reopen to the public for the 2020 season with a special excursion at 5 p.m. to Milepost 8, at the foot of the new Trout Brook Bridge, over the Railway’s newly constructed Mountain Extension. Saturday, Aug. 8 will be the annual picnic, with picnic lunches, train rides at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m., a farm stand run by SeaLyon Farm and antique auto rides from Sheepscot Station. Another excursion to...