Join Megan Pinette, Belfast Cemetery Trustee and historical society president, on a tour of Belfast’s Grove Cemetery on Saturday, Oct. 18. The tour starts at 1 p.m., in the old section, off Main Street. 

This tour offers a glimpse of Belfast’s earliest residents and influential men and women of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Meet at the entrance by the two angel monuments.

There is a suggested donation of $10 in support of the Chapel Fund.

Parking is available within the cemetery.

There is no rain date.

Rockland Public Library’s Children’s Halloween Party, aka Halloween Hootenanny, will be held Thursday, Oct. 23, from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., in the library's Community Room. Join Miss Katie for silly Halloween stories, six MONSTER-ous crafts, and more.

Costumes are encouraged. (You know Miss Katie will be wearing one.)

The Rockland Public Library is located at 80 Union St.

Belfast Free Library hosts Jon Godbout from Capital Area New Mainers Project and Aaron Rosenblum for ACLU of Maine as they present information about current immigrant dangers, resources and rights in Maine. 

This event takes place Monday, Oct. 20, from 6:30 - 8 p.m., at Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast.  

The public is invited to the next meeting of the Hope Historical Society, which will be held Tuesday, October 21, starting at 6 p.m., at the Hope Fire Station, Hope Corner. This is the Pot Luck and Annual Meeting, which includes election of officers. Please take your own place settings and favorite food items to share. Drinks will be furnished. 

Families are invited to dress up and join Youth Librarian Stephanie Curcione in Memorial Park (across from the Rockport Public Library) for a Halloween parade, Oct. 29, at 4 p.m., through Rockport Village.

Costumed guest shelter pups, from P.A.W.S. Adoption Center, will be joining the festivities, walking along in the parade.

After, there will be cider, chocolate milk, and treats made by Laugh loud Smile big.

Curcione will be reading a spooky story, or two, while families are enjoying their treats.

The Craignair Gallery invites the public to the Opening Reception of an exhibition of fine art entitled “Turn, Turn, Turn” by local photographer Lisa Mossel on Wednesday, October 15, from 4 to 6 p.m. Live piano music by Beverly Pacheco and complimentary wine, beer, and hors d’oeuvres will enliven the evening.

Riley School will hold its second annual Fall Festival & Makers Market on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., at its campus, 73 Warrenton Street, Rockport. 

"Come out and enjoy face painting, bouncy house fun, visits with our goats, and lots of creative local vendors," said Riley School.

Child entrepreneurs can reserve a spot at no charge.

Maine-based Rigometrics will bring their dynamic, high-energy sound to the Strand stage on Wednesday, Nov. 26, at 7:30 p.m., with their annual “Rigsgiving” show. Local trio Bait Bag will open the concert. 

The Speaker Series by Mussel Ridge Historical Society will hear The Shot Heard Round the World: The Battles of Lexington and Concord, Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 6 p.m., at Owls Head Community Building (downstairs), 224 Ash Point Dr., Owls Head.

The talk is presented by Jayne Gordon, Public Historian, and is free and open to the public.

Dessert and cider afterward.

A new bronze memorial sculpture, “Best Friend,” designed by local Belfast sculptor, Gary Cooper, will be revealed at a dedication ceremony Wednesday, Oct. 15, from 4 - 4:30 p.m. The event will take place just outside of the Belfast Dog Park, located at the Walsh Field Recreation Area, 128 Lincolnville Road (Route 52).

"This event isn’t just for the people, but for the dogs too," said the City of Belfast Parks and Recreation Dept., in a news release.

The Owls Head Transportation Museum invites families to step back in time—and into a little Halloween magic—at Night at the Museum: Living History on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 5 - 7 p.m. This free family event combines costumes, creativity, and history for an evening of spooky fun for all ages.

The Cushing Public Library and the Camden Conference present The Shared World: Poems for a New Middle East, with host Ellen Goldsmith, on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m., at the Cushing Public Library. 

During the month of October, Camden Public Library is hosting a historical photo exhibit in the Picker Room titled, "Knox County Camera Club Revisited: Historical Photos by John Felton." The photo exhibit will run from October 1 through the 31st with an opening reception Saturday, Oct. 25, from 2 - 4 p.m.  

Rockland Public Library is celebrating Halloween all month long with two spooky screenings in October.

First up is 1959's House on Haunted Hill, starring Vincent Price as a millionaire who invites five strangers to his home with a challenge: whoever stays in a locked, allegedly haunted house for one full night will earn $10,000. The guests find, to their horror, that this challenge is even more terrifying than it seems....

Sunday, Oct. 19, at 4 p.m., Bay Chamber Music School faculty will share their musical gifts for free. The concert will take place in Hammer Hall, 5 Mountain Street, in Camden. 

A total of 16 faculty members will perform. They range from vocalists to pianists to strings players and more. It will be an afternoon of Rachmaninoff and Debussy. 

On Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 6 p.m., at the Belfast Free Library, the Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County will show a recent interview with Leonard Peltier, Native American activist recently released to his home after almost half a century behind bars, speaking on his continued commitment to Indigenous rights, his time as a political prisoner, and coming home.

"Come share his inspiring message and teaching, and learn about Penobscot leadership for Environmental Justice here in Maine," said  Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County.

Perhaps Belfast’s Ghosts Are In Its Gardens? Though it abounds with history, one thing Belfast seems to lack—unlike many small Maine towns—is a good, hair-raising ghost story, the kind of legendary sighting passed down through generations. At midnight, white-gowned specters choose to waft elsewhere, not on the Harbor Walk. Apparitions apparently eschew the upper windows of the Opera House on moonlit nights. Grove Cemetery is a sea of remarkable calm in the mists billowing in off the bay.

BELFAST — Join the Belfast Free Library and the Wawenoc Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 2 p.m., in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library, for a presentation by Rick Davis called “More aMazing Munyons.” 

Watts Hall Community Arts is bringing voices together for the third year in a row as it hosts Maine’s only World Singing Day event on Saturday, Oct. 18, at 11 a.m. The gathering will take place on the stage behind the Thomaston Municipal Building, 13 Valley Street.