Herring Gut Coastal Science Center (HGCSC) invites community members, supporters, neighbors, and visitors to join anIce Cream Social and Ribbon Cutting Celebration on July 1, from 4 - 6 p.m., at the Herring Gut Coastal Science Center, 59 Factory Road, Port Clyde.

The public is invited to an event that celebrates the art created by the participants of "Creating Community: Mediations in Art" and the sense of community they built together. The event will take place Thursday, June 25, from 1:30 - 3 p.m., at the PenBay YMCA.

4th Annual Waldoboro Pride helps close out Pride Month with some allied festivities on June 28.

-Broad Bay Congregational United Church of Christ will host a free community meal from 1-3 p.m. All are welcome. This is a classic potluck-type meal with sandwiches, crockpot meals, salads, desserts, and drinks. It is also a chance to sample food from Day Boat Café.

Chewonki visits the Belfast Free Library with an interactive traveling display of tide pools on Monday, June 29, from 11 a.m. - noon.  Participants will dip their hands into the three zones of Maine’s rocky intertidal ecosystem and touch some of the ocean’s most magnificent species.

Belfast Free Library begins its Summer Reading program by inviting families to visit on Friday, June 26, from 10 -11 a.m., and experience Mr. Drew’s presentation of animals and animal science. 

Meet more than a dozen exotic reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates in this hands on presentation. 

Patrisha McLean will lead Rose Day at Merryspring Nature Center on Saturday, June 27, at 9 a.m. 

"McLean is a rosarian who learned from the best: Glenn Jenks and Faith Getchell," said Merryspring, in a news release.

She created bountiful rose gardens featuring hundreds of hardy heirloom and David Austin varieties in her former dwelling of a hilltop estate in Camden, and now enjoys a smaller-scale version in her cozy home on the harbor.

The Owls Head Transportation Museum will host its inaugural First Responders Weekend on June 27-28, 2026, bringing together emergency service organizations, historic apparatus, modern response equipment, educational exhibits, and family activities to celebrate the individuals who help keep Maine communities safe.

Activities will take place throughout the museum grounds from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., both days, and are included with regular museum admission. Active First Responders and museum members will receive free admission to the event with a valid ID. 

The Friends of the Belfast Free Library is sponsoring a giant book sale and free informal appraisal clinic, Saturday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, in Belfast.

Bruce Makin, a rare book auction professional will discuss the significance and possible value of your rare and collectible books.

"Any informal appraisal is an opinion only, not suitable for insurance or estate purposes," said a Friends of the library news release.

Dick Vermeulen will lead a "Walk to the Beehives" on Tuesday, June 16, at 12 p.m., at Merryspring Nature Center.

"We will have two hives populated with new bees by June 16 when we will go out to the apiary and compare the size of the colonies," said Merryspring, in a news release. "One will be a from a package of bees installed May 8 from Spicer’s Bees, and the other will be a nuc purchased from Sparky’s Apiary which will be installed in early June."

Join Georges River Land Trust and the Maine Forest Service for a woodland walk looking for signs of summer and practicing mindfulness on Monday, June 22, from 4:30 - 6 p.m., at the Langlais Art Preserve in Cushing. The former homestead of artist Bernard Langlais, the Langlais Art Preserve is home to several outdoor sculptures and newly constructed woodland trails spanning over 2 miles. 

A benefit dinner for Katherine Paige and Wayne Woodbury will be held June 28, from 2 - 6 p.m., at the Belmont Town Office.

During the weekend of May 29 thru the 31st, sixty-three Maine Veterans visited Washington, D.C. on their Honor Flight. Most of the Veterans were also accompanied by their guardians, who are generally a relative or close friend.

The Veterans arrived in Baltimore on Friday afternoon after departing from Bangor International Airport. The group then filled three tour busses, visited Fort McHenry, and participated in a flag changing ceremony at 4 p.m.

The Friendship Garden Club Plant Sale will be held in conjunction with the annual opening of the Friendship Schoolhouse Museum, 1 Martin Point Road, Friendship, Maine, on Saturday, June 27, from 1 - 4 pm, on the Schoolhouse Museum grounds. Rain or Shine.

Perennials, vegetables, garden-themed cards and books, White Elephant table. 

Contact Patience Sampson, Friendship Garden Club president, at 857-363-0029 with related questions.

BELFAST and ROCKPORT — MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals welcome Alexander P. Cole, MD, to their Urology Belfast and Rockport practices. 

Dr. Cole comes to Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals after spending more than four years as associate surgeon in the Department of Urology at Mass General Brigham in Boston and as assistant professor of surgery in Urology at Harvard Medical School.

The St. George Historical Society presents Country Tea and Tours, Saturday, June 13, 2026, from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., at the Andrew Robinson Homestead, 945 River Road, St. George.

Tea and treats served throughout the day Harpist Alexander Bigney will be on site providing live music. Homestead and barn open for tours.

Free admission. Donations appreciated.

The Andrew Robinson Homestead is owned by the St. George Historical Society and maintained entirely by volunteers, according to a news release.