With severe weather disasters striking with more frequency, communities fare better when local residents are prepared. Citizens can help Rockport and Camden be ready by joining a free American Red Cross “Shelter Fundamentals” training, Friday, September 25, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Penobscot Bay YMCA, 116 Union Street in Rockport.

SOUTH THOMASTON — Join Georges River Land Trust and Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District to learn about the diverse native plant species occupying Maine’s shorelines. Riverview Hayfields Preserve offers both saline and freshwater wetland habitats for exploring a variety of native plant species, how to identify them, and the unique ecological roles they play in our environment, according to GRLT, in a news release. 

As autumn arrives in the Midcoast, the Camden Snow Bowl invites visitors and locals to experience the beautiful fall foliage from a different perspective—high above Ragged Mountain.

The Snow Bowl’s annual Fall Chairlift Rides return on Sundays in October, offering scenic rides to the summit of Ragged Mountain and sweeping views of Camden Harbor, Penobscot Bay and the surrounding fall landscape. 

In August, on a pleasant midsummer day, Photographer Lee Emmons chronicled the natural beauty of Sears Island, in Searsport.

ROCKPORT — "Come fly a kite" as Coastal Mountains Land Trust hosts Kites & Ice Cream, Saturday, Sept. 26, from 1:30 - 4 p.m., at Beech Hill Preserve in Rockport. This afternoon event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required.

Free kites will be provided for registered children, along with a coupon for a complimentary ice cream cone from Sugar Plum’s ice cream trailer; ice cream will also be available for sale for adults, according to CMLT, in a news release. 

SOUTH THOMASTON — Join Georges River Land Trust for a morning on the trails of Weskeag Headlands Preserve constructing homes for fairies out of natural materials. This event will take place Saturday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. 

ROCKPORT — Penobscot Bay YMCA Community Health Partnerships will launch a free, 12-week “Cooking for Health & Longevity” series at the Penobscot Bay YMCA’s Rockport branch on Union Street beginning Wednesday, October 7.

SEARSMONT — Georges River Land Trust (GRLT) invites you for coffee and pastries at Gibson Preserve in Searsmont every Wednesday morning in October, from 8 - 10 a.m.

These informal gatherings will take place at the land trust’s cabin at the preserve. Community members are invited to start their day with coffee, breakfast treats, and a tour of the property and building which has been used over the past year as an educational site and office for the land trust.

Celebrate community nursing at the Rockland District Nursing Association (RDNA) Basket Social on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., in the Eliza Steele Memorial Garden, at MacDougal Park, on Broadway, in Rockland.

THOMASTON — Join Georges River Land Trust and the Maine Forest Service, Thursday, Oct. 1, from 3 - 5 p.m., at the Rockland Bog Preserve in Thomaston, for a woodland walk looking admiring the changing fall forest, identifying plants and signs of animal activity, practicing mindfulness.

"This walk is a great way to explore the trails of the Rockland Bog, the largest peatland bog complex in the Midcoast!" said Georges River Land Trust, in a news release.

Rosie Batty will talk about turning unimaginable grief into rallying a country to change its perception and laws around domestic abuse in the online Finding Our Voices Book Club on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 2 p.m.

When Batty's 11-year-old son Luke tragically lost his life at the hands of his father at a public youth sporting match in 2014, Rosie Batty was catapulted into the media spotlight. 

The First Universalist Church in Rockland and the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship are offering sexuality education for children in grades K-1 at two locations over eight Tuesdays, starting October 6, from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. There is a required parent and child orientation on Saturday, October 3, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.  

CAMDEN — War Memorial Post 30 American Legion will host a special ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The memorial service will take place on Friday, September 11, 2026, at 2 p.m. It will be held at the Legion Hall, 91 Pearl Street in Camden.

The event features speakers from local public safety agencies and veterans' leadership, including representatives from the Camden Fire Department, the Camden Police Department, and the American Legion.

Wiggle and Rhyme is an early literacy program for children from birth to age two which offers a chance to enjoy songs, rhymes, scarves, parachute play, bubbles, toys and connections!