Inn Along the Way at Chapman Farm in Damariscotta will present an afternoon of music, song and spoken word from 1:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31. This event is a by-donation fundraiser, supporting the mission and community programs of the Inn Along the Way, a collaborative community for older adults and caregivers. Local performer sign-up begins […]
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Mainebiz to host annual Health Care Forum in Freeport
Mainebiz will host its annual Health Care Forum from 7:30-10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 4, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport. Moderated by Kim Anania, president and CEO at KMA Human Resources Consulting, this year’s forum centers on “Workplace Safety, Wellness, and Mental Health: The Business Role in Supporting Employee Well-Being.” As organizations across Maine […]
Midcoast nonprofits receive John T. Gorman Foundation grants
The John T. Gorman Foundation has awarded 77 grants totaling $1.2 million to support nonprofits providing food, shelter and other essential services to Mainers in need. Distributed through the Foundation’s 2025 Direct Services Grant Program, the funding will reach all 16 counties in the state. Several Midcoast organization will benefit from the grants, including Coastal […]
‘Becoming Seagrass’ performance brings vital underwater plants into focus
An educational performance on the importance of seagrass was held at Meetinghouse Arts last week. The production combined science, history and storytelling through the lenses of Indigenous and Western perspectives.
Phippsburg Land Trust to host guided walk to McKay Farm
Phippsburg Land Trust will host a guided walk to McKay Farm with Barry Logan, professor of biology at Bowdoin College, from 9-11:30 a.m. Sunday, June 1. Logan, along with land trust board members Michelle Holdridge and Dan Dowd, will lead this two-and-a-half-hour walk starting at the Cooley Center Pond parking lot (on Parker Head Road […]
Damariscotta’s River Arts opens 2025 Members’ Show this week
River Arts in Damariscotta is launching the summer season with the 2025 Members’ Show, featuring a lineup of 134 Maine artists. A vibrant and dynamic collection of original artwork fills the gallery in this salon-style exhibition. An opening reception is from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, May 31, offering visitors the opportunity to meet many of the […]
Rockland Public Library to host discussion on transgender poets
The Rockland Public Library and Millay House Rockland will host “Conversations of the Century with the Trans Poetics Archive” at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 5, in the Community Room at Rockland Public Library. This event is free and open to all. In a heart-to-heart with Edna St. Vincent Millay and her suffrage poem, “I, being […]
Bowdoin College, Brunswick to unveil redesigned playground
Next week’s grand opening will unveil the new Longfellow Playground, designed for increased safety and accessibility.
Phippsburg got its name from a Maine knight who ended the Salem Witch Trials
One of the great legends in New England history rose from modest beginnings on Maine’s Midcoast. He became the first man knighted in the North American Colonies, the first royal governor of Massachusetts and he ended the most notorious mass hysteria in American history. William Green Phips was born at Nequasset in present-day Woolwich on […]
Brunswick’s Little Sparrows Clothing Closet to provide free clothing
“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.” (Matthew 10:30) “But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you?” (Matthew 6:30) The […]