Heartwood Regional Theater Co.’s upcoming production of “Hamlet” has all the ingredients found in great entertainment: ghosts, swordplay, romance, betrayal, madness, and revenge. It also has philosophy, poetry, and the catharsis of tragedy.

“I actually know everybody in here right now,” Sherre Faulkingham said of the packed house at her new restaurant, Sherre’s Kitchen, in Wiscasset. “They’re all customers I’ve waited on for years.”

After spending the last year establishing her popular breakfast and lunch spot on Route 1, Jodie Roquemore, owner of Jodie’s Cafe and Bakery in Wiscasset, is leveling up. On June 27 she purchased Sarah’s Cafe, one of the town’s most well-loved and longtime businesses, and will shift her focus from breakfast to dinner.

Granite Hall has been a beloved fixture in Round Pond for 150 years, and the Herndon family has been the driving force behind the counter for the last 40. 

Eating a whaleboat calzone stuffed with lemon haddock, cheese, fresh spinach, and tomato while enjoying a breeze off the Sheepscot River and watching the lines of people queuing up at Red’s Eats and the lines of traffic heading north over the Davey Bridge is a unique pleasure that will be missed when Sarah’s Cafe closes its doors for the last time on Friday, June 23.

“You’ve spent  your whole life longing for the day you grow up and take life by its horns,” said Medomak Valley High School class of 2023 salutatorian Quinn Overlock, “until you actually get there.”

The Adam Ezra Group has played a number of shows and house concerts in the Midcoast, but to founder and lead singer Adam Ezra, the most memorable performances were those at Lincoln Theater benefitting the restoration of the Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder.