Despite the blistering cold Wednesday, Dec. 6, Lincoln Academy students Gwen Weaver, Julia Dietrich, Leah Geminheart, and Clover Dixon gathered outside Main Street Grocery in Damariscotta.

At the Center for Teaching and Learning, students welcomed winter’s first snow by snapping on a pair of skis and hitting the slopes.

On Tuesday, Nov. 28 the Waldoboro Lions Club hosted a luncheon at Reunion Station in Damariscotta in honor of Jeanette Achorn, retired teacher from Waldoboro.

Students and faculty at Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb enjoyed a special author visit with Peter Brown, a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator, on Monday, Dec. 4.

All are invited to join the Waldoborough Historical Society to celebrate Christmas as a community from noon to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3. A special exhibit of vintage Christmas cards and other Christmas artifacts will be on display.

One hundred guests turned out for a meal of turkey and all the fixings at Nobleboro Central School on Nov. 17, celebrating the return of the school’s traditional Thanksgiving feast.

For the next few weeks, the Damariscotta-Newcastle Rotary Club and Damariscotta Lions Club will be manning their holiday kettles in front of Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop, at 158 Main St., and Main Street Grocery store at 1 Coastal Market Drive.

Nobleboro Central School has a longstanding tradition known as “buddies,” where students from the middle school wing partner with students from grades K-2 on a weekly basis.

The Lincoln County News will publish a day early the week of Thanksgiving.

The deadline for letters to the editor and press releases will be 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17 for the Thanksgiving edition. The deadline for ads is noon on Nov. 17.