Through the generosity of donors and the efforts of volunteers, the Ecumenical Food Pantry in Newcastle is able to coordinate the preparation of Thanksgiving food baskets to allow local families in need to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

The Damariscotta Region’s Chamber of Commerce annual “shred event,” scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 31 has been canceled, because the shred company has decided to cancel all remaining 2020 events.

The Bremen Union Church is pleased to announce that it has called the Rev. Rick Newell, of Newcastle, as its new pastor.

Although the event will look a little different this year, the Villages of Light Committee still plans to bring some cheer to Damariscotta and Newcastle this holiday season.

Visitors to Whaleback Shell Midden State Historic Site in Damariscotta may notice apple trees starting to reemerge from a stranglehold of invasive vines. Thanks to a crew of Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust volunteers, several pickup truck loads of vines were cut and removed in preparation for mowing between the trees.

In the fall of 2019, when trustees, staff, and volunteers at Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service launched a capital campaign to fund two new ambulances to replace aging and increasingly unreliable vehicles, they couldn’t have predicted that the fundraising effort would be suspended six months later due to the demands of COVID-19 preparation and staff training.

Maine is sixth in the nation in domestic violence murders. Over 50% of Maine’s murders are domestic abuse-related.

The Saltwater Artists Gallery is having a silent auction to raise money to help the Seagull Shop in Pemaquid, which had a devastating fire recently destroy the shop and restaurant. The contributing artists, Scott White, Lynn Thompson, Cindy Smith, Dave Higgins, Janet Lockhart, Cathie Peterson, and Judine French, are donating the entire proceeds of the auction to the Seagull Shop.

The Halloween Trunk-or-Treat event in Damariscotta has been canceled, Damariscotta Police Chief Jason Warlick announced.