The Rotary Club of Damariscotta-Newcastle is selling raffle tickets for a paddleboard, at $5 per ticket or five tickets for $20. Rotarians, who will be safely masked and physically distanced, will be in front of Sherman’s Maine Coast Bookshop in Damariscotta, on Fridays and Saturdays, July 24 and 25, July 31 and Aug. 1, and Aug. 7 and 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The winning ticket will be drawn on Saturday, Aug. 8, 1 p.m.
Feed Our Scholars Requests Support
Wiscasset Feed Our Scholars’ “Set for Success” program is on track to fulfill basic school supply obligations for Wiscasset Elementary School students. The program’s committee is working with school staff to determine what those basic needs will entail, and intends to provide those supplies whether school resumes in-person or virtually.
New Walking Path, Bremen
Sections of the Bremen Town Center property have been mowed down to indicate where a children’s play area will be built in 2021. The sections are currently walking paths that residents may visit and explore. The paths begin just off of the library parking lot. Plans are being made and will be announced in 2021 […]
Older Pemaquid Mill Photo Discovered
The Old Bristol Historical Society has obtained a photo of the old Mill at Pemaquid Falls which is approximately 14 years older than the earliest photo of the building previously held in the society’s collection, dating to 1896.
Library Offers Curbside Pickup
The Rutherford Library in South Bristol is offering curbside pickup starting Wednesday, July 22. Requests may be made by calling 644-1882 or by emailing sblibrary2000@gmail.com.
Museum Closed for the Summer
Due to COVID-19, the Newcastle Historical Society Museum, which is housed in the Taniscot building, will not open this summer.
Summer Reading Program Changes
The Bristol Area Library summer reading program will happen a little differently this year. Readers are asked to email libra@msln.net or call 677-2115 to join. Students from pre-K through 8th grade are invited to join.
Polling Hours and Places
Primaries for legislative seats and a U.S. Senate race, as well as a statewide referendum, will take place Tuesday, July 14. The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at all mainland locations.
Fish Ladder Fundraising
Despite the annual spring alewife festival in Damariscotta Mills being canceled due to COVID-19, the festival committee is still raffling a locally designed and crafted queen-sized alewife festival quilt.
Midcoast Ecumenical Diaper Bank
Though the annual ecumenical diaper drive could not occur as is tradition, diapers were still donated by mail. Continued donations may be sent by mail to Ecumenical Diaper Bank, c/o Midcoast Friends Meeting, P.O. Box 714, Damariscotta, ME 04543. Check donations should be made out to Damariscotta Baptist Church with “diapers” on the memo line.
Lincolnhealth Offers Free CNA Class, Applications Due July 13
LincolnHealth is accepting applications for the summer-fall Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class until July 13. The ten-week training begins Aug. 11 and runs until Oct. 15. The class is offered at no cost to the student, and accepted students can apply to “to earn while they learn” through LincolnHealth’s apprenticeship program.
Maine Forest Service Temporarily Suspends Online Burning Brush Permits
Due to increased wildfire risk, fire occurrences, and staffing shortages, the Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry’s Maine Forest Service is temporarily halting issuing online open burning permits required for the outdoor burning of brush and wood debris.
Veggies to Table Expands Growth, Partnerships
Veggies to Table is excited to enter into its second season as a grow-to-donate farm in Newcastle. Despite challenging times, the Veggies to Table team is ready to serve their community by growing fresh organic produce to donate to those experiencing food insecurity. In its first season the farm donated more than 4,350 pounds of organic produce to community members in need. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, that need is even greater now, and the farm plans to double the amount of food donated this year.
Pemaquid Mill Volunteers Prepare Shingles
Eleven volunteers completed a variety of tasks at the first work session of the season at the Old Bristol Historical Society’s restoration project on the mill at Pemaquid Falls on Friday and Saturday mornings.
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