With only a few months left in 2019, Lincoln County Publishing Co. is already working on its summer publications for next summer, including Lincoln County Magazine and the lobster and lighthouse guidebooks.

Tuesday, Oct. 15 will be the last day of the 2019 season for the Round Top Ice Cream stand in Damariscotta. In keeping with custom, the entire proceeds of the day will be given to local charities. This year, the Community Housing Improvement Project and Stepping Stone Housing will benefit.

Cheney Insurance and the American Red Cross will host a blood drive Tuesday, Oct. 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Red Cross Mobile unit will be on site at Cheney Insurance, 277 Main St., Damariscotta.

The Maine Gleaning Network, a coalition of groups across the state of Maine working with local farms to collect surplus produce and distribute it to people experiencing food insecurity, announces Maine Gleaning Week, Oct. 9-16. This year, Maine Gleaning Week events will focus on community building and celebrating the vital role of volunteers in this effort. 

Several Newcastle Historical Society members as well local residents gave up their time on Sunday, Sept. 15 to help work on cemetery restoration at a historic burying ground on River Road.

Four members of the Maine House of Representatives met with Public Utilities Chairman Phil Bartlett on Monday, Sept. 23 to demand that Central Maine Power be held fully accountable for the billing and metering errors that have cost individual customers thousands of dollars in overcharges since the utility rolled out its error-prone “smart” system in late 2017.

Although the weather may not act like it sometimes, the holiday season is right around the corner, and preparations are already underway for the 2019 Villages of Light celebration in Damariscotta and Newcastle.

Currently celebrating its 40th anniversary, The Carpenter’s Boat Shop in Pemaquid (Bristol) welcomed its 2019-2020 class of 10 apprentices on Sept. 8 as they began their 9-month stay.