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Pumpkinfest 2018 T-Shirt Artist Competition to Offer $500 Prize

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April is here and it is time to welcome everyone to the annual T-shirt design contest for the 2018 Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta. This year marks the 12th anniversary for the annual festival to celebrate the pumpkin. Sincere thanks and appreciation to all of the artists who participated in the 2017 T-shirt design contest and pumpkin street art.

New Group Focused on Earth Day, Plastics Cleanups

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Anyone planning a litter cleanup on Earth Day, April 22 is invited to share the fruits of their labor with a new Lincoln County group of volunteers trying to get single-use plastics – “S.U.P.” — out of the streams, estuaries, rivers, lakes, fields, and roadsides. A new volunteer group called kNOw S.U.P., which aims to drastically reduce people’s reliance on single-use plastics, is requesting all organizations planning beach cleanups this April to make a list of the five most common plastic items they find. Will it be bottles, straws, or the single-use plastic bag?

Pirate Rendezvous with Expanded Emphasis Coming June 23

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A much-anticipated event in Damariscotta will have a new name and many new additions. Formerly the Damariscotta Pirate Rendezvous, the event has expanded into a new title and mission: Pirate Rendezvous and Seafarers Celebration, set for Saturday, June 23 in Damariscotta. 

Whitefield to Sort No. 1 Plastics

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Residents of Whitefield are being asked to do their part to keep plastics from being dumped into the landfill due to changes in national importing policies. Last spring, China announced it would no longer import 24 types of paper and plastics that previously had been recycled.

New Community Health Series on LCTV

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Healthy Lincoln County has partnered with Lincoln County Television to film a new monthly Community Health series. The first show will air in April, and is focused on underage drinking, in observance of Alcohol Awareness Month.

YMCAs Offer Teen Leadership Opportunities

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The Central Lincoln County YMCA and the Boothbay Region YMCA are offering teen leadership opportunities this summer for youth ages 13-15.

Seedling Saturday Sales to Start Up in Late April

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Despite the snow on the ground, spring has arrived, and the garden seedlings in the greenhouses of Morning Dew Farm’s Seedling & Supply, at 49 Center St. in Damariscotta, are loving the longer daylight hours.

Help Yourself Shelf Updates

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St. Philip’s Episcopal Church’s Help Yourself Shelf food pantry, located at 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset, is announcing that the pantry will not be held on its usual Thursday day and time during the last week of March, but on Tuesday, March 27 instead. The pantry time will be the same, with sign-in prior to 5 p.m. and selection time beginning at 5 p.m.

Fundraisers for Philip Peabody after Storm-Related Accident

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Three weeks ago, after a stormy night, Philip Peabody, of Jefferson, was critically injured when he rolled his truck several times. He managed to climb out of his truck and up an embankment to get to the road, where he was found by a passerby. That person called the accident in and, in doing so, saved Peabody’s life. Peabody has a long road ahead of him, though, to overcome the brain trauma this accident caused.

Lincoln County News Seeks Summer Intern

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The Lincoln County News is seeking a news intern for the late spring and summer of 2018. The ideal candidate will be a college junior or senior in a journalism or related program, but other applicants will be considered.


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