The new White Owl restaurant at Wawenock Golf Club in Walpole is on a mission to bring a “rustic Italian revival to the Midcoast.”

Every summer, the Creamery Pier on Route 1 in Wiscasset offers strolling locals and visitors an outdoor mall of sorts with a breeze and an up-close view of the Sheepscot River. This summer the pier introduces two new apparel shops – Maine Life and Lobstaholic.

The Water Street Kitchen and Bar, a new restaurant with a focus on Mediterranean flavors, opened in the former location of Le Garage in Wiscasset on Thursday, June 27.

A food wagon is now open at Delano Seafood in Waldoboro, serving crab and lobster rolls in addition to fried seafood, burgers and hot dogs, and ice cream to locals and tourists traversing Route 1.

The Waldoboro Public Library will open a new secondhand bookshop at 25 Friendship St. in early July.

Mammy’s Bakery, formerly of Damariscotta, has reopened in Wiscasset village. At the new location, Mammy’s offers everything from its Damariscotta menu, plus more traditional Italian entrees.

Founded by a mother-daughter duo with their husbands in May 1998, Moody’s Gifts in Waldoboro is celebrating more than 20 years as a family business.

The Damariscotta River Grill has officially changed hands, but new owners Tim Beal and Tamara Dica say nothing will change and patrons can expect the same restaurant and the same “grown-up comfort food” they have come to know so well.