Stretch writing muscles and banish the winter blues with writers’ workshops at the Merry Barn in Edgecomb. Kat Cassidy offers workshops for kids and teens, and Diana Mullins facilitates a six-session series for adults.

The Edgecomb Historical Society will launch the town’s 250th birthday with a talk by local historian Chip Griffin on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024 at the Merry Barn.

What began in 2007 as a way to involve the Boothbay community in a bit of gingerbread house building fun has grown into a three day exhibit of enormously creative confectionery constructions being designed by novice and professional bakers from up and down the coast of Maine.

Members of the Edgecomb 250th Planning Committee are excited to announce a year-long celebration with special events and activities to honor Edgecomb’s 250th birthday throughout 2024.

Toys for Tots will host a toy drive with the Damariscotta Police Department from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9. The toy drive will take place at the Renys Underground, out front on Main Street.

On Friday, Dec. 8 from 3-4 p.m., Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust will host a family program at Coastal Rivers Salt Bay Farm with a focus on owls of Maine.

Chats with Champions is proud to present local author, Kay Tobler Liss, at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7, in the Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Library. This chat serves as the launch of Liss’ new novel, “Coming Home.”

Spark the holiday spirit with a visit to Historic New England’s 1807 Nickels-Sortwell House Friday through Sunday, December 1-3. Between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. take a self-paced tour through rooms decorated with gorgeous greens and holiday decorations inspired by the history of the house from the early 19th- mid-20th centuries.