Healthy Lincoln County is proud to present 716 Candles, a transformative series of events commemorating International Overdose Awareness Day. Taking place throughout late August, this community-driven project aims to shed light on the human cost of substance misuse and the opioid epidemic while fostering healing, unity, and understanding within the Lincoln County community.

The year is 1632. The scene is Pemaquid, the capital of the prosperous fur trade in Maine. Lurking off the peninsula with three ships is a brazen marauder who will soon become known as “the dread pirate.” Find out what happens next when Maine native and award-winning author Jim Nelson presents “The Pirate Dixie Bull” on Sunday, Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. at The Congregational Church in Bristol. His talk will be the final installment of the Old Bristol Historical Society’s summer speaker series.

On Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4 from 5-7 p.m. at Lakehurst Lodge in Damariscotta, the Bands for Books fundraiser for the Wiscasset Public Library will again feature its silent auction.

Throughout the second weekend in August, visitors can attend the Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway Museum’s annual picnic, which it has hosted since 1992 to showcase what the railway has to offer.

Sunday, Aug. 13 is the annual running of the duckies as the Old Bristol Historical Society hosts its Rubber Duckie Race at the mill at Pemaquid Falls. The yellow duckies will be racing down the mill roof from 3-4 p.m.

Join the Pumpkin Vine Family Farm herd for a fresh take on an old tradition: the crowning of the Dairy Queen on Sunday, Aug. 13 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. In some places, she’s a human, but at the farm the goats steal the show.

Each year on the second Saturday of August, the delicious smell of barbecued chicken fills the air in North Nobleboro, accompanied by great music, and family and friends from the community and beyond.

This year, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will present the thirteenth annual Ina and Lewis Heafitz Endowed Lecture Series, from 4-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31.

Come one, come all to become a history detective and experience archaeology first hand at the Colonial Pemaquid Historic Site. Drop in between 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5.

The Old Bristol Historical Society will be hosting an open house and ice cream social from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, July 30 at the Bristol History Center at 2089 Bristol Road (Route 130). Visitors will be able to tour the new exhibits and enjoy ice cream treats.