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Life

(Photo courtesy Brae Maple Farm)
Brae Maple Farm hosts Open Farm Day celebration, July 27
(Photo by Rachel Alexandrou)
Plant walk, wild food tasting with Georges River Land Trust and Giantdaughter

Two future Rotarians are all smiles as they help unload this year’s donation of 90 backpacks from L.L. Bean. (Photo courtesy West Bay Rotary)
West Bay Rotary’s Backpack Program helps local students

James Duffey, MD. (Photo courtesy Northern Light Orthopedics)
Northern Light Orthopedics welcomes new surgeon to Ellsworth
Lynn Rutter practices Chair Yoga at Rockport Public Library. (Photo courtesy Rockport Public Library)
Chair Yoga for Adults at Rockport library, July 30

Local Resources

  • Church Services: Boothbay, Wiscasset and Damariscotta
  • Domestic Violence Resources
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Education

  • Lincolnville Select Board to attend special meeting convened by School Committee
  • UMaine summer program teaches high schoolers how to be leaders
  • Beachcombers’ Discovery Center at Pemaquid Beach open for summer season
  • Students invited to join the Marine Learning Project, sail on Harvey Gamage
  • UMaine Extension’s Tick Lab releases research showing elevated activity in Midcoast counties
  • Three scholarships given to 2025 CHRHS grads from Camden High School Alumni Association
  • Medomak Middle School 2024-25 Q4 Honor Roll
  • Knox County Girl Scouts deliver cookies to local food pantries
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Health and Wellness

  • MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital recognized for commitment to providing high-quality AFib care
  • A 1950s medical model grows in Maine
  • More than 183 attend grand opening of Access Center in Augusta
  • A trip with Honor Flight Maine is an honor indeed: Meet Danny L. Swindler
  • Maine Recovery Access Project to celebrate grand opening of Access Center in Augusta, July 9
  • MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals announce July 4 hours
  • MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital advances surgical care with robotic-assisted surgery
  • Cape Elizabeth library to hold Finding Our Voices event in July
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Home and Garden

  • Repair Cafe to hold session July 19
  • Dogs, sun, familiar faces at 2025 Thomaston Fourth of July Parade
  • Rockland offers public composting option in partnership with ScrapDogs
  • Friends of Rockland Public Library seeks local gardeners to donate to June 14 sale
  • 'Save the Dam Falls Committee' to lead Jane's Walk event in Camden
  • UMaine Extension launches updated online community garden map
  • Pope Memorial Humane Society receives $75,000 matching gift
  • Backyard gardeners: What are you planning to grow this coming season?
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Social

  • BBH Opera House: Cécilia playing July 3
  • Pure Prairie League plays Boothbay Harbor July 6
  • BH Opera House: Celtic powerhouse Gaelic Storm June 14
  • BH Opera House: Alison Brown and Band
  • 63rd Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days on horizon
  • BBH Opera House: Italian guitarist Beppe Gambetta
  • John Doyle and Mick McAuley perform Irish Christmas concert
  • Free holiday events coming to the Boothbay Harbor Opera House
  • BBH Opera House: Eileen Ivers & Band
  • BH Opera House: Teada on stage Aug. 1
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9th Annual Washington Community Auction, July 26
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9th Annual Washington Community Auction will be held Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the Washington Fire Station, 42 Old Union Road. Preview and Silent Auction starts at 4 p.m. The Live Auction begins at 6 p.m. 

Louisa Crane helps landowners and organizations identify invasive plants and develop management plans
Merryspring talk focuses on 'Field Identification: Invasive Terrestrial Plants'
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Louisa Crane will lead an outdoor presentation on Field Identification: Invasive Terrestrial Plants on Tuesday, July 29, at 12 noon, at Merryspring Nature Center.

Mr. Drew and his Animals, Too, holds drop-in session at Appleton Library, July 27
(File photo by Sarah Thompson)

The Appleton Library in Appleton, will be hosting Mr. Drew and his Animals, Too on Sunday, July 27, at 2 p.m. This is a walk-thru event, so you may view Mr. Drew's collection of lizards, insects, and exotic animals any time between the hour of 2 and 3 p.m.

This is a free event and open to all. 

Ed Epping exhibition confronts incarceration through visceral art
"ISOLATE" by Ed Epping, made of 100,000 hand-embroidered stitches on a vintage canvas cot cover.

It’s a numbing number: 100,000. 

According to artist Ed Epping, that’s how many people are in solitary confinement in U.S. prisons on any given day — and it’s also the number of hand-sewn stitches he used to embroider the solitary figure in his piece Isolate. 

Open Garden Days looks at Moody-designed gardens, Aug. 2
(Photo by Charlotte Holmes)

Carol Harrell believes a man named Steve Moody is to thank for “the pretty views on Belfast’s city streets.” To prove her point, she and adjacent neighbor David Perry will open their Moody-designed gardens on Saturday, August 2, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., as part of the Belfast Garden Club’s Open Garden Days. Admission to both gardens – one at 11 Condon Street, the other at 30 Northport Avenue –costs $5. The event will be held rain or shine.

5K/1mile Road Races, parade, auction, food, and more
42nd Annual Friendship Day and Friendship Lobster Boat Races, July 18-20
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The 42nd Annual Friendship Day and Friendship Lobster Boat Races are taking place this weekend, July 18-20, in Friendship.

Friendship Day kicks off this Friday, July 18 with a Pie Contest at 5 p.m. (yes, spectators can get a slice of pie for a donation) followed by a full day of family fun events on Saturday, July 19.

Tina’s Daylilies hosts annual garden party fundraiser for Multiple Sclerosis
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JEFFERSON — Once again Tina’s Daylilies will be hosting their eleventh annual garden party fundraiser, Saturday, July 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Tina’s Daylilies, 310 East Pond Road in Jefferson. The event, which includes door prizes, refreshments, and live music, is open to the public.

Each year 20% of the proceeds that day is donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for MS research. Along with donations folks give throughout the season, people can also go online to Tina’s Daylilies website anytime to donate.

followed by a reception at the Museum: BBQ, birthday cake, crafts, kid’s games
Annual memorial service for Major General Henry Knox, July 26
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The annual memorial service to honor the life of Revolutionary War hero Major General Henry Knox will take place July 26, at 10:30 a.m., at the Thomaston Village Cemetery.

The Maine and New Hampshire Sons of the American Revolution and Col. Henry Knox Regimental Colors Guards will begin the ceremony with a Revolutionary War period color guard followed by the laying of the wreaths.

2nd Annual Camden-Rockport Food Garden Tour, Sept. 5 and 7
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Camden-Rockport has a lively network of food gardeners, according to CamdenCan, in a news release. Discover the vibrant gardens on a free community tour, Sept. 5 and 7, 2025. This is CamdenCAN’s second annual tour celebrating local food, ecological resilience, and shared abundance.

Thirteen home gardens and local farms, with very different food garden concepts, will be open for the public to view, gather ideas and share knowledge. 

Step back to 17th Century at Colonial Pemaquid, July 12-13
The Virginia, Maine's first ship. (Photo courtesy Maine’s First Ship)

special flyover scheduled to kick off the event
NEW DATE: 2025 New Tile Dedication Ceremony at Midcoast Area Veterans Memorial now July 27
Midcoast Area Veterans Memorial. (File photo by Sarah Thompson)

The Midcoast Area Veterans Memorial 2025 tile dedication ceremony scheduled for Sunday, July 13 has been rescheduled for Sunday, July 27, due to serious accident at the South Portland facility that manufactures the tiles. The schedule for July 27 remains the same as the July 13 schedule.


Initial news release:

The 2025 New Tile Dedication Ceremony at the Midcoast Area Veterans Memorial will be held Sunday, July 13, 2025.

Announcing 2025 Grand Marshal
Maine Lobster Festival’s Big Parade to draw crowds Aug. 2; participant entry forms available
Maine Lobster Festival Parade 2024. (Photo courtesy Maine Lobster Festival)

The Big Parade, part of the 2025 Maine Lobster Festival, kicks off Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, at 10 a.m., on Main Street, in downtown Rockland.

This year’s parade theme is “The Dog Days of Summer," and participants are encouraged to bring their most creative interpretations to life. From costumed pups to sun-soaked seaside floats, the possibilities are endless. The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile will even make appearances at the parade and afterward at the Festival grounds.

2nd annual Hope Day raises money for Homeworthy, July 26
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The 2nd annual Hope Day will be raising money for Homeworthy during Hope Day, Saturday, July 26, at Hope Corner, 441 Camden Road.

Open Air Market and book sale at Rockland Public Library, July 26
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The Friends of Rockland Public Library are hosting an Open Air Market on the Rockland Library lawn, plus a used Book Sale in the Library’s Community Room, on Saturday, July 26, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friends members may shop at 10 a.m. (Not a member? You may join at the event). 

Open Garden Days visits two Searsport properties, July 26
(Photo by Jim Rose)

Two Searsport gardens will be open to the public on Saturday, July 26, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., as part of the Belfast Garden Club’s Open Garden Days. The event, which will take place rain or shine, will showcase gardens at 22 Union Street and 15 Water Street. $5 covers admission to both gardens.

Community paddle, partial proceeds pizza event with Georges River Land Trust
(Photo courtesy Georges River Land Trust)

Join Georges River Land Trust on Sunday, July 27 for a group paddle along the St. George River from Warren town center. Stop by St. George Pizza before the paddle for a partial proceeds brunch and pizza party supporting local conservation work in the watershed.

10am-2pm Visit St. George Pizza in Warren for brunch, pizza, and ice cream with partial proceeds supporting the land trust's work to conserve and care for the watershed. Stop by the land trust’s table, where staff will provide information about the land trust’s new paddling trail.

Lincolnville Indoor Flea Market, July 19
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Lincolnville Indoor Flea Market will be held Saturday, July 19, from 8 a.m. to noon, in the Community Building, located at 18 Searsmont Road, Rt. 173 in Lincolnville Center. This market offers a wide variety of merchandise from the useful to the unusual including vintage household goods, seasonal decorations, handcrafts, farm products and sweet and savory baked goods.

Specialty jam and pickle workshops at Maine Tasting Center
(Photo courtesy University of Maine Cooperative Extension)

University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering two food preservation workshops at the Maine Tasting Center, 506 Old Bath Rd, in Wiscasset.

The first, Spirited Spreads: Boozy Jams Happy Hour, will take place on Friday, August 1, 2025, from 4:30 - 7 p.m. Participants will learn how to effectively and safely incorporate spirits and liqueurs into fruit jams.

'PAWS cannot help animals without the support of our community'
Guinness was a long-timer at the shelter, but finally has found his home
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I have been a volunteer with PAWS Animal Adoption Center for more than 20 years, primarily as a dog walker, and during that time there have been plenty of special dogs who have come along, but most recently we’ve had one that really captured everyone’s heart, Guinness.

Guinness originally came to Maine as a puppy thanks to a partnership PAWS has with shelters in the south and the Bissell Foundation, assisting to save animals from possible euthanasia due to overcrowding. 

Fall Prevention Workshop at Rockland library, July 15
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Vikki Webster, from Maine Health, will present a Fall Prevention Workshop on Tuesday, July 15, at 1 p.m., at the Rockland Public Library, as part of the Aging Well series co-sponsored with the Library.

Falls are one of the top three causes of nonfatal injuries in adults aged 65 and older, according to a news release.

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