Artists and crafters wanting to sell their work in Coburn Park can secure a vending spot.
August
Bangor theater company to hold youth auditions
Casting roles are for youth aged 10 to 18 for the 2021-2022 season.
United Way expands Hope Fund in Franklin County
This month’s application deadline is Aug. 31.
Food pantry recipe challenge deadline nears
PORTLAND — The 2021 St. Hildegard Food Pantry Recipe Challenge, sponsored by Catholic Charities Maine’s Parish Social Ministry, is underway with entries being accepted through Sunday, Aug. 22. The winning recipes will receive a cash donation to the entrants’ parishes to support the food pantry, soup kitchen, or other food-based ministry connected to the parish. Winners […]
Boothbay botanical gardens to host Caterpillar Lab
BOOTHBAY — For the fourth year running, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is scheduled to host educator and nature photographer Samuel Jaffe and The Caterpillar Lab from Thursday, Aug. 19, to Friday, Aug. 27, with a break on Monday, Aug. 23. The 132 Botanical Gardens Drive exhibit will highlight the diversity and ingenuity of some of […]
East Wilton Masons seek reservations for takeout/pickup meal
EAST WILTON — The Masonic Group at the Harland M. Harnden Masonic Building, 70 Bryant Road, is offering a public takeout/pickup baked ham meal with whoopie pies for dessert from 5 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21. The cost is $9 for adults and $5 for those younger than 12. Reservations for meals are requested […]
Lincoln County to celebrate bicentennial with pilgrimage to historic sites
A kickoff history fair is scheduled for Aug. 15 at the Boothbay Railway Village.
Nonprofit to hold drawing for free fall black bear hunts
The program is offered to active duty service members, veterans, first responders and others.
Historic Damariscotta site to celebrate Bicentennial Week
Visitors to the Chapman-Hall House historic site at the head of Main Street in Damariscotta can have an opportunity to dress the part during Maine’s Bicentennial Week. From Wednesday, Aug. 18, through Saturday, Aug. 21, visitors are invited to pose behind a cutout of a lady and gentleman dressed in the circa 1820 costumes they […]
Augusta society to host talk on history of Maine quilts
The Kennebec Historical Society’s August Facebook live presentation, “250 Years of Maine Quilts,” is scheduled to be presented by Laurie LaBar at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18. LaBar is the chief curator of history and decorative arts at the Maine State Museum. For more than 200 years, Maine women kept farms, businesses and families together […]