A virtual Food Addicts In Recovery Anonymous session is scheduled for 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 17. There are no dues or fees. People can attend the informational session by phone or computer via Zoom. For more information and the meeting ID and passcode, call the session coordinator at 207-529-5550 or email [email protected].
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Newcastle grow-to-donate nonprofit to hold virtual supper club
The meal theme for this event is “Heart of the Matter.”
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Local teens receive Teens to Trails scholarships
April is a special month in Teens to Trails’ 16-year history. The nonprofit organization celebrates the birthday of Sara Leone, a Wiscasset high school student who died in a car accident at age 15. Shortly afterward, her parents, Bob and Carol Leone, founded Teens to Trails with the hopes of sharing their daughter’s love of […]
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Wiscasset-area students receive Scholastic art, writing awards
WISCASSET — Five students attending Chewonki Elementary and Middle School recently took top honors from the Scholastic Art & Writing regional awards as a part of the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens, according to a news release from Chewonki. Nyssa Wilkinson from Bremen received a gold key award for her short […]
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DaPonte String Quartet celebrates the holiday season with free concert
The DaPonte String Quartet celebrates the holiday season with a free presentation of its acclaimed “Maine’s 200th: Music of Early Maine” concert program at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, at the Second Congregational Church in Newcastle. They are joined by guest artist Eric LaPerna on percussion for a concert that highlights significant events along […]
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Mid-Coast Audubon to hold bird seed sale fundraiser
Mid-Coast Audubon plans to accept bird seed orders through Friday, Oct. 22, to raise funds to support bird conservation and education programming. Seed must be picked up between 10 a.m. and noon Saturday, Oct. 30 at either Plants Unlimited, 629 Commercial St., U.S. Route 1, in Rockport, or Lincoln County Publishing, 116 Mills Road, Newcastle. […]
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Newcastle church reaches fundraising goal
NEWCASTLE — St. Patrick Church is to receive a restoration in the coming months after meeting a fundraising goal of over $320,000. “Construction will be able to start in the fall,” said Bill Maloney of St. Patrick Church, according to a news release from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland. The privately-owned lay trust committed […]
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Vassalboro man who allegedly stole ashes, geckos, indicted on domestic violence, burglary charges
A Kennebec County grand jury handed up indictments July 22 and 23.
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Newcastle center, Damariscotta theater partner to show film
The Frances Perkins Center has partnered with the Lincoln Theater to present the remastered film “The New Deal for Artists” (1976) at 2 and 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 29, at 2 Theater St., in Damariscotta. Sarah Peskin, chair of the Frances Perkins Center board, will present a post screening talk after both the matinee […]
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Damariscotta-Newcastle rotary recognizes community members
DAMARISCOTTA — In keeping with Rotary Foundation’s mission to “enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty” during the club’s annual Change Over Dinner on June 28 at the 1812 House, the Rotary Club of Damariscotta – Newcastle presented a […]