The Wiscasset General Store is being reborn. It will soon be a sports pub.
Owners Carla Chapman and Lettie Mott hope to open their new Cubbyhole Sports Pub by mid-March, at the same…
Commerce
Maine Lobstermen’s Association
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association is once again offering a one-day bus trip to Seafood Expo North America (formerly known as the Boston Seafood Show) on March 12. And this time the trip is free…
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ three-day Winter Auction on Feb. 16-18 will present an array of traditional and modern artwork, antiques, decorative items and ethnographic…
In December, Erik Carlson pulled the plug on his fledgling wood pellet business due to high electrical costs. Carlson, a certified forester and logger for two decades, began a journey in 2016 he…
Mammy’s Bakery owner Jessica Deshiro and Monica Janczewski-Carrington of the shop, Beelicious, in Wiscasset have joined forces.
Beelicious at 60 Main St. offers honey and honeybee-related…
For anyone in the Boothbay, Wiscasset and Damariscotta areas, to Litchfield, looking for a dog or cat groomer, look no further.
Mary Jo Foley of MJ’s Pet Grooming will come right to your…
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) is exploring the possibility of operating seasonal weekend Downeaster service to Midcoast Maine, including the communities of Bath,…
Rocky’s Ace Hardware, a family-owned business with neighborhood-based stores in six states, likes to give back to the communities in which they are located. Throughout the year, the company…
Over its seventy-five-year history, Cheney Insurance of Damariscotta, Maine has earned a reputation for providing insurance products and peace-of-mind at reasonable costs. The professional agents…
Several of Julie Babb’s gouache paintings are now on display at Newcastle Realty, 89 Main St., in Damariscotta.
Julie and her husband Bruce recently moved from the…
Unless you’ve been to Italy, you may very well have never experienced anything quite like the Damariscotta restaurant Osteria Bucci. The little gem is tucked away off a small alleyway, and the…
The Bath Antique Sale is the perfect setting for a morning of winter shopping. Inside are more than 40 dealers of antique furniture, rugs, china, crystal, books, prints, paintings, and…
There’s a new automotive repair shop in Wiscasset, but the owner is anything but new to engines – of all kinds.
Larry Eckert opened…
Sales of single-family existing homes increased by double digits last month. According to Maine Listings, Realtors across the state sold 1,576 homes during November, which represents an increase…
Beelicious has moved, but not too far.
Monica Carrington, who opened her store last spring at 64 Main St. in Wiscasset, recently moved a few doors north, to 60 Main St., after the owner of…
A new baker in Wiscasset is making some mouthwateringly delectable bread and sweet treats.
Jessica Deshiro specializes in Italian bread and cookies, thanks to her Italian grandmother, Mary…
Wiscasset native Ericka Soule said she came up with the name Rock Paper Scissors long before she ever knew she’d eventually own a shop, in her hometown. Soule owns Rock Paper Scissors at 68 Main…
A Dollar General could go up next year on the former site of Jim’s Auto Body at 320 Bath Road, or Route 1. That’s the plan, a representative for a design firm told the Wiscasset Planning Board…
Wiscasset’s Holiday Marketfest drew lots of shoppers and people with holiday spirit to Maine’s prettiest village over the weekend. A few inches of fluffy snow that…
The Bath Antiques Show and Sale continues its 29th season at the Bath Middle School in Bath, Maine on Sunday, Dec. 17.
This show is the perfect destination for shoppers seeking one-of-a-…
Anyone up for barbecue? If the thought of a warm bun stuffed with barbecued pulled pork, topped with some fresh homemade cole slaw and a few Morse’s sour mustard pickles, makes you yearn for a…
BATH, Maine - Rocky’s Ace Hardware, a family-owned business with neighborhood-based stores in 6 states, is proud to announce two ongoing holiday drives. Though the audiences benefitting differ,…
Kimberly Smith is offering yoga classes in Edgecomb.
Smith taught yoga in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, outside New Haven, where she had a studio for 13 years before moving here.
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The Village of Wiscasset is bursting with holiday spirit as Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest begins – four days of special events designed to make holiday shopping fun for the whole…
Starting in December, local artist and native Mainer Bev Walker will have an exhibit on display at Atlantic Motor Car (AMC) that could be entitled “Pine Tree State.” It is a colorful collection of…
A fireworks display over the Sheepscot River at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7 kicks off the second annual winter shopping celebration, Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest. The best…
There will soon be a new restaurant in Damariscotta. The O-Cha Bar & Grill will be located at 88 Main St., in the former Salt Bay Cafe.
The owner, Pongsakorn Hanjitsuwan, better known…
Wiscasset Planning Board
The Wiscasset Planning Board continued its preliminary talks Nov. 13 with applicants for Water Street apartments and a coffee business on Route 1, Chairman Ray Soule said.
Both proposals…
Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty
The Damariscotta office of Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty is currently displaying the lively wooden sculpture images of Boothbay Harbor-based artist Andr…
Wiscasset Municipal Airport
A would-be ban on subleasing hangars may not fly with the panel drafting rules for Wiscasset Municipal Airport.
Airport Advisory Committee Chairman and hangar owner Steve Williams told…
Here we go again, folks. It’s that time! Get your Christmas lists ready for the Early Bird sales in Boothbay Harbor and Boothbay.
The 29th annual Boothbay Area Early Bird sale is…
Two years ago, Stacy Moore was working as a home healthcare provider, caring for a woman in Harpswell who had suffered a stroke. The woman had been told she’d never…
At last year’s Wiscasset Early Riser sale, Elsie Freeman missed out on a faux Christmas tree she said had just sold out at BIRCH on Main Street. Not so, on Saturday. The Boothbay woman was back…
Damariscotta River Association
Damariscotta River Association (DRA) is hosting a two-day, hands-on deerskin tanning workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 18 and 19.
On Saturday, participants will…
Wiscasset businesses, both downtown and along Route 1, are preparing for the Early Riser sale this Saturday, Nov. 11. Stores will open at 6 a.m. or earlier.
The best deals, according to…
A wonderful networking opportunity will be held at The Morris Farm on Monday, Nov. 13 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
The Morris Farm Trust is both a working farm and an educational resource for the…
Robin Ford and her mother, Brenda Sandner, are raising bunnies in Newcastle.
They're not just any bunnies, though. The bunnies being bred and raised at Growing Rabbit Tree are big, white,…
It’s become easier for Edgecomb residents to get a quick bite to eat or pick up some household items. The town is no longer without a general store. A Boothbay Harbor couple is leasing the former…
NOAA Fisheries has released the “Fisheries of the U.S.” 2016 report, and once again New Bedford, Mass. was the leading U.S. port by value for the 17th consecutive year and American…
Damariscotta
The Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in Damariscotta will have a special sale during Early Bird festivities, the first time it has participated in the popular downtown…
At Sarah’s Cafe in Wiscasset Saturday night, patron Sharon Jacques of Wiscasset was a border patrol officer handing out tickets. She said she gave one to bar manager Greg McAllister for bad…
Maine home prices have been rising steadily over the past five years, and September statistics showed double-digit gains. According to the Maine Association of Realtors, the…
Wiscasset Planning Board
A Newcastle couple and their Bath son want to move their Portland coffee bean-roasting business to the Maine Coast Chimney property on Route 1 in Wiscasset and open a breakfast and lunch cafe and…
Cove’s Edge, a long-term care and skilled rehabilitation nursing facility on the LincolnHealth-Miles Campus, has been recognized as a 2017 recipient…
Sarah’s Cafe’s annual spooky Halloween celebration is Oct. 28 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Wiscasset restaurant has announced the pub will have a costume (adults) and game party, and the dining room…
Deb Schaffer loves Wiscasset. Her women’s clothing store, Debra Elizabeth’s, has been a fixture in town for almost 22 years. It began as an antiques shop.
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Colder temperatures are on the horizon, and we’re all starting to prepare for another Maine winter. At the top of most of our lists is making sure we’ll stay warm.…
