Community Happenings

• Benefit for Brierley family Oct. 19

  Oct 15
  A benefit spaghetti supper and silent auction will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, 5 to 7 p.m. at the Searsmont Fire Station. The Brierley farm, ...
  

• Maine-made hot dogs, bingo at Senior Center open house

  Oct 14
  Belfast Senior Center is celebrating its new home at the Boathouse with an open house Monday, Oct. 21. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. for a free, ...
  
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  Seasonal, Halloween items at flea market Oct. 19

  Oct 14
  Halloween costumes and other seasonal merchandise will be featured at the final Lincolnville Center Indoor Flea Market of the season Saturday, ...
  
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  Good Shepherd opens new food distribution center

  Oct 14
  Good Shepherd Food Bank has opened a new food distribution center in Hampden, marking completion of a $5 million capital campaign that funded ...
  

• Maine DOE seeks public comments

  Oct 09
  As part of the scheduled periodic review of the Maine Learning Results, the Maine Department of Education is seeking public comments regarding the ...
  
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  Waldo Habitat takes bids on house for your lot

  Oct 07
  Do you own a house lot but don't have a house on it yet? Habitat for Humanity of Waldo County may have just the answer for you. Habitat is ...
  

• Rotary plans polio walk Oct. 19

  Oct 07
  Rotary members in Belfast are taking action for World Polio Day to raise awareness, funds and support to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease ...
  

• Test-drive an electric car Oct. 19

  Oct 07
  National Resources Council of Maine and the Greater Portland Council of Governments are taking electric cars to Maine municipalities this month to ...
  
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  Hike Hills to Sea Trail with BBWC Oct. 19

  Oct 07
  Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition will lead a hike on part of the Hills to Sea Trail Saturday, Oct. 19. Meet at 10 a.m. at the trail's Crosby Brook ...
  
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  Full moon hike set for Oct. 14

  Oct 06
  Join Coastal Mountains Land Trust for a full moon hike on the Belfast Rail Trail Monday, Oct. 14, from 6:15 to 7:45 p.m. The full hunters' moon ...
  
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  Herbig launches business tour

  Oct 04
  Sen. Erin Herbig, D-Belfast, will hold public office hours 10:30 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Oct. 9, at Marsh River Cooperative in Brooks. The event ...
  
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  Searsport Water District honored by New England Water Works

  Oct 04
  Searsport Water District recently received the 2019 Utility of the Year Award from the New England Water Works Association (NEWWA), the region's ...
  
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  'Last Night at the Museum' Oct. 19

  Oct 04
  Penobscot Marine Museum presents its annual Last Night at the Museum Saturday, Oct. 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. Participants in this special tour will ...
  
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  Tanglewood 4-H Camp talk set for Oct. 16

  Oct 03
  The Lincolnville Community Library, 208 Main St. Lincolnville Center, will host a free program on Tanglewood 4-H Camp: Past, Present and Future, ...
  

• AARP Smart Driver class set for Oct. 21

  Oct 15
  Do you drive? Are you age 50 or older? Then you probably need this course. Instructor Paul Sheridan will lead AARP's Smart Driver class, featuring ...
  

• Test-drive fundraiser for Project Graduation Oct. 19

  Oct 14
  The public is invited to support Belfast Area High School's Project Graduation by test-driving a car at Quirk Ford, 244 Main St., on Saturday, ...
  

• Conservation District offers talk on hemp farming Oct. 25

  Oct 14
  Waldo County Soil and Water Conservation District invites the public for a talk, "Hemp Farming in Maine: Viability for Maine Farmers," Friday, ...
  

• Scallop license lotteries now available

  Oct 11
  The Maine Department of Marine Resources has opened two license lotteries: one for scallop drag licenses and one for scallop dive licenses. Based ...
  
• UBR Day of Service

  100 volunteers tackle community projects

  Oct 08
  Unity Barn Raisers (UBR) held its annual Day of Service event Oct. 5, a celebration of community spirit and volunteerism. This year, nearly 100 ...
  

• Love Lights available for annual tree ceremony at First Church

  Oct 07
  Residents of Belfast and the surrounding area can remember a family member or friend during a special holiday event at The First Church in ...
  

• Penobscot Bay YMCA receives grant

  Oct 07
  The Penobscot Bay YMCA has been selected as a 2019 United Midcoast Charities grant recipient. The YMCA will use the grant to address economic ...
  
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  Learn about intertidal rockweed in talk Oct. 17

  Oct 07
  Dr. Jessica Muhlin, biology professor at Maine Maritime Academy, will discuss "Rockweed Connections: Rocky Intertidal Ecology on the Maine Coast" ...
  
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  Free public talk Oct. 14 on historic businesses

  Oct 06
  Richard Dyer, past owner of the Sail Inn Restaurant (demolished in 2006), will be the featured speaker at the Monday, Oct. 14, meeting of the ...
  
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  Free talk: Creating an Eco-Friendly Backyard

  Oct 06
  Dr. Roger Rittmaster, Maine master naturalist, avid nature photographer and Coastal Mountains Land Trust board member, will discuss why native ...
  
• Garden Club Series

  NCRM representative to speak about reducing use of plastics

  Oct 04
  The Belfast Garden Club will present a program on “Reducing Plastics in Our Lives” on Tuesday, Oct. 15, in the Abbott Room of Belfast Free ...
  
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  Senate candidate Gideon to speak Oct. 13

  Oct 04
  Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, will speak at the Varney Community Building, 24 Veterans' Highway, ...
  

• Two local events to mark 4th annual Indigenous Peoples Day

  Oct 04
  Two events are planned to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day (formerly Columbus Day) at Belfast Free Library, 106 High St. On Monday, Oct. 14, at 4 ...
  

• Free flu shots for veterans at Walgreens

  Oct 03
  The Veterans Administration and Walgreens are national partners, providing no-cost quadrivalent flu shots to enrolled veterans of the VA health ...