Home for the Holidays 2014
Welcome to the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper “home” for the holidays Web page!
Throughout the holiday season, we’ll be sharing all our holiday events, photos, videos and the best shopping deals right here, in one place, so you can find thoughtful gifts locally and support our community.
Here you’ll find the most recently published stories on events, plus a handy list of the major events by region.
Send your holiday photos to pix@boothbayregister.com or pix@wiscassetnewspaper.com, and they may appear online or in print!
Are we missing your favorite event? Email news@boothbayregister.com or news@wiscassetnewspaper.com to let us know!
St. Patrick’s Church Christmas Fair welcomes crafters and artists
Boothbay Region Senior Citizens Club: Belated Christmas Party Jan. 14
12 Woofs of Christmas
Lighten up! Healthful recipes for a new year
MPBN issues Ski Bum Promotion alert for 2015
Chewonki offers Winter Vacation Camp in February
Sunshine on Christmas Day
Christmas comes to Gregory Wing
Another great year
Domestic violence doesn’t take a holiday
The old elf himself
Southport Column: Church and the mail
Christmas Eve services at Congregational Church
Special service at Skidompha
Edgecomb Column: Caroling, artistry and poetry
Boothbay Cooperative Parish Christmas Eve services
St. Andrews employees honored with Christmas luncheon
Christmas Eve with The Echoes of Faith
Southport school spreads holiday cheer
Y lottery drawing Dec. 31
Boothbay Region Garden Club: Thanks for Festival of Trees support
Edgecomb Column: Holiday art exhibition
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club: Christmas party Thursday
Sponsor a pet in need at ‘12 Woofs of Christmas’
Boothbay Region Lions Club: Santa visits Dec. 17
The 2014 Gingerbread Spectacular
Holiday Potluck and Community Carol Sing Dec. 22
Santa Shuffle fun run to benefit food pantries
Boothbay Register’s Gingerbread Spectacular load-in
Southport Column: Christmas events galore
It's a blues-funk New Year's Eve with Biscuit Miller
St. Columba's holiday services
St. Columba's hosts a Blue Christmas Service
Studio Theater presents ‘Twisted Christmas’
Winter printmaking, woodcut relief and etching classes
Edgecomb Column: Congratulations and stars
Festival of Trees 2014 is another success
Harry Beskind's ‘Katahdin Fantasies’ at Savory Maine
Dough Ball Magic this Friday in Boothbay Harbor
Alna museum rebuilds 19th century locomotive
Nordic Holiday Carnival Saturday
Down East Singers present 'Navidad Nuestra'
Making a difference
Christmas bird counts scheduled
Profiles for the holidays
Harbor Lights 2014
Southport Column: Holiday events and visitors
Boothbay Region Senior Citizens Club: Christmas Party coming up
Santa Claus at St. Andrews Dec. 6
Savory Maine's December music series
BRAF’s 'Art in the Square' continues into the new year
Holiday Gift Show in Damariscotta Dec. 5
Barbershop quartets sing holiday favorites Dec. 12
Tipping Down East
Gingerbread judges and Dough Ball announcements
29th annual Harbor Lights Festival
Bath YMCA Festival of Trees Dec. 9-10
Christmas fair held at Eastern Star
Holiday Bazaar at Mid Coast Hospital
Two Bridges holiday craft fair Dec. 6
BCA Christmas party and meeting
Boothbay Treasures: Science and nature
Thanksgiving: It’s not about the food
Feed Our Scholars bake sale, raffle Dec. 6
Give a smile this holiday season
Accordion ensemble performs holiday music from around the world
Let’s talk turkey
Santa Claus will arrive in Boothbay on Nov. 29
Y partners with Bigelow Lab for Fill the Y Bus Food Drive
Early Bird 2014 is another rousing success
Y Arts Singathon Live on Dec. 5
Harbor Lights Festival returns Dec. 5-7
Early Bird 2014
Holiday wish tree benefits domestic violence victims
Tri-County Literacy’s ninth annual Candy Cane Train
Chamber and volunteers decorate the Boothbay Harbor library lawn
Spectacular Community Band Christmas Concert at Opera House Dec. 13
Boothbay Region Lions Club Column: Cookies needed, Santa's arrival and more
Raffles available at St. Patrick’s Christmas Fair
Jane Dahmen paintings in Damariscotta
Harvest fair and $1 lunch in South Bristol
Boothbay Region YMCA calendar
Good eating in the offseason
A Thanksgiving breakfast for go-getters at the Y
‘Gifts for Giving’ holiday event Nov. 20-23
All aboard for the North Pole Express
BRHS junior class offering raffle
Beware of fake package notices as holidays approach
Santa Hustle New England charity event Nov. 23 in Portland
Boothbay Region YMCA’s third annual Turkey Trot
Turkey time!
Thanksgiving pie sale Nov. 25
Learn the secrets of gingerbread building
Early deadlines for holiday editions
Local Holiday Events
Boothbay region
- Early Bird is Saturday, Nov. 22
- The annual Dolphin Swim Team Thanksgiving Pie Sale at the YMCA, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 8 a.m.
- YMCA 3rd annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot to benefit the Boothbay Region Food Pantry, Thursday, Nov. 27, 9 a.m.:
- The YMCA Tree of Giving goes up Friday, Nov. 28
- Santa at the Boothbay Common, Saturday, Nov. 29 at 6 p.m.
- Community Band joins Boothbay Region High School Band & Chorus in concert, TBA
- The Garden Club’s Festival of Trees at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House, Friday-Sunday, Dec. 4-6
- Historical Society Open House, Saturday, Dec. 6, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- The Dough Ball, Friday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m.
- 8th annual Gingerbread Spectacular, Dec. 13-14, starts at 10 a.m. each day
- Santa visits the Lions Club on Wednesday, Dec. 17, from 6 to 8 p.m.
- Take a ride on the North Pole Express at the Railway Village on Saturdays, Nov. 29, Dec. 13 & 20
- Community Potluck and Carol Sing at the Opera House, Monday, Dec. 22, 5:30 p.m.
- Join the YMCA in this year’s Penguin Plunge on New Year’s Day.
Wiscasset area
- Teddy bear sleepover at Wiscasset Community Center begins Friday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m.
- Tree lighting on Wiscasset’s town common is on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 4:30 p.m.
- Feed Our Scholars bake sale is Saturday, Dec. 6 at Shaw's, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Woolwich’s 23rd Yule Sing & Tree Lighting is Dec. 7 at 5 p.m. at the Nequasset Meetinghouse.
- Organ Society cookie sale around 11 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7 at the First Congregational Church.
- Bath Area YMCA Festival of Trees is Dec. 9, 9:30-11:30 a.m. and Dec. 10, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- First Congregational Church advent ornament making workshop, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7.
- St. Philip's Christmas Craft Fair is Saturday, Dec. 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Breakfast with Santa is at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13 at the Wiscasset Community Center.
- Candlelight service at the First Congregational Church on Christmas Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 7 p.m.
- First Congregational Church’s Hanging of the Greens, Dec. 7
Harbor Light Festival
Check out the deals at area stores and restaurants.
Boathouse
Bistro
See our Harbor Lights Deals!
The Cannery
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Friends & Family
Christmas Crafts Sale
See our Harbor Lights Deals!
Eventide
See our Harbor Lights Deals!
Lincoln County
Animal Shelter
See our Harbor Lights Deals!
Lincoln County
Animal Shelter Thrift Shop
See our Harbor Lights Deals!
House of
Logan
See our Harbor Lights Deals!
Magic
Mirror
See our Harbor Lights Deals!
McSeagulls
See our Harbor Lights Deals!
Mung
Bean
See our Harbor Lights Deals!
Red Cup
Coffeehouse
See our Harbor Lights Deals!
Robinson’s
See our Harbor Lights Deals!
Shear
Artistry
See our Harbor Lights Deals!
A Silver Lining
See our Harbor Lights Deals!
sweetbay
See our Harbor Lights Deals!
Two
Salty Dogs
See our Harbor Lights Deals!
Mens Night Ads 2014
This pre-Christmas sales event is for all those last-minute shoppers who find themselves in need of a good deal (and a great gift). Join the downtown merchants on Wednesday, Dec. 17 for this fun-filled “last chance” shopping event.