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Bean Supper February 27th

Please join us Saturday February 27th from 5-7 PM at St. Patricks Church for our annual Bean Supper to support the fish ladder restoration efforts.  LOTS of delicious homemade beans, biscuits, coleslaw, cookies and pies will be available as well as hot dogs and spiraled ham.

Tickets are $7 and can be purchased in advance at Alewives Fabrics, Louis Doe Homecenter, Maine Coast Bookshop and Cafe and the Town offices of Nobleboro and Newcastle. 

Soup & Chowder Fest a Success

Thanks to everyone who attended our Fall Festival. The weather cleared and it was a beautiful day. Thanks also to all who made the delicious soups, chowder and cookies. The day started at the head of the bay with "Pumpkin Chunkin", the launching of 10" dia. pumpkins thousands of feet south into Great Salt Bay. We started serving hot soup & chowder at 11 in our new '09 mugs. In addition, wooden fish sales for the 2nd Annual Running of the Alewives were brisk and photos with Ana Dama Ramous were steady. Live music by The Loney's started around noon. The race commenced just after 3 PM and the winner of the $100 Reny's gift certificate was Louise McIhhenny of Nobleboro with fish number "207"! Thank you to all our volunteers for making this event such a great success!

Fall Soup & Chowder Festival Fall Soup & Chowder Festival

Join us on Saturday October 10th for our 2nd Annual Soup & Chowder Fest from 11AM - 3:30 PM. $10 buys you one of our new "Fish Ladder" ceramic mugs with soup/chowder, bread and a cookie - and all for a great cause to help us raise money to continue our restoration work. We will also have the "Running of the Alewives" fish race. And as part of the Damariscotta Pumpkin Fest, there will be pumpkin activites around Great Salt Bay so stop by DaMills and enjoy! Stay tuned, more info soon.  

Fish Ladder Restoration Festival was a Great Success!

The second annual Fish Ladder Restoration Festival was held over Memorial Day weekend. Damariscotta Mills was in full spring bloom, the alewives were running well, and onlookers flocked!

View the two new Festival slideshows over in the right column! Lots of great pictures...