Waldoborough Historical Society, a mini-museum of sorts — established in 1968, to collect and preserve the history of Waldoboro through historical artifacts from the community:
www.waldoborohistoricalsociety.org
Open House of History: a community-centered space to build empathy and connection through history and an emotional engagement with the past, sited inside Waldoboro’s original Custom House and Post Office:
The Waldo Theatre, a restored 1936 theater that brings art, music, performance, and conversations for the community right in the center of town:
Midcoast Villager, a weekly newspaper built on 196 years of local journalism, serving Knox County and Waldoboro:
The Lincoln County News, first published in 1854, these days, today a folksy broadsheet serving Lincoln County, and where this column has found a home:
The Town of Waldoboro’s website which is loaded with information and history about the town, the schools, and civic resources with contacts and a calendar of events:
The Waldoboro Talent Show 2024, a homegrown talent show showing off the artistry and passion, held at the Waldo on Nov. 2, 2024, before the election:
Midcoast Conservancy, set up to protect and restore the waters and land in the watershed of the Medomak River – and a resource for hiking, skiing, biking, camping or paddling inside the watershed’s nature preserves:
The Waldoboro Food Pantry
https://www.waldoborofoodpantry.org
The Waldoboro Business Association
The Community Navigator (207-403-4116; 207-290-0668), established to help Waldoboro families and individuals meet their essential needs by providing resources or pointing residents towards resources in the event that they are hungry or without heating, shelter, dealing with illness or addiction and much more.
www.waldoboromaine.org/departments/community_navigation_assistance
Community Housing Improvement Project
Midcoast Habitat for Humanity
New Hope Midcoast serving victims of domestic abuse
And Other Ways to Look at Ourselves
Studs Terkel and his books: Working, Hard Times, Division Street, American Dreams…
“Living in Blissville,” a blog about my old neighborhood, created by me:
www.livinginblissville.blogspot.com
Blissville: An Investigation, a 56-minute movie made in 2015 by artist Hank Linhart, about Blissville and its history and its characters and utterly provoking and charming: