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🌱 From the Marines to Waldoboro's select board: Meet John Blodgett
Friendship, Maine Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Friendship! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- From the Marines to Waldoboro's select board: Meet John Blodgett
- Knox County's Republican officeholders are down to two
Also on today's calendar: The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 49 and low of 31 degrees.
- Thursday: Cloudy, temps: high: 49, low: 33.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy, a little rain, with a high of 44 and low of 35 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Characters of the County: John Blodgett Serves His Town and Country (lcnme.com) — John Blodgett always knew he would return to Waldoboro, even as his Marine Corps career took him overseas and into the Gulf War. Now a select board member with a daughter and four grandchildren in nearby Friendship, he credits his 21 years of military service with developing his leadership skills. 
• Probate Judge, Register Are Last Republicans Holding Office in Knox County (midcoastvillager.com) — Friendship's Maine House seat went to independent Clinton Collamore after Republican Abden Simmons declined to seek reelection. The result leaves Probate Judge Carol Emery and Register of Probate Julie Allen as Knox County's only Republican partisan officeholders, though Emery says their work follows state law, not politics.
📸 Around Friendship
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams →
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, 53 Old Post Rd, Arundel
8:00 pm -
Seacoast Artisans 27th Annual Holiday Fine Arts & Craft Show →
Great Bay Community College, 320 Corporate Dr, Portsmouth
9:00 am
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
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Other local events
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Early Release
Rsu 40/msad 40 Friendship, ME 04547
Wednesday November 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Wednesday Wander: Clarry Hill Preserve →
Clarry Hill Preserve, 222 Storer Mountain Road, Waldoboro
10:00 am -
Library Community Center Exercise Class →
Peoples United Methodist Church, 13 Chapel St, South Thomaston
10:30 am -
Damariscotta Community Dance Series: Kaity Newell and Oyster Creek Fiddlers!! →
Damariscotta Baptist Church, 4 Bristol Road (top of Main Street), Damariscotta
6:30 pm -
Field Trip: Salt Bay Sunday! Damariscotta →
Salt Bay Farm, 110 Belvedere Rd., Damariscotta
8:00 am -
Partner Event: Birding field Trip to Salt Bay Farm →
Coastal Rivers’ Salt Bay Farm, 110 Belvedere Road, Damariscotta
8:00 am -
Library Community Center Adult Ballet →
Gilford Butler School, 54 Spruce Head Rd, South Thomaston
9:00 am -
Neighbor to Neighbor
Jackson Memorial Library, 71 Main Street, Tenants Harbor
3:00 pm -
Guided hike at NORGAL Preserve →
NORGAL Preserve, Austin Road, Bristol
5:00 pm -
Guided hike at Salt Bay Farm Preserve →
Coastal Rivers’ Salt Bay Farm, 110 Belvedere Road, Damariscotta
5:00 pm -
Potluck Book Club
Jackson Memorial Library, 71 Main Street, Tenants Harbor
5:00 pm -
November Trail Tamers →
Hart Woods, 163 Fogler Rd, Bremen
1:00 pm
Wednesday November 11
Friday November 13
Sunday November 15
Monday November 16
Tuesday November 17
Wednesday November 18
Thursday November 19
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Maine Medical Center posted a job opening for Environmental Services Team Member in Damariscotta. Apply here.
- Central Lincoln County YMCA posted a job opening for Custodian Part Time in Damariscotta. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Friendship here.
🗞 Nearby News
Damariscotta
- Discovery Village Brings Yurt Classrooms to Damariscotta, Maine (wjbq.com)
- Letters to Santa 2026 (lcnme.com)
- Second generation of Sheepscot River Pottery adapts to changing business model (mainebiz.biz)
Thomaston
- Thomaston Bidding Out Engineering Study on Area Around Fire Station (midcoastvillager.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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