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Wiscasset, Maine Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Wiscasset! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Want to taste Maine’s best bagels right here in Wiscasset?
  • Wiscasset reflects on the long life of Judge Alan Pease
  • Meet the Wiscasset bookseller just awarded a $10,000 writing prize

Also on today's calendar: Monday Mah Jongg and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 69 and low of 39 degrees.
  • Sunday: Clouds and sun, temps: high: 65, low: 52.
  • Monday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, with a high of 67 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Maine Bagel-Off moves to Wiscasset (boothbayregister.com) — A major food event is headed to Wiscasset as the Maine Grain Alliance brings its second Maine Bagel-Off to the Maine Tasting Center campus on Saturday, Oct. 24. Up to 20 bagel makers will compete for top honors, with attendees helping choose a People’s Choice winner. Tickets are required, with discounts for Maine Grain Alliance and Maine Tasting Center members and free admission for kids 12 and under.
   

• Former Maine judge and hot dog stand owner dies at 95 (bangordailynews.com) — Wiscasset readers are remembering Alan Crosby Pease, who grew up on Water Street, ran the hot dog stand that evolved into Red’s Eats, and later practiced law and served on the Wiscasset School District and Select Board. He went on to become a respected Maine District Court judge and a leader in modernizing the state’s court technology. Pease died Sept. 2 at age 95, leaving a legacy of public service and community connection.
   

• Binc Announces Five Winners of the Susan Kamil Emerging Writers Prize (graphicpolicy.com) — A Wiscasset bookseller is getting national recognition as Toni Chappell, owner of Fiction: A Novel Bookshop in town, is one of five recipients of the $10,000 Susan Kamil Emerging Writers Prize. The award, administered by the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, will help her focus on completing her historical fiction manuscripts. Other winners hail from bookstores in New York, Oregon, and Georgia.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wiscasset

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★ Featured events ★

    Saturday October 3
  • Waterworks →
    Pool, Community Center, Wiscasset
    7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Our boy Teddy has been missing almost 2 days now, we miss him a lot of anyone has him or seen him please let me know.
    He is the best and everyone loves him but we miss him a lot. Old Bath rd area. (Nextdoor Bradford)
  • Albertsons Company posted a job opening for Food Service Clerk in Bath. Apply here.
  • Premium Retail Services posted a job opening for Merchandising Specialist in Bath. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wiscasset here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bath

  • Bath, Maine: Parent Says Morse Middle School Student Told 12-Year-Old to Harm Himself (theunionstar.com)
  • Cape Coral VFW Launches Scholarship Race with Prizes Up to $35K (englewoodreview.com)
  • You can explore 400 years of shipbuilding history and hit the beach in one Maine afternoon (wheninyourstate.com)

Boothbay

Ok Wiscasset! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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