JULY 30, 2026 | ISSUE 30

Join Coastal Mountains Land Trust and MaineHealth’s Community Health program for a guided hike along the trails of Meadow Brook Preserve in Swanville on Thursday, August 6 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The trail has minimal elevation gain and winds through a variety of mature and newer forests and wetlands, with unique views into the wetlands around Hurds Pond. 

This hike is part of the Happy Wanderers walking series, which explores preserves and trails throughout Knox and Waldo counties. Led by longtime Coastal Mountains Land Trust member Bindy Pendleton, these hikes offer a chance to learn more about the Land Trust’s work to conserve land and connect people with nature across the western Penobscot Bay region.

All are welcome!

Registration: To register for this hike and view the full 2026 Happy Wanderers schedule, please visit: https://penbaywaldo.coursestorm.com/course/happy-wanderers-2026

Bring: Water, tick and insect protection, and binoculars if you have them.

Directions: From downtown Belfast, take High Street north out of town. Cross Route 1 and continue as the road turns into City Point Road, and then Oak Hill Road (stay right at the fork). After passing the Rail Trail City Point parking lot, reset your odometer, and continue 2.2 miles, the parking lot is on the right.

Bagaduce Music House Party Features Indian-Roots Fusion duo Aditi Sethi and Jay Brown

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

6:00 PM — Light supper offerings, guided garden and trail explorations 

7:00 PM — Concert Bagaduce Music Library, 49 South Street, Blue Hill, ME

Aditi and Jay have been making music together since they met in 2003, blending Aditi's roots in Indian devotional song, ghazals, and Bollywood with Jay's roots in American folk, blues, and roots music (honed touring with his band Lazybirds, who once shared a stage with Doc Watson). That first spontaneous jam sparked a lasting musical partnership — as the world music duo Shantavaani, later as part of the folk group the Appalucians, and always as parents raising three musical kids along the way. Today they weave together sacred Indian melodies, Appalachian harmonies, and original songs into a sound entirely their own.

Concert admission: Advanced tickets encouraged at Bagaducemusic.org. $15–35 suggested. Tickets at the door as capacity allows. FMI click HERE

Bagaduce Music is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to fostering musical experiences throughout Maine's coastline.

BELFAST GARDEN CLUB UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, August 1, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Master Gardener Suzann Gerow will open her garden at 786 Beach Road (Route 173) in Lincolnville as part of the Belfast Garden Club Open Garden Days. The event is open to the public for a $5.00 donation, which benefits the club’s civic and educational programs in Belfast and Waldo County.

On Saturday, August 15, from 10 a.m. until 4 PM, the gardens at Belfast CoHousing and EcoVillage, located at 25 Village Road, Belfast will be open to view on Saturday, August 15 from 10 a.m. until 4 pM, the next-to-last Open Garden Days event of 2026 sponsored by the Belfast Garden Club.

For more than a decade, this community of people who share communal ethics and spirit has lived and gardened in Belfast. The plantings added to the 41+ acre property have matured into a beautiful landscape. Vegetable and herb gardens sit alongside perennial beds, fruit trees, and a wide-open landscape.

Dorothy Havey, Executive Director

Director@belfastmaine.org

Kim Grindle, Member Relations Coordinator

ChamberOffice@belfastmaine.org

Board of Directors

President: Michelle Curtis, First National Bank

Vice President: Ryan Harnden, Mathews Brothers

Treasurer: Terri Tower, Camden National Bank

Secretary: Megan McAvoy, MaineHealth Waldo Hospital

Haley B. Hall, Esq., Camden Law

John McKeith, The Belfast Center

Mary Tripp, Bank of America

Tracy Cini, Spouter Inn

Staff Photography by Dave Waddell, Down East Magazine