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CAMDEN — The Camden Garden Club hosts a free public talk about using botanicals in spirits on Thursday, Aug. 24, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. The presentation will take place at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, Camden. Andrew Stewart, co-founder of Blue...

The Camden Garden Club invites the public to a free talk about using botanicals in spirits, on Aug. 24 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Note the change in venue. The

Even in the midst of a pandemic that has felled many restaurants, points of light remain.

According to the Camden town office, here are more changes to downtown: Liberty Graphics, a long-standing T-shirt printing shop that has been around since the 1970s, moved to 13 Mechanic Street. Wooden Alchemy, a wood art store, moved from Rockland to 19 Elm in Camden. Oyster River Winegrowers, a small, farm winery in Warren, opened a retail and tasting room at 31 Elm Street. Edward Jones, the financial advisor firm, opened a second office at 87 Elm Street. Jessie Tobias Design, an interior de...

The Wrap: Openings, reopenings and renovations Camden pop-up serves smoked eel dirty rice, Portland restaurants reopen, and a second helping of Maine recipes. Photo by Gabriela Acero If you are headed up Camden way soon, check out Dickie Steels’ BBQ, a pop-up (for now) located in the former Drouthy Bear spot at 50 Elm St. The Scottish pub closed last spring, and Derek Richard and Gabriela Acero bought the building to open their own restaurant, a chophouse to be called wolfpeach. The couple h...

  That would be mine, and I’ve grown used to grabbing my mask when I see someone pull in my driveway, empty egg cartons in hand. I watch astonished to see the nine-year-old (part of my upstairs family) run out to greet the mailman with his T-shirt pulled up over his mouth and nose. The children are scrupulous about masks. But now the four of us, along with so many others, have been vaccinated. Our pie-making morning was a coming out party of sorts, albeit a cautious one. There we were, all o...

CAMDEN—Many wondered what would become of the classic Scottish pub Drouthy Bear after owners Andrew and Shannon Stewart announced last May that the COVID-19 virus restrictions on their beloved pub had forced them to permanently close. The Midcoast community will be happy to know that the building has been purchased and is currently being renovated by Camden newcomers Gabriela Acero and Derek Richard to become a new restaurant. With a new aesthetic and flair, the restaurant will be called wolf...