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LINCOLNVILLE — The Lincolnville Improvement Association will serve up its annual Blueberry Wing Ding on Saturday, Aug. 12, at The Lobster Pound, 2521 Atlantic Highway, on picturesque Lincolnville Beach.

The Lincolnville Improvement Association is sponsoring the Blueberry Wing Ding Saturday, Aug. 12 at The Lobster Pound, 2521 Atlantic Highway, on Lincolnville Beach.

Once a vibrant coastal resort on the north side of Norfolk, Ocean View later became a district blighted by booze halls and vice. Over time, gentrification crept in, the roughness faded and the indoor smoking went away. But so did some of the neighborhood's most iconic watering holes.

Once a vibrant coastal resort on the north side of Norfolk, Ocean View later became a district blighted by booze halls and vice. Over time, gentrification crept in, the roughness faded and the indoor smoking went away. But so did some of the neighborhood's most iconic watering holes.

What do you get when you mix a Celine Dion ballad and rock? Pure magic!

What do you get when you mix a Celine Dion ballad and rock? Pure magic!

As grateful as GO ART! staff was to have gotten additional funding this year to resume the annual Picnic in the Park, it will only be possible with the assistance of other community organizations to help out, Executive Director Gregory Hallock says. City Council agreed this year to boost the regular amount of $2,500 to $6,500 to bring back the Fourth of July event at the

As grateful as GO ART! staff was to have gotten additional funding this year to resume the annual Picnic in the Park, it will only be possible with the assistance of other community organizations to help out, Executive Director Gregory Hallock says. City Council agreed this year to boost the regular amount of $2,500 to $6,500 to bring back the Fourth of July event at the

For reasons of timing — and a short window to work with — conflicts with other events and a busy holiday weekend, the Wing Ding Committee has decided to postpone the resurrected event to next year, Assistant City Manager Erik Fix says. Fix made the announcement to committee members Wednesday, citing reasons of vendors and other entertainment acts being booked already, the

City Councilwoman Patti Pacino was true to her word from a meeting last September. During that Sept. 27 discussion about shifting more than $9,000 of leftover Centennial Celebration money toward a future Wing Ding event, Pacino spoke up on behalf of another beloved city favorite. “While I think the Wing Ding is fabulous and it is an event open to everyone, we used to fund the