Throughout August, the lush Incredible Edible Gardens at the Red Barn Motel and at the Milbridge Commons continued producing an amazing variety of vegetables to feed our community-- tomatoes,...
Incredible Edible Milbridge Report – August
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Robert Kraft And The New England Patriots Foundation Honor Chris Kuhni With A 2021 Myra Kraft Community MVP Award
Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft and Patriots and Pro Football Hall of Famer Andre Tippett congratulate Chris Kuhni from Milbridge, Maine for being selected as a 2021 Myra Kraft Community MVP...
July – Incredible Edible Milbridge Update
We are in the height of the summer! So many vegetables and herbs are ready for harvest at the IEM Gardens at the Red Barn Motel and at Milbridge Commons. If you don't find the vegetable of your...
June – Incredible Edible Milbridge Update
While May seemed colder than usual, June brought with it the heat! We closed the month with several days in the low nineties and not quite enough rain. Still the IEM Gardens at the Red Barn Motel...
Incredible Edible Milbridge Update for May
May was cold and dry, but we were happy to see rain finally falling at the end of the month! Cold weather has meant that we have held off planting many seedlings that like the warmer weather or that...
Maine Community Foundation Donates $10,000 to Incredible Edible Milbridge
Women for Healthy Rural Living (WHRL) has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation for their Incredible Edible Milbridge project. “Support from the Maine Community Foundation...
April Incredible Edible Milbridge Report
There are signs of spring everywhere! The grass is green, maples and daffodils are in bloom, and garlic shoots have pushed through their straw blanket. Incredible Edible is emerging from our winter...
How Do We Heal From 2020?
Much has been made of putting 2020 behind us. Wouldn’t we all like to toss our 2020 calendars into a massive heap and light it on fire? There is no doubt about it; it has been a challenging,...
What’s in a name?
I want to tell you a story about 87 Main Street. For all the headaches, I have grown to love WHRL’s new house. It is a piece of Milbridge history. And I feel good that we have been given the...
News Center Maine visits Incredible Edible Milbridge
Hannah Yechivi of News Center Maine made an impromptu visit to the Incredible Edible Milbridge gardens this week. Clarification from Susan: IEM produces approximately 4,000 pounds of veggies a year...
WHRL Announces the 2020 Elaine Hill Memorial Nursing Scholarship Award
Women for Healthy Rural Living has selected this year’s recipient of the Elaine Hill Nursing Scholarship. Maggie Perry of Gouldsboro, a senior at Husson University, has been awarded $2,500 toward...
WHRL changes its name!
THE WOMENS’ HEALTH RESOURCE LIBRARY is now WOMEN for HEALTHY RURAL LIVING. After 15 years of advancing opportunities for health and wellness in Downeast Maine, The Women’s Health Resource Library...
$25,000 QUIMBY GRANT AWARDED TO WHRL
The Women’s Health Resource Library has been awarded a $25,000 QUIMBY FAMILY FOUNDATION nourishment grant for Incredible Edible Milbridge. The award states, “The Women’s Health Resource Library was...
Christmas Tree Festival Sneak Peek on Friday, December 6!
Join us this weekend for the Women's Health Resource Library's 10th Annual Christmas Tree Festival and Auction, where more than 60 Christmas trees, wreaths, and gingerbread houses will be on display...
A Creative Addition to Christmas on Main St.!
Do you make a mean gingerbread? How about a beautiful gingerbread house? We know that there are some people in the Milbridge area who must be amazing at this -- which is lucky, because the Flour...
Paint Outside the Box Auction
The Women’s Health Resource Library will play host to two big auctions during this year’s Milbridge Days festivities slated for July 26th and 27th at the Seaworthy Event Center on Main Street. Paint...
WHRL Announces the 2019 Elaine Hill Nursing Scholars
The Women’s Health Resource Library has awarded two $2500 nursing scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year. Award recipients are Lanie Brenton and Haley Dinsmore, both of Milbridge. Lanie is a...
A fun day scheduled for Saturday, July 6th
There are a lot of events happening this Saturday at the Milbridge Commons Wellness Park, and we are excited for them all! The following is schedule of events: From 9 - noon, there will be the FIRST...
Remembering Bill Arnold
Bill was one of the charter members of Incredible Edible Milbridge when we started in 2013 and was instrumental to our successful launch. Although he was the oldest member of our group, he always...
Wyman’s Builds “Wildly Better Days” Starting With the WHRL
“I get by with a little help from my friends.” Well, in this case, the Women’s Health Resource Library got a lot of help from our friends at Wyman’s of Maine. This past Wednesday, about 100...