Damariscotta restaurant burns in overnight fire

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Schooner Landing restaurant in Damariscotta was destroyed in an overnight fire.

<img decoding="async" width="600" height="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing2-1.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3493004" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing2-1.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing2-1.jpg?resize=480%2C320&ssl=1 480w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing2-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing2-1.jpg?resize=345%2C230&ssl=1 345w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing2-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing2-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing2-1.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing2-1.jpg?resize=400%2C267&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing2-1.jpg?resize=150%2C100&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing2-1.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing2-1-600x400.jpg?w=370&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" data-recalc-dims="1" /> The scene at the Schooner Landing restaurant in Damariscotta, Sunday, Sept. 1, after the business was destroyed in an overnight fire. Credit: Ellie Busby

The restaurant sat on a pier overlooking the Damariscotta River. A wharf was built at the site in the 1700s and was later used to transfer cargo to seagoing ships, according to the Schooner Landing website.

<img decoding="async" width="600" height="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing1-2.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3493001" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing1-2.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing1-2.jpg?resize=480%2C320&ssl=1 480w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing1-2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing1-2.jpg?resize=345%2C230&ssl=1 345w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing1-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing1-2.jpg?resize=500%2C333&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing1-2.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing1-2.jpg?resize=400%2C267&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing1-2.jpg?resize=150%2C100&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing1-2.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/schooner-landing1-2-600x400.jpg?w=370&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" data-recalc-dims="1" /> The scene at the Schooner Landing restaurant in Damariscotta, Sunday, Sept. 1, after the business was destroyed in an overnight fire. Credit: Ellie Busby