Newcastle native and medaling extreme sport enthusiast Holly Zeller poses on a balcony in Damariscotta. Zeller has been following her gut most of her life and enjoying one of life’s great rewards: spending time with and making friends. The Damariscotta’s Best Dressed creator and Linaca Music Festival host is often seen in downtown Damariscotta corralling friends into their next adventure. (Johnathan Riley photo)
Characters of the County: The Remarkable Friendship of Holly Zeller
by Johnathan Riley for The Lincoln County News
The forces of nature around Lincoln County include snowstorms, Damariscotta’s Pumpkinfest and Regatta, and at one point, glaciers. That list wouldn’t be complete, however, without the addition of Holly Zeller, a medaling extreme sports enthusiast, creator of an informal fashion contest, and Linaca Music Festival Host, with a fearless knack for making friends.
Zeller works for Mexicali Blues, in ethically sourced import store based in Maine, where she’s in charge of paid advertisements and email marketing.
“I’m very task oriented,” Zeller said. “I like to get things done so I can go have fun.”
A familiar face around the Pemaquid peninsula, Zeller is often corralling groups of friends into a new adventure. Whether that’s timing the tide right to float down the Damariscotta River in an inner tube or heading to the mountains for a weekend of fresh snow, to Zeller, that’s what life is about.
Originally published October 23, 2023 in The Lincoln County News. Click on the link above to read the full article.
