• Alna Selectmen

    Alna selectmen play nice

    Former Alna Selectman Chris Cooper, left, departing school board representative William Stafford and incoming representative Ralph Hilton attend the May 16 Alna selectmen's meeting. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

    A recent unruly discussion over the Alna selectmen's bidding policy led First Selectman David Abbott to seek a policy change – and a gavel.

    Abbott picked up the gavel on eBay and kept it at hand's reach during the board's May 16 meeting. He also reminded attendees to wait for him to call on them to speak.

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  • Maine History

    Going once … 1700s papers head for sale

    These documents appointing Edgecomb's Moses Davis a justice of the peace in Lincoln County in 1775 and 1781 will be up for auction June 1  and 2 in Thomaston. Courtesy of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries.

    A couple of pieces of Edgecomb history are slated to go up for bid in June. Thomaston auctioneer Kaja Veilleux bought the documents, each a quarter of a millenium old, at fellow auctioneer Robert Foster's auction in Newcastle this spring.

    Both papers are rare, Veilleux said. One dates to just before the American Revolution and the other to that war's closing days.

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  • Wiscasset Speedway

    Wells wins Northeast Mini-Stock Tour

    Top finishers in the 25-lap Super Stock division at the Wiscasset Speedway on Saturday, May 18 include: left to right, Josh Bailey (third), Adam Chadbourne (first) and Bobby Mesimer (second). Courtesy of Peter Taylor, Wiscasset Speedway

    The Northeast Mini Stock Tour made its one and only appearance this year in Maine at the Wiscasset Speedway last Saturday night. Under the bright lights, 31 cars raced in an action packed 50-lap feature.

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  • Alna Selectmen

    Bridge trouble in Alna

    Ben Brook Bridge in Alna at nightfall May 16. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

    The state is calling on Alna to address issues discovered in an inspection of Ben Brook Bridge.

    If the town doesn't fix the problems, the bridge risks load limits or even closure, a state engineer has warned. The bridge is located approximately a mile onto Egypt Road from Route 194.

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  • New Perspectives

    The meaning of Memorial Day

    American flags adorn the chain link fence at Lewis Cemetery in Boothbay as creeping phlox flowers cover the graves of those lost. NICOLE LYONS/Boothbay Register

    It's a sacred day to all war veterans. None need to be reminded of the reason that Memorial Day must be commemorated.

    But what about the general public, and more important, future generations? Do most non-veterans really recognize the importance of the day honoring their fellow Americans killed in war?

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  • Damariscotta

    Working group tackles homelessness in Lincoln County

    Steve Ward

    Steve Ward will facilitate a discussion about his participation in the Ecumenical Working Group on Homelessness in Lincoln County at the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist service on Sunday, May 26 at Skidompha Library, Damariscotta. There are currently seven churches and congregations that have been involved in this effort.

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  • Tim Sample: Stories I Never Told You

    The places I've been

    Maine Humorist Tim Sample

    I spend a lot of time driving around the back roads of New England. Lately I’ve caught myself mentally updating an informal inventory I seem to be keeping of venues I’ve performed at over the years.

    Whether cruising past some Opera House in New Hampshire, a hotel in Boston or a college campus in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, I find myself thinking: “Hey, didn’t I play there back in …?”

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  • Mary's Musings

    Food stamps restrictions: yes or no?

    Should you be able to purchase junk food with food stamps? This debate has heated up here in Maine since the introduction of a bill by Senator Roger Katz that would prohibit using food stamps for items on which there is a sales tax, such as candy, chips, soda, etc.

    Governor Paul LePage is in support of the plan in an effort to help insure that taxpayer-supported funds aren’t wasted on snacks, but rather are spent on nutritious foods.

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  • Maine Artists

    'Contemporary Visions of Maine' opening reception

    The Wiscasset Bay Gallery is hosting a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 25 to celebrate the start of the gallery’s 29th season and the opening of “Contemporary Visions of Maine.” The reception is free and open to the public, and will feature light refreshments. The exhibition showcases oils, pastels and watercolors by the gallery’s regionally and nationally recognized contemporary artists.

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  • Woolwich

    Boothbay Harbor motorcyclist ‘banged up a little’ in collision

    Gary Tilton's motorcycle and Ralph Hall's Hummer after colliding outside Montsweag Roadhouse May 18. JULIE HOSKEER/Boothbay Register

    A Boothbay Harbor man was hurt in an accident on Route 1 in Woolwich May 18, a Sagadahoc County sheriff’s deputy said.

    Ralph Hall, 39, of West Bath, pulled out of the Montsweag Roadhouse parking lot heading north in a 2007 Hummer without seeing the 1987 Honda motorcycle Gary Tilton, 48, of Boothbay Harbor, was driving southbound, Deputy Matthew Shiers said.

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  • 'Consider the Conversation'

    How to live a life

    “What I tell people is you can make a difference, one person, one conversation at a time.

    And if enough people do this, give each other permission, it begins to ripple.” Michael Bernhagen

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  • Wiscasset Middle School

    Metamorphosis in sixth grade

    Sixth graders, left to right, Paige Adams, Josh Gabriele and Sam Myers watch the progress of the changing pollywogs. Courtesy of the Wiscasset Middle School

    One day, Wiscaset Middle School students were learning the definition of metamorphosis, and the next thing you know a pod of frog eggs appear in the classroom.

    Several days later, they were magically turned into polywogs. Isn’t science great?

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  • Motorcycle accident in Whitefield

    SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

    Area law enforcement and rescue workers were at the scene of a motorcycle accident in Whitefield the evening of May 18.

    The unidentified motorcyclist received treatment at the scene on Head Tide Road, a Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy said.

    Traffic remained open. No further information was immediately available.

  • Lincoln Academy

    Art students create mural in Edgecomb

    Lincoln Academy students work on the murals. Courtesy of Lincoln Academy

    Most art tends to beautify any space.

    That is why Sheepscot Harbour Village & Resort in Edgecomb is collaborating with Lincoln Academy art students.

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  • Lincoln County

    Plant sale and fair a success

    The Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District would like to thank everyone who helped make our Spring Plant Sale and Fair at Union Fairgrounds such a great success. Over the weekend of May 4 and 5, we sold more than 2300 fruit trees and berries, (mostly) native trees, shrubs, and native perennials (organically grown in Maine).

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  • Boothbay Region Food Pantry

    Food pantry reduces client allotments

    Unfortunately, the steadily rising number of families in need of food assistance in the Boothbay region is outpacing funds and supplies available to fill the food pantry’s shelves.

    In April alone, food pantry expenses were nearly twice as great as donations, with the result that the pantry’s available funds had decreased by $4,000 by the end of the month.

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  • St. Andrews

    Keeping beds at hospital may be a tough sell to state

    Lincoln County Healthcare’s plan to close the emergency room and relinquish St. Andrews’ hospital license means patient beds at St. Andrews Hospital would no longer be licensed.

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