Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department sponsors an alternative sentencing program for Two Bridges Regional Jail inmates. Twice a year, the program allows non-violent offenders to fulfill court-ordered obligations through community service instead of jail time.

Wiscasset is making another try at funding to craft a waterfront master plan. Selectmen Nov. 3 agreed to have town staff and Selectman Cassaundra Rose pick an adaptation practitioner, coordinate with a community organization and submit a letter of intent to the Climate Smart Communities Initiative (CSCI).The Initiativ…

School board members Heather Sinclair and John Allen welcomed Maureen Heffernan Oct. 28 to the Edgecomb School Committee. Heffernan was appointed to fill a vacancy last month due to the resignation of Irene Marchenay.

Heffernan will serve out the unexpired term which ends in May.

U.S. Senator

Collins 866

Jackson 1,106

Governor

Bennett 132

Charles 680

Pingree 1,159

Representative to Congress

Pingree 1,221

Russell 740

State Senator District 13

Mitchell 770

Reny 1,125

Representative to the legislature District 48

Hobson 801

Nutt…

United States Senator

Collins 692

United States Senator

Collins 799

U.S. Senator

Collins 225

Jackson 307

Governor

Bennett 51

Charles 174

Pingree 309

Representative to Congress

Pingree 336

Russell 191

State Senator District 13

Mitchell 182

Reny 325

Representative to the legislature District 48

Hobson 202

Nutt 3…

United States Senator

Collins 606

United States Senator

Collins 261

United States Senator

Collins 400

United States Senator

Collins 901

Jackson 660

Governor

Bennett 123

Charles 768

Pingree 693

U.S. Representative

Pingree 733

Russell 82…

United States Senator

Collins 424

Selectman (two seats)

Hepler 1,275

Shaw 1,298

St. John 433

School board - Woolwich resident 

Dorr 1,093

Ritch-Smith 615

State and federal results to come for this town 

United States Senator

Collins 536

United States Senator

Collins 1,372

Jackson 1,210

Governor

Bennett 190

Charles 1,144

Pingree 1,252

U.S. Representative

Pingree 1,335

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United States Senator

Collins 508

United States Senator

Collins 182

Jackson 388

Governor

Bennett 33

Charles 141

Pingree 395

U.S. Representative

Pingree 406

Russ…

United States Senator

Collins 592

US Senator
Susan Collins - 13
Troy Jackson - 53
Declared Write - ins - 0
Blank - 0

Governor
Rick Bennet - 5
Robert Charles - 6
Hannah Pingree - 55
Declared Write-Ins - 0
Blank - 0

Representative to Congress (District 1)
Chellie Pingree - 59
Ronald Russel - 7

State Senator (District 13)
Edwin…

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is pleased to announce the installation of four new interpretive panels along the trails at the Salt Bay Farm Preserve.

American Legion Post 54 of Wiscasset will hold its Veterans Day service at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the veterans wall at the municipal building on the corner of Routes 1 and 27,  the Post's Cliff Hendricks said. 

The Town of Alna invites municipal officials, property owners, and interested community members to an information session on non-lethal beaver management on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 11 a.m.

Due to the tens of millions of dollars in upgrades the aging sewer plant would need, the seawall option would have cost about as much as building a new plant off the island, Plant Superintendent Robert Lalli on Oct. 29 told the first meeting of the selectmen-appointed Wiscasset Wastewater…

"A lot of people in our community are freaking out about the high cost of heating oil, and worrying about how they are going to stay warm this winter,” Chair Leslie Roberts told a meeting of the Wiscasset Climate Action Team Oct. 28. Participants later discussed ideas to possibly help residents keep the hea…

Saturday, Oct. 31, come out for a ghoulishly good time! Enjoy an afternoon of costumes, treats, and family-friendly fun around Wiscasset.

Mainers are turning out in high numbers to cast their ballots early as a controversy-ridden campaign season nears the finish line in Maine.

Wiscasset School Committee Chair Tracey Whitney said Oct. 27, it's frustrating when people cite below state average test scores to "justify or not justify our school's existence" and reject school budgets. (Voters narrowly rejected the first two tries at this year's.) She said the narrative is, students are not achieving. But they are, including g…

On Oct. 27, Edgecomb selectmen announced the town had received a $3,000 Maine Municipal Association grant to buy a stand-by generator for the town hall.

Finding Our Voices, the grassroots nonprofit supporting Maine women survivors of domestic abuse and their children, has distributed $540,000 in direct financial assistance to more than 1,000 low-income survivors across all 16 Maine coun