After July 23's special town meeting, the proposed $10.7 million Wiscasset school budget is intact as it heads to a final vote at the polls Sept. 1.

Fans of Jerry Farnham’s “Red At Night” series about the Finn family will soon learn how it all works out in the end when “Last Light” is published early in the fall. This final installment picks up four years after “Red in the Morning.”

Edgecomb is down a selectman. George Chase, elected in 2024, has resigned. Chase didn't attend the July 21 board meeting.

Lincoln County Sheriff's Department has an automated license plate reader (ALPR), but nowhere to place it. On July 21, Sheriff Todd Brackett told commissioners his recent conversations with Maine Department of Transportation about placing the ALPR on their traffic lights at the intersection of routes One and 27 in Wisc…

Community members gathered at Veterans Park in Newcastle July 18 to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the death of civil rights leader and longtime U.S. Congressman John Lewis, celebrating his enduring call to make "Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble."

The countdown is on for Veggies to Table's biggest event of the year: the To the Nines Auction & Gala. The online silent auction goes live Sunday.

Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kim Andersson has announced that a brief presentation of the FY27 revised Wiscasset school budget is planned for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23. This will take place immediately prior to that night’s special town meeting set for 6 p.m. on the proposed school budget. …

Wiscasset selectmen July 21 were set to consider asking voters in November this non-binding referendum question: "Should Wiscasset explore the possibility of a single regional high school serving students from multiple area towns?"

As America celebrates its 250th birthday and looks back on the legacy of our founding fathers, a local talk July 15 looked back at the enlisted men and bodyguards, shipbuilders and boat captains, indigenous chiefs and everyday Maine civilians who helped win the American Revolution. 

In an emergency meeting July 16, Wiscasset’s school committee made Amanda Little special education director. Little succeeds Andrea Lovell, who retired.

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kim Andersson arranged last week’s committee meeting so Little “can be approved and get right to work without further delay,…

Fort Edgecomb, a historic gem in Edgecomb’s front yard, is perched high on a peaceful, scenic bluff at the tip of Davis Island, with breathtaking views down the Sheepscot River.

St. Giles Jefferson mounts its annual Country Fair and fundraiser under the tall pines on the church grounds Saturday, July 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. Giles Episcopal is located at 72 Gardiner Road (Route 126) in Jefferson.

The fair has activities for all ages. Plus, 21 local artists and craft…

The date is drawing near, and there are still a few tickets left for the Storybook Ball: A Midsummer Night's Dream on Sunday, Aug. 2, at Boothbay Harbor Country Club.

Electronic message boards are alerting motorists that Route 127 in Woolwich will be closing at 6 a.m. Monday July 20 for replacement of a culvert. Maine Department of Transportation officials anticipate the closure could remain in effect until Aug. 4 

Spirit of America Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity established in 1990 honoring volunteerism. Each year, Maine's towns and cities nominate a person or group who demonstrated outstanding public service to the community. In Edgecomb, the selectboard nominated a whole family July 7.

The sun shone on 30 glistening antique cars and a few trucks at Boot

MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital is relaunching its Diabetes Support Group, offering free meetings for people living with diabetes, family members, caregivers and anyone interested in healthy living.

On Tuesday, July 28 at 6:30 p.m.

The Miles Delivers Action Coalition has released a comprehensive visioning document proposing a five-year plan to transform MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital’s Miles Campus Family Birth Center into a nationally recognized destination for rural maternity care, workforce development, education…

Veggies to Table's summer gala returns to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences on Sunday, Aug. 9, 5 to 7:30 p.m.

Update: This event is sold out.

Seventy percent of Wiscasset Middle High School’s Class of 2026 is going to college, WMHS teacher Shanon Cotta told the school committee July 9.

Then he said he wanted to say that again. And he did. Across 10 minutes in public comment, Cotta shared several “amazing” things, from academics to sports, about the school he said…

Midcoast Conservancy is excited to be celebrating its 10th anniversary, having been established in 2016 with the merger of four legacy organizations.

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) invites all community members to its annual Family Fun Day Lobster Bake on Sunday, Aug. 2, from noon to 3 p.m. at the beautiful Cider Hill Farm, 785 Main Street, Waldoboro.

Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in June: