"It's just an old time, warm feeling ... A lot of places have coffee or tea. A lot of people come out in pajamas ... It's like a throwback to how it used to be," when the retail holiday shopping season began around this time and not "a month ago," Allen "Big Al" Cohen said Monday about Wiscasset's annual Early Riser, a day of sales…

Rev. John Hogue, pastor of First Congregational Church of Wiscasset, will reach back into history in his sermon on Nov. 9, as he recounts the story of four chaplains. 

It was another successful Nightmare on Federal Street for Wiscasset Oct. 31 with the annual parade, food and other festivities. Our thanks to photographer Bob Bond of 40 Federal Studio for these moments from the event. 

Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest welcomes the winter holidays with three days of seasonal festivities. Truly a shopping destination, Marketfest also invites shoppers and revelers to enjoy family-friendly, affordable or free, and wonderful things-to-do on Friday, Dec. 5 through Sunday, Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

With interest heating up in two areas Wiscasset owns, town staff are recommending the selectboard "pause" from putting on its agenda any proposals for those properties. The board will consider the pause Tuesday night, Nov. 4.

All First National Bank branches are collecting items for local food pantries throughout the month of November. 

If you would like to help, First National Bank welcomes donations to your local branches. Most-needed items include: canned meats/fish, chili, soup, skillet meals,…

MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital (MHLH) celebrated its recent Pathway to Excellence Designation with a flag-raising ceremony Oct. 20 on the Miles Campus. The achievement came after 18 months of dedicated and diligent effort to meet the criteria established by the American Nursing Credentialing Center. …

Daylight saving time will end for the year at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, Nov. 2. Turn your clocks back one hour that day.

Wiscasset's economic development advisory committee Oct. 23 talked possible goals, including supporting small businesses and, as part of that, "expanding business opportunities on (Route) 27 heading north."

Wiscasset Creative Alliance is inviting residents from across the region to join in a night of hockey and hometown pride during Wiscasset Wormfest Night with the Maine Mariners on Friday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland.

Now that more Dresden residents are hooked up to more economical, faster and reliable fiberoptic internet, Dresden Digital Equity is launching a series of five free computer training classes during November and December to help residents update and expand computer uses and skills.

Nearly 120 local women gathered at Wanderwood in early October to support and celebrate the impactful work of local non-profits. After a social hour at the event, the names of three member-nominated area non-profits were drawn. Members heard details about the work being accomplished at Steppin…

RePower Wiscasset has a big idea and wants the Lincoln County Commissioners to support it. On Oct. 21, Peter Arnold represented Repower Wiscasset and addressed its hopes regarding a project that would provide geothermal energy, potentially at the town-owned land on Old Ferry Road opposite the former Maine Yankee nuclear power plant. 

Warren and Sally Foster, married 65 years this month, will be among the first residents at Islebrook Village in Wiscasset.

Join us to welcome our newest antique emporium, A Step Back in Time. Celebrate with Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce and local businesspeople at a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 6 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. A great event to see what's new in our area in an informal setting, 50/50 raffle and some fun surprises…

Sen. Cameron Reny, D-Bristol, earned a perfect score from Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund for votes to protect reproductive rights and improve access to fundamental health care. Sen. Reny is one of 20 senators to earn a perfect score for their 2025 voting record.

A couple Boothbay/Wiscasset Adult Education graduates learned a last-minute lesson Oct. 23 prior to receiving their diplomas. Colin Mettle, 24, of West Boothbay Harbor and Peter Young, 22, of Boothbay received instructions on tassel placement on their mortarboards.

The Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) will host a special fundraising event in support of Turning Point USA’s Maine Chapters on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at Union + Co, 31 Centre Street, Unit 101, Bath, Maine.  Doors open at 5:15 p.m. 

On Sunday, Nov. 9 at 3 p.m. at the Edgecomb Town Hall, speaker Kevin Johnson, photo archivist, will highlight historical views of Edgecomb, Maine and the surrounding area through postcards photographed during the early 1900s.

Are you interested in joining a group that makes an impact on our community? The Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library invite you to join our organization. Meetings are held in Wiscasset Public Library (21 High St. in Wiscasset) and begin at 10 a.m. with a coffee social time. The business meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. O…

Coastal Rivers is offering a start-to-finish guide pack basket-making class on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Denny Conservation and Education Center at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta. This class is for all ability levels, from beginner on up.

Viles Arboretum and the Children’s Discovery Museum are teaming up once again to host the Trail of Treats and Discovery, a family-friendly fall adventure like no other, on Saturday Oct. 25 at Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital Street in Augusta.

Since April 2024, River Road residents have complained about loud noise and fast traffic they attributed to the nearby Glidden Point Oyster Farms. Resident David Tonry lives 600 feet from the farm and along with several other neighbors has issued several complaints to the code enforcement officer and selectmen about the farm's operation.

The Help Yourself Shelf (HYS) at St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset is pleased to be picked once again as the Hannaford Fight Hunger Bag Program recipient, this time, for November at its Damariscotta store. For each Fight Hunger bag purchased, HYS will receive $1.

Wiscasset's non-disclosure agreement with whoever is eying putting a data center off Old Ferry Road obligates neither party to make further agreements, or to "proceed with any possible relationship or other project," the NDA states.

Knickerbocker Group is pleased to announce Rick Nelson as vice president, joining Katryn Mitchell, who was promoted earlier this year.